Medicine prices slashed by half, It can be done on a global scale

" MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Monday an executive order imposing a 50-percent price cut on five commonly used medicines whose prices the pharmaceutical companies refused to bring down....

EU - No Sanctions Against Russia Over Georgia

Despite being severely chastised, the Russian government is upbeat after hearing from the EU that there would be no sanctions against their country for their attack on south Ossetia. Quite coincidentally, I'm sure, the question was asked of the Russian government whether they...

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

Calgary happy hour gets shorter - AFTER Stampede

Another gigantic parade wove its way through Calgary today opening another 10 days of Calgary Stampede featuring bucking broncs, tourists from everywhere, street dancing and cheap drinks in never-ending happy...

Australia ire over chef's f-words

"Australia ire over chef's f-words Ramsay is notorious for his expletive-filled tirades The oaths and expletives for which colourful British TV...

Brigitte Bardot Has A Hate On For Muslims

Ahh...the sadness.  Yet another Hollywood Icon destroyed by racism and ethnocentricity.   Maybe Mel and Brigitte should talk...perhaps they can find a good Jewish psychologist."French former film...

Brigitte Bardot on Trial for Using Muslim Slur

"Former French movie star Brigitte Bardot went on trial Tuesday in Paris on charges of "inciting racial hatred" by using a Muslim slur.Prosecutors asked the court to give the former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her $23,760 for saying Muslims were...

Fred Thompson sez..."Federalism?"

"Fred Dalton Thompson, Mr. Federalism, champion of the 10th Amendment ……….from his website, 7/27/07 " “Perhaps the clearest example of federal over-involvement in state and local responsibilities is public education. It’s the classic case of how the federal...

US TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA

"BREAKING: US TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON N.KOREA for trafficking in prohibited missile technology. Just heard this as BREAKING NEWS on Special Report with Brit Hume. This could be related to intelligence...

FCC: Fairness Doctrine losing relevance

This is not good news and points out why portals like NowPublic are becoming more and more important to the free transfer of information on the Internet.  - The Angryindian---------------------------------------------"The Federal Communications Commission has no...

Captain America? Try Captain Insulin.

"Diabetic teen and brother create comic book Updated Sun. May. 27 2007 11:32 AM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The evil Dr. Diabetes leaps from a hospital window, crashing through the glass, determined...

Joya Williams: Ex Coka-Cola Secretary Sentenced for Selling Secrets To Pepsi

This is an update to an earlier article about the attempted sale of trade secrets between Coca-Cola and Pepsi."U.S. District Court sentenced an ex-Coke secretary Joya Williams for trying to sell Coca-Cola secrets and sell to Pepsi Cola. Joya Williams, 42, faced up to 10 years...

Bill to restrict internet wrong approach: experts

"A federal private member's bill that would grant the government new powers while imposing restrictions and penalties on internet users and operators is off base, internet experts say. Joy Smith, a Conservative MP...

Iranians don't hate Americans: Ahmadinejad

Actually, nobody in this part of the world would hate anyone but Mr Bush. They don't even hate that Mr Bush but his anti-Muslim policies, expansionist mindset and boorish measures to find solutions to problems...

Governance-1 / Islamist rule-0 - Mogadishu falls to Somali government troops

"Triumphant Somali government forces marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred city they held for six months before an Ethiopian-backed advance. The flight of the Islamists...

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