DC: City of Trees, Uprooted

Washington, DC – A little wind and a lot of rain uprooted trees in upper northwest DC today. At least two street trees fell on houses in the Tenleytown area. A Reno Road street tree fell onto the roof of a two...

HSBC bank reports lost computer disc

"LONDON, April 7 (UPI) -- HSBC in Britain reported Monday it lost a computer disk with insurance information on about 370,000 customers.The disk includes the names, dates of birth and life insurance information linked to home mortgages, the Daily Mail reported.The bank...

Deadly Separatist Battle in DR Congo

"At least 68 people have been killed during violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dozens were wounded in the clashes between the police and members of Bundu Dia Kongo, a religious and political group that has its own militia. It accuses the central...

Yahoo sued for Microsoft bid mismanagement

Apparently some think there's not been enough Yahooing for a better deal."Web giant Yahoo has said it is facing seven shareholder lawsuits over its handling of Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid, which it has...

Ricardo's Blog: Rage Against Flickr censorship

Flickr is the largest and most popular photo sharing service in the Internet.  Its members are photography enthusiasts who range from family shooters to awarded professionals and artists.  Flickr recently...

Water wastage in Dadar, citizens unhappy.

In an age where the value of every drop of water is being increasingly , where the pressure upon the Government and the common people alike to implement water conserving tactics is constantly increasing, I was...

Zimbabwe: UN Puts a Fox in the Henhouse -AP

Zimbabwe will head a United Nations body to promote economic progress and environmental protection, despite that nation's soaring inflation, rampant corruption and mass unemployment."Zimbabwe won approval on Friday...

Industrial relations an election liability for all concerned

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BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFERS $7 BILLION TO SETTLE SUIT OVER MISMANAGEMENT OF IN...

"Under terms of the offer, the federal government would pay $7 billion over ten years, without interest. In exchange, all tribal and individual claims for mismanagement of the Indian trust fund accounts against the federal government would be dropped."

Zimbabwe Prepares for Grim Independence Day

Zimbabwe's Independence Day is April 18th, though one must question how free the citizens are; they are held in thrall by a leader who many consider a despot: Robert Mugabe continues to bully any and all voices of...

Southern Africa: Totalitarian tendencies...

It is ironic that a couple of days before Human Rights Day here in South Africa, we had to witness the pathetic response from the ANC-led coalition government to the human-rights abuses by police in Zimbabwe.After a...

Kofi Annan's Legacy of Failure

"United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered his swan song today at the Truman Presidential Library in Missouri.[1] It was a thinly veiled parting shot at U.S. foreign policy delivered by an embittered U.N....

What Ails The CDC

"Staff turnover, morale problems and charges of mismanagement couldn't have come at a worse time for the guardians of U.S. public health. Julie Gerberding was still a deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2001 when someone started mailing...

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