US changes tack on Afghan poppies

" The United States is to change the way it deals with the massive poppy growing industry in Afghanistan. Instead of destroying the crops it will spend money encouraging Afghan farmers to grow different ones. US...

Massive 7.8 Magnitude EarthQuake Papua, Indonesia

Breaking now: a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck the North coast of Paua, Indonesia.  A local Tsunami warning issued. EQ 7.8 Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia - PRELIMINARY REPORT"An earthquake with...

Train Engineer Blamed for 25 Deaths Autopsy Revealed

The autopsy was finally revealed today regarding the operator of the Metrolink train who liked to text little boys when he operated the Metrolink. " December 14, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by...

Drought Engulfs Bolivia: Thousands are affected

20,000 families affected by drought in bolivian.Drought has affected camacho,pacajes,loayza and ingavi also.There  is a shortage of water for human and animals ." Bolivian families in LaPaz Department have been affected by drought for months, the Bolivian Agency of...

Facebook Connect::ing You Everywhere

"Facebook Connect::ing You Everywhere December 6th, 2008 Goto comments Leave a comment By Ed Penano One simple system. One simple login. That is the aim of Facebook’s freshest creation - Facebook Connect. Facebook...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

Gobekli Tepe: Evidence of The World’s First Temple

Fascinating prehistoric megaliths could be the world's oldest worship temple, the one - acre excavation has not yet releaved all of its secrets. " Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern...

India Vs England ODI, India defeated England by 158 runs

India dished out a clinical all-round performance to outclass England by 158 runs in the series opener at Rajkot. Zaheer Khan claimed three wickets. England batsman couldn't match Indian bowlers's firepower and...

Shannon 'drugged and bound in £50,000 fraud plot'

More details are emerging in the bizarre case of Shannon Mathews. When the girl was reported missing a few months ago the UK was closely following the story and a massive search was launched to find her. But soon it was discovered that the girl had actually been hidden by her...

Tokyo Fashion Overview

"Introduction For much of the last 50 years, since the modern fashion industry developed, cities like New York, Paris, London, and Milan have all been centers of new trends, fashions, and brands that have...

British family killed in plane crash in Ireland

A small plane carrying a British family has crashed on the east coast of Ireland, killing everyone on board. The plane is thought to have gone down on Saturday in a remote area, but rescuers were unable to fund it...

BREAKING: Massive explosion levels home in Las Cruces, New Mexico

"LAS CRUCES - An early morning explosion leveled a home near "A" Mountain Thursday. No injuries are reported, but the home is a total loss and federal investigators have been called in.The Dona Ana County...

Roubini: Panic may shut markets

Everyone is starting to listen to Nouriel Roubini.  His predictions have been remarkably accurate and his latest is his most stark."Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of hedge funds will fail and policy makers...

Busch: Hedge Funds/Commodities/Lending

" It's ironic how high oil prices contributed to the global slowdown and to the credit crunch. In commodities, greed and now fear have added their contribution to the massive deleveraging in the markets and destroyed value. Let's see how the Middle East performs now that...

Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock

" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...

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