The healing power of laughter for those who are depressed

Nova Scotia is going to "Stand Up for Mental Health". This year-long program will be offered to those who are "nuts enough to do standup comedy".  A unique approach to those who suffer...

Nurses' help just what the doctor ordered

This may be one answer to the shortage of doctors, being done in Nova Scotia. Somtimes a person cannot even find a doctor accepting new patients, and when they do it may take time to get in to see her or...

Toronto - Don't let the Bedbugs Bite!

For some time now, many Toronto homes and apartments have had a bedbug problem.  It seems the cockroaches have moved out and the bedbugs have moved in.  Experts say this is because of more international...

Aglar-Yamuna Ghati Vikas Manch formed in Mussoorie

the people of jaunpur the block adjacent to the hill station town of Mussoorie have felt the need to galvanize under one unit in Mussoorie.the need to create seperate identity has become strong as the migratory...

18th Sports & Culture Mela concludes at Parogi village

"MUSSOORIE, 17 Nov: The 18th Culture and Sports Mela organised by the ‘Krida and Sanskritik Vikas Samiti’, Athjula Silwad, concluded today amidst much fanfare. Kabaddi and cultural programs were held on the...

Two Sides of a Coin (Update)

It seems that some with views like or similar to White supremacist David Duke, are in the odd position of allegedly not being too adverse to a win by the Democratic presumptive presidential...

Democrats making political power push

"There's no denying the overwhelming force of the Democratic Party's Election Day victory at the national level. But will the blue wave that crashed down on Republicans at the presidential and U.S. House levels...

Venezuelan-Russian naval exercises rise concerns in the region

"November 10 Ex Colombian President worried by Venezuelan-Russian naval exercises Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana (1998-2002) is concerned by the unprecedented joint naval exercises between ...

Forum for Social Justice elects new panels in Mussoorie

"MUSOORIE, 15 Nov: At a meeting held in a hotel, here, the National Forum for Social Justice, a national organization that works for issues related to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and socially &...

Mall Road Toll Barriers to be modernised in Mussoorie

"MUSSOORIE, 15 Nov: The toll barriers in Mussoorie would be upgraded and modernised using computerised equipment soon. This was stated by the Nagar Palika President OP Uniyal, today.He said that the problem of...

abird that can't fly

"As the Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded to a French author next month, Vietnamese literary critics are speculating about why local writers have never received the honor."

German students assist Jal Sansthan workers with hi-tech equipment in Mussoorie

The German technology will be used in uttraklhand to detect the leakage in the drinking water pipeline.   " MUSOORIE, 13 Nov: Rene Rother and Marcel Gossman from University of Applied Sciences, Dresden,...

Body found believed to be that of missing Barrie boy Brandon Crisp

Update November 14, 2008:Friends and family of Brandon Crisp said their final goodbye this morning during a funeral service at St. Mary's Church in his hometown of Barrie. Grade 10 students wore yellow scarves to...

Baby P death sparks national child protection review in UK

The controversial case of baby P, a child who was brutally killed by its mother even after several visits by the British social services department, has scandalized Britain. Now a nationwide review has been launched to find problems with the department."A nationwide review of...

Israeli Beduins claim link to Obama

Another Tribe claims President-Elect Obama has roots in the Midle-East. What next? "President-elect Barack Obama made history last week when he became the first African-American to be elected into the White House....

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