Power-guzzling TVs to be banned in California

" Energy-hungry television sets will soon be banned across California in a landmark move by state legislators to reduce energy consumption. The state will be the first in the US to impose a mandatory energy curb...

Mysterious Gojra discord

The Gojra inferno has set off a torrent of country-wide condemnation for subjecting the Christian Pakistanis to criminal violence based on concocted case of blasphemy.Federal Minister Maulana Ataur Rehman said the desecration of Holy Qur’aan is a big crime but the murder...

Iran's Soccer Captain bids a brave farewell

Handwritten letter from the banned-for-life former captain of Iran's soccer team to the soccer authorities. Four team members were forced to retire and banned for life, for wearing green armbands at their last...

Vancouver coffee blogger gets banned from Yelp

Steve Pratt tweeted about this today.  Apparently Yelp was a bit heavy handed with a local coffee blogger.  According to an account on his blog he wasn't treated particularly well by the user generated...

Michael Savage Banned From UK For Political Opinions

"American talk show host Michael Savage has been banned from entering the UK by the Home Secretary because of his political opinions and opposition to illegal immigration, which is considered “hate speech” in airstrip one. “Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she...

International torch relays banned, Terror Threat Wins

The agenda of terrorist is to spread the fear psychosis and they won an important battle when the Olympic committee banned the international torch relay. Threat of demonstration and propaganda attached to the...

LTTE denies Sri Lanka's accusation of misuse in BP-100

Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense has said that it had found BP-100 on a dead LTTE rebel. Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense has decided to ban free media entirely from Sri Lanka to protect its war strategy on Tamils; consequently no independent news source can confirm the news....

Welsh town screens Monty Python film after 30-year ban

"He's not the messiah - he's a very naughty boy." I've seen this film so many times that I think I've memorized every line!" A Welsh town that banned the classic Monty Python movie Life of Brian 30 years ago has...

Dutch MP banned from entering Britain

A Dutch MP who described the Koran as a "fascist book" has been banned from entering the UK amid fears his presence would endanger public security. Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders says he will go to...

Indonesia’s Muslims banned from practicing Hindu yoga

Indonesia’s Muslims will be banned from practicing yoga with elements of Hindu mantra chanting. Engaging in such activities is believed by some clerics to have the potential to “corrupt Islamic values."...

Women banned from Baghdad shrine

Troubled land of Iraq is more troublesome for women.Peoples kill each other in the name of power, but killing women specially on the name of religion makes the situation really worse.Iraq has a long tradition of empowered women compared to other so called islamic states,...

Banned words and phrases for 2009

Here's a bit of wishful thinking from a brave state school in Michigan -- words and phrases that should be banned from the English language because of their (over) use or general lack of usefulness. I'm not sure...

Fox Hunting supporters scent a shift in mood

The majority of people in Britain in poll after poll show that they are against fox hunting and this led in 2005 to the Government banning hunting with dogs. The campaign from hunt supporters to repeal this act...

UN panel designates 3 Pakistanis as terrorists

A U.N. Security Council panel has designated four men linked to the Mumbai attacks as terrorists subject to sanctions. The four men are believed to hold leadership positions in the banned Pakistani militant group...

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...

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