First footers shoulder a huge responsibility during Tet

I could not forget the excitement and anxiety when being asked to be the first footer to my friend's house on the occasion of traditional New Year festival last year. "During the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, the first visitor to visit one’s home and offer Tet greetings is...

Sentence delayed in Venezuelan suitcase scandal

" Sentencing in Miami is off until March for a wealthy Venezuelan convicted of being an illegal foreign agent in a political cash suitcase scandal. The lawyer for 41-year-old Franklin Duran on Monday raised objections about Duran's role in the case. The outcome of the...

Child living in garage sold into slavery by her parents

" The story of an Egyptian girl once enslaved in Orange County and the marking of Human Trafficking Awareness Day are...

Man U Boss Conned Out Of £7m By Bogus Dealer

The chairman of British football team Manchester United was allegedly swindled out of a huge amount of money by soeone pretending to sell bonds."A BOGUS bond dealer swindled former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards out of more than £7million, a court heard yesterday....

Sarah “Saks Pack” Palin on why you should donate to the Obama Campaign

"Although Sen. Barack Obama may be leading in the polls and early turnouts may seem to favor the Democratic Party, nothing, repeat NOTHING, is certain. The efforts to suppress the vote continue, and, frankly,...

Biden goes on the attack; calls Palin and McCain on their charges

Democratic Party Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden took the gloves off and railed into GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin Thursday night.  He also hammered her running mate John McCain for not making his...

Estimates show Palin assets TOP $1 million

" WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even before she became governor, capitalizing on valuable fishing rights, a series of land deals and a patchwork of other...

Fat cats must go, Bonus of Investment bankers perverted, says Britain & France

Britain & France describe Bonus profits of wealthy investment bankers and traders as perverse Gordon Brown UK and Christine Lagarde, France's economy minister, both want to end the payment system of Investment...

Wall Street Socialists vs 4 million homeowners

" "...immense interlocked, incestuous borrowing… that's what is bringing down the entire banking system." " AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, IndyMac and Bear Stearns, bankrupt,...

Biden: Americans Show Patriotism by paying more Taxes

This from the man who gave away 300 dollars last year to Charity!"Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says that paying higher taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. Biden says he...

UN says wealthy failing the poor

Unsurprisingly, an UN report finds little progress towards millenium development goals. Very little improvement has been achieved to erradicate poverty by 2015. Trade and aid are still major barriers. "The report...

Social factors key to health, WHO says

The World Health Organization has just finished an extensive three-year study looking at the relationship between social conditions and health, concluding that "social injustice is killing people on a grand scale."Working conditions, education, housing, food, social security,...

Republican lawmakers kill California budget proposal

The California state assembley had a rare Sunday night session last night, with the state's republicans rejecting a Democratic plan to fix the state's budget shortfall by raising taxes on wealthy citizens and corporations."Assembly Republicans on Sunday blocked a proposed...

U.S., Allies Weigh Punishment for Russia

" Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and canceling an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise,...

50 years for family of burglars who stole £35million from stately home

A notorious English criminal family has broken up, and four of its members sentenced to 50 years behind bars. The Johnson family gang was responsible for a huge number of heists and lived a luxurious lifestyle."A GANG of gypsy burglars have been jailed for Britain's biggest...

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