WHO disputes '150 swine flu deaths' in Mexico

" A MEMBER of the World Health Organisation has dismissed claims that more than 150 people have died from swine flu, saying it has officially recorded only seven deaths around the world. Reports have put the...

Singapore Flyer resumes operations after recent shutdown

After a one-month shutdown from late December, latest additon of tourist attraction in Singapore, observation wheel called Singapore Flyer has resumed its services on Monday at the start of the New Year. The...

Actor Gale Harold Involved In Motorcycle Accident

I always like to blog about celebrities.  Let's face it, any blog about celebrities is link bait.  Here's a guy who made his claim to fame on Queer as folk, now Desperate Housewives, and like Billy...

Commonwealth Finds Transparency, But Slates “Unrealistic Deadlines” For E...

"The first round of the country’s first ever multi-party election was conducted in a “highly transparent” manner, finds a Commonwealth observation team, in the Maldives throughout the polls.Yet in a...

New Study: Full Moon Energizes Birds

A new study shows that at least one bird's level of activity will dramatically increase with moonlight, so the moon can affect the level of activity."The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that lunar...

The Misery News Network – MSNBC :: 2nd Term

"Image Credit: msnbc.comThe Misery News Network – MSNBC In the nineteen-nineties when Bill Clinton was president, many people began to tune out from CNN, the 24 hour cable news network, when the reporting...

Israel under sniper attack, Hillary on next flight out?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Canadian group in Israel on a walking tour came under sniper fire, one wonders if Hillary, to save face and not one to misremember a opportunity may be on the next...

Krakatau child generates flames and fireballs

"Serang (ANTARA News) - After having remained quiet for the past two weeks, Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait on Tuesday resumed its volcanic activity spewing glowing material and fire balls into the sky, an officer at an observation post in Serang said.During the early...

NASA plans moon crash

Scientists are priming two spacecraft to slam into the moon's South Pole to see if the lunar double whammy reveals hidden water ice."The Earth-on-moon violence may raise eyebrows, but NASA's history shows that such missions can yield extremely useful scientific...

TV/RADIO MARTI BOOST POWER TO CUBA,

" TV/RADIO MARTI BOOST THEIR VOLUME TO CUBA, EXPANDING THEIR SERVICESJAN 4, 2007 - 6:59PM PSTPosted by Alvin Snyder MIAMI, Fla. -- TV and Radio Marti may have finally come of age. They are now beamed into Cuba...

PART 2 ‘CREATIVE DESTRUCTION’ – THE MADNESS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

This two part series from Media Lens is a real eye opener on what is really going on in the world, behind the media propaganda. If you only read the beginning, the email exchange with the English journalist Hamish McRae, you will learn that while we are reliant on reports...

President conducts aerial survey of Lapindo mudflow area

""I am proud of all of you. In every disaster-hit area I visit, I always find Tagana mitigation task force workers. Your are performing a noble duty. Carry on," the president told young members of a disaster...

In Europe's greenest city, even its power plant smells more like a sauna

"It doesn't look like the heart of a green revolution. The smoke stacks stick up jarringly above the line of pine trees and don't make for the most scenic view as you meander around the clear blue waters of the nearby lake. But it is this power plant that has helped the small...

Owen Wilson Discharged From Hospital

"Owen Wilson has returned home from hospital, less than a week after his suicide attempt, but is being kept under constant observation. According to a source, the actor, who was being treated in Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre after his suicide attempt, is in a bad...

Cyborgs Patrol the Streets of Iraq

    "We'll meet again" were The Terminator's last words to John Connor in Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines. It seems though, that instead of waiting ten years for Arnold Schwarzenegger's next...

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