"Written by www.daily.pk Friday, 07 November 2008 18:30 "There could not be a more provocative appointment than Rahm Emanuel, if he wanted to send a signal that he is going to stick by a quite hard-line pro-Israel policy..." A day after his...
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Following yesterday's announcement that the UK will start investing in banks to shore up consumer and bank confidence, the US appears to be set to do the same thing. Part of the motivation behind this is, rather...
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"Newcastle United striker Michael Owen has admitted that he and his team-mates are still feeling the effects of Kevin Keegan’s departure. The Tyneside outfit remain without a manager after Keegan parted company with the club at the beginning of September. The Magpies have...
The leader of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia said today that the new country, whose independence only Russia has recognized, intends to become part of Russia. South Ossetia is made up of a majority of...
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Masdar City clean energy, zero waste, zero C02 jumpstarts with the $8bn investment. Total plans from ABUDHABI go formore than $15 bn in renewable energy investment. Among otherprojects, world's super manufacturer...
Fighting global warming should start at the top and to set an example the United nations have decided to remove Air-conditioners from the headquarters office in NY. UN is exhorting its staff and...
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"Just over three-years since whistleblower John Francis Smith died in a filthy NHS hospital, the Director General of MI5 has told his family that no data can be released relating to his Government Service because...
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Worried customers lined up outside IndyMac to withdraw their money this morning. IndyMac was seized by federal investigators on Friday. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp automatically insures...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a test case in a city which touts Multiculturalism and Diversity for all which may backfire as some cultures abhor their children attending classes and...
"The federal government intends to replace the current test for U.S. citizenship with one that relies less on knowledge of specific facts and more on an applicant's grasp of democratic principles, but many immigrant-advocacy groups are up in arms about the change, which they...
I wondered how the consistent rise in fuel prices would affect easyJet, RyanAir, and other budget airlines... turns out that easyJet is offloading its lower-efficiency aircraft, but one wonders who would buy...
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Seems that mega developer Ratner has abandoned his mini city project and has left things worse then they were. Now blocks and blocks of demolished buildings will just remain undeveloped few the next several years. "The ever-lengthening timeline for completing the $4...
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Boris Johnson, who is challenging incumbant London mayor Ken Livingstone in the election this Thursday, has been criticized for being loose on detail. A big part of this criticism is that he has not announced...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Perhaps a quote by Liberal immigration critic says it all.Liberal immigration critic Maurizio Bevilacqua had the chutzpah to say yesterday that "family reunification...
President Pervez Musharraf will not step down as head of state and intends to serve out his five-year-term, his spokesman says, despite a sweeping election victory by his opponents — some of whom want to drive him from power.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to...