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Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part

"No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareLinkedinDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By PETER BAKER Published: November 4, 2008 ...

Margo MacDonald bids to change Scotish law on aiding suicide

Margo MacDonald, a member of the Scottish parliament, has introduced legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. The announcement comes a day after a British high court rejected an English petitioners request to clarify the law on whether it is illegal for...

Italy protests against Berlusconi

Crowds gathered in Rome today to protest against the government of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister.They protested against Mr. Berlusconi taking Italy too far right and opposition said he was incapable of handling Italy's social and financial crises.This was the...

Sex & Drugs for Oil Contracts & Royalties at US Interior Department

"(CBS/ AP) Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The allegations of bad behavior...

2009 Champions League schedule announced

"The 2009 edition of the Champions Twenty20 League will take place next year between September 25 and October 11, and will feature 12 teams, four more than the eight this year in the first edition to be held between December 3-10, 2008. The dates were announced in a release...

Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials

"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin.   German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...

Church Attendance Boosts Student GPAs

I think this research just proves by having your kids participate in extracurricular activities such as sports teams, church, and volunteering keeps their head straight and off the streets. I remember learning...

UK: Fattest children to be taken away from their parents

The British government has already instigated the weighing and measuring of childfren at infant and junior school and now is sending out the message via local government that obese children could be taken away...

Harvest the Sun — From Space

"AS we face $4.50 a gallon gas, we also know that alternative energy sources — coal, oil shale, ethanol, wind and ground-based solar — are either of limited potential, very expensive, require huge energy...

They May Take Our Planet, But They'll Never Take OUR FREEDOM!

Muckraking on a galactic scale or giant waste of time? It's good to know that, with everything going on in the world today, that so many people are focusing their energy on making sure no shady deals are being struck with powers from beyond the sun."A multinational...

Celebrities join World Bank in Saving Tigers

"By Lesley WroughtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hollywood celebrities Harrison Ford, Bo Derek and Robert Duvall on Monday threw their support behind a new global initiative by the World Bank to save tigers from...

Real reported over Ronaldo link

Mmmm, pot, kettle and black spring to mind." Real reported over Ronaldo link Real Madrid are in pursuit of United's Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United have lodged an...

Dancing with Fire

"Fire dancing is a group of performance arts or disciplines that involve manipulation of objects on fire. "

Police get 'Cop-Nav' radio

A scheme costing taxpayers £250million called the Automated Personal Location System – known as 'CopNav' –where microchips are installed into radio headsets is to be issued to all London's...

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