Tag: People
Tibet protesters set for London vigil
A protest will take place this afternoon outside the Chinese embassy in London to protest the crackdown by the Chinese government on Tibetan demonstrators. We’re on the lookout for photos of the event.”Tibetan protesters will start a hunger strike outside the Chinese Embassy…
The power of one, teen uses bar mitzva to aid Africa
Each one of us can make a difference in someone’s life, each one of us should make a difference in at least somebody’s life. There’s nothing more beautiful than the smile of gratitude of a child in need.”The Torah is…
SINN FEIN/IRA LEADER GERRY ADAMS SUPPORTED FELLOW…
“A disturbing picture of the closeness of the ‘personal’ relationship between Tony Blair and the Sinn Fein/IRA leader Gerry Adams has been revealed by the former Prime Minister’s long-serving Downing Street aide….
Remembering Halabja
On March 16, 1988 the largest scale chemical weapons attack against a civilian population in modern times occured in a town called Halabja, which is located about 150 miles northeast of Baghdad, and between 8 to 10…
Bagpipers honor Irish martyrs who fought for Mexico
“MEXICO CITY — Every month, a wail of bagpipes reverberates through a plaza in downtown Mexico City, causing startled passersby to stop and stare. Then, from behind the bullet-scarred walls of an old…
Proposal Would Ban Prairie Dogs As Target Practice
” conservation group is asking the state to ban the use of prairie dogs as target practice and amusement. A group called WildEarth Guardians says violent videos that are popping up on the Internet are causing people…
Will Hooker’s Next John Be America?
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As Ashley Dupre waits for the dust to settle from her paid sexual liason with ex-NY Governor Eliot Spitzer via the Emperor’s Club, there’s only one question: How much will America pay her?
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Woman Forgotten in in Cell, Goes 4 Days With No …
“A woman was locked for four days in a tiny holding cell in a northern Arkansas courthouse, forgotten by the authorities and left without food or water, the local Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday. The woman,…
Google your way to a wacky office
This sounds like the coolest place to work – I would love a slide to get to my desk or to quickly go downstairs and grab a cup of coffee. Alas, I am forced to take the stairs…”
Dotcom companies were defined by…
Pastor’s hellfire sermons put Obama’s campaign in…
It certainly has been a week of Presidential candidates having to deal with people associated with them making what could be seen as racist remarks against the other candidates.Well, after Ferraro yesterday, the…
BBC ADMIT THAT THE "MISHCON NOTE" IS THE FULCRUM …
“The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is planning an updated programme in its ‘Conspiracy Files’ season to be shown on the same night the Diana Inquest verdict is delivered at London’s High Court. In the first…
Ericsson predicts demise of wi-fi hotspots
I think most wi-fi users would agree, good riddance!”As mobile broadband takes off, Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths, Ericsson Chief Marketing Officer Johan Bergendahl said Monday. Mobile…
Power cut as severe storm batters Britain
It’s raining cats and dogs out there!” Winds of more than 80mph are battering parts of the UK, as what forecasters have called an “exceptional” storm sweeps through the British Isles. Traffic chaos: Read the latest…
Drug traces found in U.S. water supply
Very unnerving, particularly the fact that it’s also in NYC”s drinking water.”
Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville’s drinking water, including one used to treat people with bipolar disorder and alcohol withdrawal, and another prescribed to…
Malta’s ruling Nationalists re-elected in tightes…
As Spain’s socialists are reelected, Malta’s conservative government is also kept in power in another extreemly close vote.” Malta’s conservative Nationalist Party, in power in the tiny Mediterranean state for most…