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human trafficking in Canada, Aboriginal girls remain forgotten

" If the Olympics is held in Prairie providence If  the Olympics is held in Prairie providence,  the problem of sex trafficking of Aboriginal would have received the attention from the media that they rightly deserved. After all, the international community...

Hamas: Israel torpedoing truce efforts

Sounds reasonable to me. Protect your population from rocket attacks and release the kidnapped soldier Shalit for open borders and cease fire. "In an interview with Al Jazeera, Barakei complained that Israel was tying a truce to the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad...

Zimbabwe Crisis: Latest news

" For most people in the crisis-torn country, life is still a daily struggle to put food on their families’ plates. CAFOD has worked in Zimbabwe for many years but we need to re-double our efforts to feed...

Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years

"Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years Dec 5, 2008 Economy Dec 5, 3:22 PM (ET) By JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON (AP) - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years,...

Investors Hit BofA Loan Modifications

Bank of America Corp.'s decision to embark on an $8.4 billion home-loan-modification program to settle charges brought by state attorneys general against Countrywide Financial Corp. was hailed as a milestone when the deal was announced this fall. But apparently nobody...

China welcomes UK Tibet decision

"China welcomes UK Tibet decision Zhu Weiqun speaks on Tibet A senior Chinese official has welcomed the UK's decision to recognise Beijing's direct rule over...

Chinese FM Leaves Peru On Emergency Call From Home

" China's Finance Minister Xie Xuren was called back from an international economic conference in Peru before the meeting began, following orders from Beijing to help resolve problems at home, an organizer of...

Pakistan says next US leader must stop attacks

Pakistan's prime minister today said that whoever is elected as the new US president later today must stop the attacks and cross-border raids into sovereign Pakistani territory. The comments signal that the new leadership in Pakistan is set to try to forge a very different...

25 feared dead in Indonesian sand mine collapse

There is bad news coming from Indonesia. Twenty five workers working in a sand mine have been trapped and lost their life. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon after a sand mine collapsed in Indonesia. " Twenty five workers were feared dead after a sand...

UK inflation reaches 5.2% in September

Rampant inflation in the UK reached an astounding 5.2 percent in September, figures released today reveal. That's the highest level since the currency crisis of 1992."The Consumer Price Index, the inflation measure most closely watched by policy makers, rose more than...

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Australia placed strongly

"Australia were placed in a somewhat strong position at the end of the first day of the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Zaheer dismissed Hayden in the first over of the day and with Ishant Sharma kept the scoring on a tight leash. But Katich and Ponting...

Spain moves to allow Medical Marijuana for treating Multiple conditions

" The Spanish Health Ministry is expected to give its blessing to a Catalonian plan to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients in need. The London Independent on Sunday reported on Feb. 6, 2005 ( "Spain's Health Ministry To Allow Doctors To Prescribe ...

US overturns ban on nuclear trade with India

Though there were concerns that the deal allowing the UNited States to trade in nuclear materials with India would not pass before the end of President Bush's second term, it appears that the deal has gone...

Congress to tweak bailout or risk deep recession

Now Economist acted positively ,and bad politics and leadership is created more problem.And finally the congres agreed to once again to vote for bailout package let see thos time......"     By David Lawder and Patrick Rucker -...

"Let's Go For a Million Kilos" Mexico's National Campaign to Lose Weight. A S...

First stage of this campaign has been a success!  I joined it, enjoyed it and have a couple of pounds off. The goal has been reached and surpassed. I'm part of these good statistics. Baja...

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