After last year's massive demonstrations inside Tibet, the Chinese government, yet again brutally used barrel guns and tanks to crush the non-violent demonstrators who were raising their grievances to the Chinese Government to grant more human rights and freedom for the...
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On March 19,2009, Sarah Palin said she would reject most of the Obama stimulus plan money. She boasted, "Will we chart our own course, or will Washington engineer it for us?” Looks like She's gonna let...
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, infamous for physically and verbally abusing her personnel on numerous occasions, is now fueling her unbridled energy into helping out a good cause. Campbell walked the runway in...
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Attitudes Towards Governance, Religion & Society in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) lie at the top of the global security agenda. Pakistan and the international community are actively...
In yet another round of layoffs, budget cuts at the Bronx Zoo means that they are losing vital state funding for their exhibits - about $9.1 million to all the New York area zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens,...
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Rhododendrons are loved by the British public but plant experts from the UK National Trust are calling for the plants to be 'culled'. They fear that the rhododendron, which is an alien plant species to Britain, is...
" Instead, McCain would give families $5,000 refundable tax credit and individuals a $2,500 tax credit. People who lose workplace coverage could use the funds to purchase insurance in the individual...
"The stock market crash of 1987 seemingly taught America how to protect its markets. We have forgotten. Laws were enacted to protect America from a recurrence of such an event, but the laws that protect us the...
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""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...
Private pensions are no more in Argentina. The Senate approved the nationalisation of 10 bank-owned pension funds. This is political move which was heavily criticised by the opposition to no...
As the Falkland/Malvinas got a new British Constitution to allow its self government, the Argentinean Parliament debated for 14 hours the nationalisation of private pension funds. With a victory of 160 votes over 75, the Cristina Fernandez´s government secured the bill at...
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India, which has been holding back applications of several foreign venture capital funds (VCFs) for a few years, is slowly opening the doors to these investors — a decision which could be partly driven by the dollar shortage following the FII...
Ma Yung-cheng another close aide of ex President Chen Shui-bian was taken into custody on corruption charge. The former Presidential Office deputy secretary, Ma, is suspected of forgery and...
Speaking in Mumbai, India, Ambassador Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, said that the Bollywood film industry could play a major role in promoting breast cancer awareness in India." ...
Journalists and politicians have tracked the who, where, and why of political campaign contributions for years.The Huffington Posts' FUNDRACE2008 now provides everyday people the technology to do just that: "find...