This is follow up of the news item titled "Car struck three-year-old boy, driver arrested". Lebert St. Bernard, a neibour of the child, saw the car strike the child and leave the scene. " A Mississauga,...
3-year jail for Iraqi man who threw shoe at Bush.An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then US president George W Bush to three years in prison." An Iraqi journalist...
Obama is way cool. Even his half-brother is cool, living in China, teaching piano to orphans, running an internet company & studying calligraphy."A half-brother, Mark Ndesandjo, has, it seems, been based in...
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Bank of America Corp.'s decision to embark on an $8.4 billion home-loan-modification program to settle charges brought by state attorneys general against Countrywide Financial Corp. was hailed as a milestone when the deal was announced this fall. But apparently nobody...
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After holding crisis talks about the Russian invasion of Georgia in Brussels yesterday, EU leaders have decided to postpone talks that had been scheduled to take place later this month. The talks between the EU and Russia were to discuss a new partnership pact. This comes at...
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"Police are putting unruly youngsters through their paces on an eight-week "knight school", to teach them some of the ways of medieval knights. The Lincolnshire scheme has been hailed a success in improving behaviour, so what kind of lessons could knights teach youngsters...
"This is an unprecedented result in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease," said Prof Claude Wilschik, leader if a British research team. The results of the Phase 2 study suggests that the new medication known as "rember" stops Alzheimer's by as much as 81%. The...
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A US women has been sentenced for 4 years after she hit an Indian student in US. "A US woman, whose car accidentally ran over an Indian student last year, has been sentenced to four years in jail by an Ohio court. The 27-year-old Hankinson had ran a red light,...
Cloning: good thing or bad thing? Read on." Poor old Trakr. Once hailed as a hero, the retired Halifax police dog can no longer use the hind legs that pushed him through the ruins of the World Trade Center as he sniffed for survivors. His hearing has faded and, at 15, his dog...
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This fantastic news for the health of the UK and for the families of those that have packed in smoking as a result of the British ban on smoking in public buildings."Record numbers have given up smoking because of...
"BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao talked to Internet users Friday morning via a major news portal, the first time that the nation's leader has gone online to chat with the public. Hu, also general secretary of the Communist...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPresidential Candidate John McCain, you have to give the man his due. McCain epitomizes the "American Can Do "attitude when it comes to business, innovation, big...
"Millions of men and women who suffer from premature baldness or hair loss could soon be able to regain their original lustrous locks - by cloningtheir remaining hair in the laboratory, research suggests.The new...
Jack Wilson, the University of Massachusetts President has recommended to the Board of Trustees that they revoke an honorary degree awarded 20 years ago to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe."Wilson said Monday that...
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When asked what I would do if I were to be placed in this situation, I would still weigh the pros and cons and not naturally side with what's morally right. That's why individuals like these I admire so much. And that's why people like Nestor...