South African anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman died yesterday at the age of 91. She was a committed liberal, not only at a time when it was an unfashionable political stance, but in the face of great adversity. As a Jewish woman in a parliament dominated by male Calvinist...
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" An Ohio agency director resigned Wednesday in the wake of a finding that she improperly used state computers to access personal information on the man who became known as "Joe the Plumber" during the presidential campaign. Two other officials who were suspended...
"Gov. Ted Strickland said today he is placing Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, on paid administrative leave "due to the possibility, as yet unconfirmed, that a state computer or state e-mail account was used to assist in...
" Woman Risks Her Life for the Wolf Man She Loves There is hunger in the forest at night. A wild cry is heard beyond the trees as darkness falls. It is the witching hour of stealth and surprise,...
Dame Helen Mirrin, who won an Oscar for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in 'The Queen', has revealed in an interview with GQ magazine that she led quite a partying lifestyle when she was a young actress...
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These will come as truly shocking revealations for those that are used to seeing Oscar winning actress as the Queen or as detective in Prime Suspect but might also be seen as hopeful for young stars who might feel...
" With millions of pounds worth of business, house and cars at stake, Gary Dean's divorce was always going to picked apart by gossips. So he was determined that they'd at least get the details right. Sick of...
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Hope he won't be "the next Esmin Green". " AN 80-year-old war veteran was forced to wait nearly 20 hours overnight for treatment at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital emergency department, his wife claimed today. Edward Webster from Bedford was brought to SCGH emergency...
Last week a debate was opened in the forums of the popular art site redbubble regarding their new NSFW Rules. What is Porn? Their rules are fairly straight forward and more than fair in my...
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NEW ZEALAND: It is thrilling for me to see governments de-privatiziing their infrastructure. Once sold off, it is very difficult to undo. Obviously, the early 1990s trend was a big mistake. Many of us knew it...
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"HONG KONG - In the free-trade Olympics, China has scored its first major individual gold medal.Seeking to catch up with the U.S. in forming its own club of bilateral trade partners, China on Monday inked a pact with New Zealand that is its first comprehensive free-trade...
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"BOSTON (AP) - Researchers have uncovered a rare photograph of a young Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan, nearly 120 years after it was taken on Cape Cod and tucked inside a family album.
The photograph, shot in July 1888 in Brewster, shows an 8-year-old Helen...
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If your an honest cop, you get it in the ear. As an ex-peace officer, I know what Perry Dunlop is going through. I to went through a similer action.I have lost alot of respect for the Force, I belonged to.