Why the military keep this ageing dictator in power

" President Mugabe has not acted alone in bringing Zimbabwe to its knees. He has a band of willing accomplices, many of whom fought alongside him in the guerrilla war against white rule and have benefited enormously...

Germany: High Oil Prices are Painful for Us too!

In light of all of the complaints in the US about high oil prices and gas, today's article in Germany's newspaper, the Spiegel, outlined that this is a global problem that is also affecting Germany and people all...

Government: Diviing Up the Cellphone Pie

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Feds are auctioning Wireless Networks amongst the Big Telecommunications Giants, diviing up the provinces like so much pie.  Eager to get a Slice are...

Indonesian customs detain two Taiwanese for carrying drugs

"Tangerang (ANTARA News) - Customs and Excise officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten Province, have detained two Taiwanese for trying to smuggle in 4.782 kg of crystal methamphetamine and...

Indiana Poll: Obama Gains, Clinton, Obama Tied

Indiana Poll: Obama Gains, Clinton, Obama TiedSenator Barack Obama has come back to tie with Senator Clinton in Indiana.  Most Pundits had Clinton as a Clear winner in the state over the last several...

Woman Beaten for "Witchcraft"

A woman was hired as a traditional healer in rural India, but, when the client's wife didn't get better, things got ugly." Nishant Tiwari, a police official in northeastern India, said a journalist who filmed the beating called him Thursday to report the incident, which took...

Housing market spirals, no end in sight

Fasten your seatbelts!"NEW YORK - Nervous homeowners and economic analysts have been wondering how much worse the housing market could get. On Thursday they got an answer: Plenty. Foreclosures are at a record high. Home equity...

Sharing your special day with 600 other couples

Every girl dreams about her wedding day, but what if you had to share your special day with 600 other brides? Well, every year in Mexico, hundreds of girls deal with that very same problem. But they don't really have...

Teams separated by only one game in Big Ten standings

"THE SETTING The Iowa Hawkeyes (17-7, 10-3) will gun for their ninth-consecutive victory Thursday night when they travel to West Lafayette, IN, to face the Purdue Boilermakers (13-11, 9-4) for a pivotal showdown. Tip-off is slated for 6:05 p.m. (CST) at Mackey Arena. Iowa...

Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda

This is suprising. We are all aware of the health risks associated with regular soda, but diet soda? There has long been a wonder if some of the chemicals in diet soda might have side effects, but the theories were geard more towards some type of cancer and not metabolic...

Obama and Clinton neck and neck: poll

It looks like Barack Obama is staging a comeback in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to the most recent poll. "Though Mrs Clinton has regained some momentum since her surprise win in...

2007 second hottest year on record

New NASA data reveals one of the more disturbing 2007 end-of-year records.  It's getting hot in here, and that's the inconvenient truth."The year 2007 was tied for the second-hottest on record, according to...

Obama Erases Clinton's Lead

"Barack Obama has erased a once substantial deficit to climb into a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Among Republicans, John McCain charged to the front of a shifting...

Huckabee's dirty little secret...scandal?

Back in 1985 in Arkansas, a man by the name of Wayne Dumond was convicted of raping a 17 year old girl named Ashley Stephens (ironically a distant cousin of Bill Clinton- who was Govenor at the time). While he was awaiting trial in his home, masked men broke into his house,...

The “Ow” starts now - 100 reasons not to upgrade to Windows Vista (part 1)

"Windows Vista. Basically paying $239 or $399 to buy Direct X 10, and some design and fixes to IE on top of Windows XP. That is $399 in the era of the ‘$100 laptop’ (admittedly the $100 is a goal, estimates currently lying at around $160). Windows Vista is a step by...

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