Journalists denied visas for India after critical reporting

"Written by www.daily.pk    Monday, 10 November 2008 20:17 Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Indian embassy in Sweden after journalists were denied visas after writing critical reports about the country. “This points to a lack of...

Olympians talk about the opening ceremony

"John Dane III (sailing):“Right when we got in the tunnel, we began the chant of “USA, USA” and there was an amazing energy and excitement. It helped me appreciate what each of those athletes had sacrificed to reach that moment. When the chant started we all quit...

Canada seeks industry, not consumer input on secret treaty

Canadians who have a any notion that we are some sort of bastion of civil rights need to stop kidding themselves. Uncer the current Harper regime, Canadians have seen the erosion of civil risghts and core democratic principles. Well we really have no one to blame but...

Singles 'face Alzheimer's risk'

There is bad news for singles. According to a latest study they are much more prone to Alzheimer disease than people who are in relationship. Even Divorcees who remained single for long time have high probability of Alzheimer. The study said that Living in a couple...

Merck tells AIDS vaccine volunteers who got jab

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of people who volunteered to test an experimental AIDS vaccine that may have actually raised the risk of infection will be told if they got the actual shot, researchers said on Tuesday. Merck & Co. Inc. and academic researchers said they...

MySpace deletes 29,000 sex offenders - a parents experience

I looked at Myspace a while back, created a profile to see what it was all about - I must admit it was a waste for business purposes. Having daughters, I also thought I would test what they would experience should they create a Space. So I signed up, gave myself a girl’s...

Fear Grip Britons Over Series of letter Bomb Explosions

"BRITISH police issued a public warning overnight after the latest in a series of letter bombs took the number of people injured to seven in five days, fuelling fears of a concerted bombing campaign. Both Prime Minister Tony Blair and Home Secretary John Reid voiced concern...

California 1st to ban dry-cleaning chemical

"California regulators on Thursday enacted the nation's first statewide ban on the most common chemical used by dry cleaners, pleasing environmentalists but worrying some small businesses. By 2023, no more dry-cleaning machines that use the toxic solvent perchloroethylene, a...

Iranian expat asks, "what to do about Iran"

"There is no shortage of proposals regarding what to do about the present Iran conundrum. Some proposals are authored by experts such as Henry Kissinger, while others are put forward by a variety of lesser luminaries. I am one of the lesser luminaries. I have been observing...

How Low Will Home Prices Go?

"My younger sister Melissa and her husband Joe are ready to move. Today the couple live in an apartment in New Jersey just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. At 33, Melissa's had it with city life, tired of dragging bags of groceries up steep flights of stairs,...

Is Iraq Headed for Genocide?

"Civil war or not, some human rights experts say Iraq is showing precursor signs of genocide. President George W. Bush has continued to reject assertions that Iraq is in the midst of a civil war. But with the President set to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in...

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