Michelle Obama: A Distant Daughter of Slavery

Michelle Obama, born in 1964, will be America's next first lady. When she moves into the White House in January, a mansion built partially by slaves, "she will embark upon a life her great-great-grandfather, who...

Church and police join forces to end binge drinking

A new campaign is being launched in Wales today with the aim of ending binge drinking. People are signing a pledge to stop the practice, which is very common in the UK."PEOPLE across Wales are today urged to pledge to stop binge drinking as an unprecedented coalition of...

DRP (Maldives current President's Party) Attacks ex Foreign Minister over Jos...

"Presidential spokesperson Mohamed Hussein Shareef (Mundhu) has accused opposition politician Dr Ahmed Shaheed of “knowing the details” surrounding Christian organisation the Joshua Project operating in the...

Pictured: The crisp that looks like Gary Lineker

"His love life may be on the up, but Match of the Day host Gary Lineker still can't seem to shake off his famous 'jug-eared' image.The 47-year-old former footballer may already ban ambassador for Walkers crisps,...

The Greatest of All Time

"  The First 10 Amendments to theConstitution as Ratified by the StatesDecember 15, 1791 Preamble Congress OF THE United Statesbegun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesdaythe Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.   THE...

Rice attacks Israel over new settlements plans

"The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, yesterday accused Israel of undermining peace talks as Israel announced plans to build thousands more homes in settlements in east Jerusalem.Upon arrival in Jerusalem...

Pakistan Angry as Strike by U.S. Kills 11 Soldiers

Killing of Pakistani soldiers by America led Nato forces have angered  residents of  frontier town of Pakistan bordering Afghnistan.Dead soldiers include a major were belonging to the Mohmand Rifles. The incident has infuriated the Pakistani government and they...

Time to re-Pass the GI Bill in the USA

"By JOEL MCNALLY  Tuesday, June 3, 2008As someone who opposed the Vietnam War and didn’t spit on a single soldier, I have never believed those stories about servicemen in uniform encountering a tsunami...

NASA Encounters Hitch With Mars Lander

"NASA’S ambitious mission to discover if Mars was ever habitable has encountered its first hitch - the protective sheath covering the robotic digging arm of its Phoenix lander has failed to fully unfurl.The malfunction means the elbow joint of the 7.7 ft long arm, which...

The Concept of Wealth in Traditional Africa

"Most lineages in traditional Africa have a "family pot," a general welfare fund managed by the head of the extended family. Income-earning members are obligated to make contributions to this fund. Obligations...

British Terrorists Planned Homicide Bomb Attacks on Seven Flights Over North ...

"LONDON —  A British terrorist cell planned to detonate homicide bombs on seven transatlantic flights over North America, causing catastrophic loss of life, a court was told yesterday. The...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

£800 million for flood Prevention Announced

Update: After the floods - Hull struggles with interest rate rises "Gordon Brown has promised to increase funding for flood prevention from £600 million to £800 million. Speaking during today's Prime Minister's Questions, he said: "To increase the flood prevention...

The "Surge" Won't Work -- A Wilsonian Solution for Iraq

"Colin Powell, perhaps apocryphally, warned President Bush in the build up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, “If you break it you buy it.” Irrespective of the dubious intelligence upon which the case for war in Iraq...

On Religion and the Law

"Last week, I asked the question, “Given that religious beliefs are unfounded in earthly evidence, being as they are based on faith, why should our legal system even allow for the creation of laws based wholly upon religious views?” I didn’t know the answer but...

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