"Eric Clapton, arguably the greatest living rock guitarist, wrote a heart wrenching song about the death of his four year old son. He fell from a 53rd-story window. Clapton took nine months off and when he returned his music had changed. The hardship had made his music...
Is Sudan the only place to save those refugee?! Is that the right choice?! Do UNCHR fully aware about the safety for those refugee?!"Palestinian refugees along the Iraq-Syria border are so desperate, they may accept...
From the time that you had made your first sob on being presented to a new environment, taking your first gulps of air, noticing the strange smells and the blurred shapes and vivid color and sounds. Your life has...
The debate on nuclear power is up and running again. Gordon Brown believes that the worls needs to build up to a thousand if we are to meet energy needs and fight global warming and other enevironmental issues. He...
People trying to live on the minimum wage set by the Labour Government found it impossible to survive in London. The new Major has listened and proposes a dramatic pay increase which thousands of the lowest paid...
Vegetarians beware. Those that eat lots of any kind of specific food might be in danger of too much or too little of one chemical or another. After all in the end that's all that food is - a combination of chemicals....
A group of reptiles called tuataras, the only surviving order that were around when dinosaurs roamed the earth could be wiped out because climate change could turn all the eggs into males - causing them to not be...
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"A knife-wielding prisoner at a minimum security prison in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia took a woman hostage on Monday morning to avoid being moved to a more restrictive jail.The 45-year-old convict...
We all know the immediate benefits of good food and exercise, but a new study shows that living well may have an even deeper impact than we thought."Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more...
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Imagine moving into a new home and then discovering you weren’t the only ones living there. I thought this was a joke when first reading it since it is Friday the 13th and all, but it’s a real story. A young couple had just moved into a rented house, decided...
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Kerstin Fritzl, from the Austria cellar, has reunited with her family. It was reported yesterday on NowPublic that she woke up from the coma she was in. That coverage can be seen here. "...
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Britons to be hit by a sharp drop in living standards....."Britons must steel themselves for a fall in living standards which could be as sharp and painful as in the 1970s, as the western world faces up to a new era of stagflation, a former Bank of England policymaker has...
" By Josh Ward A number of German bathers in Berlin's Schlachtensee lake have been bitten by what is believed to be a giant catfish. Many are now apprehensive about escaping the summer heat with a dip.After cooling...
The Minister wants the August Bank Holiday to become a National British Day."Liam Byrne will argue that a national day should become the focal point of a campaign for "stronger shared standards" and a cultural code to which immigrants should be expected to adhere."Britishness...
A shopkeeper in Liverpool has been shot by an armed robber as he tried to defend his shop."A shopkeeper shot dead at his till had gone for a baseball bat to try to defend his small store.Father-of-six Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi, 47, who was blasted in the chest, is believed to have...