Obama: I can raise volunteers for hurricane relief

Barack Obama is promising to mobilize a huge army of his campaign volunteers to aid in hurricane relief. He's been in touch with Department of Homeland Security officials and is trying to determine whether his...

U.S., Allies Weigh Punishment for Russia

" Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and canceling an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise,...

Teenager shot dead in South London after being chased into shop

Yet another murder of a London youth by a gang of armed kids occured in London last night. It's the 22nd fatal knife or gun attack on a teenager in London this year."A teenager was shot dead last night after being followed by a gang of youths into a grocery shop in South...

Man held over London nightclub gun death

After a 35-year old man was shot dead at a London nightclub Saturday night, police have arrested a man who turned himself in over the crime. The incident at "Club Red" in Limehouse, wast London, is the 90th murder in teh city this year."Detectives have arrested a man after a...

Children feel 'hurt' on their national day

" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The request...

Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day

Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...

US 'insults' Berlusconi in press notes

"The Bush administration was forced yesterday to issue a grovelling apology to the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, after White House officials briefed the travelling US press corps that Berlusconi was...

Dozens hurt in Belarus bomb blast

A powerful explosion occured just after midnight local time (2100 GMT), as thousands of people were gathered for a concert at a war memorial in the capital. " At least 50 people have been injured in Belarus after a bomb exploded during a concert in the capital,...

107-Year-Old Man Leads High School Alumni Parade

He's 107 years old, and leading the Phillips Academy parade in his golf cart. Let's hear it for C. Yardley Chittick, who was a schoolboy with Humphrey Bogart."C. Yardley Chittick sneaked off school grounds with...

Street protests vs rice prices start

And then it has happened.  The stiff cost of food has brought people, especially the poor, out in the streets to vent out their dismay.  " Children of street vendors joined their parents in a noise barrage here Wednesday to express their dismay over not being able...

U.S., British Diplomats Released After Rough Handling in Zimbabwe

US and British diplomats were handled roughly and illegally detained, then released on Thursday in Zimbabwe. The five Americans, four Brits and three Zimbabweans were travelling in a convoy when they were attacked by police, who stopped their vehicles and slahed their tires....

Burnaby BC: Mass Decontamination after Meth PreCursor Chemical Spill?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Chemical spill which happened yesterday, was far more serious than many believed.  Here is a tidbit the Newspaper didn't tell you, most likely because they have no...

Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime

The computer does not even need to be shut down to extract evidence."Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online...

Ban Ki-Moon to Chair UN Task Force on Food Crisis

The head of the UN has held a joint press conference with the head of teh World Bank to discuss how the two organisations are going to deal with the food crisis. So far Moon has been criticized for not doing enough to draw attention to the problem."United Nations...

Oklahomans pause to remember victims of 1995 bombing

Before 9/11, there was the Oklahoma City bombings, which is still the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. Today marks the 13th anniversary of the deadly attack. 168 people were killed in the bombing of...

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