Sarkozy's Club Med Experiment Is Sure to Fail: Opinion North Africa

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on July 17 said that Europe wants Algerian and Libyan oil-and-gas reserves and accused the EU of deliberately choosing to isolate Africa through the new union. Libyan strongman Muammar al-Qaddafi denounced the project as leader of the AU...

Foreclosure Looms in the building where the NY crane fell

The high-rise building in New York that was damaged by a crane that fell on it and killed seven people, is now facing foreclosure and loss of the entire property.In case you have forgotten the story, here is a...

"Daily Show" Fans Well-Informed

According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, fans of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are well-versed in current events even before tuning in to the popular news-based comedy program."The Project for...

Medical Wikipedia in the works

A new project to compile the largest online medical resource is underway. It's based on the same technology used by Wikipedia and is intended to make esoteric medical information widely accessible and easy to...

FinnFest 2008 Features the Finland DNA Project

Who are the Finns?  A DNA project is currently under way with a special testing session this morning at FinnFest 2008, being held in Duluth, Minnesota   "Who are the Finns and where did they originate?...

India Pakistan Iran pipeline waits approval ...again

The final agreement of the 2,775-kilometer gas pipeline that would link Iran to Pakistan and India waits for approval. This time the self imposed August deadline for signature would not be met. Formally, the key issue of gas prices has not been resolved as yet. However,...

Gears of War Gets Big Screen Treatment

I've actually heard younger kids referring to Mad World as "that Gears of War song", because of the ubiquitous advert featuring a lone futuristic soldier facing a gigantic alien bug to the tune of the Tears for Fears classic.Now Gears gets the big-screen treatment. I predict...

The Media's Love Affair with Senator Barack Obama

A YouTube video clip, paid for by the McCain Campaign 2008, titled "You're Just Too Good To Be True. Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You." has raised questions about whether or not the sentiments...

U.S. agency to ink new phases of air safety project - Vietnam Airlines

" Officials of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency are expected to arrive later this month to ink new pacts for the next phases of an ongoing project aimed to enhance the safety oversight capacity of Vietnam's...

Ha Noi to Get Seven-Star Hotel

A seven-star hotel, expected to be one of the world’s biggest hotels, will be built in Ha noi by Israel’s El-Ad Group."The project includes a luxury hotel, an area for conferences, apartments, and an office building equipped modern facilities. The project is being...

Bluffing Could Be Common In Prediction Markets, Study Shows

Sure you or I have bluffed once in our lives.  But how far can people go on doing this so-called white lies (?). In a new study, the University of Michigan suggests that bluffing in prediction markets is a...

Blair cancels Gaza visit after threats

Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, who was scheduled to visiting Gaza this summer, has had to cancel the trip because of unspecified threats on hsi life. It would have been the highest level diplomatic visit since the militant Group Hamas was elected to leadership in the...

Legacy of Tagore to be preserved in the UK

London. July 13, 2008. The dance form of first Asian Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, will be the subject of a major study and preservation in the UK. "The project entitled Legacy, supported by Britain's...

Companies that gain from the India - US Nuke Deal

" Here are the companies that stand to gain when the India-US nuke deal goes through. L&T L&T has done engineering, procurement and construction projects for nuke power plants. It is currently working on the 2,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear project.  The company will...

Code red for wildlife

The number of endangered wildlife species in Vietnam has increased in recent years, according to the latest edition of the Vietnam Red Data Book."The country’s biodiversity status has changed a lot because of...

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