Quebec City's 400th Birthday Facelift Creates Jealousy

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor  Montreal and Vancouver cannot be blamed for being jealous of  400 year old Quebec City.  Quebec City has all the "Bragging Rights" as Tourism...

Vietnam Airlines to manage transport for Miss World 2010

Vietnam airlines will be the official sponsoring airline for the 60th Miss World contest, which will take place in Vietnam in 2010."The local carrier announced that under a freshly-signed Memorandum of...

Greatest show on turf opens gates

Agriculture is the most prominent source available for making our world a green. This story all about a largest exhibition on Agriculture.Time to think about Nature and green.Ans also, this is will be the first time the Queen has attended the three-day event since 1977, her...

Hunt for clues in Pakistan attack

Intelligence sleuths in Pakistan have started search for evidences to nail down the culprit for yesterday's blast in capital Islamabad. Yesterday's  bombing comes after a period of relative calm, with the...

Suicide bomber avenges Mosque crackdown in Pakistan ; 15 policemen killed

On the anniversary of Lal Masjid siege in Pakistan two suicide bomb killed more than 15 policemen. It was also celebrated with several fiery speeches against the officials responsible for the act. "At least 15 policemen and two other people were killed and more than 40...

Suicide bomb hits Pakistan police

"Suicide bomb hits Pakistan police Blood and body parts littered the street At least eight policemen have been killed and more than 20 people...

Hot Wheels hit the road for 40th anniversary

Previous articles on the 40th birthday of Hot Wheels can be seen here.I wish I could go to one of the road shows, but I don't think they are stopping in Vancouver. Seems more interesting than a regular car show...

Henley by-election: Tories beat humiliated Labour into fifth place

Another trouncing for the Labour party in the UK, this time in the Henley by-election. The parliament seat election was to replace Boris Johnson, who resigned after he was elected mayor of London."The Conservative Party has beaten Labour into fifth place in the by-election to...

Chinese president promises divergent voices be heard online

"BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao talked to Internet users Friday morning via a major news portal, the first time that the nation's leader has gone online to chat with the public.      Hu, also general secretary of the Communist...

Pakistan celebrates 55th birth anniversary of slain Bhutto

As the Pakistanis celebrated the 55th birth anniversary of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday, first after her assassination in December last year, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani...

Nurses to be rated on how smiley they are

Well a smile is great but getting a 'drip' in a vein well and with as little pain as possible will do - smile or not. " Nurses are to be scored on how compassionate they are towards patients as part of a government plan to improve quality in the NHS to be unveiled in...

Papa Smurf's Got a Brand New Bag

Gargamel, it's time to put your big-boy pants on." The Smurfs, those blue-skinned cartoon gnomes with short tails and white hats, are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a Hollywood movie deal announced on...

30th Anniversary of "Ping-pong Diplomacy" Marked in Beijing

Pop culture references to this historic event is a thing of the past. This break through moment of US-China relations was revisited in the movie Forrest Gump- but other than that, only the Baby Boomers remember....

St Paul's Cathedral opens new South Churchyard

The magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral in London opened its new South Churchyard to the public today. This new peaceful space in the grounds took three years to complete at a cost of 3.8 million pounds." The...

Audio comment: 40 Years on. Remembering the Assasination on Bobby Kennedy

40 years ago today, Bobby Kennedy was assasinated at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. Markus tries to make sense of it, asks whether Obama will be able to fulfil the legacy 40 years on, and reflects about America's approach to its own history. An Audio comment....

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