" Cape Town - The drunken driving trial of Proteas cricketer Herschelle Gibbs has been postponed to March 24 next year. He appeared before a Cape Town magistrate on Wednesday, but his advocate Craig Webster...
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The first thing I said when I heard Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was being indicted was,”Good, about time”. The second thing I said was, “When will western war criminals, such as President Bush, be indicted?” It is highly unlikely that the International Criminal...
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Give lab monkeys mind-controlled weapons and they might be gunning for some payback! Personally, I see a wide, wonderful future in mind-controlled prosthetics; weaponry is not the first thing to come to mind with this sort of thing, but I guess for some..."Work on...
"January 29, 2007
Arrogance of Power
Is anybody else angry at the arrogance of the Bush executive branch? I am not just talking about the White House, I am talking about the whole apparatus. It looks out of control. Power corrupts and when an Executive Branch has no check...
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"The roots of Dalit rage
The symbolism of Dalit politics is a tactical response to the threat of violence lurking beneath the surface of Indian democracy. The benevolent tolerance that caste Hindu society affects may well be misplaced.
by | Sukumar Muralidharan
In January...
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"Texas - A 17-year-old who was cold and tired of walking took and then crashed a $650,000 fire engine in the West End Tuesday morning, said Beaumont Fire Chief Michel Micky Bertrand. The Quint 9, a nickname...
"New Jersey - On Saturday Morning, November 11th shortly after midnight the Paterson, NJ Fire Department responded to 225 16th Ave on a reported fire. On arrival, companies found a fully involved 2.5 story vacant frame partially collapsed and extending to both exposures....