Al-Qaeda helps US advance agenda

"Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says al-Qaeda terrorists have been engineered in order to advance the Bush administration's agenda. In an essay published on Sunday, Castro said the terrorist group "was born from the empire's own entrails", using the term "empire" to...

EU force to fight Somali pirates, video russian warship/pirates

Somali piracy doubled in 2008, 60 ships attacked, $30 million paid in ransom. Sarkozy fights the pirates. The french announcement was made after the EU defence minister meeting at Deauville France VIDEO...

Euro 2008 Semi Final - And Then There Were Four

"Euro 2008 Semi Final - And Then There Were Four #fullpost{display:inline;} digg_url="http://www.lovefooty.net/2008/06/euro-2008-semi-final-and-then-there.html"; Euro 2008 Semi Final - Germany, Russia, Spain and TurkeyThe group stages and quarter finals of Euro 2008...

Canadian held in Sri Lanka: Terrorist Ties?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Canadian man is being held in Sri Lanka after police were wondering what he was doing with Heat Seeking Technology, fearing this and other electronics would be headed...

Israel marks 60 years as political clouds gather

Israel has celebrated their 60th birthday with barbecues and military displays, but events were clouded over by the investigation that could unseat the prime minister and stop talks towards much needed peace in...

Chelsea gunman was a top barrister who was a rising star

The armed man who died in Chelsea, London, was a high-flying lawyer, who had a bright future and a beautiful wife.He tried to send a message to his wife Elizabeth, just before he was killed. He threw a white box...

Merrill Brown: Old media needs to wake up, or die

"Traditional media companies that refuse to invest in the Internet and withdraw into old business models are destined to fade away, opening the door for entrepreneurs to take advantage of the lack of...

British Terrorists Planned Homicide Bomb Attacks on Seven Flights Over North ...

"LONDON —  A British terrorist cell planned to detonate homicide bombs on seven transatlantic flights over North America, causing catastrophic loss of life, a court was told yesterday. The...

BC Scientists solve mystery of origins of Burgess Shale

Certainly a major importance how British Columbia and vertabrates evolved over 530 million years ago." Scientists solve mystery of origins of Burgess ShaleRandy Boswell, Canwest News...

2010 Olympics has Whistler residents concerned !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know it's funny, the 2010 Olympics, the Hype, the seemingly endless  amounts of  Olympic Committee money going to hire friends, family and assorted hanger...

Cocaine-laden submarine sinks off Colombian coast

Through exhaustive research, I have found the submarine order form from the Columbia Drug Cartel and have attached it for Now Public Reader scrutiny."Cocaine-laden submarine sinks off Colombian...

Fires, Rail Sabotage Reported in France During Transit Strike

In the continuing saga that is the transit strike in France, thousands of transit workers are still away from work, forcing hundreds of thousands to walk or take over-stressed taxis and what little transit is...

Olympic sex demand could increase visa fraud: report

"Olympic sex demand could increase visa fraud: report Chad Skelton, CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 VANCOUVER - The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver could lead to an increase in student-visa fraud as people in the sex trade recruit young women from...

MEMS for Viewing Faraway Galaxies

"Efforts to peer deep into the early universe are important to understanding its formation, but this requires the gathering of very faint infrared light--which is difficult because nearer, brighter objects overwhelm the signals of darker objects that are farther away. Now...

5 years later, WTC mail keeps coming

"It's the kind of holiday mail that might have been tossed aside, discarded like any other piece of junk mail: a special offer for a facial at a local spa. Only the address on the letter no longer exists. And the woman the letter is addressed to died more than five years ago...

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