" BANGKOK — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the north of the country amid heavy security Saturday after receiving death threats over a planned trip to a stronghold of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Some 1,500 police were sent to guard Abhisit as he toured the...
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" As if the Taliban, car bombs, roadside bombs, leftover Soviet land mines, political unrest and errant NATO air attacks weren't enough, Afghans are facing a new killer: the H1N1 flu pandemic. The government has declared a state of...
Ukrainian News Agency "Fraza" reported that, according to informed sources, "it has been confirmed 100 % Pneumonic Plague in Ukraine". The Agency asserts that "the head physician of the medical institutions has sent out an informal disposal - not to sow panic, to...
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"MOVE over Switzerland. The tiny US state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice rights group said. The United States, led by the eastern seaboard state, took in $2.6 trillion in deposits from...
We are assuming as true the pilots story by the CEO of Delta. The NWA pilot's story assumes the 300 bonus miles plus almost 8o minutes of non ground contact was do to laptop use and a heated discussion....
Update ; 1:40 MDT. Evidently, the boy was NOT in the ballon. A six year old boy, in Ft. Collins, Colorado, climbed into a hot air ballon and floated away - out of control. "FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A...
Britain’s most notorious libel lawyers have succeeded in banning a top UK newspaper from reporting a question both they and the government find extremely embarrassing. But here The-Latest prints the...
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Boston's Foxborough school is set to implement the use of breathalyzers in school buildings, at dances, and any extracurricular activities. This new action plan to crack down on underage drinking will be put to...
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A 26 year-old Vancouver man was set on fire while sleeping on a couch that he found outside in the Downtown Eastside Area. He was out drinking Saturday night and fell asleep on the couch before waking up to see his body lit on fire. The man was taken to a hospital...
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Barry Artiste Op.Ed WTF? The Man of all Men was in town, nice for friggin giving Vangroovians the heads up. What a friggin Rip, I would have given my left testicle to see the man, if my girlfriend wasn't...
Here's a story I wrote for a Long Island , NY paper to try and describe the atmosphere in israel leading up to Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals observed here... "1. The clang of metal poles and the sounds of hammering are practically constant as Jerusalem’s...
opinion by judyinjerusalem | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 137 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" Last month, Dr. Phil Wilby’s crew drew a picture of a belemnite — a Jurassic squid — with its own ink.70 “We felt … it would be the ultimate self-portrait,” Wilby said. From Dr. Wilby, and other scientists, we can tell a story of how his crew may have gotten the...
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" 21 people have been injured, three seriously, after a collision involving a Luas tram and a bus on O'Connell Street in Dublin. The driver of the Luas had to be cut from the wreckage by emergency services. "
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Around 3,000 redheads came together to celebrate annual redhead day in Breda, a city in the Netherlands. The event is called Roodharigendag and celebrates redheads of all ages and to spread the awareness that...
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This is a great example of why bailing out banks was a stupid idea. The banks have the bailout money but they are just sitting on it so it is doing absolutely no good. Now they are going to be using...