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Gardez la toilette!

We Brits are rightly suspicious of toutes les choses francais. I was brought up to know that everything francais was suspect. "Don't drink the water". "Of course, the French don't wash themselves: they just add...

Chinese curve a Speed Bump -

Some have said before, Wrongly, that no idea is a bad idea. "The local government in ShanXi province, China, decided they had enough of people speeding on their highways. In an effort to stop speeders once and for...

Baby mammoth will ‘live’ 500 years

"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last...

Dutch study shows Friday 13th not more unlucky

Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday."A study published on Thursday by the Dutch...

10 Lessons for Every "Shoestring" Entrepreneur

"Starting a business requires adequate capital. However, many entrepreneurs are finding that capital alone is not a guarantee for success. Some businesses start out with millions in the coffers, yet end up in the dumps. While a few businesses with shoestring budgets...

8 pandas from China earthquake's epicentre arrive in Beijing for Olympics

Eight pandas arrived in Beijing today after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicentre of the recent China earthquake."The pandas will spend the next six months at the Beijing Zoo on a special...

Obama pledges Cuba policy change

If elected the next US president, Barack Obama says his will seek direct diplomacy with communist Cuba."The frontrunner for his party's nomination for the presidency was speaking to Cuban exiles in Florida.Mr...

US military recruits more ex-cons

The U.S. Army has doubled its use of 'moral waivers' for enlisted soldiers over the past year as the demand for more soldiers reaches a high because of teh Iraq War troop surge. The army is now allowing...

Surrey Mayor Diane Watts, Shows her Cojones

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSurrey’s Mayor Diane Watts certainly shows Politicians everywhere she definitely wears the pants in her City, with the Cajones to fill em. Not unlike Cojonless...

Obama foreign policy by Brezinsky?

"America's Role as the First, Only, and Last Truly Global Superpower The Grand Chessboard Part 1 Brent Jessop - Knowledge Driven Revolution.com October 1, 2007 In Zbigniew Brzezinski’s The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (1997), he...

Travel advisory warnings for...Canada?

First, China issued a travel advisory warning for our dear native land, and now Australia?Oh my!"The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently updated its "Smart Traveller" website - intended to...

Exeter's Temple of Doom Gives Up Treasure

"His real name is Derek Dugdale but all his mates call him Indiana Jones. He's the man who visited Exeter's very own Temple of Doom and emerged with a treasure beyond the dreams of avarice. Derek was digging deep and hard in Princesshay when he saw something strange,...

FBI Cyber Crime Unit Issues Phishing Warning

Regions Bank Continues to be a Target for Criminal On-line Activity. Phishing E-mail : I Got OneA source within the FBI Cyber Crime Unitnoted that criminals added a new "twist" to an ongoing scam. This version of...

Change In The Air In Iraq

    This truly begs the question ladies and gents, if even the New York Times, perhaps the most unabashedly anti-Iraq Campaign mainstream publication, would print an op-ed supporting the "Surge"...

Mulrunji - S/Sgt Hurley's manslaughter charge - so be careful what you say, o...

"At about 10.15 AEST this morning, Andrew Boe (pictured above), who is the lawyer for the Palm Island Council, announced that S/Sgt Chris Hurley will be charged with manslaughter over the death of Aboriginal man Mulrunji in a police station on Palm Island in November 2004 -...

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