Britain's rarest spider saved from the brink of extinction

Britain's rarest spider - the Ladybird Spider - has been saved from being wiped out forever after a successful conservation program. They were almost wiped out in the early 90s due to loss of habitat and at one...

Brown bears bounce back from brink of extinction in Italy

After many years of facing extinction in Italy, brown bears now appear to be bouncing back, as a successful conservation programme in the areas around Rome has seen dozens of cubs recently roaming the forests. The...

Global warming melting Bhutanese Lake rapidly

Global warming is taking toll on the lakes everywhere and tiny Himalyan kingdom of Bhutan is also suffering from this. Bhutan has many small to big size lakes. Glaciers in Bhutan are already melting creating...

Gloomy forecasts for UK economy

[Gloomy forecasts for UK economy   T The Bank of England governor and an influential think tank have predicted that the UK economy is likely to sink...

This just has to be a great week for gold and silver! « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

"It looks like the financial crisis will claim its first big victim this week in the shape of Lehman Brothers, unless ‘a miracle occurs’ in the words of one observer. Meanwhile, shares in Merrill Lynch plunged 50 per cent last week on fears over its viability; American...

American forces start ground assaults in Pakistan

After starting air strike inside Pakistan airspace now US led NATO forces have started ground assault. The ground assault has also been accompanied by stepped up air attacks by unmanned Predator drones almost every day that have killed scores of people. American are...

Recession: boom years are over as economy slows to halt

The new Labour party, rid out a long period of good economy, in fact by staying out of the EU monetary system, UK's currency stayed strong. The high price of oil has gradually ruined the economy of most nations through out the world. This present slow down is not good for New...

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...

South China tigers teeter on brink of extinction

The South China tigers are verging on the brink on extinction from hunting and deforestation, and these magestic animals are so close to being gone forever."Historically revered as an archetypal Chinese...

End of ceasefire 'imminent' as more rockets fired from Gaza

The cease-fire in Gaza appears to be all but over as more rocket attacks have been launched into Israel. It wasn't even able to last mroe than a week." Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel today, as the week-long ceasefire deal...

He's black, and he's back! Private enterprise saves southern Africa's rhino f...

Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has...

Tories hoping for by-election coup

Today is the big day in Crewe here in the UK. A by-election in this traditional Labour stronghold is set to be a bellweather for whether Gordon Brown will be able to reverse his declining fortunes. If the...

Some of America's Most Venerable Newspapers Face Extinction Unless they Evolve

The Economist takes us deeper into the dying world of newspapers.  For those who are too young to remember, newspapers were once the way that people read about the news and the world around them.Circulation...

Ottawa Pays $50 million to kill 150,000 pigs

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhoa, for a second there, I though all our Self Serving Politicans, Bureaucrats, Lawyers and British Columbias Judges had Hit Contracts put on them. But I digress to...

Vallejo California On Brink Of Bankruptcy

Municipal bonds have always been a very safe (and often tax-free) form of investment for those who have the capital requirements to participate in them.  Now Vallejo has issued an ominous warning to those...

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