Oil tanker capsizes in Binh Thuan, ten missing

"VietNamNet Bridge – The oil tanker Duc Tri upturned off the coast of Binh Thuan Province. Ten sailors are missing and over 1,700 tons of oil is threatening to spread along the southern coast.   The ship was on its way from HCM City to the central city of Da Nang when...

Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney

There's a price on Bush's and Cheney's heads. Ok, well not exactly, but a rather unusual measure has been taken in parts of Vermont against the current President and his VP.Voters in the Vermont towns of...

Chinatown, My Chinatown

Bernard P. Wong, in American Immigrant Cultures, wrote that there are “about a dozen” Chinatowns in the biggest metropolitan areas of the United States. Among the results of a Google Internet search were...

Beckham Hung Like A Tractor Exhaust!

Posh Spice Victoria Beckham took time off from the Spice Girls' world tour to big up soccer superstar husband David's manhood after rumours that it had been digitally enhanced in adverts for Giorgio Armani...

Gates Foundation`s US$100 mln initiative for health research

""The biggest advances in health often come from unexpected places," said Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of the Gates Foundation's Global Health Program. "To effectively tackle diseases like AIDS and malaria, we need to encourage the best and brightest minds to take risks on...

Morales says elites resent Indian power

Nominated for the Nobel Prize for his efforts in a peaceful transition of power to the majority Aboriginal population, Evo Morales points out that bias against the Indigenous is still alive and well despite claims...

Apart from the noose, this is an everyday story of modern America

One would think that Americans would be ashamed of this but they aren't.  Even further, I find it quite embarrassing that a foreign observer can plainly see what Americans refuse to acknowledge.  So much...

Inmate Rehabilitation Through Music

Behind the walls of the General Penitentiary Prison in Spanish Town Jamaica, lies a budding rehabilitation program. Designed by the Jamaica Constabulary Force community outreach Division, in collaboration with the Department of Correctional services, the project named...

Miami Council Approves $5.6 M Town Budget

The Town of Miami has finally approved it's municipal budget for 2007-08 after concluding public hearings Monday night. The budget was finally signed into law, with some residents however raising questions concerning the lack of fee collections and the state of old, or...

FAC's CaBOOST Project Pulls into the Station

The Fishers Arts Council's "CaBOOST the Arts" project has arrived at the Fishers Train Station (in the Thomas Weaver Municipal Complex) and is available for the public to view.  CaBOOST features 10...

Street Art with a Past

When you think of Street Art, all sorts of images come to mind.  Brightly painted sculptures or perhaps metal intertwined with futuristic designs.  However when you ask about Fiberglass Street Art,...

US town set to ban saggy trousers

US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...

Kenyan Jet With Over 100 Aboard Crashes

More information as it comes in, but right now no reports of survivors. An AP correspondent was apparently on board."A Kenya Airways flight with more than 100 people aboard crashed in southern Cameroon, officials...

Massive Tornado Hits Greensburg, KN

Huge tornado hit the town of Greensburg, Kansas last night, killing one, injuring at least 50 and wiping out most of the town. More news as it comes in: ""The entire town was pretty much wiped out," said storm...

we all wanna be big rockstars

"At one time or another we have all wanted to stand in the spotlight, singing a power-ballad to a packed stadium. The applause, the screaming fans, and the money and fame, are magnetic and intoxicating elements. This probably explains the popularity of karaoke. For five...

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