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Afghanistan summit to plan for withdrawal

The nice thing about Gordon Brown he nearly always, well almost lets the cat get completely out of the bag. So we are now looking at 2 to 3 years for the war to be won, or, the peace to be gained by a truce, with...

Gun Accidents Each Year: Kills Around 500 Kids

In California, an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister. Sgt. Charlie Spruill from the Wacaville Police said "It's a tragic case of a sibling who picked up a firearm, thinking it was a...

The Marshmallow Test: Tempting Children

"Can we really predict children's success by their ability NOT to eat a marshmallow? Experts say yes" This is a test for children to make decisions, thier given one marshmallow and told to wait, if they want...

Controlling Whiteflies

Are you engulfed by a white cloud of flying bugs every time you touch, or walk by a certain plant in your yard?  Are you discouraged from trying to control these bugs because nothing seems to...

Boy Dies in Unilever's 'Clear Men' Reality Show Due To Negligence

[Aarpix News Exclusive] KARACHI - In their quest to produce a western kind of thrilling and adventurous reality show, Poor and substandard arrangements have become the reason of the killing of a boy Saad Khan. Victim’s cousin Mansoor Khan told Aarpix. Saad Khan lost his...

UK 'must tighten arms controls'

" The government must do more to ensure arms exports are not being used against civilians in war zones, a joint report by four select committees says. The committees on arms export control welcomed Foreign...

Birth Control Pills Side Effects

Birth control pills are the most popular method used for family planning. Women who want to avoid pregnancy often do not think twice before popping a birth control pill, little realizing that it contains certain...

Indian police accused of abuses

Politicians or systems ineffectiveness is no justification for Police brutality.Indian police is lazy, useless and brutal. They perform lathi charge on women, teachers, doctors, common man, absolutely anyone....

Vive la France! Liberty/Equality/Fraternity at least in Theory.

By, Uwe Paschen. Vive la France. (14 Juillet Fete National) or should that be Vive Paris?  Today as in 1680 under the war hungry King Louis the XIV of France, who once said that “Paris is France but France will...

DOH reports 2 more H1N1-related deaths

" MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) recorded Monday two new deaths related to influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu infection. Dr. Yolanda Oliveros, head of the DOH-National Center for Disease Control Prevention,...

Ground the Airbus?

To date, there have been 23 fatal Airbus crashes, killing 2,584 people. EXCERPT: Used in law, science and philosophy, a rule known as Occam’s Razor requires that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex, and/or that explanations of unknown...

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...

Pakistan Army takes ‘complete control’ over Mingora

Pakistan Army has taken complete control of Mingora (Swat) which was previously under the control of Pakistani Taliban aka Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). "Operation Rahe Rast made a significant progress with the...

‘Gateway control’ vs swine flu in Negros

" A "GATEWAY control" in all ports of entry in the entire province of Negros Occidental has been tightly and strictly imposed to guard against the possible spread of the influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu. Secretary Leandro Mendoza of the Department of Transportation and...

Leibowitz chats up broadband, net neutrality, privacy...

"When it comes to consumer issues like broadband and network neutrality, the FTC in recent years has spent most of its time nodding dumbly at carriers, allowing them to "self-regulate." The idea that corporations can effectively monitor themselves for bad behavior has been...

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