The recently announced demise of the CBC Radio Orchestra--the last of its kind in North America--hasn't been taken well by Vancouver music aficionados. Yesterday some took to the streets."About 150 people rallied...
A shaky start to the week as Asian markets wobble on more bad news from America."HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Monday, heading for their worst quarterly performance in over five years, on persistent concerns about the global credit crunch and the impact of...
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"Everest Closed for Business
Without reasonable explanation, the Chinese authorities have officially close the north, or Tibetan, side of Mount Everest to all expeditions this spring, save for their...
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Interesting if true."srael is demanding that a formal calm with Hamas be preceded by a 30-day "feeling the pulse" period, the London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi reported Tuesday.
This march sounds quite interesting. If anyone has photos from any of these events, we'd love to see them."
China admitted today that it had quashed a protest by Buddhist monks in the
Tibetan capital of Lhasa,...
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"Ethical living? Stop taking cocaine
Posted on March 9, 2008 by MexicoReporter | Edit
There is a great Leader in this Sunday’s Observer which makes a point I’ve often debated - how cocaine takers in Britain...
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Israel has, as promised, begun again."The dead were reported to be a senior militant and a baby girl.
Israel stepped up military raids last week to counter rocket fire from Gaza. More than 100 Gazans were...
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A US District Judge has allowed a class-action suit against Microsoft over its advertising campaign for "Vista-capable" computers, as many machines touted as Vista-capable are unable to run anything beyond the...
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"Jaipur (ABC Live):The Gujjars in Rajasthan found new supporter when BSP chief and utter Pradesh chief minister Ms Mayawati supported their demand to inclusion in Schedule tribe list in political rally in Jaipur."
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"Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia not to cut gas supplies to his country in a dispute over an unpaid bill.
He has just a few hours with President Vladimir Putin to settle the row over a demand by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for...
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Breaking news yesterday that a key Taliban leader, Mansoor Dadullah was captured by Pakistani security forces. In contrast, the Taliban captured Tariq Azizuddin, the Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan. Now there is a prisoner/hostage swap in the works"Local Taliban who...
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A good family friend of mine made the seemingly spontaneous decision to pack up her life and move to Saskatchewan last year, to much scoffing and snooty response from many of her friends (not me, of course!), living comfortably on the Canadian west coast.She suggested that...