In a major crackdown against corruption Mexican government has decided to boot out 400 corrupt police officers. These officers were posted along the Ciudad Juarez border which is notorious for drug trafficiking. "Some 400 corrupt police officers will be laid off in the...
" In an Olympic medley of sports and politics, President Bush on Sunday called for more religious freedom in China, sought an end to an escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia and cheered...
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Certainly distressing when an entire town must be evacuated before it is swallowed up forever. It is also reported that the State of Iowa is under 2/3 of water. Where do you relocate a state?...
"BP has upped the stakes in its battle for control of its Russian joint venture, by accusing Vladimir Putin of damaging his country's reputation through failing to intervene in the escalating dispute.John Sutherland, the BP chairman, used a press conference in Stockholm to...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorImmigration Minister, Diane Finley is under RCMP Protection following veiled threats to her safety over the governments anti stripping legislation, though Criminal...
More mortgage reforms, but many will argue this is too little too late. "With foreclosures escalating at a record pace nationally, and several Chicago-area counties showing significant increases, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday pointed a finger at the...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThis man picture is wanted by Police for a string of bank robberies in Vancouver. But then the VPD will be forced to hand him over to our Justice system who may need to...
"Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of...
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NEW YORK, MIAMI, FRENCH RIVIERA, LONDON taking first steps reacting to rising water levels and storm dammage
NASA ANTARCTICA OZONEHOLE VIDEOEXPLAINER"Sheets Melting in an Area Once Thought to Be Unaffected...
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"How bad must it be in Britain for a senior police officer, the President of the National Black Police Association, no less, to be calling for a dramatic increase in the use of a policy which amounts to racial profiling?
The story from Guardian UK:
" Speaking at the...
The Sensible Sentencing Trust (New Zealand) is an organization that campaigns to toughen the prison terms for criminals. They view our sentencing at present far too lenient and woolly. This hardening of views is...
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Democrats in Congress are drawing some sort of line in the sand over the firings of eight district attorneys; this action seems like a symbolic protest against a White House they see as running roughshod over the other branches of government. "Democrats subpoenaed Attorney...
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The World Socialist Web Site condemns the military and political provocations with which the Bush administration is laying the foundations for an attack on Iran. We...
South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-moon became the United Nations' eighth secretary-general on New Year's Day as the organization faced a tough array of global issues — from escalating violence in Darfur to the AIDS pandemic.
The 62-year-old career diplomat, who grew up during a...
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"Factional violence exploded across Gaza City on Sunday, with gunmen shooting up the Palestinian foreign minister's convoy and militants launching mortar shells at the president's office in a wave of attacks that...