Stanley Cup Becomes Baptismal Font

This is why the best trophies are cups - the sheer flexibility: beer-soaked bars to babtism - quite a range of uses.You could never do this with the Vince Lombardy Trophy. It's another case of the interesting case of...

URANIUM! The next Energy crisis may cripple the Western Nations and it has al...

By, Uwe Paschen.Energy, our main focus since the Oil crisis of the 1970 has been Nuclear, yet, once the Oil crisis was over we focused once again on Oil!Now that we are in the middle of a new Oil crisis much worse...

The Demand: Where Sex Trafficking Begins

The transnational sex trafficking of women and children is based on a balance between the supply of victims from sending countries and the demand for victims in receiving countries. Sending countries are those from which victims can be relatively easily recruited, usually...

Sundin's agent says no deal with Canucks

A Swedish newspaper ran an article Saturday saying that Mats Sundin was Vancouver-bound, but today his agent denied the claim. Vancouver has offered Sundin a two-year, $20-million deal that would make him the highest...

Sweden's Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn't Anyone Tried This Before?

" Sweden's Prostitution Solution:  In a centuries deep sea of clichés despairing that 'prostitution will always be with us', one country's success stands out as a solitary beacon lighting the way. In just...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Bush a total failure

Just prior to the end of Bush administration, some members of the Republican party have expressed their rejection to his policies. This time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosy expressed her veiled scorn towards President Bush. However, it is too little to late. " House Speaker:...

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei: West must respect red lines

In the Iranian complex political system, the Supreme Leader (rahbar) Ali Khamenei plays a pivotal role. His comments and recommendations are to be obliged by the adherence to the Islamic revolutionary principles.  Despite public appearances...

US and Iran continue to approach slowly...again

US career diplomat and  Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns, is to meet Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Saeed Jalili in Geneva on 19 July...

Swedish Theme Park Ride Collapses, Injuring 18

UPDATE - 3:30pm ESTAn amusement park ride in Sweden collapsed today, injuring around 18 people. The ride, called 'The Rainbow', is a spinning metal arm with a seating platform on one end. It is unknown what happened to cause the accident, which has left at least 2 riders...

Get ready for Spacebook

"You've joined Facebook, MySpace and Bebo and have more than 3,000 friends but something's still missing. What you really want is to catch up with your mates from the cult World Of Warcraft game and now you can with Avatars United, the newest social networking site."My...

Foot found on Sweden's seashore

From Sweden's English-language news website thelocal.se comes a story about a human foot washing up on the shores of Scandinavia. British Columbia isn't the only place with this problem, apparently."A man's shoe containing a human foot has been found on the seashore in...

World Dog Show strides into Stockholm

The 2008 World Dog Show kicked off in Stockholm yesterday. 36 000 dogs are in town to compete in events with names like "obedience," "junior handling," and the unconventional sounding "freestyle" -- a contest in...

Parliamentary complaint over birthday party

PC is spreading as can be seen from this latest story from Sweden."A heated debate is raging in Sweden after an eight-year-old boy's failure to invite two classmates to his birthday party resulted in a complaint filed with parliament. Nearly 200 outraged comments have been...

Drunken Swede tries to row home from Denmark

This old Swede man must not have any clue about consequences of such a daring act. " A drunken 78-year-old Swede stole a dinghy after a night out in the Danish town of Helsingor and tried to row back to Sweden, but fell asleep halfway, Danish police said on Monday. When...

Pelé Unveils Football Museum Project. Brazil at 50 – Five Decades of Footb...

     São Paulo - Brazil is celebrating today the 50th anniversary of a major historical feat in the history of the country: the conquest of its first World Cup in Sweden, in 1958. It was just the...

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