Chances for U.S. Withdrawal

"BASRA -- The Bush administration's preliminary security pact with Iraq calls for withdrawing most American combat troops by 2011, a development that seemed almost unthinkable even a few months ago. One reason they're thinking about it now: the new assertiveness of Iraqi...

McCain suggests raiding Colorado's water

"By Bob Ewegen, The Denver Post, 08/15/2008 08:44:49 PM MDT Memo to: John McCain. From: Five million thirst-crazed Coloradans. Subject: Forget about winning our nine electoral votes next November. We don't vote for water rustlers in this state; we tar and feather them! Yes,...

New Trailer for Max Payne Movie Released

I have to admit, video game movies usually don't do very well. It's very difficult to translate a more interactive, hands-on experience into a passive one like a movie, and often the gimmicks or sheer fun of playing the game helped a gamer look past a shoddy plot and poor...

Britain 'could talk to al-Qaeda'

"The UK should not rule out talking to al-Qaeda in a strategy to end its campaign of violence, according to one of the country's most senior policemen.Police Service of Northern Ireland chief Sir Hugh Orde told the Guardian talking to al-Qaeda was not unthinkable but "a...

Globalisation - Making China More Westernised

"Scored yet?' That was the first question from several young adventurers crowded around a table at a bar in Lhasa, Tibet's colourful capital city. Between sips of yak butter tea, they trade jokes and swap tales about their latest sexual encounters. These twentysomethings on...

If England Flop, Shall We All Blame Wenger?

"They say in football there is always the next match - and indeed, the next tournament. And qualifying for the next major tournament - the 2010 Word Cup - may become England's sole focus if Russia beat Israel on Saturday and finally put the Three Lions' wounded Euro 2008...

Once-puritan South Africa holds its first sex fair

When I lived in South Africa Playboy was illegal.  It seems the country has now found its mojo:"JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans queued to learn about sex toys and pole-dancing this weekend, at the first sex fair ever held in a country founded by conservative...

U.S. options in Iraq could soon narrow, ranging from unpleasant to unthinkable

"WASHINGTON - Now that moderate Republicans have told President Bush that time is running out on his Iraq policy, he'll have to demonstrate real progress in a matter of months or face choices that range from the highly unpleasant to the nearly unthinkable. September, only...

Sharpton in the Morning?

"One of the mysteries in this country has to do with the sudden plunge in the crime rates in the 1990s. Some attribute it to Mayor Giuliani, because New York had such a high crime rate and after Mr. Giuliani took over at City Hall it started plunging, though some of the...

Ian's recipe for success

"LAST year Jamie Oliver did the unthinkable. He took old-fashioned school dinners – spotted dick and custard, lumpy mash potato and tapioca – and replaced them with healthy meals kids enjoy......Images courtesy of: rushdentoday.co.uk"''Jamie Oliver's publicity crusade, ...

BLOODLESS MEDICINE and SURGERY - The Growing Demand

"AT AGE 61, José, a Belgian from the small town of Oupeye, was told that he would need a liver transplant. "It was the shock of my life," he says. Just four decades ago, liver transplants were unthinkable. Even in the 1970's, the survival rate was only about 30 percent....