National Filth Service: Report reveals wards overrun with rats

The UK's NHS (National Health Service) is still seen by many around the world (including film maker Michael Moore) as a model for social health care free at point of access to all citizens. In the UK itself the...

Somalia: Pirates demand $1M ransom for 4 Europeans

Somalian captors of  the German couple  & French boat captain have demanded a hefty $1 million ransom for releasing them.  Kidnappings have become a thriving business in Somalia. Highjackers have got huge ransom in the past. " A government minister says...

Indian Official Tumbles to Death After Monkey Attack

Planet of the Rhesus macaques. They look mean."NEW DELHI - Wild monkeys attacked a senior government official who then fell from a balcony at his home and died Sunday, media reported. New Delhi Deputy Mayor S.S....

Chuck E Cheese Brawl: Pizzatime Fun

I think there's something in the cheese..."Police were called to break up a weekend fight among a rowdy group of teenage girls at the family-themed pizza restaurant, Chuck E. Cheese. The more than a dozen...

Vancouver's civil strike: Update

As Vancouver's civil strike looms large, it's clear that Vancouver's abuzz, anticipating the potential for disaster in the weeks to come. We're a very clean city by nature; the strike is to many the equivalent of...

Black History Month: The Other Side

"I really disagree with Black History Month. In my school at least, February would roll around and we'd break out the Black History Materials. For 28 (or 29) days we'd talk about George Washington Carver, W.E.B....

Guardsmen overrun at the Border

azcentral.com Friday, January 5, 2007 - A U.S. Border Patrol entry Identification Team site was overrun Wednesday night along Arizona's border with Mexico. According to the Border Patrol, an unknown number of gunmen attacked the site in the...

Guardsmen overrun at the Border

"A U.S. Border Patrol entry Identification Team site was overrun Wednesday night along Arizona's border with Mexico. According to the Border Patrol, an unknown number of gunmen attacked the site in the state's...

Fifth Firefighter Dies Of Wildfire Burns

"California - A fifth U.S. Forest Service firefighter died Tuesday of burns suffered when an engine crew was overrun by a Southern California wildfire, while investigators searched for the arsonist who set the blaze that burned 63 square miles. Pablo Cerda, 23, of Fountain...

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