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Pacquiao stunning victory - see the stunning punch per punch

My hero does it again, this little fit Filipino guy really puts his heart and soul into boxing. He has become the Filipino national hero and he is one of the nicest guys one could meet, politely spoken. Well...

Claims Turkish woman is 125 years old

I am feeling my age, the aches and pains after my daily 10k walk and I find my self often acting like a grumpy old man especial when there is a power outage in the morning so I can't start brewing coffee. Well it...

Veterans Affairs Mails ALS Diagnoses To Wrong People

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department has told at leat 1,200 veterans that they have ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, by mistake. Letters concerning disability benefits for people with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) were sent to 2,500 veterans, but at least 1,200...

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

Drug Czar's Pot-Potency Claims Go Up In Smoke

http://www.huffingtonpost.comBuzz up! A newly released report about marijuana potency undermines previous claims by the Office of National Drug...

Palestinian health care 'ailing'

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza suffer from an "ailing landscape" of health services, a new study claims." The Lancet medical journal report highlights how 10% of Palestinian children now have stunted...

Online networking 'harms health' ?

Has the rise in the use of social networking had a negative or positive effect on our lives? " Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart. Dr...

Day 3 - The Pirate Bay’s ‘King Kong’ Defense

Day three of the trial started with presentation of the amended charges and ended early again with all sides retiring for pizza! " The lawyers representing all four called on the court for the acquittal of their...

Israelis 'shot at fleeing Gazans'

This is so appalling. Why isn't anyone doing anything?"Claims have been received by the BBC and an Israeli human rights group that Israeli troops have fired on Gaza residents trying to escape the conflict area. Israel has strongly denied the allegations. BBC journalists in...

Mounting Damage From Southern California Storm

Fire is a real problem, especially if it rains right after wards. Read about the mounting fire damage in California."December 15, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports the powerful storm that struck the area is responsible for vehicle accidents in which two people have...

US Wants Four Ex-ISI Officials Declared Terrorists

" US Wants Four Ex-ISI Officials Declared Terrorists(NSI News Source Info) Source; The News By Ansar Abbasi, ISLAMABAD - December 6, 2008: The US has given four names of former ISI officials, including Lt-Gen (retd) Hameed Gul, to the UN Security Council to put them on...

An Indian in every Pakistani?

"Shireen M Mazari The writer is a defence analystLack of formal education and sheer ignorance does not by definition imply an innate sense of stupidity. On the other hand, formal education in itself is no guarantee of an intelligent and rational human...

LTTE claims to have killed 43 Sri Lankan soldiers

The millitant group of SriLanka , who is fighting its last bid to survive Army assult, today claimed to have killed 43 Soldiers.Both side claim that they are killing each other in great numbers but one cannot belive these numbers because of secrecy and modus operandi. " ...

Jealous Co-Stars "Froze Out" John Sergeant on Strictly Come Dancing

POPULAR celebrity Strictly Come Dancing contestant John Sergeant was "loathed" by his fellow contestants, it has been revealed, because of his huge public backing.  The viewers voted Sergeant back by...

Michael Jackson is being sued by Arab sheikh

 A troubled Michael Jackson is getting ready to face another problem. He is being sued by  Prince Abdulla Al-Khalif of Bahrain for £4.3m for breach of contract  in London High...

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