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Fading Superpower, Rising Rivals
Indicators that the United States' fall from the super-power pinnacle of a uni-polar world to the status of a fading imperium slowly being upstaged by other global contenders, are clear to many who look at the big... 
Cool on Britannia
With Tim Henman gone, and Andy Murry the new hope, I think if there is to be "Henmania" style support for Murry, they had best relocate Wimbledon to Edinburgh."Cool on Britannia ...
Australia Apologizes to Aborigines
The Australian Government has offered a formal apology for past mistreatment of Aborigines. Note: Also see our member sremmah3's earlier story on the speech. The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to... 
White America is Crazy for Obama
"Freedom Rider: White America is Crazy for Obama by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley "Obama supporters want him to be their man, even when he tells them that he isn't." ObamaShirtsleeveNHjpg Barack Obama drives white people crazy, some because of love and...
Gang punches hole in Monet work
If that were my painting, I would rise from the grave and hunt the perpetrators down one by one."A gang of intruders has broken into a museum in Paris and inflicted serious damage on a painting by Impressionist...
Indonesian worker hospitalized for injuries inflicted by M`sian employer
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian domestic helper was rushed to Serdang Hospital, in Selangor, after she was bitten and hit with rocks and other hard objects by her female employer, police said here on...
Civilian compensation claims: a glimpse into US crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan
"Hundreds of legal claims filed by civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan against the US military, which were released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday, provide a small glimpse into the tragedies inflicted by US occupying forces in these two...
Lebanon's irreplaceable cultural loss
"The loss inflicted by the Israeli war on Lebanon is measured in the 1,400 people killed, the thousands maimed (with more continuing to be killed and maimed by the hundreds of thousands of cluster bombs left behind), the hundreds of thousands displaced or left homeless, and...
Today in history - Sept. 14
"Today is Thursday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2006. There are 108 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspirebd to write his poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in...
Token Booth Closings Start in April
The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...
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