Cultural Activities Continue Despite Terrorism Threats

Karachi is not new to conflicts and violence but its people have forever proved to be quite resilient.  However, suicide bombings happening in some cities of Pakistan like Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore and also...

105 Killed In Bomb Blast In Peshawar

Sadly, I have been changing the numbers in this story's headline: The death toll in the deadly Peshawar blast has now risen to 105. Over 200 people are said to be wounded. There will perhaps be more casualties as...

Demand for crop dusting soars with new pesticides

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The plane swoops down over a field, racing along at 140 mph only a few feet above the corn stalks before releasing its chemicals and pulling back into the sky. It seems a vestige of another era -- or a scene from a classic film -- but throughout the...

Citizen Participation In Development

Cities have been drivers of growth since ages be it the Indus Valley or the Greek Civilization. Today also cities continue to fuel growth but are our cities infrastructure-wise sound enough to withstand the pressure on them? Cities are the centers for secondary and tertiary...

New York City Seeks Ban On Smoking In Parks

New York City is looking to follow California's initiative and ban smoking in parks and on beaches. It has been illegal to smoke inside public buildings In New York City since 2003. The proposed smoking ban is part of a larger plan to improve residents' health over the next...

Jose Mar Flores, Bolivian Priest, Behind Aeromexico Flight Hijack

It has been revealed that Jose Mar Flores, a Bolivian Priest, is the man behind the Aeromexico Flight 576 hijacking today. He claims he recieved divine inspriation, and was inspried to hijack the aeroplane because of the date 9-9-9 is the number 6-6-6 upside down. 666 is a...

Aeromexico Flight 576 Hijacked In Mexico City

Aeromexico Flight 576 with 112 passengers has been hijacked at the airport in Mexico City by unidentified hijackers. At least five people have been detained by Mexican authorities. All passengers have been released...

Seattle libraries closed for week to save money

Seattle's main library is well known for it's tourists visiting the architectural landmark, it's a relaxed place to read and is also recognized as one of the most heavily used libraries in the country. "Just...

Mexico Attempts Thriller World Record

Nearly 13,000 people gathered on the streets of Mexico City on Saturday, what would have been Michael Jackson's 51st birthday, in an attempt to break the Guinness world record of most people dancing to Thriller...

Walls kill 3 in Cebu

" CEBU CITY -- While he and his family of four slept in their small home in sitio Central, Barangay Biasong in Talisay City, Rogie Flores, 26, didn’t know the heavy rain that pounded on their roof would end his...

Arroyo wants ‘to reconcile’ with Erap

" CEBU CITY -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former president Joseph Estrada were briefly reunited during the wedding Saturday afternoon of lawyer Christina Garcia Codilla and Liloan Mayor Vincent...

North Vancouver city considers plan for farms on boulevards

"UBC lab is ‘trying to create something that doesn’t exist anywhere else’ From the Victory gardens of the last century’s two world wars to the community-garden movement started in the 1970s, urban...

Suicide bombers hit Afghan city

" Suicide bombers have attacked the police chief's office in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, as suspected Taliban fighters confronted security forces. Heavy gunfire and explosions were also heard near the main police...

Shorts in the City

With summer now here the question of if it's ever OK for men to wear shorts to work at the office is now a hot topic in London as stores such as the U K's John Lewis reveal that pinstripe and other 'city...

Cebu mayor's brod 'blocks' raid

" CEBU CITY -- Operatives of the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) were reportedly blocked after confiscating illegal gambling paraphernalia at the back of the Compostela Public Market Thursday afternoon. Cebu...

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