Video Game Mania: Metal Gear Solid 4 Review, GTA 4 tops in sales, Fathers as ...

The Metal Gear Solid and Grand Theft Auto series have been two of the hottest selling titles in video gaming history. The two games have also had their share of controversies, even though GTA 4 takes the...

Toronto to get self-cleaning public pay toilets

It's probably a good thing for Canadian cities to aspire to be more European, but I'm not sure this is the way."Sleek new benches, bus shelters and garbage cans will start gracing Toronto street corners by the end...

Profile of Manzoor Wattoo

"Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo is a Pakistani politician and has been part of the country’s political landscape for well over thirty years. He is presently the head ofPakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) political party."

The toxic culture of the newsroom

Jay Rosen pointed me to a piece by Amy Gahran.  Is the newsroom its own worst enemy?"Most of what I do is help journalists and news orgs wrap their brains around the Internet. Generally I enjoy that work....

The world is being threatened by rising sea levels

The map of the world may have to be redrawn. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and various scientists around the world, sea levels could rise 1.5 meters by the end of this...

EU migrants living in Ireland to be allowed to vote

Ireland is set to become the first EU country to allow EU citizens from other nations to vote in its national elections."Ireland is to allow Poles, Czechs, Slovakians and tens of thousands of other EU migrant...

Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates Together? Talk about Stange Bedfellows

Say it aint so Joe, the Conservative and Liberal to Merge. Politisite has learned that Bill Gates Microsoft is talking With Rupert Murdoch's News Corp about taking over Yahoo Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is...

Google Earth Maps Refugee Crisis

Kudos to Google and the UNHCR for undertaking a project that makes such worthy and excellent use of Google's technologies, to educate and inform the public about global humanitarian crises."Internet search giant...

Bond villain to get just deserts

"Paris (ANTARA News) - The makers of the next James Bond movie have joined astronomers in plumping for the eerie Martian-like landscape of Chile's Atacama desert, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday. Key scenes from "Quantum of Solace" are being shot at Cerro...

Free Fine Arts Exhibition to be Held at Wealden House

The work of 2 artists on display in Sussex for 4 weeks   East Grinstead: Artists Brian King, from London, and Andrew Dixon from Berkhamsted, Herts will be exhibiting their paintings in the beautiful...

TARA: Heaney claims motorway near Tara desecrates sacred landscape

The destruction of the Hill of Tara continues, with illegal Irish government collusion. Learn more about this here: http://www.globalartscollective.org/acf/about.htm"Heaney claims motorway near Tara desecrates sacred landscapePOET AND Nobel laureate Séamus Heaney has...

HANOVER QUAY - DUBLIN DOCKLANDS

"Grand Canal Square, an exciting new urban space in Dublin’s Docklands, was opened in June 2007. The square is located at Grand Canal Dock on the south side of the river Liffey between Sir John Rogerson’s Quay...

Ancient woodland to join reserve

A former royal hunting ground for William the Conqueror has been acquired by the Wildlife trust."An ancient woodland in Northamptonshire is to become a nature reserve in a move aimed at preserving rare wildlife. Bluebells,  Wild Service Trees and woodcock are all found...

Adventures in 'Legoland'...Building Asia Brick by Brick

The architectural landscape in Asia has change quite a bit in the past 25 years. Some decided to illustrate the changes and offer ideas or should I say models for the future by Building Asia Brick by Brick, we are talking Lego here. The results of this joint project by Art...

California fires can't be compared to Katrina, officials say

"Posted by Jeff Duncan, Staff writer October 27, 2007 10:30PM  Categories: Breaking News SAN DIEGO, CALIF. -- As much as anyone, Andy Menshek understands the difference between Hurricane Katrina and the...

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