Has the rise in the use of social networking had a negative or positive effect on our lives? " Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart. Dr...
Margo MacDonald, a member of the Scottish parliament, has introduced legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. The announcement comes a day after a British high court rejected an English petitioners request to clarify the law on whether it is illegal for...
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"As the most controversial torch relay in Olympic history comes to an end, folks here wonder: Who will light China's fire? Guessing the person who will light the huge flame inside the National Stadium has become...
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Dennis Kucinich continued his attempts to have president Bush impeached today, during a hearing many are calling the 'un-impeachment hearing'. The house has agreed to listen to their claims, but stopped short of...
"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population,...
"By Elise Ackerman, Mercury NewsArticle Launched: 12/27/2007 01:35:58 AM PSTA small change to Google Reader has caused a big stir among users of the online service, which lets people gather updates of blogs and Web sites onto a single Web page.
The new feature announced...
Some prisons are painting cellblocks pink because they say it's a calming colour. So is this the same principle as those pinkish sunglasses people wear? Because those totally work. I'm serious, my...
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"“A New Breed Of Bloggers” - A Post I Had Missed … … …
Nov 2nd, 2007 by tbnandasiriwanninayaka
I don’t know how I missed this important post which had appeared in Kottu few weeks ago on young bloggers from the villages. Thanks Niro for sending me the link. Read...
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Should Jail be the punishment for this outrage? "A judge acquitted three doctors, a New Jersey company and a former Red Cross official of criminal charges Monday in a tainted-blood scandal that infected thousands...
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"A LARGE majority of people in Shetland have come out against a proposed wind farm in the isles, it was claimed last night (Monday).
Around 200 islanders voted in 'Da Muckle Poll' organised by the The Shetland Independant Newsletter(SIN), a free monthly magazine...
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" June 5, 2007 Kansas - Quick responses obviously are crucial to the Tonganoxie City Fire Department. But firefighters and others in this Leavenworth County community are concerned they are losing precious seconds because a bridge on a main Tonganoxie thoroughfare recently...
The fallout from Nigeria's election continues, as unknown militants destroy the Vice-President-Elect's house along with a police station. "Militants have attacked the country residence of the Vice-President-elect...
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"Green Party Leader Trevor Sargent TD said today that solutions to climate change exist and that Ireland must start implementing them immediately.
Speaking at a photocall in Dublin city center as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prepares to publish its...
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I love freakonomic-type stuff that takes conventional wisdom and subjects it to some kind of emprical test. Recently I came across a study into randomness. Totally cosmic man."The poll was inspired by this post...
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Online networking 'harms health' ?
