Thousands of refugees flee Wanni region in Sri Lanka: UN

Around 24,000 refugees have fled Sri Lanka's Wanni region so far this year, as clashes continue in the north of the island nation, where some 250,000 civilians are trapped by fighting between Government forces and the LTTE, United Nations said. " Hundreds more Tamil...

Bush pal turns on the prez

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Scott McClellan certainly hit the mother lode as confident to the President, a Holy Grail position which now that his explosive book which came out with a Dirty Laundry...

Families Anger Over Jonathan King's Shipman Song

Seems like Jonathan King will go to any depths to bolster up and publicise his ailing music career.  'Every ones gone to the moon'.  The only half decent record he ever made, back in the 60's, is the...

Washington Complains to WTO over China Piracy

Somehow I don't think the Chinese government will cave to Washington's threats, and I'm not sure how they could comply to the US's satisfaction, knowing what we know about how piracy works (it's not really state-sponsored!), and how hard it is to stop. Exacerbating this is...

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