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Kiwis and Aussies most generous in the world

NEW YORK - Australia and New Zealand shared first place in a first-of-its kind survey ranking 153 nations on the willingness of their citizens to donate time and money to charity.

Girl, 15, double killer

Britain's youngest female double murderer has been given a life sentence for killing her father and a woman in separate incidents when she was just 15.

Obama plans to crank up business tax breaks

WASHINGTON - United States President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass new tax breaks that would allow businesses to write off 100 per cent of their new capital investments through next year.

Haiti's earthquake similar but deadlier

Researchers have explained why Canterbury escaped with no loss of life and little damage compared with the devastation in Haiti.
Nearly a week on, comparisons are being made because both quakes had a magnitude of 7.1, occurred at a relatively shallow depth and were centred near population centres - one 40km west of Christchurch, the other 25km west of Port-au-Prince.

At last, science offers the right moves, Sept 08, 2010

We have all witnessed it - a packed dancefloor of bodies gyrating perfectly to the beat suddenly being emptied by the unwelcome appearance of a man flailing his arms about wildly.
But for the millions of wannabe lotharios who find it impossible to dance without looking like a malfunctioning windmill, a solution may be at hand: psychologists

Financier Soros gifts $139m to human rights watchdog

Continuing a lifelong habit of putting money where his mouth is, George Soros has announced a gift of US$100 million ($139 million) to Human Rights Watch, the organisation which seeks to monitor abuses of power and to lobby transgressing governments and companies.

Gillard ready to get down to real business

Australia gets back to the real business of politics today as both major parties meet in Canberra to map out the next three years under leaders who have each increased their stature in the nation's tightest election for decades.

Angelina Jolie Speaks Out At Planned Quran And Alerts Mental People To It

It must be awful being a wealthy celebrity who takes on the gig of UN ambassador. You have to go to all these poverty stricken places and you’re fully expected to blank out that room you have in one of your houses that is filled with jewels and 68.4 surround sound and the like. Awful. Simply awful.And that’s the plight faced by poor ol’ Angelina Jolie. When she’s not being really rich in the face of flood victims, she highlighting other bad things.

How Canada will become a superpower, making the Northern Rim the envy of the world

Although climate change could still have devastating effects for much of the world, some regions stand to benefit immensely. Canada, Scandinavia, and even Greenland could all become economic powerhouses, making "The New North" a very attractive destination.

No oil found off Greenland ... yet

Tensions in the Arctic are rising again after a Scottish company confirmed indications of oil off the coast of Greenland.
Cairn Energy has not struck oil, but it says its “first well in Greenland provides early indication of working hydrocarbon system”.

Greenland Minerals resumes trading on ASX

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Uranium explorer Greenland Minerals and Energy has resumed trading on the ASX following a lengthy suspension on speculation that a zero-tolerance policy towards uranium mining in Greenland would impact on its project in that country.

Greenpeace boards ship to prevent offshore oil drilling - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source

Greenland's prime minister has accused Greenpeace of threatening the safety of oil workers and the environment by forcing the rig to shut down.

The campaigners said the four protesters evaded a flotilla of armed Danish navy and police boats, which have been guarding the rigs in Baffin Bay off Greenland since the Greenpeace protest ship Esperanza arrived last week.

Science : Mammoth, reindeer lived on Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago

AP Bronze sculptures of mammoths in Moscow, Russia. File photo

Scientists at the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have revealed that although in small numbers, the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros and the reindeer already lived in the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago.

Activists taken from arctic oil rig

NUUK, Greenland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Activists who scaled a drilling platform off the coast of Greenland were arrested after severe weather forced them off the rig, police said.

Scientists Look Under Greenland's 'Hood'

 
A team of investigators from the United Kingdom says that its current research effort, of peering at the geophysical

and hydrological conditions below the surface of the Greenland ice sheets, are critically important for the future.

Greenland man accused of beating roommate held on $20g cash bail

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PORTSMOUTH — A Greenland man who allegedly beat and threatened his roommate before smashing into his roommate's car and driving while intoxicated is being held on $20,000 cash bail.

Dengue : du mieux en Martinique et Guadeloupe

Chaque semaine, l’Institut de Veille sanitaire (InVS) publie un état des lieux de l’activité de la dengue et du chikungunya dans les territoires français ultramarins. Pour la semaine 34 (du 23 au 29 août) les épidémies restent très actives, mais à la Martinique et en Guadeloupe la tendance est à la stabilisation, voire à la baisse.
A la Martinique : stabilisation de l’épidémie de dengue. Le nombre de cas de dengue reste à « des niveaux très élevés », même s’il a légèrement diminué par rapport aux semaines passées. Au total, 432 cas confirmés ont nécessité une hospitalisation depuis le 22 février 2010, dont 130 pour le seul mois d’août. Depuis le mois de mai, 13 décès ont été enregistrés ;

Pacific Games to cost $1.8K per athlete

Pacific Games Council secretary general David Boyd, sitting right, protocol director Helen Court Wabete, sitting second right, and NC2011 president Pascale Bastien-Thiry, sitting third right, pose with NMASA members after holding a special briefing at the conference room of the Gilbert ....

WALLIS, FUTUNA: A highly (electrically) charged atmosphere, Sep 08, 2010

Wallace atoll is located 220 km northwest from the islands of Alofi and Futuna and 357 km westwards from the Samoan island of Savai'i. (Pacific Scoop File image.)
Report – By Virginie Ribadeau Dumas.
In Wallis and Futuna, the atmosphere that reigned this past month was highly charged in electricity.
Yves Morault, Pacific associate CEO ....

Puissant séisme au Nord-est de Fidji, forte réplique en Nouvelle-Zélande

SUVA, mercredi 8 septembre 2010 (Flash d'Océanie) – L’activité sismique demeure intense dans le Pacifique Sud-ouest avec, mercredi, aux aurores, un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,3 sur l’échelle de Richter qui a frappé au Nord-est de Fidji, près de l’île de Vanua Levu, non loin des Wallis-et-Futuna, rapporte l’institut géophysique américain USGS. velle-Zélande

Puissant séisme au Nord-est de Fidji

SUVA, mercredi 8 septembre 2010 (Flash d'Océanie) – L’activité sismique demeure intense dans le Pacifique Sud-ouest avec, mercredi, aux aurores, un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,3 sur l’échelle de Richter qui a frappé au Nord-est de Fidji, près de l’île de Vanua Levu, non loin des Wallis-et-Futuna, rapporte l’institut géophysique américain USGS.

Karate side off to Tahiti

NINE athletes will jet out this Sunday bound for Tahiti to compete in the 14th Oceania Karate Championship.

The nine are team captain Marika Rodu, Jasmine Rafiq, Sandip Pala, Beato Lenoa, Pita Lenoa, James Lenoa, Shaun Yuen, Victor Qiolevu and David Qiolevu along with national coach Lemeki Lenoa and team manager Laverne Qiolevu.

Brunei Eye Quarterfinals Berth

Photo: James Kon Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Darussalam U-18 football team is eyeing a quarterfinals berth in the Asian U-18 Schools Football ...

Seven Thousand Dollars from the Chamber Commerce of India in Brunei Darussalam

Today, the Fund received a total of Seven Thousand Dollars from twelve donors from the Chamber Commerce of India in Brunei Darussalam. ...

Will German central bank uproar sway ECB presidency?

6 Sep 10 - THE uproar sparked by a German central banker's remarks about Jews and Muslims could muddy the waters for Bundesbank chief Axel Weber's bid to become head of the European Central Bank, commentators say.Analysts believe the controversy is a fleeting...

BP ups asset sale target after massive oil spill

6 Sep 10 - OIL giant BP has increased to US$40 billion the amount it wants to raise from an asset sale programme in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.The US$40 billion figure is an increase from the previous goal of...

Russia and India sign satellite navigation deal

6 Sep 10 - INDIAN and Russian companies signed a deal that will see Indian buses guided by a Russian satellite navigation system, the news agency Interfax reported Saturday.India's HBL Power Systems and Russia's Navigation Information Systems (NIS) agreed on...

BA-Iberia eye 12 airlines for expansion

BRITISH Airways and Iberia have a list of 12 potential airlines to buy or merge with when their tie-up is complete, BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh said in Mumbai on Sunday.

Slow growth for IT jobs in UK

PUBLIC sector job opportunities in IT in Britain have fallen markedly since the start of the year, a survey showed yesterday, in a sign that the government's austerity drive is already affecting the labour market.

Obama to launch political offensive on economy

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama will travel to the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin Monday as part of a broad effort to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery.

BA still keen on Qantas merger

BRITISH Airways would be keen on reopening merger talks with Qantas Airways if Australia's top carrier was interested in reviving a deal that collapsed in 2008, according to BA's chief executive.

Slovakia faces EU problems after rebuff of Greek aid

SLOVAKIA faces growing criticism and isolation in the European Union over its decision not to contribute to an aid package for debt-ridden Greece, EU diplomats said yesterday.

Euro slides, Europe banking issues in focus

THE euro fell broadly yesterday after rekindled concerns about the European banking sector and prompted investors to sell higher-risk currencies.

Oil falls to US$74, dollar gains

8 Sep 10 - OIL fell below US$74 a barrel yesterday as the dollar strengthened and Tropical Storm Hermine came ashore near the Mexico-Texas border with no signs of disruption to crude or refining output.The dollar was up 0.6 per cent against a basket of...

Debenhams is cutting prices by up to 25 per cent

LONDON: British department stores group Debenhams is cutting prices by up to 25 per cent, in a sign retailers are increasingly nervous about the outlook for consumer spending.

UK behind in graduate race

BRITAIN is falling behind other industrialised nations in the race to produce the highly skilled graduates needed to remain competitive in the world economy, an international survey of education found yesterday.

Agreement for feasibility study of bridge to Temburong inked

Illustration: BT/Ayi Hermala

The proposed bridge linking Brunei-Muara and Temburong is likely to become one of the Sultanate's must-see landmarks, with an Islamic motif dominant in its design.

Cockroaches could help fight infection

NEWSCORE - Cockroaches could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard, as their brains contain powerful antibiotic properties which could lead to new treatments against superbugs, British scientists said Monday.

4 killed by police in Kashmir

AFP - Four people were killed on Monday when Indian security forces opened fire on alleged stone-throwing protesters during fresh demonstrations against Indian rule in Kashmir, police said.

Teen faces castration after brutal police beating

AFP - A Russian teen is facing castration after being severely beaten by police in the Volga river town of Kstovo, a local non-governmental group against torture said Monday.

US drone strike kills militants

NEWSCORE - A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle carrying militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area, near the Afghan border, killing five rebels, officials said.

World's shortest man is 27 inches tall

NEWSCORE - A Colombian measuring just over two feet tall has been officially recognized as the world's shortest living man by the Guinness World Records, Sky News reported Monday.

Iran blocks UN nuclear inspectors

AFP - Iran is hampering a long-running investigation into its controversial nuclear drive by refusing to allow experienced U.N. inspectors into the country, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday.

Gillard is PM, Australia

NEWSCORE - Labor leader Julia Gillard secured government in Australia with a AU$10billion ($F17.6billion) package for regional areas.

The much-anticipated announcement by independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott gave Gillard 76 seats ù enough to form Australia's first minority federal government since 1940, The Australian reported. Earlier, fellow independent Bob Katter said he was backing the Liberal-National Coalition, giving its leader Tony Abbott 74 seats. The two sides had been in deadlock since the August 21 election left neither side in a position to govern.

Songbirds slaughtered for a Frenchman's feast

FORMER French President Francois Mitterrand chose to die in a remote rural spot, hundreds of miles from the Elysee Palace in Paris where he had once dominated French politics.

Here in Landes, in south-west France near Bordeaux, there are only maize fields and pine trees as far as the eye can see; a calm, isolated place to contemplate your life ù as Mitterrand did in his final days, dying of prostate cancer at the age of 79 in January 1996. It's also ideal stopping-off territory for one of France's most charming little birds. The ortolan bunting is a greenish-grey bird about the size of a sparrow ù the males with a handsome pale yellow throat.

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Angelina Jolie in Pakistan

As Pakistan raced against time to save two towns from flooding, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie arrived in northwest Pakistan to draw world attention to the crisis.

 

 

 

   

Stop Zardari's moves: Sharif to Gilani

PTI 8 hrs ago | Former Pakistani premier and main opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif asked PM Yousaf Raza Gilani to stop President Asif Ali Zardari from obstructing the implementation of the supreme court's orders.

Jolie visits flood-hit Pak, doles out relief goods

Hollywood star and UNHCR goodwill ambassador, Angelina Jolie, visited a flood victims' camp at Nowshera in Pakistan's northwest on Tuesday.

Peter Carey shortlisted for Booker Prize record

Peter Carey could scoop the Booker Prize for a record third time after the Australian author was named on the shortlist Tuesday for one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.

Dior slammed in China over 'racist' ads

Luxury French label Christian Dior is at the centre of racism allegations in China over a series of promotional images clicked to adorn the brand's Shanghai flagship store.

Chinese woman sues cinema over excessive ads

A Chinese woman is suing a cinema and the distributors of domestic box-office hit "Aftershock" for wasting her time by showing 20 minutes of commercials before the movie, state media said Tuesday.

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More women in war-torn Iraq are finding themselves over 30 and single after 7 years of turmoil that made marriage difficult, killing many young men and blowing apart social networks.

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Midway memories - Opinion

Midway veterans, from left, Kaname Harada, a Japanese fighter pilot; George Bernstein, an aviation mechanic aboard the USS Hornet; and Paul Crook, a Marine aviation mechanic assigned to Midway atoll's Eastern Island.

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Azerbaijani-Armenians in the US : Welcome to the Armenian Mirror-Spectator

Newly-arrived Baku Armenians worshipping in New York
By Aram Arkun
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Hundreds of thousands of Armenians fled Azerbaijan in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union, the Karabagh conflict and violence against Armenians in Azerbaijan culminated in pogroms in Sumgait in February 1988,....

Views: Solidarity vs. Contingency

The single most important structural change in higher education over the last two generations has been the massively increased reliance on faculty teaching intensively in contingent positions — 33 percent in 1975, 66 percent 30 years later in 2005, roughly 70 percent now. No other reform means anything unless we can obtain job security and academic freedom for the majority of college teachers. It will require solidarity from tenured faculty.

The Problems with Obama’s Infrastructure Request - TIME.com

On this Labor Day, President Obama announced that he's calling on Congress to pass an additional $50 billion in infrastructure investment. While I'm sure this pleased the construction, steel, plumbers and transportation unions – and, let's face it, unions haven't been the happiest of groups of late – I see several problems with this request in Congress.

Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame to induct 10

A soldier credited with leading the last horse cavalry charge in the U.S. Army and the only Chickasaw Indian known to receive the Medal of Honor are among 10 veterans selected for induction into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame.

John Travolta extortion case dropped in the Bahamas

With John Travolta declining to take the stand again in the Bahamas, the prosecution has dropped charges against two people accused of attempted extortion in the wake of the death of the actor's teenage son, Jett.

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