To Prepare for War, G.I.’s Get a Dress Rehearsal

Training really has progressed since I left the forces (Brit Vet), however that's just part of what I see here. At a guess these are part of the forces being pledged to Afghanistan. I always wonder that the...

Miss Plano crowned Saturday, receives new car Tuesday

"Miss Plano crowned Saturday, receives new car Tuesday By Kim Nguyen, Staff Writer (Created: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:26 PM CST) ...

France shocked by images of war

"Staring out from a glossy eight-page spread in the latest edition of the magazine Paris Match, several Taleban fighters show off their trophies of war. The loss of the 10 soldiers in Afghanistan shocked France Guns, walkie-talkies...

No international cricket instead of Champions Trophy: BCCI

"The BCCI has ruled out the possibility of playing an international ODI series in either Pakistan or South Africa in place of the Champions Trophy in the gap created in the international calendar created by the postponement of the ICC Champions Trophy. Instead they want to...

Boeing Says It Might Exit Tanker Bidding

The saga of the Government getting tanked continues. After several false starts and missteps the bidding was opened up again, now Boeing is asking for more time."Boeing said it may pull out of the competition to...

Surgeons prepare for world’s first full-face transplant

"Three years after the world’s first partial face transplant, significant progress has been made with two further successful operations. A 30-year-old man who had part of his face torn off by a bear and another with a disfiguring tumour have had their quality of life...

Fish pedicures, the new way of getting nice feet.

Quoting Tracy Roberts: "the best pedicure I ever had." Interesting. I think this place in northern Virginia is the only store that practices this carp eating dead skin pedicure. If anyone has bad feet or just want...

Anstey Methodist Church

"I suppose that we have all seen cartoons of elderly gentlemen carrying placards containing our text. "Prepare to meet thy God". It seems almost as if this prophecy, first spoken by the prophet Amos, has become a joke. The end of the world is at hand, so, just in case there...

Faces of Bali - Sukawati

"It is known for its art market that become ‘a must see’ place by tourists especially the local ones from Jakarta or other area in Java. Huge number of small stalls occupied the two stories building offer a...

Chinese authorities prepare to drain swelling lake

Chinese authorities will drain the swelling lake formed by the earthquake earlier this month, and will complete work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream."Officials...

Video Purportedly Showing Space Aliens to Be Released

ET Phone Home"DENVER —  A man wants Denver city voters to set up a commission to prepare for visits from space aliens, and he plans to release a videotape Friday that convinced him there is life on...

Camping Tips: Things to Bring When Camping in the Heat

Beat the heat when camping. Camping without the proper equipment isn't the best idea. Those that have already learned the lesson will tell you this, but why go through the pain yourself? Check out the weather If you know that you're going to be heading to a warmer...

Child Soldier Omar Khadr Has Lord of the Rings Script Taken Away at Guantanam...

Omar Khadr, the Canadian teen who was only 15 when he was taken into custody at Guantanamo bay, was in trouble for nothing less than reading a copy of the lord of the rings script his lawyer had smuggled...

China hits out at Olympic protests

"China has condemned protests in London that marred the relay of the Olympic torch as Paris police prepare to cordon the torch away from pro-Tibet activists. "We strongly condemn this vile behaviour," China's state media said on Monday, following protests in the British...

Mugabe party demands poll recount

Robert Mugabe's party has asked electoral officials to delay the results of the preseidential election as they want a recount of the votes."The state-run Sunday Mail newspaper said the governing Zanu-PF party...

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