Canada’s Most Influential Expat in the World

Who is the most influential expatriate from Canada in the world today? That was the question posed by The Canadian Expat Association to its members and readers of its newsletter back in July of this year....

Does Local Texas News Play Favorites & Refuse to Report Story?

     In regard to a NowPublic story about alleged physical abuse, forced wage-cuts, non-payment of overtime wages, discrimination, retaliation, and more, supposedly done against...

Man U Boss Conned Out Of £7m By Bogus Dealer

The chairman of British football team Manchester United was allegedly swindled out of a huge amount of money by soeone pretending to sell bonds."A BOGUS bond dealer swindled former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards out of more than £7million, a court heard yesterday....

Opposition-controlled accountability body to dig up the dirt on Musharraf

"The influential Public Accounts Committee of the Pakistani parliament is now officially to be controlled by the opposition and headed by Nisar Ali, a close aide of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and is likely to start with gusto by digging up the dirt on former...

Son of Hamas Leader Turns Back on Islam and Embraces Christianity

Mosab Hassan Yousef grew up in the strict Islamic household of an influential Hamas leader. He's left his faith and family behind for Christianity. " Mosab Hassan Yousef is an extraordinary young man with...

Bangladesh 'losing on corruption'

Despite the big crackdown undertaken by interim government in Bangladesh, there is no sign of let up in corruption. Interim government had arrested more than 150 leading politicians, officials and businessmen, as well as in some cases their wives and children, have been put...

Euro 2008: France 0-2 Italy & Netherlands 2-0 Romania

Italy grab the second spot to face Spain in quarter finals. France and Romania crash out, and the Dutch top the group unbeaten and looking strong to go into the next phase. France have had a nightmare Euro, a long...

NBC's Tim Russert dies at 58 of heart attack

Dead, they say is not a respecter of anyone, if not, Tim Russert would have been awarded such respect of living longer than today at least to be allowed to witness this forthcoming US presidential election that he has been a major player in the media industry. Russert was a...

Intelligence in the Wild Kingdom

" Throughout history, intelligence has often been considered a quality unique to humans, but that conventional wisdom has been shattered over the years as research continues to turn up examples of animals, birds and fish that can develop vocabularies, communicate and even...

Euro 2008: Romania 0-0 France

A bad start for France, in a difficult group with Holland and Italy up next."Romania 0-0 France Zurich, 9 June 2008 606 debate |Blog ReportHighlightsPlayer RaterPhotosMatch statswhichTab(); ...

Mental health care cost 'to double'

The high costs associated with long-term and intensive psychotherapy and extended hospital stays in England and Wales requires more investment to help people get back to work. Some who have severe illness face...

Stockport 3-2 Rochdale

Stockport move up, to join the likes of Leeds United."Stockport 3-2 Rochdale Football on the BBC ReportReactionPhotosMatch statsPlayer RaterwhichTab(); ...

Tony Blair makes list of world's 100 most influential people

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influencial people.Current Prime Minister Gordon Brown did not make the list however."The former Prime Minister is one of the...

Ken Livingstone admits he only bid for 2012 Olympics to 'ensnare' taxpayer bi...

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has admitted he 'ensnared' the Government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games."Last night in London, he told a mayoral hustings that the event was just a way of extracting...

Bob Dylan wins a Pulitzer

Legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan can add yet another award to his list of accomplishments, this time a Pulitzer Prize.Cited for his 'profound impact on popular music and American culter, marked by lyrical...

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