Global equity market sell off deepens

The growing economic woes accelerating around the world has forced  economic activity weakening across the world and even European stock markets have plunged. London's FTSE 100 Index opened more than 5 per cent down, on top of a fall of more than 7 per cent...

Health Care insurance For Visitors travelling to US

"""""""""Visitor medical insurance has become an essential part of the global economy today. Now-a-days, the frequency of the people traveling abroad is on an increase. If anyone is traveling within his/her own country, they need not apply for a separate policy to cover them...

Brown enters the final hours of his battle to win vote on 42 days

Gordon Brown is making a last-ditch effort to prevent an embarassing Labou revolt over the 42-day detention law in Britain by adding a proposal to paycompensation of £3,000 a day for those held for more than 28 days whoare not charged."Gordon Brown is struggling to head off...

Blair revealed loss of baby to avert Iraq panic

It's interesting to see how the different papers are reporting this revelations from Mrs. Blair's new book. The right-wing papers are saying Tony Blair used the miscarriage news "for Iraq spin" while the...

Bush climate plan: too little, too late

Yesterday US President George Bush announced a plan to cap greenhouse gases, but only in 2025! Today environmental officials have dismisssed this as too little, too late."On Wednesday U.S. President George W. Bush...

Human Rights Watch Warns of Human Rights Disaster in Zimbabwe

The opposition party under Tsvangirai will not participate in a presidential runoff vote, said their spokesman on Thursday. Meanwhile president Mugabe and Tsvangirai both stated they would attend an emergency...

US Federal Reserve slashes rates

Amid concerns over the state of the US economy and jittery financial markets, the US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point." The central bank lowered rates to 2.25% from 3%, but the cut was smaller than financial markets had expected....

Police avert 16 year old starting nuclear war

I'm glad they caught this punk before he  had a chance to do some real damage.A career with Microsoft now seems assured. ;)"Police in Boulder, USA, have prevented a 16 year old from starting a future nuclear war, after tracking him down after he hacked into his...

Efforts to avert strike at British airports

"The British Airports Authority is to meet union leaders in talks aimed at averting January strikes at some of Britain's busiest airports. A BAA spokeswoman said the talks will take place at an undisclosed location after negotiations last week failed to solve the dispute. The...

Hollywood Writers Begin Strike

While there's much more important news going on right now, I'm sure many people will start noticing their favorite shows going into reruns over the next few weeks and months as the strike continues.Immediately...

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