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Pole trek needs last explorer
"Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are looking for a final budding explorer to complete their ancestors' journey to the South Pole. Legend has it Sir Ernest recruited his expedition members with an advert promising "small wages", "constant danger" and a... Sept. 11 Version of 'Space Invaders' Draws Fire at Video-Game Convention
Is this "art" or is it just tasteless, tacky, and insulting? There's bound to be an uproar over this use of 9/11 as "installation art."Was that uproar the purpose? This might have been just a way of getting attention."Attendees at the Leipzig Games Convention in eastern... Floods cause corn prices to hit record high
Corn prices hit a record high today as a result of the flooding in the Midwest. "The worst flooding in the Midwest for 15 years sent fresh shocks to global markets and consumers on Monday as corn prices hit... After Iraq- a glimpse of a possible MidEast future
"A report from the new Middle East—and a glimpse of its possible future
by Jeffrey Goldberg, Atlantic Monthly, Jan-Feb 2008Not long ago, in a decrepit prison in Iraqi Kurdistan, a senior interrogator with the Kurdish intelligence service decided, for my entertainment and... Return to the Dark Side
Light pollution has been a hot topic in New Zealand lately with local councils encouraged to do whatever is needed to reduce or minimize this visual intrusion during the dark hours of our day. New Zealand is now at... We're not all victims
"Not everyone was connected to Virginia Tech, but you wouldn't know it by watching Americans. April 20, 2007 FIVE DAYS after the Virginia Tech massacre, the friends and families of the victims are grieving — and despite the relentless glare of the media spotlight, their...White House For Sale
" White House For Sale David Corn March 29, 2007 David Corn is The Nation 's Washington editor and the author with Michael Isikoff of Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War . It's a cliché: what a difference a Democratic congressional...Egypt Urges US Not to Meddle In Its Affairs
"Egypt urges US not to meddle in its affairs Washington fears controversial constitutional amendments being rushed through popular referendum. CAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday dismissed US criticism of a forthcoming referendum on constitutional changes,...Why can't you pay attention anymore?
"Unlike attention deficit disorder, or ADD, people aren't born with ADT. It's the result, he contends, of the modern workplace, where the constant and relentless chatter coming from our computers, phones and other high-tech devices is diluting our mental powers."Would Defeat in Iraq Be So Bad?
"After Vietnam, the dominoes did not fall. What that tells us about this war. To me, the relentless mud slide of insurgency and civil war in Iraq is leading to unacceptable strategic disaster for the U.S. There appear to be no viable paths to follow in order to avoid it....
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