"Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child's spirit." Erik Erikson Social...
Leaders of several European countries as well as US President Barack Obama have refused to send newly re-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad any congratulatory messages. The Iranian official reportedly got over two-thirds of the popular vote in a highly...
I imagine most parents have a pretty good idea about how to watch out for their children, and some states tend to have some pretty strong ideas about how parents ought to be doing so,...
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CFL commissioner Mark Cohan announced Friday that the 2011 CFL Championship will be held in Vancouver's BC Place. This will be the third straight year that the Grey Cup will be hosted in Western...
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Snowfall continued to play havoc across the UK amid warnings that some councils faced dwindling salt supplies to help keep traffic moving. The new falls after the heavy snow earlier this week...
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The EU is being fair. There is enough blame for Hamasand for Israel for this war which was unnecessary. "Speaking of the Israeli bombardment, he criticised the destruction of factories and other economic...
A strain of the bird flu virus has been detected on a poultry farm in the western Canadian province of British Columbia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Saturday. "The CFIA confirmed "the presence...
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The forests in the western United States and Canada are dying at an alarming rate, according to a study published today, and this is a trend that they are linking directly to global warming. The study says that...
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It seems that Obama really is proud of Obama"OBAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Temple bells tolled, fireworks were set off and residents danced the hula in the cold Japanese city of Obama on Tuesday to celebrate the...
It is not always easy for the West to tell an Eastern story and cultural sensitivity is a prerequisite if it is to be done properly and accurately. Film Slumdog Millionaire has received ample amounts of good...
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The state of Washington has declared a state of emergency in the wake of floods that have hit the area in the last week. Due to the heavy dump of snow followed by the rapid melting, the rivers in the area are not...
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The vicious attack on sundry sites in India’s financial capital Mumbai by a small band of young terrorists has of most recent time been the focus of media attention worldwide -- more so in that it was reported to have primarily targeted visitors of Western extraction. The...
The finger pointing is slowly stopping. The media frenzy is abating. The blame game is not quite over but it has lost its earlier momentum. The dark war clouds have lightened and are being blown away. The crisis persists but there are voices of reason from both sides and,...
The India-Pakistan confrontation following the Mumbai attacks is the fourth such crisis in the last two decades. While India says it has provided enough evidence to Pakistan, Islamabad says what it has been given cannot be taken to a court of law for prosecution. Also, there...
"Several artworks including Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse have been stolen from an exhibition at a small gallery in Berlin’s Wilmersdorf district."
" The etchings, prints and sculptures included “Profil au fond noir,” a 1947 work by Picasso; “Nude in a rocking...
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