Children feel 'hurt' on their national day

" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The request...

One-year ban on new fast-food restaurants in South L.A.

Is this the beginning of a new movement towards banning fast-food chains?Major corporations such as McDonalds is definitely going to fight hard over this decision. As of now, only South L.A. is doing this ban, but if...

Power off for Hundreds After Toronto Vault Fire

It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left without...

Indian Investment in Africa: In the Shadows of China

Benin's intro:  This is an article that I just penned about India's growing investments into Africa and against the backdrop of the even larger Chinese presence in Africa.  The main question that this...

Blanton Traded to The Phillies

"The A’s shipped Joe Blanton to the Philadelphia Phillies for three minor leaguers Thursday, a trade that was not as surprising as the one Beane made nine days earlier. That was when he traded Rich Harden to the...

Indianapolis--Another Rapist on the Loose, Where are the Police?

Opinion:  Rape is not an uncommon crime.  However, in recent years, there has been a spike in sexual assaults and rapes in the City of Indianapolis.  Most of these predators have not been caught and...

Pennies saved to become records earned

Two World Records have been set:" The first coin was placed on the ground Tuesday evening. By Friday night, the group had assembled a 64-kilometre-long chain of pennies in a school parking lot. Volunteer Diana...

"The End of the World is Nigh" for sandwich boards in London's West End

They advertise everything from "Jesus Saves" to "Golf Sale - 200 yards".  They clutter-up Oxford Street and no-one ever really reads them.  They have been a fixture of London since the Victorian era, and...

McCain's divorce strained relationship with Reagans

Nancy Reagan gave a half-hearted endorsement of John McCain recently. She has known McCain for three decades, but their relationship was strained in the late 70's by his divorcing his first wife, Carol, who was good...

Pictured: The cruise liner that ran aground off Alaska

"A cruise ship that grounded for about nine hours near Glacier Bay in Alaska has been towed to safety, a Coast Guard spokesman said.A National Park Service vessel was transferring passengers and crew members to a...

38 dead after ferry sinks in Burmese delta

About 38 people are dead after a ferry sank in a river in Burma yesterday afternoon.It sank in Burma's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta."The motorized ship sank in the Yway river in Burma, also known as Myanmar, Tuesday after water entered its stern section, the New Light of...

She Survived to Tell the World, A Holocaust Story

"In an age when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly declares the Holocaust a myth, it is increasingly important to tell people the truth of what happened, and Tosia Schneidner has made that her life’s mission.“There is no occurrence that was better documented...

Iran Is No Threat, Unless Bush Makes It One

" ........Comparing Iran with the 1939 Nazi Germany is ridiculous. Germany was a powerful, industrialized nation that had been defeated in World War I. It had grievances against the victors who had humiliated it. Germany's culture was such that many Germans blindly...

After shock resignation, three names in Lib Dem leadership battle

In a shock resignation, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in Scotland, Nicol Stephen, resigned last night. He said he was doing so to "spend more time with his family." Stephen was just elected leader of the...

Palestinian runs amok with bulldozer in street, Three killed, 44 hurt

This  terrorist attack will further escalate tension between two feuding sides and can also affect the peace talks."A Palestinian construction worker killed three people when he drove a large bulldozer into oncoming traffic on a busy Jerusalem street yesterday, crushing...

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