An inteview with Guy Boulianne of Mille Poetes editions, a new partner of Eco...

We wrote here briefly last month on our new partnership with Mille Poetes editions, when we presented the great video they made about our collaboration. Mille Poetes editions is a Montreal based, French language...

Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies

"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...

BBC fined 400,000 pounds for fake quizzes

BBc staff Member of one show won price30 Jul 2008 ... Several staff members were disciplined. The BBC said the DJ, who hosts the mid-morning show, was unaware that the caller was not a member of more> " ...

Saudis Run out of $50.00 a Barrel Oil, Find New Reserves of $150.00 A Barrel Oil

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSeem since President Bush's visit to Saudi Arabia to get the Saudi's to increase oil output failed last month, it seemed because the Saudi's ran out of $50.00 a barrel...

The Sun launches issue for Poles

British tabloid newspaper The Sun is to publish a Polish-language edition for the first time.

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

"The chosen book for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book is Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Now in its third year, Dublin: One City, One Book is a project designed to encourage everyone in the city...

Vista SP1 refresh made public

"Last week Microsoft released an updated build of Windows Vista SP1 to a private testers group via Microsoft Connect. A couple of days later the release was extended to the general public via Windows Update, which means it’s not available as a full, self-contained install...

Israeli journalists under investigation

"Three Israeli journalists who traveled to Lebanon and Syria are under investigation by the Israeli police for travel to "enemy" countries. One of them, Lisa Goldman, has been part of the informal We Media community for some time. She participated in the 2006 We Media Global...

Peterson case warrants seek GPS and biological material

I know, not another Peterson Story. But here is what I find interesting about this new developement. The police issued a warrant for "all GPS records, cellular service records, logging records or any other electronic records in the possession of OnStar Inc""BOLINGBROOK,...

Cheeky French steal moko

The blatant theft of traditional designs is an ongoing problem for the New Zealand Maori people. Their traditional designs are used for all sorts of promotions, from cigarettes to fashion. The Maori people have...

Camelot Interupted

Just recently Hillary Clinton said "i am not a liberal i am a progressive. Well she is right. The original liberal is nothing like the new so called "Liberal". A recent editorial by Rich Lowry reviewing the book...

Fans line up for new Tolkien tale

"Hundreds of fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, have lined up for special editions of a new book by the late writer, completed by his son Christopher. Autographed copies of The...

Egypt bans European papers for comments on Islam (Reuters)

" CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has banned editions of two French and German newspapers, Le Figaro and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, because of articles deemed insulting to Islam, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday. Under a decree issued by Information Minister Anas...

French literary works fetch high prices at auction

"Reuters - One of France's greatest private collections of manuscripts and rare editions from the giants of French literature fetched high prices late on Tuesday in the most closely watched auction of its type in years."

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