"Yesterday, we celebrated Native Americans in our first national holiday: National Heritage Day. National Heritage Day, which was signed into law recently by President Bush, has not been highlighted as it should have been. Shall we make up for this and pay tribute to Native...
Chalk up one for the good guys." Anti-terror police arrested 10 suspected Muslim militants and seized a large cache of high-powered bombs, foiling a major attack targeting Westerners in the Indonesian capital, police and media reports said Thursday. Among those detained was...
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"The days of the paper round, once a rite of passage into work for thousands of young people, appear to be numbered as pocket money increases mean they are too rich and lazy to get out of bed. Newsagents across the country, once inundated with schoolchildren keen...
Polish immigrants to the UK are frequently vilified by the media and the citizenry, and 'Polish' is often just used as shorthand for Eastern European immigrants who have come to work in the UK now that their entry into the EU allows them to. An MP has introduced a bill that...
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The RAF Nimrod fleet, originally built in the 70's by the British air force, was never flightworthy in the first place, says a new report by the coroner investigating the latest crash. The age of the aircraft,...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDuring an exchange in the House of Commons, an Elder "Grandmother" Member of Parliament referred to a 28 year old "New " Member of Parliament (MP) as "Junior", what is...
"False-color satellite image of Chimborazo (center, left), Carihuairazo (10km northwest of Chimborazo), Tungurahua (center, right with ash plume) and El Altar (bottom, right), Ecuador. Pale blue indicates snow/ice...
"Math algorithms aid our lives in many ways. Here at Symblogogy, we have highlighted the use of math and the reading of symbols with regards to:
** Barcodes for retail transactions and item tracking...
"Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), delivered last evening's keynote address at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York's 23rd Annual Dinner.
In his remarks, Mr McGraw noted the important relationship...
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"Derbyshire police is performing well, according to an independent report.
An audit on police forces in England and Wales looked at how constabularies operated, as well as how they compiled crime data during 2006-7.
Forces were given one of four ratings in different...
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Let us pray that this is the real deal."
Cancer cure 'may be available in two years'US researchers have been given the go-ahead to give patients transfusions of “super strength” cancer-killing cells...
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House price inflation is expected to ease over the rest of 2007. The increase in mortgage rates since last summer is having an effect on housing affordability and will bite further during the coming months. Negative real earnings growth so far this year - average earnings...
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I deem this to be more of a political issue than anything else. "BEIJING -- China found microscopic worms and other harmful organisms in several batches of wooden packaging imported from the United States, state media said on Friday.
The pine wood nematodes were found...
In New Zealand we often pride ourselves on our race relations. Granted, we may post better race relations results than Australia, but a recent UN report shows we do not have much to gloat about when it comes to...
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US town set to ban saggy trousers
A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear
Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people
A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...