Poverty Parade: Desperate images and sad songs that never end

Even charities need to advertise. Every good cause, no matter how well known, accepted or funded, still needs to buckle down and work at raising awareness and cash. Over the years, many charitable organizations...

Update CANADA: Food Imports from China, "Safe to Eat?"

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor June 15, 2008 Apparently W-5 reported last night that the Canada  Food Inspection Agency,who previously stated in last years scandal that they are going to get...

Who are the Somali pirates and how do they become pirates?

Now that the world is focused on the hostage situation of US Bainbridge captin Richard Phillips, many are wondering who are these Somali pirates and how does someone become a pirate? Pirates have been around for years, and are currently holding 250 other hostages; 92 of them...

Families of "the stew maker's probable victims demand answers

More and more families are demanding their loved ones to be search for among the victims of El pozolero, man who confessed to have dissolved at least 300 bodies of people murdered by organized crime.More than 100...

Obama, to Meet McCain in Chicago

With the election over, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and John McCain, his presidential election opponent is scheduled for a friendly meeting at Obama's transition headquarters in Chicago on Monday. The...

Google Site Search gets more demanding

With Google Site Search, you can create a search engine for your organization's websites in just a few minutes. " Customers today demand speed. Waiting around is so, well, yesterday -- as so many of the...

A ‘different approach’

"Even though the financial crisis, which he pledged on Friday to tackle ‘head on’, is his first priority, Barack Obama has no choice but to clear the foreign policy mess being left behind by the Republican administration. At his first news conference as president-elect,...

Is Goldman Sachs The Baddest of Them All?

Mark Faulk of The Faulking Truth Weighs In"- The Goldman Gang   by Mark Faulk     It's the stuff that Hollywood movies are made of; a greedy heartless mega-conglomerate...

Unique service: Husbands for rent in Argentina

An Aregntianan company has started a unique service of providing husband on hourly basis. "Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the...

Burma's secret schools of dissent

READING, WRITING, MATH? Burmese monks are adopting teaching methods used in secret refugee schools in Thailand, to break out from robotic learning in state schools. " Mae Sot, Thailand; and Rangoon, Burma - Deep...

Web worship: Confess your sins to a vicar on the internet

The web is a place where many feel that they can open up and share their innermost thoughts with virtually no comeback and now those looking for a real 'comeback' from what some believe to be the highest authority of all. Well if god doesn't respond in person then Canon Dr...

Brown breaks neutrality pact in US election and praises Obama

Gordon Brown has gotten into some trouble in the UK for seeming to endorse Barack Obama. In a magazine article, the British prime minister heaped praise on Obama but did not mention McCain. Traditionally, heads of...

Cone Of Silence vs Idiocy Of Pay-Grade :: MAXINE

" Get Smart’s “Cone Of Silence” - Although there’s no working system described in any articles I can find about this, the patent application that goes with this is filed on behalf of NASA, so it might not...

Another John McCain Senior Moment

"For the Second Day In A Row, McCain Refers to Czechoslovakia – A Country That No Longer Exists. As MSNBC noted, “For the second time in two days, McCain has made a reference to ‘Czechoslovakia.’ His answers were about contemporary events, not history. McCain did not...

French army chief resigns after shooting incident

After a chaotic shooting incident last week, a French general has resigned. French President Nicolas Sarkozy had promised a quick and decisive response to the shooting." French army chief of staff General Bruno Cuche resigned today after a soldier fired live ammunition...

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