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London 2012, Vancouver 2010 share similar financial woes
Concerns over the increasing cost of hosting the 2010 games in Vancouver include unknown security costs, a grossly overbudget convention/media centre and a $100 million bailout for the developer of athletes'... McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue'
"(CNN) -- With 10 days to go until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense they are spilling out in public, sources say. ... 42-day detention dropped as unworkable in UK
The 42-day detention law, which would have extended the amount of time a person suspected of terrorism could be held without charge, has reportedly been dropped from Prime Minister Gordon Brown's agenda. The issue has been enormously controversial in the UK across party...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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McCain visits evangelist Billy Graham and his son
John McCain, who has had trouble convincing the religious right of his Christian credentials, went to Billy Graham's Blue Ridge mountaintop retreat in western North Carolina to meet with the powerful preacher...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Clinton offers support to Obama's presidential bid
Bill Clinton today offered his support today to Barack Obama, although what work he plans to do is still uncertain."The Obama campaign is still smarting over some of Bill Clinton's criticism in the primary race,... Obama to Forgo Public Funds for Election Campaign
Obama announced he wouldn't be taking public funds, yet McCain is...this leaves a lot of people following the elections scratching their heads. What both gain from their respective approaches depends on what they...
created by Rob Walker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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457 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
Banned cancer drugs better than NHS ones
Is this what we want?" A former fireman who developed liver cancer after 25 years’ service has been told that if he pays for the only drug that can treat his disease his NHS care will be withdrawn. Barry...Saudis Run out of $50.00 a Barrel Oil, Find New Reserves of $150.00 A Barrel Oil
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSeem since President Bush's visit to Saudi Arabia to get the Saudi's to increase oil output failed last month, it seemed because the Saudi's ran out of $50.00 a barrel...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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563 views | 4 recommendations | 10 comments
Bush at Vatican meeting with Pope
President Bush and two successive Popes seem to enjoy their regular, almost quarterly visits, leading some to believe perhaps President Bush is asking for absolution for past, present and future policies. ...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Clinton dials back vice presidency talk
Hillary Clinton's campaign is ratecheting down the VP talk following her private meeting with Barack Obama. This really could mean anything. It could mean that Obama told her flat out he will not take her on as the VP under any circumstance, or it could mean that he told her... Aid workers fear Burma cyclone deaths will top 50,000
"Foreign aid workers in Burma have concluded that as many as 50,000 people diedin Saturday’s cyclone, and two to three million are homeless, in a disasteron a scale comparable with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.The official death count after Cyclone Nargis stood at just...Obama Advisers To Media Figures: Remember Provisional Ballots In Ohio!
"Obama campaign advisers are privately urging the networks and media figures to consider, as they evaluate the incoming results, that in Ohio there are areas where as much as 15% of the vote is provisional... McCain calls Times story on lobbyist 'untrue', NYT, New Republic Stories
McCain calls Times story on lobbyist 'untrue'
Politisite's Albert N. Milliron Commentary
In politics, news comes out when it is politically expedient. Consider the timing of the New York Times...
created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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813 views | 12 recommendations | 16 comments
CBC Sells Catalogue of Programs to UK Company
The CBC is coming under attack for selling off rights to several of its programs without fully disclosing details of the transaction or the bidding process that led to the sale. "The CBC's low-profile pre-Christmas sale of its taxpayer-funded international sales catalogue to...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Cuba's Raul Castro unveils aircraft ownership reform
"Published on Saturday, November 17, 2007 HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Interim leader Raul Castro has unveiled arguably the most significant economic reform since taking the helm in communist Cuba, announcing that in some cases aircraft can be privately owned. It is major news in a...NowPublic on Facebook
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