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Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise
The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...Reaching out from death row
Scores of California's most notorious convicts have pen-pal postings and personalized Web pages. Civil libertarians applaud the development as the exercise of free speech; victims' rights advocates say"Prisoners are barred from direct computer access that officials say could...Quick Benefit to Smoking Halt, With a Caveat, Study Finds
Women who stop smokingcan enjoy major health benefits within five years, but it can takedecades to correct respiratory damage and shed the added risk of lung cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday."Those who stopped...Greece hands China Olympic torch
"The Olympic torch has been handed over to Chinese officials at a ceremony in Athens, amid scuffles between police and pro-Tibet protesters.A small group of demonstrators tried to stop the torch from reaching the stadium where it was to be transferred.Thousands gathered to...Israel launches fresh Gaza raid
Israel has, as promised, begun again."The dead were reported to be a senior militant and a baby girl. Israel stepped up military raids last week to counter rocket fire from Gaza. More than 100 Gazans were killed and...Costa Book Award List Announced
The category winners for the prestigious Costa Book Awards have been announced. The top five shortlisted authors will now compete for the 2007 Costa Book of the Year award which will be announced on January...What happens here may not stay here
Only the editor in chief would get away with this type of article, badly written, edited and with racial slurs. "Wesley PrudenNovember 23, 2007 NEW ORLEANS. -- The politicians and the pundits are still sorting through last week's municipal election returns, and the results..."BORDERLESS eVILLAGE"
""BORDERLESS eVILLAGE" Project Details * Project Information * Objectives and innovation * User Profile * Results * Sustainability * Transferability * Keywords * Background Information * Contacts View in PDF Project Information Project...College Credits for Watching YouTube
This is funny:"Someone at Pitzer College let Alexandra Juhasz, a media studies professor, start a course on YouTube. In the class, students work mostly online, watching YouTube content, posting comments, and are...
Dollah dollah coin, y'all: Loonie hits record high
Perhaps a trip south is in order for us Canuckleheads: the Canadian dollar has hit its highest point in thirty years. Something interesting (though I suppose obvious) I learned from this article is that the CAN$ is... Brazil to Give Away Control of its Own TV Networks?
Brazil's Ministry of Communications is championing a DRM (digital rights management) system that will effectively place control of Brazilian television content in the hands of American DRM countries.... Healthy eating: Preventing illness
The best practise and pattern in food will give us some extra strength to work on. I used to talked about these food behaviours among my friends, they are saying that they couldn't find time to get their breakfast at the correct time. What makes them to be like...Cerberus completes Chrysler purchase
"Cerberus Capital Management on Friday closed its $7.4bn acquisition of Chrysler after reaching an agreement with DaimlerChrysler to jointly take on $2bn in debt to help finance the deal amid the turmoil in the...Leicester's Future Development
"Imagine a city where high-tech jobs are available at new office developments; where families live in the city centre; and where you can relax by a new marina. That is the vision put forward by the Leicester Regeneration Company, which is proposing a series of ideas that...Bush Weighs Reaching Out To ‘Brothers'
"WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is quietly weighing the prospect of reaching out to the party that founded modern political Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood."
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