Romanian beggars set up camp in Park Lane, Mayfair, London

Romanian beggars evicted from Marble Arch in Mayfair, central London, have set up a new camp less then 50 yards away - in the central reservation of the busy Park Lane dual carriageway. A group of more than 50...

Each morning the sun rises over the beautiful blue sea

Each morning the sun rises over the beautiful blue sea that laps this beautiful tropical island of Negros, that I now call home.   The traffic builds up past my home as the lucky Filipinos that are...

The Palestinian Addiction

At Contentions, Bill Siegel has an excellent analysis in which he compares the 'Palestinians' to alcoholics or drug addicts. The entire concept of a “peace process” is, perhaps, the enabler’s most seductive tool. Peace does not require a process. When peace or the...

Ireland to impose first new begging penalties in 160 years

Dublin is cracking down on beggars, for the first time since the Potato famine.  It's a shame that a few bad apples spoil the bunch, in any kind of situation.  "DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland plans to impose...

Beggars found staying at five-star hotels in UAE

Begging is a sin in the Islam and banned in most of the Islamic countries. Now Police in the Gulf  state of Abu Dhabi have started a special campaign against  begging. Much to their shock some beggars who were caught red-handed, were found staying in expensive...

Government to publish delayed Sats results

The SATS, which are a national standardized test for 11-year-olds in the United Kingdom have been plagued with problems this year when the American company which was supposed to grade them encountered massive delays. Despite the screw-up, the government has announced it will...

Man in wheelchair charged with drinking and driving

I personally do not know the exact rules and law to this, but drinking and operating a motorised vehicle can definitely be quite hazardous. Getting hit by a wheel chair is definitely not fun, but they could also...

I Want To Live All Kinds Of Lives In My Whole Life

Sometimes I wonder what if I am a beggar, a vagrant, or an emperor. I want to experience all kinds of life styles, a beggar’s life, a vagrant’s life, an emperor’s life. My life must be colorful and rich if I have such experience. But I know others will regard me as a...

Indonesian capital bans beggars, street hawkers

""This is to put order into things of common interest. If we want to put things into order, then we should have a clear legal base," Jakarta's outgoing Governor Sutiyoso told reporters after the city council...

Aceh to get social rehabilitation center

""We are currently making every effort to build a social rehabilitation center for the less-fortunate people in the province," the governor said. He added that through the rehabilitation center, the impoverished...

China's disabled children are sold into slavery as beggars

Is China as a whole losing it's collective mind?  And this is a government that the United States owes billions to?? --------------------------------------------"Nature Has not been kind to Gao Zhou Zhou -...

Comrade-In-Alms : Beggars in Mumbai Own Duplexes

"Beggars owning duplexes in Mumbai was so far just an inane piece of gossip floating around .To have read details, solidified the rumors..once and for all"

Warning: Shocking News US ID Thieves Target Kids

US-based identity thieves are using the details of children to conduct fraudulent trades, according to New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton who reckons up to 400,000 kids may become victims of identity theft, AP reports. Read More Here

The 5 habits of successful beggars

The tricks of the begging trade revealed after 1 week of visiting big European cities.

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