Bombed Gaza Zoo faces a bleak future

The zoo in Gaza, which was badly damaged in the Israeli offensive, now only has about 10 animals left - they used to have about 400. Much of what is left includes Ostrich feathers on the ground and the burnt...

US global dominance 'set to wane'

US global dominance 'set to wane' The US navy is likely to have more company in the years to come US economic, military and political dominance...

China's toy makers shut factories: a bleak Christmas ahead

Thousands of China's toy makers have shut down their factories in the busiest time of year, the run up to Christmas, because of the world economic crisis.Summer and autumn are usually the busiest times of year for...

Bleak outlook for Europe's toads

According to new research, more than half of all amphibians (frogs, toads and newts) living in Europe could go extinct within 40 years as a result of  climate change, diseases and habitat destruction. Most...

Global warning: Melting ice threatens Arctic foxes

Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of  global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...

Another Indication that Newspapers are Finished

So, stage one is you lose touch with your audience.  Stage two is you lose readership.  Stage three is your advertisers run.  Stage four is your valuations plummet.  Stage five is the analysts...

Scottish Labour Leader Quits; Scramble to Replace Her Begins

Wendy Alexander, the Scottish Labour leader who ran into some trouble over campaign contributions last week, has resigned. The Labour Party in the UK is now scrambling to find a successor for her, but it will be...

Bernanke offers bleak view on U.S. economy

" Bernanke offers bleak view on U.S. economy By Michael M. Grynbaum Published: April 2, 2008 "Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, presented hisbleakest assessment yet of the economy on...

'Unremittingly Bleak' Scottish Writer Wins Costa Book Award

Congratulation to novelist Alison 'A.L.' Kennedy for her Costa 'Book of the Year' Award win. As a sometime stand-up comedian, however, her book doesn't sound quite like the 'pick me up' one might imagine could...

Agent Scully to Host Masterpiece Theatre

Since striking sci-fi gold with her starring role as Agent Dana Scully on the X-Files, Gillian Anderson has been trying to expand her range. First, there was her moody attempt to speak/sing over earnest 90s...

New York Times in Peril Again: Hiring Freeze and Lost Jobs

" The New York Times may be having more trouble with its publishing company. The company has frozen new hiring, and has also cut a “small amount” of newsroom jobs. No journalists have lost their jobs (yet),...

House price crash feared as buy-to-let landlords sell

"Buy-to-let landlords could trigger a house price crash as increasing numbers sell their properties because of higher interest rates and fears of price falls. According to property website landlord.co.uk, many are panic-selling, fearing a bleak winter for the housing market....

Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global...

"October 19, 1987, is known as Black Monday, the day the New York Stock Exchange suffered the worst crash in history, with a banf that echoed around the world. The Dow Jones Index (the Dow in short) then sank 22.6...

Billionaire Space Tourist Returns to Earth

"So... uh, what did I miss?""The capsule arrived after a more than three-hour return trip from the orbital station, carrying space tourist Charles Simonyi, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, and American astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, according to a spokesman at Mission...

Zimbabwe Prepares for Grim Independence Day

Zimbabwe's Independence Day is April 18th, though one must question how free the citizens are; they are held in thrall by a leader who many consider a despot: Robert Mugabe continues to bully any and all voices of...

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