Mother's Day Sunday Marks 30-Day Countdown to NBA at 65, 6-6-11

Mother's Day Sunday this coming May 8, 2011 will signal the official 30-day countdown to the NBA's 65th Anniversary date of being founded. The NBA was founded as the BAA (Basketball Association of America)...

Update: Stranded hunter rescued by military rescue team

Final Update: News headlines are buzzing that the stranded hunter has been picked up by the Cormorant helicopter and will soon be home, safe and warm with his family in Resolute.The Windsor Star has reported that...

Woman Named Merry Christmas Arrested In Boynton Beach

Please put your coffee down before you read this article, as I split mine over my keyboard and lap, lol   Is this a christmas joke? Is there actually a woman called Merry Christmas? More important is her...

Barack Obama issues new Afghanistan military orders

Media is still being creative, nothing has been released yet from the white house, Yes Gordon Brown has been out spoken but as yet Obama has not said a Dicky bird.     " US President Barack Obama has issued new orders for the US military in Afghanistan...

Mumbai braces for highest tide in 100 years

(photographs by Elidio)for more photographs http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/slideshow/4815125.cms?imw=460 "Mumbai braces for highest tide in 100 years" "MUMBAI: Nearly 200 people have been evacuated from coastal...

Ministry defame lawyers defending a defamation case

On July 10th, the Ministry of Defence website posted an article defaming lawyers defending Leader Publication (Pvt.) Ltd, the publisher of The Sunday Leader newspaper.The Ministry of Defence website branded the...

Italian Red Cross worker freed after 6 months

" MANILA (4th Update) -- Abu Sayyaf bandits freed an ailing Italian Red Cross worker Sunday from six months of jungle captivity in the province of Sulu, officials said. Eugenio Vagni, 63, appeared to be in good...

Migrant labourers’ 5-yr-old daughter raped

" Last Updated : 06 Jul 2009 09:04:54 AM IST CHENNAI: The five-year old daughter of migrant labourers Mohan (30) and Lalitha (27) from Andhra Pradesh was allegedly raped by an unknown person in the wee hours of...

Deciding Own Destiny - Iran - Propaganda

"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Iranian nation is the true manifestation of the people’s right to decide their own destiny. In a meeting with the press in Tehran on Sunday he said the fact that over 84...

Obama on US Journalist Held in Iran: No Espionage

At the end of his closing speech at the Fifth Summit of the Americas today, President Obama spoke of US journalist Roxana Saberi, who was just sentenced to 8 years in prison in Iran, saying he was confident she was...

Easter in the Philippines: 'A celebration of Faith'

Easter is the greatest holiday in Christian Calendar,  marking the rebirth of Jesus Christ  and the renewal of Christian Faith... Filipinos go to church together as soon as sunrise hits...

At least 15 killed in a train crash in Tanzania

A cargo train has hit a stationary passenger train in the town of Dodoma in central Tanzania on Sunday, killing at least 15 people. An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash. Currently, the train wreckage is being separated by cranes to retrieve...

New York Times stock now cheaper than the Sunday paper

The Sunday Edition of the New York Times is $5.00. A share of the New York Times is $3.57"What costs more — a spark plug or a share of General Motors? A Sunday New York Times or a share of the newspaper company? A General Electric toaster or a share of GE? In...

February 15 marks Flag Day in Canada

Sunday February 15 is National Flag Day in Canada; February 15 1965 was when the Maple Leaf design that Canada has for its flag now was first unveiled on Parliament Hill. This day is raising some concerns about the...

Volcano erupts near Tokyo

A Volcano near Japan's capital Tokyo has erupted on Monday morning and white smoke is billowing and volcanic ash, carried by winds, are falling on the Tokyo. "Mt Asama, straddling Gunma and Nagano prefectures,...

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