"The End of the World is Nigh" for sandwich boards in London's West End

They advertise everything from "Jesus Saves" to "Golf Sale - 200 yards".  They clutter-up Oxford Street and no-one ever really reads them.  They have been a fixture of London since the Victorian era, and...

End of ceasefire 'imminent' as more rockets fired from Gaza

The cease-fire in Gaza appears to be all but over as more rocket attacks have been launched into Israel. It wasn't even able to last mroe than a week." Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel today, as the week-long ceasefire deal...

They May Take Our Planet, But They'll Never Take OUR FREEDOM!

Muckraking on a galactic scale or giant waste of time? It's good to know that, with everything going on in the world today, that so many people are focusing their energy on making sure no shady deals are being struck with powers from beyond the sun."A multinational...

Ron Paul Launches New Effort

"Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign, a pugnacious, ideological crusade against big government and interventionist leanings in the Republican party, will officially end Thursday at a rally outside the Texas...

Portugal drivers end fuel strike

Protests continue throughout Europe by truck drivers and other people who depend on their vehicles for their livelihood against rising fuel prices. In Portgual, the organized protest by truck (lorry) drivers there has now ended."Portuguese lorry drivers have ended their...

Chavez urges FARC to end struggle

In a fairly interesting development in South America, Hugo Chavez has publicly called for FARC, the insurgent group fighting Columbia's right-wing government from a base in Ecuador, should give up its struggle....

Drink UP! German Milk Delivery Strike Ends, Prices Raised

Once again, the local unions have won, and the retailers will raise their prices.  As if 50% income taxes, and inflation wasn't bad enough here we go again....."Published: 5 Jun 08 16:54 CETOnline:...

World Environment Day 2008

Today is World Environment Day!   The world is encouraged to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide.  World Environment Day started back in 1972 by the United Nations.   NowPublic...

Food summit may end without declaration of intent

Rather than centering around the controversial issue of biofuels, as was expected, conflict at the emergency food summit in Rome is focused on disagreement between opponents over side issues, such as whether a resolution should condemn US economic danctions on Cuba."ROME...

Shania Twain's hubby cheated

UPDATE:  Rumor on the street is that her hub hubs had an affair with Marie Ann Thiébaud, their longtime secretary and manager of their chateau in Switzerland.  "According to People, Shania and Robert's...

Hezbollah to end Beirut seizure

Hezbollah has said that they will be withdrawing their gunman from Beirut after the Lebanese army settled tensions between armed government supporters and the Shia group."The army revoked two key government...

Amid Talk of the End and Boos From the Crowd, Clinton Carries On

Wow, tough crowd for Clinton in West Virginia. It will be interesting to see how long she stays in now that conventional logic remains that her candidacy is over."Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s greatest gift...

First US execution by lethal injection after moratorium

UPDATE - May 6 | 5:28 pm PDT - William Earl Lynd was pronounced dead at 7:51p.m. EDT."It came less than an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts to block it. The roughly three dozen states around the...

Ken Livingstone admits he only bid for 2012 Olympics to 'ensnare' taxpayer bi...

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has admitted he 'ensnared' the Government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games."Last night in London, he told a mayoral hustings that the event was just a way of extracting...

Leeds verdict before season end

More time to wait." Leeds verdict before season end Ken Bates' club are currently sixth in League One (Getty) The arbitration hearing into Leeds United's 15-point...

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