Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'

The botched opening  of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...

Spacecraft to probe edge of solar system

"OS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system. ...

Fourth baby dies and 12 more people are arrested in China toxic milk scandal

International, especially in Indonesia scares about toxin and dangerous faults in its food and products in China."A fourth baby has died as the horror of China's toxic milk scandal led to 12 more arrests...

Madrid: Pilots' union warned 'chaotic' Spanair passengers were at risk

These kinds of stories always come out a few days after something like this happens.Apparently, the month before the fatal crash that happened in Madrid on Wednesday, the airline's workers warned their management...

Tour de France: Why Stage 17 Matters

There is a history to the Tour. It has its legendary riders: Eddy Merckx (a.k.a. "the canibal") who is the only one to ever win all three jerseys in a single Tour, Miguel Indurain, Fausto Coppi, and of course...

Multidimensional Human Information Synthesis

http://structuraleconissues.blogspot.comWe’ve become far too refined and precise placing excessive faith in our mathematical formula based models. Mathematics is only a tool that may approximate a reflection of the inner workings of our complex world. There is nothing...

Wendy Alexander suspended from Scottish Parliament for one day

Wendy Alexander, Labour's leader in the Scottish Parliament, is being suspended for one day for failing to declare campaign donations. Alexander maintains she did nothing wrong." Wendy Alexander claims she is the victim of a political witch hunt after being recommended for...

Chaotic alcohol-fuelled tube party causes chaos

Yesterday, June 1st, marked the first day of new London mayor Boris Johnson's ban on consuming alcohol on public transport in London. In response various parties had been organized on Facebook. However the...

"SNOB Magazine" Only for Russia's Super Rich

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor"That's Telling em".SNOB Magazine, Wow, someone has a Death Wish!If this is a trend for things to come, whereby the Super Rich of Moscow will be featured in their...

San Francisco protests Chinese brutality in Tibet

UPDATE: 12:00AM EST - April 9"Hours before the Olympic torch was to begin its journey, pro-China forces and Tibetan sympathizers staked out their positions at the spot where it was to end the day in triumph....

BA Cancels Flights as T5 Chaos Continues

UPDATE: 1:22PM ESTBritish Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has finally decided to make a statement about the terrible disaster that is Heathrow's new Terminal 5."It was not, he admitted, BA's "finest hour"...

Thailand: Honk (and Stop) if You're Patriotic

A bill is making its way through Thailand's parliament that would require motorists to stop when the national anthem is played. Somehow the idea of every tuk-tuk, moto, car, bus, and truck in, say Bangkok having...

Canada votes down anti-terror measures

This vote took place about half an hour ago in Parliament; it's a pretty big step away from measures implemented in the anti-terror craze right after 9/11. "Members of Parliament voted against a proposal to extend...

A Tiny Invasion: U.S. Troops In Somalia After Raid

"A small team of American military personnel entered southern Somalia to try to determine exactly who was killed in a U.S. airstrike Monday that targeted suspected al-Qaeda figures thought to be hiding in swampy mangrove forests along the Indian Ocean, U.S. sources said...

Police Stop Protest at Senate Building

"The quiet, sunny atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building was transformed into a chaotic scene yesterday when dozens of war protesters filed into the lobby, formed a prayer circle, shouted Scripture and eventually were arrested as Senate staffers hung over railings and...

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