Courts will ponder British Columbian's right to private health...

opinion Maybe we will finally get the "right" to buy decent, timely-delivered health care.  A little pressure on the public system to become more effective will not hurt either.  " Private surgery centres to take B.C. government to court     By...

Pakistani students suffer as visa centres shut down

" Pakistani students interested in obtaining their higher education from various universities of the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) are not able to go abroad even after they have been granted admission, because the visa centres have been shuttered. Students...

World’s Largest-ever Study of Near-Death Experiences

Kill me now ! but don't forget to resuscitate !"Southampton, UK — An AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study is to be launched by the Human Consciousness Project of the University of Southampton – an...

Churches attacked in coastal Karnataka

"In what appears to be a planned series of attacks on church-goers in different districts of the state, separate groups of miscreants unleashed violence on churches in Udupi, Mangalore and Chikmagalur on Sunday morning.Around ten prayer centres in Mangalore were vandalised,...

Pakistani puts Kidney up for online Auction

After body, life and many other weired stuff a Pakistani national has put up his kidney on a Pakistani auction website. So far no bidders have come to avial this offer.The Kidney business in Pakistan is unregulated and foreigners can buy kidneys from impoverished Pakistanis...

The pros and cons of touring a dead president

The idea of touring a dead president around the country to bring in sympathy votes for the present governing party might work in Zambia but US Presidential Candidate McCain might be well advised to keep the person...

Kent Council bans 'anti-teen' gadget

" Council bans 'anti-teen' gadget   Kent County Council in south east England has become one of the first in the UK to ban mosquito gadgets from its buildings. The devices...

Fire pushes 3,000 people out of homes near Halifax

New Update, Halifax: 3,000 Nova Scotia residents evacuated their homes as 6 major fires are currently underway in Nova Scotia. Power outage affecting another 8,100 homes where the blaze damaged a transmission...

Pedestrians to generate power as they shop

This is a really neat idea if it can be made to work - we already know that the very act of walking rather than traveling by car etc is good for the environment but now it seems our very footfall can not only decrease our carbon footprint in this way but also be an...

Ways to be sure the kids are alright

" Youth violence has become a national puzzle. Everyone is searching for the solution, but before it can be found we have to understand why teenagers are spilling blood on Britain's streets. There are two types of...

UK Coastguards stage first-ever strike

 France has taken over coast guard duties in the English channel as UK coast guards have gone on strike. "Coastguards went on strike on Thursday for the first time ever, in a row over pay. The 24-hour stoppage by up to 700 members of the Public and Commercial...

Find a job or lose your council house, Labour tells out of work tenants

With very little Council owned social housing remaining only the very poorest homeless families with children qualify..."People living in social housing should be expected to hunt for work as a condition of their tenancy, the new housing minister will propose today.Caroline...

Canada: Alleged Jihadist Informs CSIS, Montreal a Hotbed for Terrorist Recrui...

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell this information given by alleged Jihadist Mr.Charkaoui to CSIS, our Canadian Security Intelligence Service certainly disputes our previous Liberal Governments...

Racist threats trigger staff walkout at Toronto jail

A sad and dangerous state of affairs in Toronto.  Two separate prison guard walkouts on the same day.The first was due to racist death threats directed at black prison guards, and the second to new and...

Cricket Players to Star in Bollywood movie

From stars on the field to stars on the screen, cricket players are about to find fame at the Bollywood box office. Let's hope they get to perform coordinated dance routines."England bowlers Sajid Mahmood and Simon Jones are among a group of Test players set to feature in an...

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