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McCain VEEP Rumors to pull attention off Obama Mid-East Trip
By Albert N. Milliron, Rumors on the net were off the charts regarding a statement by Robert Novak that sources close to McCain were saying a Vice-Presidential candidate would be picked this week. Politisite has...
Reporters tour China's new high-speed train
On Tuesday, the Chinese government gave reporters a chance to test-ride the new Beijing-Tianjin high-speed train before its official opening next Friday. One Reuters correspondent was impressed, noting that the train... Soldiers face off on Thai-Cambodian border
Thai troops have allegedly mounted an incursion into Cambodian territory over a border dispute involving a 900-year-old temple."The incident was sparked when three Thai protesters crossed barbed wire to enter the disputed site and were arrested by Cambodian border guards. A... World's oldest blogger signs off for the last time, aged 108
"An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108. Her last post described her ailing health but also how she still sang a happy song every day. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy about 50... Stripper, 80, still taking her clothes off
" She brushes orange curls out of her face as she explains how she's been slighted. She is the headliner, you know. She is a star. She is classy. "I don't just get up there and rip my clothes off," she says. Indeed,... Beijing wants dogs off the menu during Olympics
I have heard many horrifying stories about the stuff they eat in China. The worst is definitely raw monkey brains. I know I shouldn't be judging them because who is it to say that eating something is wrong and eating... Air Canada lays off 632 flight attendants
Aviation business is undergoing a tough time especially after soaring fuel price and many airlines are cutting short their routes and also doing exercise to control the cost. Now Air Canada, a big north... Pictured: The cruise liner that ran aground off Alaska
"A cruise ship that grounded for about nine hours near Glacier Bay in Alaska has been towed to safety, a Coast Guard spokesman said.A National Park Service vessel was transferring passengers and crew members to a... Obama's VP list Shrinking, Webb wants off.
Jim Webb, the Virginia senator and former Republican who packs his own heat most places, has withdrawn himself from consideration as Barack Obama's Democratic vice presidential running mate." In a statement released... Healthy woman's assisted suicide sets off firestorm in Germany
A German doctor helped a patient of his committ suicide by telling her the right formula of antimalarial drugs and tranquilzers she needed so that it wouldn't be painful - and he also set up a camera to film her...Climate havoc killing off penguins
"PENGUIN populations have plummeted at a key breeding colony in Argentina, mirroring declines in many species of the marine flightless birds due to climate change, pollution and other factors, a study shows. ...North Korea: rogue state no more, U.S. says
The US promoted North Korea to the status of non-terrorist today, after Kim Jong-il's regime released key information on its nuclear program. Now that it's no longer a "rogue state" anymore, North Korea can expect...St. John's city hall proposes bottled water ban
Bottled-water bans are starting to pick up some momentum in Canada. Check out yesterday's NowPublic coverage of a bottle ban in a B.C. school district. "Workers at St. John's city hall may soon be drinking their last...United Airlines to temporarily lay off 950 pilots
"United Airlines will temporarily lay off about 950 pilots by the end of 2009 as a result of plans to reduce the fleet by 100 aircraft to cope with surging oil prices, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. ...Royal Navy's sonar testing may have killed dolphins off Cornish coast
Investigators may have found the cause of the mysterious mass dolphin deaths in the UK. Some special testing by the Royal Navy may have killed them."The Royal Navy had been testing sonar equipment only miles from the bay where dozens of dolphins met an agonising death.Another...
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