Deadline looms in Ukraine gas row

"Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia not to cut gas supplies to his country in a dispute over an unpaid bill. He has just a few hours with President Vladimir Putin to settle the row over a demand by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for...

FBI phone tap cut due to unpaid bill

"A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a US government audit. The US Justice Department's inspector general faulted the FBI for poor handling of money used in undercover investigations, which it...

Woman Dies Due to Unpaid Electric Bill; Power Co. Denies Responsibility

Update, via AP:"A New Zealand utility company that cut off power to the home of a woman connected to an electric oxygen pump, leading to her death, has insisted it was not aware she was dependent on the machine. The family of Folole Muliaga accused the company of calling...

NZ police probe power cut death

"A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died after an energy firm switched off her power supply because of unpaid bills, her family claims. Folole Muliaga, a 44-year-old mother of four, died within two hours of the electricity being switched off at her home in the northern...

Pavel Bém - Our Mountaineering Mayor

"Pavel Bém - Our Mountaineering Mayor by sambeckwith He’s the mayor of Prague and, nationwide, is second only to Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek in the ruling Civic Democratic Party (ODS). And now he’s taking seven weeks off to climb Mount Everest. Following a ruling by...

Unpaid Taxes: Pot Calls Kettle Black

According to an article in Monday's New York Times, Democrats in Congress are "hoping to finance an ambitious agenda without raising taxes" by collecting part of the $300 billion estimated to be lost every year due to unreported...

Barclaycard write-off £1.5bn loans

''Its easy to spend money with a credit card. The problem lies in paying the money back. High interest rates sometimes as much as 30% make repayments for many a great difficulty. Unless you can afford to repay the full amount spent each month, you should not use credit cards....

Freeze, iPod User!

"Ever taped or PVRed a show so that you can watch it later, otherwise known as time shifting? Or ripped a CD so you could listen to it on your MP3 player, called format shifting? With changes to Canada’s copyright laws expected as early as next month, these mundane 21st...

Help! I Need Some Staff for a Film I Am Producing!

The Project: “Sever” (Working Title)                          Genre: Thriller / Horror Director / Producer: Sebastian Prooth Production Status: In...