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Probe into sub-station explosion in England
UPDATE: 2:35PM EST - May 8There is to be an official probe into the explosion at a sub-station in Essex, England yesterday." A member of staff working for EDF Energy died at the sub-station in Chelmsford on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to Bishop Hall Lane in... House Arrest for Excluded Pupils
UK children who are excluded temporarily from school for bad behaviour are effectively put under house arrest for the first 5 days of exclusion under recently brought in legislation.
Since September of this... Congo arrests for allegedly dumping highly radioactive minerals into a river
I have no words for this. Pure disregard for nature, lives...terrible. "Congo arrests after toxic dumping Miners examine find of copper stones Katanga has one of the world's richest belts of copper and cobalt Six people have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo...Civil liberties group challenges US visa ban for Muslim intellectual
"Ramadan, one of the world`s leading scholars on Islam, was forced to turn down a tenured position at the Univertity of Notre Dame when the US government revoked his visa in late 2004 on the basis of the so-called...US town set to ban saggy trousers
US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent... G8: German police ram Greenpeace protest boats
A boat filled with Greenpeace protesters trying to deliver a petition to G8 summit leaders was "intercepted" by German police boats yesterday. Police have been trying to enforce an exclusion perimeter in the waters... IRS to Waive Tax Penalty for U.S. Citizens Working Abroad
"Despite the fact that many have been prosecuted and many others too being investigated for tax penalty, some are apparently getting away with it following a waiver. "Two Black Americas?
Stephen Dubner has some very interesting commentary at Freakonomics Blog . Worth a look......"The Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson, a guest OpEd columnist in the N.Y. Times, has an interesting piece today (subscription required) about W.E.B. DuBois’s famous...How Google Censors Itself For China & Paid Exclusion As Being Evil
"Declan McCullagh posts an update to his great earlier story looking at how Google is censoring results at China. I talked with him a bit about this today and actually found myself even more upset over what Google's...RNIB lobby for higher rate disability allowance
"A campaign against the exclusion of blind people from the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is taking the fight to parliament in December, requesting that the higher rate allowance be extended to serious sight problems sufferers. The RNIB...
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