Afghanistan: 10 Billion Dollar Food Aid Scam

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnd this surprises everyone? If not despot dictators skimming large amounts of cash of 10 to 20% for themselves to prop up their salaries and lifestyle to safely tuck...

Manslaughter charges sought on air crash

"French judges have been asked to put Continental Airlines on trial for manslaughter over the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000 that killed 113 people. Prosecutors in Pontoise outside Paris requested that the US airline, two of its employees and two key men in the...

Man's Death Linked to Cotton Swab Use

As an avid fan of q-tips (technically called cotton swabs), this was an especially disturbing story. A montreal man is dead after perforating his eardrum with a cotton swab, which caused an infection from his...

CIA blames extremist for Bhutto killing

This news broke less than two hours ago and frankly isn't too surprising."WASHINGTON - The CIA has concluded that a Pakistani tribal leader's network was behind the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister...

Punishing Thought Crime: Would New Bill Make YOU a Terrorist?

" By Scott Thill, AlterNet. Posted January 17, 2008. Meet the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.According to Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., House Resolution 1955, otherwise known as the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of...

B.C. man fined $6,000 for spreading hatred on web

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorNo Jail time, certainly smacks of Par for the Course when it comes to Justice for None.It would have been nice to have a photo of Mr. Beck to have publicly posted for...

Supermarkets fined £116m for dairy price fixing

After agreeing to co-operate with the Office of Fair Trading some of the supermarkets have admitted collusion whilst Lactalis McLelland, Morrisons and Tesco deny the allegations."Supermarket giant J Sainsbury has...

Mexico: Breaking News on Lydia Cacho Case

"Breaking News on Lydia Cacho case… Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, herself a victim of human rights abuses, listens to the tale of the friend of a prison inmate.Breaking News: Reports just breaking say...

Canada: Prime Minister "Kyoto a Mistake"

Prime Minister Harper, pretty much stated what most dare not say at the Commonwealth Summit.   Either everyone get on board or Kyoto will not work period.  All of one, but not quite one for all. ...

AuxiCogent to expand BPO operation - Mahavilachchiya a role model:

"AuxiCogent to expand BPO operation Mahavilachchiya a role model: by Surekha Galagoda AuxiCogent International (Pvt) Ltd, the BPO operation under the JKH umbrella has just concluded a contract with a client based...

Killing of journalists in Latin America continues

The El Salvadoran journalist Sanchez Roque was shot dead near his home ealrier this month. The killing was condemned today by UNESCO director General Koichuri Matsuura.The Rory Peck Trust is working on this issue. "The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura today...

Acupuncture is best way to treat back pain, study finds

"The ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture works better than anything modern medicine has devised for the treatment of back pain, scientists have concluded. In trials among 1,100 patients with chronic lower back...

Report: Pentagon Has 3-Day Plan to Knock Out Iran's Military

"     I absolutely agree with the plan that's so obviously been put in place since Admiral Fallon had been put in  charge of CENTCOM, since battle groups USS Stennis, USS Eisenhower, USS...

Report faults response in Virginia Tech shootings

"Report faults response in Virginia Tech shootings Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:30PM EDT Email | Print | Digg | Reprints | Single Page | Recommend (0) [-] Text [+] Featured Broker sponsored link Money Center Power. Price....

Angelina Jolie highlights plight of Iraqi Refugees

Latest figures from UNHCR show that more than four million Iraqis have been displaced by the the war in the country."UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Wednesday concluded her first visit to Iraq and...

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