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China welcomes UK Tibet decision

"China welcomes UK Tibet decision Zhu Weiqun speaks on Tibet A senior Chinese official has welcomed the UK's decision to recognise Beijing's direct rule over...

Military to brief Pakistan Parliament on threats to national security

Following a truck-bomb attack on a five-star hotel near seat of governance in Islamabad, the Pakistan government seems to have decided to synchronize its policies to eliminate on terrorism. " In camera sittings of both houses of Pakistan parliament on anti-terrorism policy...

SpeedDate Hijacks Facebook Users With A Bait And Switch

"SpeedDate, the online dating site that throws singles in a series of rapid dating sessions, has hijacked over 500,000 users from at least three Facebook applications. Users are logging on to Facebook to find that the applications they’ve had installed for months have been...

Pakistan army ordered to hit back US forces

Though Sarah Palin seems to be unaware that it's occuring, the US has been undertaking raids into sovereign Pakistan territory from Afghanistan, without the approval of the Pakistan government.  With a new president just taking office in the country, the timing of this...

Eyewitness: Russian troops pull back

"All morning, the Russian soldiers had been standing listlessly around the checkpoint at Igoeti, just 35km (22 miles) from Tiblisi. As they cradled their rifles and chatted to local villagers, it seemed they were in no hurry to go. Then suddenly, at around noon, the first...

Alien Hacker wins extradition delay

One thing surprised me in this story.  He had a girlfriend. Just goes to show what you can accomplish when staying in a small room in your girlfriends aunts house.On a serious note, lets face it this guy must...

Did McCain Plagiarize His Speech on the Georgia Crisis?

"Did McCain Plagiarize His Speech on the Georgia Crisis?"

Georgia conflict: Screams of the injured rise from residential streets

Innocent people are the victim of all this. Many building and apartment damaged by Russian airstrike." The ground shook and a series of explosions rippled through the air. From the middle of a housing estate in...

Eva Mendes' nipple ad banned

Is Eva Mendes too hot for TV? Apparently so! The sexy Latina actress  has a starring role in a new Calvin Klein fragrance commercial, but most U.S. broadcast networks have opted not to show the steamy perfume...

David Cameron Gets Obama's Ear

UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and Opposition Leader, David Cameron, today fought for the ear of Senator Obama in a "Battle of PR".  David Cameron, perhaps won the battle after boom...

Sarkozy aims to revive EU pact this year

In an important speech delivered yesterday in Strasbourg, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who assumed the French rotating EU presidency at the begining of the month, outlined the timeframe he envisions for...

Obama, did you threaten me? (OPINION)

An interesting response to Barack Obama's well-scripted speech on patriotism:"Listening to Barack Obama’s speech on patriotism filled me with many emotions. All of them negative. Obama opened his speech with a very brief jaunt into history, going back to the origins of this...

Toronto: Nortel Fraud Charges

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorScandal plagued Nortel takes another hit as their CEO Frank Dunn and two other exec's face fraud charges. Nortel for close to a decade had been accused of everything...

Sup, Emo and Homie: "WTF are kids talking about?"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh, Yes, the Gansta Lexicon of Languages spoken by our Kids regardless that they would not know a Gangster if it slapped them upside the head.   My own...

Obama on policy: er, Hope! Change! A Triumph of Style over Substance

"May 29, 2008 by Ed MorrisseyThe Washington Post runs a front-page analysis of Barack Obama’s policy positions today, and they find … nothing much. In fact, what little work Obama had done on policy since entering the Senate in 2005 he abandoned in 2006 as he prepared for...

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