A new report says that about half of the world's primates are facing extinction, saying that the destruction of rainforests is the biggest threat to primate species."Some 300 of the 634 different types of ape...
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During a visit to Tunisia, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi expressed his objections to the idea of a Mediterranean Union as it would be a neo colonialist initiative. " Gadhafi: Mediterranean Union still a bad idea...
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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on July 17 said that Europe wants Algerian and Libyan oil-and-gas reserves and accused the EU of deliberately choosing to isolate Africa through the new union. Libyan strongman Muammar al-Qaddafi denounced the project as leader of the AU...
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A Wall Street Journal article today exposed that Wal-Mart is using employee meetings tout its political message, telling them not to vote for Democrats in the November election. The reason Wall-Mart is...
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– For weeks people in Spokane have been asking the same question, “What is it?” “It” has been on TV. Mystery billboards went up around the city with “It just works for me”-and nothing else. No name....
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To say I was stunned this morning to read that some labor union officials appear to be advocating for a return to the days of “Blue Laws” would be an understatement. But that was the case this morning after I...
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Hundreds protested in Dublin yesterday as French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Ireland. Demonstrators gathered outside government offices to protest comments made last week by Sarkozy that, in effect,...
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"The Bush administration has decided to break with previous policy by sending one of its most senior diplomats to engage Iran's top nuclear official, the White House announced Wednesday. ...
After a firefighter in the UK was fired because he is obese, his fellow firefighters in Northeast Scotland are voting today on whether to go on strike over the sacking."Firefighters have agreed to ballot for strike action over the sacking of a colleague who management decided...
The U.S. terrorist watch list now has more than one million names on it, according the ACLU. Just don't look too hard at who's on it -- you might find a few dead folks, the odd Nobel Peace prize winner, and maybe...
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Emulating the European Union model 43 countries in Middle east have come together and formed a Mediterranean Union. Although unlike European countries many of these countries don't have great relations with each other. "French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a...
Brazilian oil workers form Petrobras started a five day strike over the improvement of offshore working conditions. They intend to disrupt activities at the 42 oil fields at Campos basin which accounts for 80% of Petrobras production. It is unclear what would be the impact of...
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French President Nikolas Sarkozy has opened the first summit meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean. Similar to the EU but with a looser grouping, the body will focus on energy, security, trade, and...
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"Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid – Image Credit: AFP
The Real Survivor Fiji – European Resolve
The USA lite of the European Union, where the Commissioners of a...
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