Mediterranean union launched: 43-nation group plans regional projects

Emulating the  European Union model 43 countries in Middle east have come together and formed a Mediterranean Union. Although unlike European countries many of these countries don't have great relations with each other. "French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a...

Australia PM in new nude art row

The debate over the portrayal of children in the magazines are hotly debated in Australia and the current debate has got even Prime Minister involved. "A photograph of a nude six-year-old girl on the front cover of an Australian art magazine has re-ignited a row over the...

Analyst sees ‘ghost town’ in Inland Empire

"Peter Viles LA Times Wednesday, July 2, 2008 A financial analyst fresh from a tour of construction sites in the Inland Empire is warning Wall Street of a “ghost town” where finished homes sit vacant and additional homes are still under construction.  “At several...

Muslims in Scotland Raising Heck About Police Ad with Puppy

When it will ever end, who knows? No doubt if someone finds a Muslim official's dress or actions objectionable in the setting of a Western culture, they would not be allowed to protest." A postcard featuring a cute...

Pupil gains marks for exam expletive

What the ....?"A student who scribbled an expletive on an English language exam paper was awarded 7.5 percent for accurate spelling and effective communication, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.The pupil, who...

Shiv Malik ordered to hand police source material for terrorism book

A British journalist who wrote a book on terrorism has been ordered to turn over his sources to police within 7 days or face legal penalties."Freelance journalist Shiv Malik must hand over his source material for a book on terrorism to Greater Manchester Police within seven...

Man guilty for having 13 in Volvo - no one was wearing a seatbelt!

A teacher was stopped by police for having 13 people in his car last August.  Women had infants on their laps, and kids were standing in the back seat. None of the 13 passengers cramped in the car were wearing...

Missing Inaction

This is creepy in so many ways. A woman is reporting missing. Nobody finds her for over forty years. Guess where they find her? In her apartment, in front of the TV. Well, not all of her, but what's left of her. She'd been dead for a long, long time."THE remains of a...

Portugal vs Germany Quarter final, a short story and online Live Score

"The first Quarter Final clash of Euro 2008 between Portugal vs Germany is going to kick off Basel St. Jakob-Park, Switzerland at 20:45 local time on Thursday 19 June 2008. Portugal is the champion of Group A and Germany is the Runner-up of Group B, after playing three...

Why are forecasters so often wrong? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"This week RBS has forecast an equity and credit crash within three months. It is unusual to get a direct warning from a major bank. Who forecast a UK housing crash last August when the sub-prime crisis hit? Nobody in my recollection and yet you could see estate agents...

'Elephant legs' woman set for operation

"Wang Cheng, 24, cannot work or even wear trousers because of the grotesque and painful elephantiasis which has dogged her since the age of six and left her with legs weighing 50 kilos. "I cannot go out to work,"...

Couch Potato and the asthma risk

Research shows that children who watch five hours of TV a day increases their chance of developing asthma. Reason being that by sitting for hours leads to shallow breathing by the kids.   " Researchers...

London council paints over street artist Bansky's graffiti murals - worth mil...

A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million...

Sen. Byrd Hospitalized

"ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: On the same day the second longest sitting senator had brain surgery, the longest sitting senator was hospitalized with a fever.Ninety-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was...

Border Patrol Agents Rescue 51 Illegal Aliens from Tractor Trailer

"Laredo, Texas – Border Patrol agents from the Laredo North station disrupted a human smuggling attempt and rescued 51 people today.At about 2:30 a.m, agents working at the Border Patrol checkpoint north of Laredo conducted an immigration inspection of the driver of a...

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