Karzai Rival Says He Is Withdrawing From Runoff

This causes a big problem for President Obama, without an elected government Afghanistan can not be handed over.  " KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival to President Hamid Karzai,...

Pilots feared UK-bound easyJet flight would be shot down!

" The pilots of a holiday jet which suffered a potentially catastrophic electrical fault refused to divert to a nearer landing spot because they feared they would be shot down by military craft. The easyJet Airbus...

10-Pound Hairball Pulled From Girl's Stomach

"An 11-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, was hospitalized with pain in her stomach, and surgeons were forced to operate. What they found was a foot-long hairball. The mass of hair -- known as a trichobozear - -is a...

Exceptional Aztec Altar Found in Mexico City

Archaeologists led by Alvaro Barrera have discovered and important altar and a momoltith. Ancient vestige of our ancient culture. "The altar depicts the Aztec rain god Tlaloc and was uncovered last weekend at the...

Metro eyes sky-rise farming

"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...

Web content 'disturbing children'

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the US has launched a new initiative to encourage children to share their problems online and report abusive behaviour. Recent research by the charity found that over half of the 2,000 respondents to a...

Argentina makes environmental insurance a must

It is very good move by the Argentina government to make companies accountable to environment.The environmental insurance will make the companies to operate in related sector by paying requisite premium.The world is heading towards green economy although bit slowly. " ...

Chaos for London as bus strike looms

To overseas visitors the London Bus is as much a symbol of England itself as of just the capital city and perhaps this strike is indicative of things to come across Britain as belts tighten and public and private...

Silver market fixing under official investigation « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"This is potentially the biggest thing to hit the silver market since the Hunt Brothers tried to corner the market in the late 1970s. Once the short positions are removed then the upside for silver is parabolic. "

Jamaica worried about many drugs tests

."By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaican athletes have undergone an "extremely unusual" number of doping tests since arriving in Beijing for the Olympic Games, potentially harming their performance, the team's chef de mission said on Wednesday. More than 32 blood...

Democrats adopt goal of health care guarantee

" Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama's defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.Obama, soon to be the...

7 Myths of Crowd Psychology

"How do you imagine an archetypal crowd of people - say at a concert, a sporting event or a demonstration?If you picture an irrational, spontaneous, suggestible, emotional and even potentially dangerous group then...

Drug for deadly prostate cancer

British researchers have made a dramatic breakthrough against a lethal form of prostate cancer. Trials of a new pill have shown that it can shrink tumours in up to 80 per cent of cases, and end the need for...

Fears vets exposed to deadly virus

Hendra virus (formerly called equine morbillivirus) is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae. The virus was first isolated in 1994 from specimens obtained during an outbreak of...

G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050

G-8 committee agrees on halving emission of green house gases by 2050. The involvement and commitment towards this process will make some sence in order to make our planet a green.This is something that help the battle against global warming. Hope for better tomorrow. "The...

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