EU Won't Manage Unified Banking Plan

" The European Union will not respond with a U.S.-style bailout package to the current crisis but it will probably decide to guarantee all private deposits in banks across its territory to boost citizens'...

Clouds clear for Jetman Yves Rossy to retry Channel crossing

The Swiss daredevil who is attempting to be the first man to fly across the channel in a single-wing jet-propelled pack will make another attempt today, after yesterday's flight had to be cancelled because of weather...

Cosmetic cowboys could cost you your life, women warned

Vanity always vanity...Accept yourself for the unique expression of infinite consciousness that you are and you don't need vanity and expensive and dangerous procedures to feel wonderful about yourself."Women's lives are being put at risk by cowboy cosmetic surgery clinics...

Palin: Troopergate back in the news

""The Wall Street Journal: “An informal adviser who has counseled Gov. Sarah Palin on ethics issues urged her in July to apologize for her handling of the dismissal of the state's public safety commissioner and warned that the matter could snowball into a bigger scandal. He...

Russian threats against Europe

SOCHI black sea russia Sept-11 Following the Russian invasion, NATO decided on 19 August to establish a new NATO-Georgia Commission, which will inaugurate its work in Tbilisi on Monday with NATO Secretary General...

AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ENEMY: WOMEN

"Posted: 4:36 am, September 6, 2008, by Amir Taheri, NY POST IN one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of "three threats" to his vision of Islam: the US, the Jews and women. Two...

Credit crunch 'to last into 2010'

HBOS chief Andy Hornby: 2010About two-thirds of wholesale funding received by UK banks comes from overseas - primarily from the US. And the HBOS chief said that US money-market investors would not resume channelling...

Cheney seeks to bolster Ukraine

USA is still meddling and still blaming Russia for the war Georgia started truthfully it buggers belief.  This is obvously going down the wrong path.  "US Vice-President Dick Cheney is in Ukraine on the last stop on his tour of the region aimed at showing support...

Breaking News - FEMA issues flooding warning for N.O. - Levees May Overtop du...

"NEW ORLEANS - As Hurricane Gustav steamed toward the Louisiana coast early Monday, a top FEMA official warned that the surge will likely overtop levees and at least partially flood the city that was hit hard by...

Mayor Boris Johnson's global warming plan aims to cool London

New London mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled his environmental plan for the city, focusing on flood risk management, cooler buildings and urban greening. Bracing the city for climate change is a legal requirement under a Greater London Authority Act passed under previous mayor...

Google maps 'demolish British history'

Internet maps such as those made by Google ae demolishing British history by effectively not including historic monuments, battlefields etc on them according to super map maker Mary Spence. Traditional cartography is...

China and Iraq Sign $3bn Oil Deal

While American and European oil companies waited for a free ride or preferential conditions from the Government of Iraq as the country tenders for oil service contracts, China's CNPC, Asia's largest oil and gas...

Madrid: Pilots' union warned 'chaotic' Spanair passengers were at risk

These kinds of stories always come out a few days after something like this happens.Apparently, the month before the fatal crash that happened in Madrid on Wednesday, the airline's workers warned their management...

Coastguards go on strike in Northern Ireland

Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...

HRW Warns of Unexploded Russian Cluster Bomb Ordnances

"Unexploded ordnances of cluster bombs, left by Russian attacks, pose risk to life of civilian population in the conflict zone, the Human Rights Watch warned on August 21. It said that its researchers saw more unexploded submunitions from cluster bombs in and around the...

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