NATO Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort

"BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Defense ministers from NATO on Friday endorsed the ambitious counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan proposed by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, giving new impetus to his recommendation to...

Japan will host 2019 World Cup: First Asian host For Rugby WC

JAPAN the First Asian country who will host a rugby world cup. This is delightful moment for japan as well for asian countries. Rugby is not so popular in ashian coutries as other games but after getting the...

Mich. medical pot law now in effect amid questions

"- Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get a patient arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months. The law approved by...

Bush likely to pull 8,000 troops from Iraq in January

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush is expected to keep U.S. troop levels in Iraq near their current level through the end of the year, then pull home up to 8,000 combat and support troops by mid-January, The Associated Press has learned. ...

A Comprehensive Look at Digg's Recommendation Engine

"It's hard to believe but Digg's latest feature, the recommendation engine is one that has been in the works for over two years. Before they developed images functionality, launched visualization tools, released Google, Netvibes, and Myspace widgets, developed Facebook...

British Columbia: No Skipping Gay-Friendly Classes

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a test case in a city which touts Multiculturalism and Diversity for all which may backfire as some cultures abhor their children attending classes and...

An Un-spoilt Beauty.

Recently, after assuming that the West country was infact the most beautiful area in England, I have discovered the treasures of another British area which I can safely say is as wonderful and as un-spoilt as...

Peter Gabriel Launches Entertainment Aggregator

Recommendation engines, aggregators, filters, selectors, DJs, friends, and algorithms: all are tools to help us find more relevant, cool stuff, by selectively narrowing the infinite entertainment choices available...

Bush halts Iraq troop cuts but shortens tours

President George Bush did make a statement on the Iraq war today, but it was not the statement many wanted to hear.He will leave the Iraq war as his legacy to his successor when he does step down."President George...

British Columbia: Gangsters jailed 6 years in violent kidnapping

Opinon Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor When comparing Canada's Notorious Serial Killer Wally Pickton's sentence of 4.1 years per murder victim versus 4 Criminals ongoing past Drug and present Kidnapping...

Google Goes Toe-to-Toe With Facebook

Well it was bound to happen sooner or later, and in this case it looks to be sooner. Instead of buying in and trying to take a piece of facebook's pie, internet giant Google is poised to take a giant chunk of the...

Arroyo grants pardon to Estrada

Seven years of court room drama down the drain.  For whatever reason they may have, this writer continues to be politically apathetic."Convicted president Joseph Estrada is a free man. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo granted pardon to the 70-year-old deposed leader...

PM accused of corruption

"Israel's attorney general yesterday ordered police to open a criminal investigation into allegations that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert fraudulently purchased a Jerusalem home well below market value. The move dealt a blow to the Israeli leader at a time when he has begun to...

Report: General Petraeus urging patience on Iraq troop levels

"Washington - US President George W Bush's top commander in Iraq is expected to tell Congress in testimony Monday that major moves to cut the number of US troops in Iraq should wait a few more months. US Army...

Hurtt rejects crime lab recommendation for overseer

It is said that to do the same things repeatedly expecting different results is the definition of insanity.  Houston is over run with gangs and has the second highest murder rate in the nation.  In the face of all this is a shortage of police officers due to...

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