A Canadian is kept in the camps for the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres. These camps are different than the detention camps that the Sri Lankan government calls as welfare villages. The Sri Lankan...
There are three other strange stories in the link " A monk, a priest, an imam and a rabbi walk into a TV studio. The punch line? Each cleric gets the chance to convert an atheist to his religion on a new Turkish show slated for September. Winners get a pilgrimage to the...
The Washington Post has cancelled a controversial plan to host a series of off the record 'salons' at the company CEO's home after word got out that sponsors can buy access to the meetings for 25 grand a...
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As Andrew Motion comes to the end of his term as Poet Laureate it appears hotly tipped Manchester based Carol Anne Duffy will step into his shoes. " Carol Ann Duffy is to be named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post. ...
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" Israeli actress Iris Bahr has appeared in American television shows Curb Your Enthusiasm, The King of Queens, and Friends. But she's perhaps best known for her extraordinary one-woman show "Dai," in which she plays 11 different characters at a Tel Aviv cafe moments...
By, Uwe Paschen. Are the Days of free speech on the Internet on count down? The 'Minerva' case has sent shockwaves through South Korea's blogging community as well as elsewhere is South East Asia. This is...
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Canada Post has raised it's rates, effective Monday. The 100% price increase of thick envelopes is drawing criticism from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which says it opposes "arbitrary...
" The Huffington Post, a venture-capital-backed new media site that mixes links to other sites content with hundreds of celebrity and volunteer blogger posts, is being accused of slimy business practices by a...
"Several reports state that free agent lefthander CC Sabathia has agreed to a seven-year deal worth at least $160 million with the Yankees. According to the New York Post , the final hurdle in the deal is...
"Washington, Dec 06: Pakistan has agreed to a 48-hour timetable set by India and the United States to formulate a plan to take action against Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and to arrest at least three Pakistanis who...
MTV Networks plucks eJamming collaboration software EJamming, a service that provides musicians with collaboration technology to help them form bands or work on songs together, said Tuesday it has formed a partnership with...
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"With Wall Street crashing, it's hard to be a gold digger these days. So what are the lovely ladies accustomed to bottle service at Bijoux, $500 dinners at Bouley and $8,000 shopping sprees at Bergdorf to do...
"The market shrugged off the prospect of a Citigroup meltdown and focused instead on the leak that Timothy Geithner was Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary. Citi fell another 20%, its shares dropping below $4. Have banking catastrophes become so routine that it is now...
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"Latina women are almost six times more likely than white women to report great dissatisfaction and regret about their choice of breast cancer treatment, a new report says."
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Who's who on Obama's new team Since winning the US presidential election, Barack Obama has wasted little time assembling a team to help him govern. The BBC News website has put together...
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