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" Newsweek called Pakistan “the most dangerous nation in the world.” Western media calls Pakistan “a power-keg waiting to explode,” while their military describes us as “being in a fight for our national existence.” The world that we all claw and...
Teen recounts horror of abduction into sex slavery
Many young victims of human traffickers treated as criminals themselves Her captor told her she had been sold on the Internet for $300,000 to a man in Texas. Fortunately, she was rescued before delivery could be made. " For someone who’s only 18, Shauna Newell is... Sachin No.1 in Warne’s list
"Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of world’s best 100 Test cricketers named by legendary spinner Shane Warne in his book Shane Warne’s Century, which also features as many as 10 other Indians. The list in Warne’s book released on October 2 is almost...Police raid headquarters of RNC protesters
It's already started, Republican strong-arm tactics to prevent people from having a voice at the RNC."ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday. The RNC...Bin Laden's driver found guilty in a split verdict
"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A jury of six U.S. military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism but cleared him of conspiracy Wednesday in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay. A...Living One year rent free in a Ghost town?
"We didn't sell one house," real-estate agent Michael McKinnon says.But for the Pfluegers, who won, the outcome appeared to be nothing short of divine intervention. Mr. Pflueger had been out of work for eight... Ian McKellen describes anti-gay death threats
Apparently not getting the memo that Galdalf is immortal, some have sent death threats to openly gay film and stage star Sir Ian McKellen. In the article below, he touches upon those incidents as he describes his...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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391 views | 37 recommendations | 6 comments
Britain in recession 'within months' as bosses predict 550 jobs will be lost ...
" Britain is on the verge of a recession and the number of permanent job vacancies is falling, two reports warn today. The British Chambers of Commerce describes the outlook as 'grim' and warns that a recession could start within months. It says it has uncovered evidence... Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq
These allegations coming from President Bush's former press secretary, a man who served him for a decade, are truly shocking. It is not the allegations themselves that are shocking - they merely confirm what...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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417 views | 39 recommendations | 9 comments
Press Freedom in Africa: There is Work to be Done
"Akinki Janet writes a compelling piece for the African Executive essentially saying that Africa still lags behind in press freedom. She aptly points out the direct correlation between democracy and the press and describes the press as a watchdog for the people. ...Foreign minister loses bags in T5
No one is immune to Heathrow T5 problems."An unnamed EU foreign minister has been caught up in the baggage backlog at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.Writing in his blog, Mr...McCanns win libel damages against media
After alternatingly glowing and brutal coverage of Kate and Jerry McCann, the parents whose daughter Madeleine went missing in Portugal last year, the family has won damages against two papers."Two newspapers said on Wednesday they will pay "substantial" damages to Madeleine...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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333 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Night of the Living Fed
"Night of the Living Fed
Paul Krugman is writing about The Face-Slap Theory."The scariest thing I’ve read recently is a speech given last week by Tim Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Geithner came as close as a Fed official can to... [Theo van Gogh and] "Education By Murder" in Holland
Some four years ago, Dutch society was jolted by a savage daylight stabbing of a highly controversial film maker theo van Gogh.Related to Vincent, van gogh had made a name for himself with an agressive,... Science 2.0 Debuts at Scientific American
Scientific American comes out boldly with a wiki experiment that invites readers to edit an article and weigh in on some of the "meta publishing" issues that crowd sourcing via wiki technology brings to science, including consideration of the impact of this kind of... NowPublic on Facebook
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