The Japanese political Titanic.

By, Uwe Paschen Current Prime Minister Naoto Kan beat former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama length of time in office last Tuesday, surpassing the term of his predecessor now. This may be the only good news in this weeks head lines here in Japan, at least for Mr. Kan, whose...

Irish Election: FG sets out extensive plan to tackle jobs crisis

Are we just rearranging the deck-chairs on the titanic?This morning I attended my first Fine Gael press conference. For some strange reason Fine Gael have decided to use orange tinted lights so all of the...

Gloria Stuart Dies: Older Kate Winslet in Titanic Dies at 100

Gloria Stuart, Known For Her Role as the Older Kate Winslet 'Rose' Character in Titanic, Has Died at the Age of 100 Gloria Stuart appeared in many more films in her long career, but it was her role as the older Rose...

The Titanic Box Office Score Card

On Tuesday, February 2, 2010, Titanic was dethroned by Avatar (also directed by James Cameron) as the highest grossing movie at the domestic box offic. However, its accomplishments are more impressive. Let's...

Avatar #2 Highest Grossing Movie With $1.3b, Could Beat Titanic

Update made on 11/01/10:Avatar has seen continued success this past weekend, its 4th weekend at the box office. As of now, Avatar has made $1.3 billion in total. This past weekend Avatar broke the record for...

Titanic finally arrives in NY.. Redux.. courtesy of Grave Robbers

"Whatever became of the Iceberg that sunk the RMS Titanic?"  There were many theories to what became of the iceberg which collided with the Titanic. One speculation stated by a scientist at the jet propulsion...

Obama, "Moving Chairs Around"

I Guess Moving Chairs Around and Lobbyists in the White House was not Such a Bad Idea By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc This writer followed Barack Obama around the...

Leo & Kate Help Last Titanic Survivor Millvina Dean

" LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The "Titanic" stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed...

'Polite' Britons died on Titanic

According to a BBC report, researchers have found that British passengers were more likely to die in the Titanic disaster, because they queued politely for lifeboats. " A behavioural economist says data suggests...

Top 10 Most Expensive Accidents in History

There you are with the Top 10 list of Most expensive accidents in Modern history of mankind. They ranges between $150million - $200billion. The most expensive of them is famous accident of Chernobyl. CLICK HERE TO WATCH FULL LIST WITH PICTURES AND DETAILS..... You will...

$150,000 to Spend, Titanic Watch or 3/4 of Seat on Virgin Galactic

Continuing on my quest to see what money can and cannot buy, more precisely $150,000, I kept checking on what options one might have.Watches could be one of them?For example the Titanic-DNA– rusted steel T-oxy Concept which runs around $150,000 from what I could gather.It...

Almost at ROCK BOTTOM......

She survived a horrific tragedy at such a young age, and now she's barely "surviving" trying to make ends meet...." LONDON (AP) -- Millvina Dean was only 2 months old when she was wrapped in a sack and...

'Dark Knight' Tops $500 Million

Christopher Nolan's macabre Batman movie continues to dominate the domestic box office, having vaulted into the second top spot of all time box office earnings, but still short of Titanic's leading $600 million...

not going to be CNN junkie

I'm going to work as if at home, developing the course I will teach online next spring concerning resolving water resource conflicts.  It's tempting to just sit in front of the tube, watching the same stories, quarter hour by quarter hour...Mayor Nagin urging people to...

The Dark Knight's Depraved Success

The Dark Knight is making money hand over fist as it continues to dominate the North American box office, earning $441.5 million in the four short weeks since its release. The film has now surpassed "The Return...

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