476 People Stabbed By Syringe Needles In China’s Xinjiang Region

Eerie syringe attacks have caused panic in the Xinjiang region of China. 476 people were attacked with syringe needles since August 20. Fifteen people were detained in connection to the stabbings. ""Since August 20, the Xinjiang government has been receiving reports by local...

Canal ice helps Dutch rediscover national identity

It has been 12 years since the Netherland's canals froze on their own, but this year it has been cold enough, so thousands of skaters defied the freezing temperatures and hit the ice; and as a result the hospital...

WHO representative: No cover-up in EV71 cases

" China didn't cover up hand, foot and mouth disease cases, the World Health Organization's China representative said, according to the Wall Street Journal. Hans Troedsson, the representative, said information about the outbreak was delayed because of trouble with...

Beijing is to impose smoking ban

With only 99 days until the Olympics, the Chinese authorities are moving to ban smoking in public buildings in Beijing starting tomorrow.The government is hoping to not only clean up the city before the...

Van Der Sloot Confesses to Natalee Holloway Death

" Holloway case: full confession on Netherland SBS-6 television by Theo Tamis 02-02-2008 "On the beach...she wasn't ticking anymore. So I went to a phone booth and called this friend. [...]...

Smokers Butt Out in Germany and France

Wow I never thought I'd see the day when France banned public smoking. "For years, anyone needing a nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to light up -- the air was already so full of smoke...

Fears of U.S. dollar on verge of collapse and loss of status as world reserve...

If this report is accurate, the United States could see a rather nasty economic freefall.  How the U.S. has gotten itself into this fix is not amazing considering the rampant spending and corporate welfare...

Brits deny pushing Kiwi farm prices up

"One of Britain's richest families has won approval to pay $4.2 million for its 10th farm in New Zealand - taking its farm holdings to more than $50 million. The big-money purchases are raising fears that overseas...

Blogger who brought down minister scoops up citizen journalism award

"Well wouldn't you know, Magnus Ljungkvist, the blogger who first published the damaging revelations that forced Sweden's trade minister, Maria Borelius, to resign, has just been awarded 'Nyhetspriset 2007, Årets avslöjande' [News price 2007, the expose of the year]. The...

Reclaiming Cape Town's Streets, at Least in Name

"Cape Town's renaming panel has recommended that slain musician Taliep Petersen be remembered in a street name, and that a clutch of apartheid-era prime ministers drop off the map. A total of 46 changes suggested...

Death Needs A Mop

"In his top-of-the-heap book, Markus Zusak gives all you would expect in a novel about wartime Germany. But his trick is to make Death his narrator, writes Marianne Brace HOW do you write a fresh story about the Holocaust? Australian novelist Markus Zusak has cracked it with...

The world's oldest newspaper goes digital

The final death knell of the printed press?"STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Call it a sign of the times: The world's oldest newspaper still in circulation has dropped its paper edition and now exists only in...

Story of Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany Comes to TV

"The remarkable life of Hans J Massaquoi, a black boy who grew up in Nazi Germany, is being brought to German television in a precedent-setting two-part docu-drama to be aired on Sunday and Monday."

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