McCain and Obama will Attend, "Purpose Driven Life" Church forum

McCain and Obama Agree to Attend Megachurch Forum   The Rev. Rick Warren, on a jumbo television screen, preaching at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. in October 2006. It has taken a man of...

Kansas election candidate breaks fundraising record with internet comic

Barack Obama gets deserved credit for being web 2.0 savvy, but Sean Tevis, a Democratic candidate for state representative in Kansas, has taken internet fundraising to a whole other level. Tevis, who started his campaign without the backing of rich donors, knew he could only...

Harper's Free Trade Mantra: Hush, Rush, and Sign

Many Canadians are probably unaware of our brand new "Free Trade" agreements, with Columbia and Peru, negotiated quickly, in secret and quietly signed with no fanfare.  Who are we signing with, what are the...

Widodo opens APG meeting on money laundering in Bali

" "Our challange is the increasing rate of worldwide crime as a result of globalization ," Widodo said, adding that Indonesia was committed to waging war against money laundering and terrorist financing. The APG will this year accept two new member countries, namely...

UNODC launches 2008 World Drug Report in Brussels

BRUSSELS—The 20th UN World Drug Day was observed in Brussels on Thursday 26 June, at a European workshop on drug prevention for international diplomats and anti-drug professionals, that included the launch of the...

Palestinian ambassador attends international youth forum 2008

""The Palestinian youths continue their struggle, but unfortunately with the support of the United Nations," he said.On the occasion, the Palistinian diplomat also gave a briefing on the situation in his counry.An...

Global Humanitarian Forum hears the human face of climate change

There have been a million posts on every website in the world about how climate change is affecting our lives on every level. Some people care, and some don't. I personally am very concerned about the environment and...

Americans see truth in a range of faiths, massive study finds

Few would deny that America is a very religious nation, but a massive study shows that it is uniquely religious in a way that is very different from other nations. Though the United States has the highest rate of...

Poll Question: UFOs over every major city appear en-masse - what do you do?!

"Announcement: Disclosure-Day is here! Now what?!!  Please would you help us compile research into how society and individuals would react under the extraordinary circumstances of 'Disclosure'. we had a tremendous...

Be Brief: Obama-McCain Debate via Twitter

Definitely a first: The Dem and GOP camps are facing off in  the arena of tweets, as campaing junkies and technophiles follow along in their Twitter aggregators. Fittingly enough, this open-ended debate will...

Islamic Congress & BC Human Rights Courts: Ridiculed to the World

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThis is a follow up to my story posted last week on MacLeans story on Muslims, in which the Islamic Congress went to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal accusing MacLeans...

Guevara children denounce Che branding

Che Guevara is an icon of the 20th century whose brand has turned into a worldwide marketing phenomenon. The fact that Guevara was a communist guerrilla and Marxist ideologue is an irony of little interest to his...

Obama NOT addressing Black Mayors conference in New Orleans

"by David Hammer, The Times-PicayuneThursday June 05, 2008, 6:48 PMSen. Barack Obama will not be in New Orleans for a presidential forum Saturday, his campaign said this evening."Senator Obama will be in Chicago this weekend spending time with his family," said Obama...

UN hosts key conference on Iraq

"Envoys from nearly 100 countries are gathering in Sweden for a UN forum on economic and political reform in Iraq.The UN called the conference outside Stockholm to review a five-year package it brokered last year,...

ProductCamp Aims to Shape the Future of Product Development

A group of local product management thought leaders has announced Austin’s first ProductCamp.  The inaugural “unconference” will take place Saturday, June 14, 2008 at St. Edward’s University Professional...

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