TruemorsGallup Daily: Race Back to a Tie at 46% Each
Gallup Daily Tracking poll takes issue with the 8 percentage point spread related by other polls this week. This poll was taken prior to John McCain suspending his campaign. It shows a tie between Obama and McCain."PRINCETON, NJ -- John McCain has gained ground...
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...
U.S. reverses course, will send envoy to talks with Iran
"The Bush administration has decided to break with previous policy by sending one of its most senior diplomats to engage Iran's top nuclear official, the White House announced Wednesday. ...
Gordon Brown: Motorists should switch to electric cars and learn 'eco-driving'
Brown is making quite a number of evironmental style public service announcements. Be good to see these technologies embraced more widely - perhaps even the priministerial and presidential car convoys will consist of these cars soon... now that would be a good example to us...
The Immunity Deal
"Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a breakthrough compromise yesterday on a bill that would dramatically revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Most significantly, the draft...
Guantanamo 9/11 suspects on trial
Trial for 5 terrorists, considered as mastermind of attack on World Trade Centre, have started at a miltiary tribunal in Guantanamo Bay. All five men face the death penalty if convicted by the US tribunal in Cuba. " The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the...
From Gordon Brown to Gandhi and Back Again in One Loophole
"Gordon Brown has negotiated a loophole for Britain to continueusing cluster bombs, despite his declaration of a full ban. The prime minister appeared to reinforce his humanitariancredentials when he dramatically overruled the Ministry of Defence(MoD) in talks at a 109-nation...
Alaska Will Sue to Block U.S. Listing of Polar Bears as 'Threatened'
Alaska's government says polar bears aren't a "threatened species," and will sue to block that designation. Gov. Sarah Palin and other officials say that listing would block prime oil and gas development in some...
Israel-Syria Peace Deal? Lebanon Falling, Iran Rising
***OPINION***"My reactions are based on an article titled Israel-Syria Peace Deal Could Threaten Iran, Hezbollah. When you only read the title you think that things are improving (snicker, snicker) in the Middle...
Iran No Longer Accepts US Dollars for Oil
As fears grow that both China, with its massive foreign currency reserves, and the Middle Eeastern oil states will move from the dolalr to the euro as their favored international currency, Iran has announced that... 
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Recipe for a son starts with daily bowl of cereal
A new study has shown that eating a lot during pregnancy increases the likelihood that a woman will give birth to a son. The scientists can't explain why this might be, but they theorized that thehigh levels of...
EU says China is the source of half of all dangerous goods seized in 2007
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly no big surprise to North Americans and the Media who knew all along, besides China's major problem with Pollution featured by a New Environmental studay... 
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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China Troops Seal Tibet Monasteries, Shops Set Ablaze
More news from Tibet as China cracks down on protests there."Chinese troops sealed off three of
Lhasa's largest monasteries after Tibet's biggest protests in
almost 20 years deteriorated into violence, with...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Seals of Disapproval
On November 15, 2007 I reported on the Junk Science Studies of Overfishing by Newfoundlanders, much to the dismay of some readers who still believe newfoundlanders in their little 6 meter...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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