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17th National Science Congress

New Delhi: 17th Nationan Science Congress held in Gujarat city Ahemdabad. More than 700 young scientists from across the country are expected to participate in 17th National Children Science Congress (NCSC),being...

Indian ship with 35 crew attacked by pirates, escapes

"Mumbai: A state-owned Indian ship with a 35-member crew on board was attacked by pirates with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the Arabian sea, barely 500 kms off the western coast but repulsed the...

Pak provokes India, heavy firing on international border

"Jammu: Indian and Pakistani border guards exchanged heavy firing at the international border between the two countries in Jammu and Kashmir in the Samba sector on Tuesday. The firing began on Monday evening, an...

Deal in COP 15 in Copenhegen

COPENHAGEN: Deal in COP 15 in Copenhegen, but Developing nations specialy Africon and Island countries rejected this deal. " Several developing nations rejected on Saturday a climate deal worked out by US President Barack Obama and four major emerging economies, saying it...

Residents flee as Philippines volcano threatens to erupt

Thankfully its miles away from where I live, the government have made statements that their aim is stop the loss of life by evacuating the area around the Mayon volcano. There has in fact been warning that Mayon...

The GAS Police? ...and the New Land Rush!

     Oh yes, my friends, those who watch out for us all (and our planet) and declared both carbon and methane to be official targets of our ire and animosity.  Never mind the facts...

Gunmen attack mosque near Pak military HQ; 27 killed

"Rawalpindi: Suspected militants fired on a mosque near military barracks in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi after Friday prayers and blasts were heard, a military spokesman said. "There have been...

Iran defies United Nations with plans for 10 new nuclear plants

Mr Stupid is sticking two fingers up and acting in a very childish way, hey dude how you going to afford to build 10 nuclear plants. Your going to get your nose bitten off because Russia and China think your stupid...

Multiple identities

The Shanaakht (Identity) Festival returned to Karachi on Monday. It is a three day festival organized by the Citizen's Archives of Pakistan. Each morning of the festival is reserved for visiting school children...

White House Sharply Increases Deficit Projection to $1.6 Trillion

"The federal deficit will soar to nearly $1.6 trillion this year, miring the nation in the deepest pool of red ink since the end of World War II, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the White House reported Tuesday. " This is a major problem.  This huge...

SONA 2009 Phillippines- Arroyo hits critics

" Arroyo also defended her record during her turbulent 8 1/2 years in power and assured lawmakers she will not lift term limits set by the Constitution. “I have never expressed the desire to extend myself beyond...

Foreigners can’t join activist rallies in the Philippines!

" THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned foreign nationals to refrain from participating in mass actions on Monday when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her last State of the Nation Address (Sona). In a...

Barack Obama's Ten Commandments

According to The Patriot Update, A Free Press for the Conservative Revolution, President Barack Obama '...lives and governs according to his own set of "Ten Commandments."'; not to be confused with the Ten...

Obama Tells Fellow Blacks: ‘No Excuses’ for Any Failure

This is a good message for all parents, black, white, other. Parents  will be the main and earliest influence on children and the standards they set will get the children off to a good or bad start. ...

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

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