Women have been told to be breast aware but now research seems to show that those that do are no safer from cancer than those that don't. Many women it is thought will still choose to self-examine and report when a...
An interesting new survey has shown that perceptions about race relations still differ greatly between blacks and whites, with a majority of whites thinking race relations isn't a problem in US society and a majority...
"So Jesse Jackson wants to cut Obama’s nuts off (among other unprintable things) because he is attacking black men. This is precisely the type of attitude that you would expect from Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, et al. This is simple racket protection. Jesse Jackson’s...
I don’t know when and where this image was taken, but it reads the message of very Pakistani probably for India. "Kashmir is not for sale. Jis Kashmir jo khoon se seencha hey vo kashimir hamara hey. We want freedom." It is now over 60 years but Pakistan and...
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Even after rounds of peace talks with Tibetan representatives China had warned Dalai Lama and exhorted him to keep away from Olympic games."After latest fence-mending talks on Tibet issue that failed to make any...
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced earlier today that will not be joining a unity government to be a 'partner' to Robert Mugabe.He has accused Zimbabwe's 'new' leader of beating, torturing and...
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Illuminating comment piece by George Pitcher where he explores the idea that the anti-gay brigade of the Anglican community are using it to gain a power base to maybe even set up a splinter Anglican community....
"The way Stumbleupon works is quite different from any other social media site. Normally, every time you click the Stumble! button, you are presented with a web page on one of the topics you specified earlier....
Kota Baru in Malaysia has issued guidelines for its female residents not to wear lipstick or 'noisy' high heeled shoes, so that they can protect themselves from being raped."[The council spokesman] denied reports...
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Well, that's one less thing to worry about. If we did disappear down a black hole, it would probably be over pretty quickly anyway."Earth 'not at risk' from collider ...
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I know I can rest easy now... well, easier. "Our planet is not at risk from the world's most powerful particle physics experiment, a report has concluded....Critics have previously raised concerns that the production of weird hypothetical particles called strangelets... could...
"Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town By JAMES MacPHERSON, AP Posted: 2008-06-15 21:28:09 BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high."I dare say a...
And still we wonder how billionaires become billionaires..."Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug and securities fraud charges.The 48-year-old billionaire entered the pleas to 21 counts contained in two indictments unsealed June...
"A long-awaited milestone for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's social networking site finally caught up to News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace in worldwide unique visitors in April, when both sites attracted about 115 million...
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