Chinese FM Leaves Peru On Emergency Call From Home

" China's Finance Minister Xie Xuren was called back from an international economic conference in Peru before the meeting began, following orders from Beijing to help resolve problems at home, an organizer of...

Battery charge dropped in flatulence case

"CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- A West Virginia man accused of passing gas and fanning it toward a police officer no longer faces a battery charge. ...

Reduce net immigration in the UK to zero, say MPs

A new report will be issued today claiming that migration to the UK is causing undue hardship on the nation and that net migration should be reduced to zero. The action is partly a response to a recent study that showed that Britain is set to be the most populous country in...

Search for clues in Madrid crash

"Accident investigators are to scour the wreckage of a plane that crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport, leaving 153 passengers dead. The cause of the air disaster, Spain's worst in 25 years, has not yet been identified but the black box flight recorder was retrieved from the...

Jamaica worried about many drugs tests

."By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaican athletes have undergone an "extremely unusual" number of doping tests since arriving in Beijing for the Olympic Games, potentially harming their performance, the team's chef de mission said on Wednesday. More than 32 blood...

Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce

" The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man. The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce. Peterson initially called the emergency number Thursday so that officers could have his subs made...

IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

Would any one of us go for this? I don't think so. "The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet would be...

Nato build-up gives tribesmen the jitters in Pakistan

There is widespread panic undergoing in the borders areas of Pakistan after heavy deployment of NATO forces. Now local tribesmen are terrified for military actions against them.  "After deployment along the...

Police rescue 15 'sex slaves' in crackdown on trafficking in Scotland

After a 15-month investigation a massive sting has resulted in the arrest of 35 people on sex trafficking charges in Scotland, identifying 15 women from Southeast Asia who were duped into coming to the UK and then forced into prostitution."FIFTEEN "sex slaves" from south-east...

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...

Drilon on ordeal: A ‘sobering experience’

" MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) A “sobering experience” was how a television reporter who was freed late Tuesday night by her Abu Sayyaf captors described her nine-day ordeal as she thanked friends and...

Minister's aide fired after Couillard links emerge

Yet another Minister has lost his job over dating controversial woman Julie Couillard last year. Federal Public Works Minister Michael Fortier had to dismiss a senior member of his staff because of his romantic...

California Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $22 Million in Counte...

US Customs and Border Patrol"California Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize $22 Million in Counterfeit Imported Merchandise (Tuesday, May 20, 2008) contacts for this news releaseOakland, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure of...

Police Psychologist Speaks Out Against RCMP Tasering Practices

After a polish man who spoke no english died after being tasered in a BC airport last year, top RCMP criminal psychologist Mike Webster spoke out against the deadly use of force. This time he's lashing out at...

Update: Mayors & Police Furious BC Courts: allowed MS-13 Assassins to walk am...

I have provided an update link at the end of this story for readers on the Outrage Mayors and Police anger over this fiasco at a decades old incompetent Justice System who allowed this Salvadorian Illegal to walk...

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