The great passport gouge

In a year when U.S. and Canadian citizens were more or less forced to acquire passports en masse, there was very little comfort to be offered for the time and money travelers spent papering up. Hours of lines,...

Update: Abbotsford Courtroom: Mader Thailand's Child Rapist Wants Bail .

Update: November 07, 2007. OpinionBarry artiste, Now Public ContributorThis is a followup of the story on Orville Mader wanted on a Worldwide Manhunt for Kidnapping and Sex with an 8 year old Thai Boy. ...

FEMA apologizes for fake "reporters"

Unbelievable..."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The main U.S. disaster-response agency apologized on Friday for having its employees pose as reporters in a news briefing on California's wildfires that no journalists...

Opera star surgery 'went well'

"OPERA star Russell Watson is recovering after undergoing what appears to be a successful operation to remove a re-growth of a brain tumour.The 40-year-old singer had surgery lasting around three hours at the private Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle, and was said to be conscious...

Windows Vista Features In The New Windows XP SP3

"A Web site that leaked details of Windows XP Service Pack 3 over the weekend claimed that the update includes several new features, including some borrowed from Windows Vista. According to NeoSmart Technologies, Windows XP SP3 build 3205, which was released to beta testers...

Three newspaper workers murdered in Mexico

Three journalists were murdered in Oaxaca yesterday following weeks of threats. Mateo Cortes Martinez, Augustin Lopez and Flor Vasquez Lopez, workers for the newspapers 2El Imparcial del Istmo' were shot dead in the street in Tehuantepec - Salina Cruz Highway."Yesterday, a...

Bush warned over genocide Bill | The Australian

Just to show you how serious the world is when it comes to admitting to genocide, Turkey has basically threatened the United States if it goes through with calling Turkey's programme for Armenian liquidation what...

Bush OK'd torture: Warning Graphic Images

The level of hypocrisy here is  staggering even by political standards:"WASHINGTON - The Justice Department under Alberto Gonzales's leadership issued a secret opinion in 2005 authorizing use of painful...

Language Graduates in Scotland rise by third

"The number of language graduates produced by Scotland's universities and colleges increased by more than a third last year, according to figures issued today. Subjects including architecture, education and business also saw significant increases as part of the largest ever...

A sacked maid latest missing Madeleine McCann suspect

"A maid who is alleged to have abducted Madeleine McCann in revenge for being sacked from the holiday resort where the missing girl was staying is being investigated by Portuguese police. The identity of the maid was e-mailed to the official website of the Prince of Wales at...

Forty years on, DNA helps police close in on boy's killer

"Forty years after the murder of Brighton schoolboy Keith Lyon on the Sussex downs, police said yesterday they finally have the DNA which could lead them to his killer. The officer leading the hunt for those responsible for the death of the musically precocious 12-year-old...

Bin Laden 'to declare war' on Pakistani President

"Osama bin Laden will soon release a new message declaring war on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, according to Islamist websites. Mr Musharraf is a key ally in the US "war on terror", despite widespread opposition among the Pakistani population. The declaration of war...

One million in Zeppelin gig draw

The promoters were not expecting a Million applications for tickets.. With 90,000 seats,  and voted best live music venue, Wembley Stadium would have been a better choice. "More than one million fans have...

Iraq tells US security company to leave after civilian deaths

"Iraq tells US security company to leave after civilian deaths By Kim Senguptain Baghdad Published: 18 September 2007 The Iraqi government has ordered the American private security contractor Blackwater, which...

Carriage Horse Dies in Accident in New York City's Central Park

In a long-overdue audit into the Horse Carriage industry in New York City, it has been reported that compliance with city regulations enforcement is extremely inadequate.The report marked the first time the...

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