" "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." The key word here, though, is "probably." Two years ago, I blogged about a promising new drug that held out hope for a major breakthrough in the treatment...
For the first time ever the second language spoke most in Scottish schools is Polish in 19 local authorities across the country. In the past it has been Punjabi and Urdu that was heard most, but in recent times alongside Polish, Cantonese, Arabic, French and Gaelic are up and...
United Nations Climate Change talks currently taking place in Poznan, Poland, have yielded few results. Even topics that had been anticipated to be resolved quickly aren't being agreed upon. One such topic is...
" In the poll of over a thousand adults, undertaken for Theos by ComRes, 34% of people agreed that the statement "Jesus was born to a virgin called Mary" was historically accurate. Only 32% considered it fictional. Women are more likely to...
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Archaeologists have discovered 21,000-22,000 year old carvings in Russia. Findings will be published in the December issue of the magazine Antiquities."(CNN) -- Archaeologists in Russia have discovered an...
"Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says al-Qaeda terrorists have been engineered in order to advance the Bush administration's agenda. In an essay published on Sunday, Castro said the terrorist group "was born from the empire's own entrails", using the term "empire" to...
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The UK government has unveiled new laws for cracking down on men who pay for sex. The new laws will apply specifically to trafficked women, or women who are being controlled and pay money to a pimp."New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no...
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Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said he will call of his threat to deploy missiles in the Kaliningrad region, a Russian excave within the EU, if Barack Obama calls off the Bush Administration's plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. An...
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"LONDON, Nov 11: Britain on Tuesday published a list of industry sectors open to workers from outside Europe, which the government says will reduce by 200,000 the number of jobs open to migrants from outside Europe. Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said the government had...
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"Barack Obama hasn't even been inaugurated as president and Sarah Palin is already weighing up her chances of running against him in four years time.In what Fox News is billing as Palin's first post-election...
"Top Twenty Five (25) Best Selling Video Games Of All Time Video Gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry where over two (2) billion video game titles have been sold. Below, we examine the top twenty five best selling video games of all...
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President-elect Barack Obama often alludes to his time at the Harvard Law Review. However, it took the Library of Congress and its study of presidents as poets to unearth Sen. Obama's poetic side."When...
"Causing death through “cyber terrorism” will be punishable by death in Pakistan, according to a decree issued by President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes law will be applicable to anyone who commits a crime detrimental to national...
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"In his most forceful effort yet to distance himself from President Bush, John McCain slammed the current administration's policies and chastised Bush for increasing the debt burden for future generations, failing to fund expanding Medicare and abusing executive powers. In...