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Pakistan cinema owners anxious about India spat

Despite deep animosity between two nations Indian films are very popular in Pakistan and they get good response. Despite an official ban on Indian films  for a long time, people watch Indian films on pirated...

Art critics and scholars converge for a two-day regional symposium in Karachi

Discussions about the effect colonialism has had on non-western and specifically Asian art dominated at ‘The Anxious Century: Discourses Waiting to be Born’, a two day regional seminar on art that took place...

Close friend believes Steve Fossett 'had death wish because of guilt over mar...

Here we go the guys reported dead and now we have a nasty assumption from the gutter press. Lets milk the story before he is put into the grave.   " Adventurer Steve Fossett crashed his plane into a remote Californian mountainside in a ‘subconscious death wish’,...

World Economy: Investors Remain Jittery

The world's current Bear markets remain jittery this week as the US government bails out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Unemployment in the USA reached a peak of 6.1% and consumers continue to...

Georgia, Between Hope and Fear

"I cannot help being anxious about what's happening to Georgia. My daughter is in Tbilisi with my grandson. Her husband, Sandro Kvitashvili, is the minister of health and social services. I don't know how dangerous his job is each day, whether he is on the streets, possibly...

Septuplets' mother has only seen them on TV

I want to know how the could afford fertility drugs on $8.00 per week."ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) -- A day after giving birth to septuplets, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman said Sunday she's only seen her babies on television and hopes to hold them and name them soon. ...

Anxious customers line up at IndyMac to withdraw money

Worried customers lined up outside IndyMac to withdraw their money this morning.  IndyMac was seized by federal investigators on Friday.  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp automatically insures...

Crack House "Reporters Perspective"

Yet there still are supporters of the crack needle exchange program out there who in their Fantasy World think clean needles mean a safe environment and hugs for everyone.I may not have all the answers either, but...

Stressed parents lead to sick kids, study says

A new study suggests the negative effects of stress may be, in effect, contagious.  Depressed and anxious parents have an effect on the health of their kids, according to the research.Seems to make intuitive...

Fleeing misery, they founded Quebec 400 years ago

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Certainly an interesting read on the first settlers from France, who helped establish Quebec City 400 years ago. Quebec's 400th Anniversary though celebrating French...

Students and Faculty Mourn Murdered UNC Student Body President

Two days after University of North Carolina's student body president Eve Carson was killed in a city street, thousands of students, friends, family and faculty came together to pay their respects to the...

Diary of a shut-in

A brave first person account of panic and anxiety disorders.  It's rare for mental health issues to receive a colourful and realistic treatment in the news, so I thought this was an important article. ...

Heath Ledger: Further Details Emerge

Further details are emerging surrounding Heath Ledger's death:"According to The Associated Press, police estimate Ledger's time of death between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. Ledger's housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, said she...

Kibaki and Odinga meet for first time in Kenya crisis

"Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election triggered weeks of bloodshed, a major breakthrough brokered by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan. The two leaders had not talked since the December 27 polls...

Gov't Study: 1/3 of Public Servants not Mentally Fit !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPerhaps the reason behind their mental depression is a "Guilty Concience" accepting a Fat Paycheque every two weeks for doing nothing, considering it has been reported...

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