As we hear that unemployment in the UK is to hit 2 million we have a story that confirms much of the UK farming industry is kept going by the exploitation of foreign workers. As the euro strengthens against the...
"With 1000 films and about 4 billion cinema tickets per year, Indian film industry is attracting world's attention for another reason; it's phenomenal growth, about 17 per cent, during the last two years. On...
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"On 2006, this bizarre-looking baby was born in Charikot, the headquarters of Dolakha district, attracting a huge number of onlookers to witness the astonishing sight. The neck-less baby with its head almost...
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Another community says No to crack... Lynwood, a suburb of Chicago, has banned the wearing of saggy trousers. No more than three inches of exposed underwear. This ban, seen as targeting black teens, is just the...
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Tramps - real tramps with long beards who look, well look like tramps should look, are often loved and hated in the same measure and become someone to look out for. This tramp had a large facebook following and...
Vancouver doesn't have many claims to fame, but one of the most important is its wooden coaster that resides in the Playland - and it turns 50 today.I get so scared when I ride it but everytime I go to the...
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It looks like people aren't just going to sleepwalk through this -- for now."Thousands of Canadians wasted no time protesting the government's copyright reform bill, piling on to websites and joining...
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A new world record has been set. 1,360 students in the town of Leuven, Belgium set off simultaneous geysers with mentos and diet coke. Looks like lots of fizzy fun!"After they each dropped a tube of the mints...
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Congratulations to Dries. Way to go buddy."While he was still a computer science student in college, Buytaert developed Drupal, a system designed to make it easier to publish, manage, and organize content on...
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Trevor Boddy warns against downtown Vancouver's steady conversion to luxury housing: "With our forestry industry in decline, and our real estate boom losing its steam, B.C.'s economic health will increasingly depend on its creative and cultural industries. Up to now,...
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I don't know what the critics are so concerned about. It's funny, isn't it? "ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New Mexico bills itself as "The Land of Enchantment." But for weeks now, a contentious debate has raged...
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"Police have launched a "zero tolerance" crackdown on cannabis users in a London borough.
In a major policy U-turn, police and lawyers have agreed the tough action is the only solution to drug dealing and anti-social behaviour on the streets.
The three-month operation has...
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New Zealand's parliament votes itself a little brand protection:"New Zealand's Parliament has voted itself far-reaching powers to control satire and ridicule of MPs in Parliament, attracting a storm of media and academic criticism.
The new standing orders, voted in last...
"Longing for love, Allan sent out a worldwide plea: I want a wife! The response was staggering. So after 53 dates in 13 countries, has he finally found The One?
There can be few men on Earth who have not, at some time, dreamed of devising a method of attracting women which...
"British Columbia’s climate, lifestyle and recreation properties are attracting increasing numbers of baby boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1965, from across Canada, says the BC chapter of...