When Jesus Returns We Will Have Peace

As a muslim I am taught that the world will almost certainly not know peace untill the saviour jesus of nazereth is reborn. That doesn't mean we shouldn't work for peace...

Lehman Bros., Merrill-Lynch and More Financial Round-Up

A volatile mix of bankruptcy notices and buyouts from some of the most well-established investment banks and insurance companies in the world this morning led to widespread market crashes across the globe....

Hunger in Africa blamed on western rejection of GM food

Environmentalists taking an anti-scientific stance to modern agriculture and in particular to GM crop use are causing hunger in Africa according to Sir David King - the UK government's former chief scientist. This...

Cindy McCain defends Palin pick, husband

Notice, now it's 8 homes AND that Cindy McCain thinks that the close proximity of Alaska to Russia makes for good foreign policy experience.Sounds to me like Cindy has had one too many hair treatments!"WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain said Sunday that Republican vice...

Arctic To Be Free Of Ice In Five Years

In the summer of 2013 the Arctic could be completely free of ice. In winter the ice will reform, as it does now, but with shorter milder winters the Arctic and the world is in big trouble. ...

Bluetongue Disease hits UK

Under DevelopmentDon't Panic...Bluetongue or catarrhal fever is a non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease of ruminants, and no known cases have been reported in Humans. (Sans Blue Man Group) Yet......" Two new...

Internet: Last piece of fibre-optic jigsaw falls into place as cable links ea...

The world is getting connected! High-speed internet access is coming to East Africa, greatly increasing access speed and reducing costs, which will boost knowledge and productivity. Thanks to JulianW for posting a...

How organic agriculture is creating new export opportunities for African farmers

"The staunchest supporters of each of the two sides in what I call Africa's 'agro-ideological debate' are unlikely to see eye to eye any time soon, so deep is their suspicion of each others' motives. To advocates of intensive 'green revolution' revolution methods, Africa's...

Football stars launch Goal4Africa

Some of the world's biggest football stars have joined the 'Goal4Africa' campaign to raise funds for charity before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa."Germany's Michael Ballack and England's Steven Gerard were...

Happy 400, Quebec City!

Celebrations are underway in Quebec City and across Canada to celebrate the city's 400th anniversary."French explorer Samuel de Champlain landed in what is now la vieille capitale on July 3, 1608. To mark the...

Brazil vs Argentina live updets links and reviews

"The World Cup 2010 will be held on South Africa. For qualification for South America continent the arch-rival Argentina vs Brazil match is going to kick-off on Wednesday at Belo Horizonte in Brazil. The match between Brazil vs Argentina is always exciting to all fans over...

Ireland Votes 'No' on Lisbon Treaty - EU in Panic

It looks like Friday the 13th was not a good day for the EU. The Lisbon Treaty has been voted down in a referendum, and Brussels is now in a complete panic. The treaty is now most likely dead (although it would...

Pangea Day

In school, I learnt in geography that Pangea was the unified land masses of the unified continents about 250 million years ago, a super continent which existed before the Continental drift separated the land masses into the present day continents. Under this theory...

Ban Ki-Moon to Chair UN Task Force on Food Crisis

The head of the UN has held a joint press conference with the head of teh World Bank to discuss how the two organisations are going to deal with the food crisis. So far Moon has been criticized for not doing enough to draw attention to the problem."United Nations...

Scientists Create Neanderthal Genome

Scientists are reconstructing the genome of Neanderthals - the close relations of modern man. The ambitious project involves isolating genetic fragments from fossils of the prehistoric beings who originally...

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