Latest Anti-Pot Quack Science: 'Marijuana Makes Your Teeth Fall Out'

"Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like "Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums," "Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes" and "Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be...

Obama would hold Muslim summit: interview

"US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has told a French magazine he wants to organise a summit of the Muslim world if he makes it to the White House. Muslim and Western leaders would be invited to the summit for "a discussion about how we can prevent the widening...

White House archives missing CIA leak and Iraq emails

" WASHINGTON - Apparent gaps in White House e-mail archives coincide with dates in late 2003 and early 2004 when the administration was struggling to deal with the CIA leak investigation and the possibility of a congressional probe into Iraq...

Gaps In Saturn’s Rings Formed By Flying Saucer Moons :: Oblate Spheroid

"When one looks at Saturn, one is struck at how incredibly different it is to our Oblate Spheroid. It is truly spherical and it has a plate of material circling around it at it's equator. The plate, called rings,...

If in Brazil Everyone Seems to Be Italian That's Because They Are

I am an Italian descendent, the Brazilian first lady is also. Really looks like everyone I know in Brazil has some Italian blood. Very interesting article.   "As you probably know, the Italian word ciao is...

400,000 products recalled by U.S. safety group

The Gloves are off, but will this result in a Trade War and Protectionism between China and the rest of the Manufacturing world for Global Consumer dollars? Global Consumers who demand "Quality", yet want "Cheap" as...

Australian Red Cross helps fill the missing gaps

When Marie-Jo received a phone call from the Red Cross in 1992, she could not believe that her mother, whom she had last seen in Vietnam 27 years ago, was still alive.

Australian Red Cross helps fill the missing gaps

When Marie-Jo received a phone call from the Red Cross in 1992, she could not believe that her mother, whom she had last seen in Vietnam 27 years ago, was still alive.

Payback Time: FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker

"Payback Time: FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker Perrspectives | August 6, 2007 This past week, the Bush administration added insult to injury over its illegal program of NSA domestic surveillance . During the...

Tests of ER trainees find signs of race bias in care - The Boston Globe

For those that have asked themselves why Africans in the United States are afraid of doctors, here's one reason.  And it's a reasonable one that many of us share.  - The...

Brown seeks Ireland-UK move for EU data

"The new British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, wants the UK and Ireland to jointly seek better access to information from other EU member states in order to help deal with the increased threat of terrorism. Mr Brown raised the issue when he formally met the Taoiseach, Bertie...

EU Calls for Self-Extinguishing Cigarettes

By 2010, the European Commission wants to replace traditional smokes with the "fire-safe" variety across the bloc"The European Commissions is expected to propose before the end of this year that all cigarettes sold across the EU should be self-extinguishing to help prevent...

The Road from Mecca - The New York Review of Books

"The idea that negotiations conducted bilaterally between Israelis and Palestinians somehow can produce a final agreement is dead. The world, slowly, is coming to this realization. Its fate was sealed in part because neither side has the ability, on its own, to close the gaps...

Contractors playing major role in U.S. intelligence

"WASHINGTON — Private contractors, including for-hire intelligence analysts, computer technicians and spies, now form a "key part" of the overall intelligence workforce, according to a survey by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The hiring of contractors...

US Lawmakers Urge Opening of Vast Holocaust Archive

" US Lawmakers Urge Opening of Vast Holocaust Archive Deutsche Welle Wednesday 28 March 2007 A US panel has approved a resolution calling for the world's largest Holocaust archive to be quickly opened to the public, saying it could help help counter Holocaust...

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