Driving in the Philippines – Cross your self first and sprinkle the holy water
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Driving in the Philippines – Cross your self first and sprinkle the holy water

Its a crazy dodgem game, gigantic bulks of metal and rust push forward overtaking Jeepney’s (local public transport) and tricycles (motor bike a sidecar another public transport vehicles) its complete havoc each...
created by Babel-Fish | 6 hrs ago | updated 6 hrs ago
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Nader, Barr, and McKinney sharing workers to get on State Ballots.
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Nader, Barr, and McKinney sharing workers to get on State Ballots.

Third Party and independent candidates will have a major role in Novemebers election.Synopsis by Albert N. MillironThis story should give one an indication of how unhappy the electorate is with the two party...
highlighted by politisite | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Sweden relaxes stance on weird children's names

Sweden has relaxed its rules on naming children weird things like Heineken, Mouthpad and Dubble Bubble. The country once frowned on such lapses of judgment, but, according to one official, it's no longer considered 'negative' in this day and age to name children after...
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highlighted by Rob Peters | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago
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WV Religious Group Rejects Driver's License Photos as "Mark of the Beast"

A few Islamic women refuse to have photos on their driver's licenses, or photos only with full coverage. Now a fundamentalist Christian preacher and his group say that driver's license photos and Real ID are "the mark of the Beast" and they will not participate without...
highlighted by PEP | 1 wk ago
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DNC Dean, No More Special Interest Lobbyist Money
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Dem lawyers: Fla., Mich. can't be fully Restored

Politisite would like to take you down a quick trip down memory lane.  Remember the Florida Primary that We covered Live here on NowPublic?  Here is what we said on election night,  Politisite...
highlighted by politisite | 11 wks ago | updated 1 wk ago
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Guilty as Ordered

This makes a nice contrast to President Bush's criticism of China's human rights record today. Maybe he should also spend a bit of time cleaning up civil rights abuses in his own country. " Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its...
highlighted by kferaday | 1 wk ago
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Bin Laden's driver found guilty in a split verdict

"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A jury of six U.S. military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism but cleared him of conspiracy Wednesday in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay. A...
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highlighted by nirajan | 2 wks ago
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China- Beijing's Olympic Air Pollution Levels
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Emergency Beijing Olympic pollution scheme begins

"Emergency Beijing Olympic pollution scheme begins By Ben Blanchard Reuters - Sunday, July 20 12:01 pmBEIJING (Reuters) - Beijingers breathed easier on Sunday as traffic restrictions and factory...
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highlighted by yoyo968 | 4 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Raspberry Bakewell
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Bakewell Pudding seeks EU protection

The Bakewell Pudding is that rare thing a food that can trace its history to a place over many years and becomes synonymous with the place and the place with the food. It is not the same as its imitator the Bakewell...
highlighted by LotusFlower | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Scrabulous
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Wordscraper: Don't Call It Scrabulous! (Now with X-tra Bonus Analysis)

The tale of the tile continues... Scrabulous' developers have re-launched the app with a new look and new rules in order to pull an end-run around Hasbro's takedown order. But will it be enough? So far, it's hard to...
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highlighted by jordan | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Turkish court rules against closing ruling party

" Turkish court rules against closing ruling party ANKARA JULY 30 - Turkey’s top court on Wednesday ruled against closing the governing AK Party for Islamist activities but decided to impose partial financial penalties on the party, chief judge Hasim Kilic...
highlighted by rahul | 3 wks ago
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Fifth of Burmese aid cash lost to exchange rate trick

The situation in Burma after getting hit by Cyclone Nargis is back in the headlines. This time, it has much to do with money issues. " International aid agencies helping the victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma are losing as much as a fifth of the money that they...
highlighted by sweet east pearl | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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Fruit - Two Ripe Bananas
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Bent banana and curved cucumber rules dropped

Just how many man hours are spent on ridiculous EU rules is anyone's guess, but now a ray of common sense is fermenting in the Euro countries...."A majority of EU member states, including Britain and Ireland, have...
highlighted by liamssoft | 4 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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Indian stocks soars after key vote

Stocks market in India have given thumping welcome to government's victory in Parliament. Markets opened  sharply today morning as ruling UPA government won trust vote yesterday. Strong US market on the back of...
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highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago
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Steve being examined by bishops
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Archbishop of Canterbury to spell out new rules for Anglicans

"Archbishop of Canterbury to spell out new rules for Anglicans By George Pitcher and Martin Beckford The Archbishop of Canterbury will today spell out how he hopes a new set of rules can solve "one of the...
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highlighted by jaydeepmensa | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago
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