Bomb Threat Note On American Airlines Plane In Boston

A flight attendant found a note which read "Bomb onboard. Boston to Miami" on American Airlines Flight 1318 at 2:30 pm Wednesday. The flight was pre-boarding when the note was discovered in the lavatory, and all passengers were taken off the plane. The plane was searched, but...

Colorado lawmakers do not pass statewide plastic bag ban

In what could have been the first statewide ban on plastic bags in the United States, yesterday a state Senate bill was defeated so that shoppers in Colorado will be able to keep using plastic bags. The people who...

Go Green Expo: A Review from LA

The Go Green Expo takes place this weekend in LA and here is one review of the event. Seems a big crowd turned out to look at the booths and listen to the speakers, and even do a bit of shopping. " There was a lot...

Delhi government to ban plastic bags

City government of Indian capital New Delhi has banned usages of plastic bag in the city and violaters would be imprisoned for five years.  Officials in the Indian capital has banned use, storage and sale of...

Toronto: No More 'Free' Plastic Grocery Bags

In June 2009, Toronto will become the first major Canadian metropolis to enact a bylaw forcing all retailers to charge at least five cents per plastic bag when buying groceries.  "I think attitudes are...

Reusing your Christmas wrapping

So in just a few hours you will be unwrapping your Christmas gifts, or wrapping them, and we wanted to take this time to remind you that it's still important to have a Green Holiday and care for the environment, so...

Official: Pakistan group leaders linked to attacks

A bomb disposal squad officer, center, takes a suspicious box to the police station after diffusing a bomb at Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Police on Wednesday...

Plastic bags and the Holiday's, a no, no for the Eco system.

By, Uwe Paschen.  It is that time of the Year once again, where many of us go shopping for the Holiday’s festivities, may we be Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Hindu or even Muslim, we all have great celebrations...

2 Months Left, Bush Says Goodbye, Quietly

"Two months from today, the White House packs up the Bush Family belongings and moves in those of the Obama’s. And it seems President Bush is accepting the ever-nearing end of his term in good spirits. “He’s usually in a good mood,” said Press Secretary Dana Perino on...

Ten Tips for Travel Commandments

"Traveling has become an important part of our life and it makes us enjoy and stress free during our vacation with friends or family. But traveling does not mean simply to pack bags, book the tickets and have fun. It means more than that. It needs whole sole preparation and...

Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'

The botched opening  of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...

Plastic Fantastic: Chishtee and His Trash-bag Art

It was a sheer coincidence, albeit a most interesting one, that a wellknown Pakistani artist residing in California for some years now, was showing his plastic sculptures and drawings at an art gallery in Karachi...

Ikea trashes disposable bags

Ikea is doing their part to save the environment, and is banning all disposable bags from their stores.Starting today, across North Amercia, the furnishing giant will no longer be offering any kind of bags at any...

Flour prices in Pakistan to go sky high after Eid

"Atta (flour) crisis is again in the making in Pakistan as the government has reduced wheat quota of flourmills at the rate of Rs450 per 40kg from 27.5 bags to 22 bags per day, while the Special Ramadan Package will also conclude immediately after Eidul Fitr, sources here...

Toronto considering ban on paper coffee cups

" Toronto considering ban on paper coffee cups Module body Mon Sep 15, 8:40 AM ...

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