New Delhi won’t toe TN line, says Lanka

"New Delhi won’t toe TN line, says Lanka P K Balachandran | ENS First Published : 17 Oct 2008 07:54:02 AM IST Last Updated : 17 Oct 2008 09:06:38 AM IST COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday said it...

Judge in hospital; husband charged with attempted murder

"NEW YORK – Elizabeth Halverson underwent surgery today for injuries sustained when her husband, Ed, allegedly attacked her with a frying pan. Ed Halverson was arrested last night and charged with attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon and battery with substantial...

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

Oil jumps USD 5 after report of US Gas stocks falling

Crude oil prices again soared up after remaining cool for sometime. The news of US Gas stock shortage fulled the price hike. A latest report says that US gasoline supplies fell by 3.5 million barrels last week.  US crude stockpiles also fell by 100,000 barrels last week,...

Viva La Download Or Death And All His CDs

I think we can begin the farewells to CDs as music downloading is continuing to grow. In just two weeks, Coldplay broke the record of most downloaded album beating John Mayer's old record. This accounts to "SOLD"...

Knife crime: LONDON Police seize 200 weapons in stop and search blitz

"The kitchen knife is the most common weapon used in teenage stabbings, Sir Ian Blair said today, as he revealed that close to 200 weapons have been seized since officers stepped up stop and search measures in...

Endeavour flies by night

The Endeavour proved successful." CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Wednesday, making a rare nighttime touchdown to wrap up "a two-week...

A Himalayan Trek Takes Power and Pills

by Erica Gehrke for thevancouverobserver.com Morning and night I peeled my socks off and with them came pieces of skin, scabs, and a malodorous waft.Surviving another day, I hobbled along, walking stick in hand,...

Whole Hog Homophobia

"Whole Hog Homophobia Given the rampant homophobia motoring through Touchstone/Disney’s latest comedy, “Wild Hogs,” it seems fitting that screenwriter Brad Copeland’s credits include writing for TV’s...

Australian businessman latest to be abandonded

It seems the Australian Governement is no more willing to help out this citizen than it is to bringing home David Hicks, who has been detained in Quantnamo Bay for years."A Brisbane businessman stranded in China has accused Australian authorities of not doing enough to help...

Out-In-The-Cold: Border shooting as Israel blocks Haniya from Gaza (Roundup)

"Tel Aviv - Eight people were wounded when dozens of armed supporters of the radical Islamic Hamas movement stormed the Rafah crossing point on the Gaza-Egypt border Thursday, witnesses reported. They said the...

Are You Flushing One Million Dollars Down the Toilet?

"Every money-spending decision you make today has a huge impact on your future finances and the sad part is you probably just don't get it. Most of you are flirting with financial suicide and you don't even know it. Let's say you're 30 and your friends have asked you to join...

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