160 Million Nelson Mandelas

" Newsweek called Pakistan “the most dangerous nation in the world.” Western media calls Pakistan “a power-keg waiting to explode,” while their military describes us as “being in a fight for our national existence.” The world that we all claw and...

HBOS Shares Rally Well as Backers Express Confidence in Lloyds TSB Merger

HBOS shares have rallied for the second day running as investors express their confidence in the Loyds TSB merger deal, with the backing of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.  After dropping by 20% on Tuesday the share price has gained 21% yesterday and another 10%...

Dundas To Replace Williamson as Top Designer for Pucci

Designer Peter Dundas will succeed Matthew Williamson as the artistic director for Italian fashion house Emilio Pucci as of October 2008.  "Norwegian-born Dundas, who succeeds Englishman Matthew Williamson,...

Srikkanth appointed as chief selector of indian cricket team

" Former India batsman Kris Srikkanth, who was dropped as captain after seeking better payments for his peers in his playing days, was named chief selector by the Indian cricket board on Saturday. Srikkanth,...

Miliband: I toned down conference speech to avoid 'Heseltine moment'

More drama from the Labour Party conference in the UK, as Gordon Brown tries to save his job and David Milliband tries to convince the media that he is not gunning for it. Embarassingly, Milliband was overheard...

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...

U.S. deputy assistance secretary of state, Matthew Bryza, said Washington had...

"U.S. deputy assistance secretary of state, Matthew Bryza, said Washington had been warning Georgia against going into direct armed conflict with Russia. “Our message was consistent to our Georgian colleagues ... ‘Avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia at all...

The Three Deadly Sins of Marketing

" Every marketers, who have their own business, dream that they can one day succeed and gain profits from their business. But they should always remember that this is only possible if they do not commit these 3...

Canada Study: Lose the accent to succeed, minorities.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnyone in business who has tried to carry a conversation with someone who speaks in a heavy foreign accent certainly knows the frustration trying to understand...

Arshavin puts Euro elite on alert

Tournaments like this are always a shop window for the big clubs in the summer, and the clubs will be falling over themselves to get hold of this player."Arshavin puts Euro elite on alert ...

Ince set to become Blackburn boss

"Ince set to become Blackburn boss Ince led MK Dons to the League Two title last season ...

Man asks court to change his name to "In God We Trust"

A man from Illinois, Steve Kreuscher, wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name to 'In God We Trust'."Kreuscher (CROY'-shir) says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough...

Robinson to succeed Paisley as leader of DUP

For a long time, those of us who felt that Ian Paisley was a blundering leader of Northerin Ireland government, felt we had no hope of seeing change until after he died.  We were in for a shock when his son...

Bhutto’s 19-year-old son to succeed her

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly proves my previous point in a country that is pretty backwards in terms of intelligence in which a nuclear weapons country, desperate for any style of...

EU & US in war-of-words over climate treaty

"The European Union and the US have accused each other of blocking a deal to launch negotiations on a new global warming treaty as the clock runs down on UN climate talks in Bali. The UN warned the 190-nation meeting that continuing deadlock meant there was a risk that the...

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