Terry Macalister on the global resurgence of coal as an energy source

"The last couple of years has seen a massive swing towards king coal after decades when it looked doomed to be phased out, because of acid rain and then greenhouse gases, of which it is a huge emitter. Its use in US power stations alone is responsible for 1.5bn tonnes of CO2...

Resurgence of Screenwriters in the Indian Film Industry

"There's a buzz in the Indian film industry that the writers are coming back in a major way. The recent success of films offering good scripts and new stories has started the latest trend of new script writers...

Music: "Older Than Dirt Making a Comeback"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLP's (Long Playing Records) have been around for a Hundred years, and only remembered by us who are older than dirt.  So it's nice to know LP's are now making a...

Canada: Going Blue-Has Prof's Seeing Red

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorUniversity Students looking at getting into the Halls of Political Power join Fraternities, The Conservative Club  and it's Blue Banner of Tory Conservativism,...

Largest Tao wooden boat built in a century reaches Taipei

The Tao (Yami), an Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)  tribe, are famous for their boat culture which is the aggregation of physiology, psychology, economy and belief. They hail from Lanyu (Orchid Island), a...

Pope Benedict Argues Catholic Church 'Purified' Indigenous Peoples

Genocide works wonders, no?  - The Angryindian-------------------------------------"AlterNet: Pope Benedict Argues Catholic Church 'Purified' Indigenous Peoples During his recent trip to Latin America, Pope...

Imus Was A Fool To Apologize

"Don Imus was a fool to apologize for his remarks calling the Rutgers' Women's' Basketball team "Nappy Headed Hos." This is not to say that the aforementioned team is either nappy headed or sexually promiscuous...

"Shadow Wolves" - Native American trackers to hunt bin Laden

"An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. The unit, the Shadow Wolves, was recruited from several tribes, including the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache. It is being sent to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to pass...

Faith-at-work movement going mainstream

We've probably all noticed this trend happening little by little.  The Christmas party becomes the holiday party...people praying before meals in the office cafeteria.  If you haven't seen this in your office yet, it looks like it you may soon. "First companies...

Mission will top NATO's agenda ad - National Post

" Taliban resurgence: More troops and military equipment to be requested View Larger Image Debris is scattered on a road outside Kandahar where two Canadian soldiers were killed yesterday. Photograph by : Ismail Sameem, Reuters Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail ...

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