Fulham FC stun Man.City

Another stunning game in English Premier League.Great Come Back from Fullham."After defeat in Hamburg on Thursday Man.City was stunned by an excellent Fullham team with a final score of 1-3. It all started well for Manchester City with a 28min goal from Stephen Ireland with a...

Tropical storm 'Pablo' threatens Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) today raised signal no. 1 in the islands of samar and Leyte on eastern Visayas due to the impending bad weather brought...

Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines

One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their...

Greater Vancouver Zoo, Lion Eats Eagle in front of visitors.

Certainly a sad day, and horrific experience for onlookers and especially children who  witnessed  a trained Golden eagle performing, only to be harrassed by crows and into the waiting mouth of a...

Remembering Augustus Pablo Through Music

Born Herbert Swaby in 1954, Augustus Pablo was an orientalist before orientalism was uncool. The minor-chordal "Far East" sound the reggae auteur favored as a composer, producer, and no-frills melodica master may...

Two Picasso Engravings Stolen in Brazil

If you're going to steal valuable artwork, I suppose Picasso is an easy and logical target. Still, one would think that stealing them "in broad daylight, unmasked" might not be the smartest decision. I anticipate...

Juan Pablo Montoya takes a breather

Juan Pablo Montoya " JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) -As the rain poured down on Bristol Motor Speedway, a restless Juan Pablo Montoya searched the Internet for something to do. He was out of new movies and wasn't...

Violence against journalists in Mexico continues

Following the murder of three newspaper workers last week in Oaxaca, violence against journalists in the region is continuing. This time, the hostilities are coming from a powerful workers union in the region - Union General Obrera Campesina y Popular (UGOCP), rather than...

Reporter flees Colombia threats

"A foreign correspondent in Colombia has fled the country after being criticised by President Alvaro Uribe over a book and receiving death threats. Mr Uribe accused Gonzalo Guillen of being "a professional slanderer". In the space of three days Mr Guillen said he received 24...

Pinochet family arrested in Chile

While the general got away, his family is being held responsible for his actions.  His assistants are also being charged.----------------------------------------------------------------"The widow and five...

Food Footprints?

"AskPablo: Foodmiles foodmiles.jpgPerhaps spawned by the immense popularity of Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma or just the recent explosion of interest in both food safety and climate change, people are demanding locally grown. Such "locavores" are participating...

5th firefighter dies from Calif. blaze - Arson suspect arrested in seperate b...

"BANNING, Calif. - A man arrested on charges of setting two wildfires this summer is also considered a person of interest in the Southern California mountain fire that claimed the lives of five...

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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