Tidal and wave power; the technology is here and improving. According to this article, Scotland is on the ball, and one of the biggest obstacles in the UK is lack of interest, imagination and will on the part of the...
"Witnessed by royalty from around the world, the ruler of the tiny Pacific nation of Tonga was finally crowned today after an 18-month delay.King George Tupou V, known to the locals as G5, had to put off his...
"The dead dolphin in the garden The dolphin was removed by environmental health officers Mystery surrounds the discovery of a dead dolphin in the garden of two sailors in Dorset who live on a steep hill half a mile...
Next, it's NOT going to be Sub-prime loans, but ARM's that will spike up home foreclosures.Many Option ARM home loans are going to reset in 2009 - 2011. This will be the next wave of foreclosures. These loans...
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As prices for metals have risen throughout the world "metal theft" has become increasingly common. In the UK, police have launched an initiative to tackle the problem."Police have launched a nationwide blitz on the theft of metal, a fast-growing crime fuelled by rising prices...
In 1962 he was the first person to sail across the Pacific by himself. He was 23. Now, at 69, Kenichi Horie just sailed across the Pacific in wave powerd boat all by himself. He is the first person...
Intelligence sleuths in Pakistan have started search for evidences to nail down the culprit for yesterday's blast in capital Islamabad. Yesterday's bombing comes after a period of relative calm, with the...
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800,000 public sector workers, including school dinner ladies and council trash collectors, are going to stage a strike in the UK next month. The union, Unison, is just one of many that are threatening to stage a "summer of discontent" of strikes over the skyrocketing cost of...
Another female suicide bomber has struck in Iraq, this time killing 15 people."The latest in a wave of female suicide bombers killed 15 people and wounded more than 40 others on Sunday near a heavily fortified courthouse and government outpost in central Baquba, Iraqi...
This looks pretty cool." YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Following the wave of awe and acclaim over the iPhone's distinctive touch-screen, PCs are joining the latest "hands-on" revolution in tech, led by Hewlett-Packard. The question is whether the innovation will catch on as well...
"Having been left with no option other than to resign from the Security Department of the Home Office, John Francis Smith soon found another job in the NHS and though not as well paid, he survived comfortably enough....
"Another powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned on Wednesday of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated 2 million survivors."The...
One of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping commander was assassinated earlier today, which makes him the fourth top police authority to be killed in 10 days."One day after acting federal police chief Edgar Millan was...
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The most famous clock in the world turns 150 tomorrow, well, the bell does anyway. Big Ben in London, England, has a great bell in it's tower, which is what the name 'Big Ben' actually refers to. The bell was cast on...
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One man speaks his truth. Then the next. And the next. Political players and leaders in the USA such as Mark MacKinnon, who designs Mr McCain's advertisements, and Republican former senator for Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, endorse Obama. Because of his...
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