Remember Clayoquot Sound? British Columbia Vancouver Island? Whatever side you were on get ready.Who would have ever thought this could be re-visited. The Clayoquot Sound area is a UN Biosphere...
A campaigner from the climate action group, today super-glued himself to Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the State Dining Room of 10 Downing Street. " Dan Glass, a 24 year old MSc student based in...
Months after Canadians attention was grabbed by images of RCMP officers carting boxes of files out of the Quebec Conservative Headquarters, Elections Canada's lawyer says the party shifted hundreds of thousands of dollars.The accusation comes after months of investigations...
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"A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics. The BBC has seen indications that labs are classing positive tests...
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You know budget filmmaking? IMAX is the opposite of that: expensive equipment, expensive processing, specialized post-production, and that's *before* re-integrating your IMAX footage with the rest of the 35mm print....
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"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...
The border standoff between Cambodia and Thailand deepened after Thai protesters crossed into Cambodia on Tuesday to visit the temple and were briefly detained. Their arrest sparked off the row and now both countries have deployed large armed troops. ...
Robert Murat, the first formal suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has spoken of the "utter destruction" of his life after settling a libel action against several newspapers which implicated him in her...
Will the congress support Mr. Bush decision regarding offshore drilling??Or will it be backfire for Mr. Bush??" On Monday, the president lifted an executive order that prohibited offshore drilling. A 1981 law barring...
After a firefighter in the UK was fired because he is obese, his fellow firefighters in Northeast Scotland are voting today on whether to go on strike over the sacking."Firefighters have agreed to ballot for strike action over the sacking of a colleague who management decided...
People in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will find their ability to get local services greatly hampered today as thousands of council staff go on strike over pay. The strike will close libraries, stop rubbish collection and close schools and town halls. It will last...
Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama will attempt to exterminate the tribal sanctuaries in Pakistan and shift focus from Iraq to other areas."White House hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday promised to shift the “single-minded” US focus on Iraq to a...
I think Mr. Bush should listen to chairman of the Federal Reserve. US govt should consider this problem into account."U.S. President George Bush is urging lawmakers to act quickly on legislation to financially...
Aspiring to a change in work and career in her video Moving out to pastures new (FT), Herminia Ibarra shares some ideas. What she lacks in passionate delivery and Chutzpah, she more than makes up with clear thoughts on the topic.