A lawsuit has been filed against a photo agency and two paparazzi who allegedly filmed Heath Legder in a hotel room where drugs were being taken, and who claimed that the late actor was also using cocaine." The...
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"Google's announcement of its App Engine has naturally generated a lot of buzz, as well as some fear, uncertainty, and doubt. There is the concern that Google will corral even more user data via its App Engine, becoming a kind of 21st century data and advertising baron, as...
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With the end of President Robert Mugabe's rule so close, international investors are now beginning to show early interest in the country again, and its people are starting to hope for a bright future."After often violent seizures of white-owned farms and clearances of slums...
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
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"Everest: Closed for Business, Part II
"If our democracy is to
flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have
dissent. - Henry Commager "
Nepal:...
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By Shaheen Buneri
MINGORA (North West Pakistan): Journalists reporting from conflict hit Swat valley are suffering from psychological trauma as long spells of curfews, killings, bomb blasts and fear of backlash from both militants and security agencies badly haunt...
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"The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, found herself at the centre of a row over the government's record on crime yesterday after saying that she would not feel safe walking the streets of London late at night.
The...
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Odd New World
Call me a nervous Nellie, but two stories I read today gave me a bit of the heebie-jeebies.
First, the story about cats that glow in the dark.
This from USAToday:
Scientists in South Korea say...
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My condolences to Mrs. Dziekanski on the tragic death of her son Robert.
The incomprehensible drama of the breaking story of an unarmed Polish
passenger, Robert Dziekanski, tazered by a police officer at Vancouver airport
will be gone in a few weeks time....
When I was still an undergrad at CSUF I had to go to one of those
Honors’ assemblies where we were filled with liberal bilge. We saw
Bowling for Columbine and another guy tried to explain how there was...
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""Because of the loud knocking on the door, we woke up trembling in fear, as the robbery of the seven Indonesian students in their apartment a few days ago are still fresh in our mind. We asked who was knocking on the door."
"Just open the door," they shouted without saying...
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"The BBC News website's Kate McGeown has just returned from visiting Burma's main city, Rangoon, in the aftermath of a crackdown against anti-government protests."
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Suffering is the product of confusion, anger, and fear, as a result of
bullying and extremes in violence; behaviour is taken for granted in most western
societies according to street, and school behaviour, and producers of violent television
programmes.
The...
... flour, optical discs, digital music players, tape dispensers, neon signs, photography, and sippy cups. Less than two weeks after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush said,"These terrorists kill not merely to end lives, but to...
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"Are we teaching children that men are out to hurt them? The answer, on many fronts, is yes. Child advocate John Walsh advises parents to never hire a male babysitter. Airlines are placing unaccompanied minors with female passengers rather than male passengers. Soccer leagues...
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