Sep 9, 2010
Costa Rica Retirement Ranked in Top 5 Best
Woman Goes Missing in Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Private-public sector team from Guyana to visit Kuwait
New York mayor to host West Indians at Gracie Mansion
New York Amsterdam News
NEW YORK, USA -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is getting set to once again welcome hundreds of influencers in New York's Caribbean-American community to his official residence next Thursday, August 12 to kick-off celebrations for the 43rd West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) Labor Day Parade.
Castro autobiography describes rebel shaped by childhood
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's iconic former leader Fidel Castro says his childhood struggle against unjust authority turned him into a rebel and revolutionary, in extracts of his upcoming autobiography published online on Thursday by Cubadebate.com.
"I wasn't born a politician, although as a young child I observed events that were seared in my mind and helped me understand the world's realities," said Castro in "The Strategic Victory," one week before his 84th birthday.
UK Prime Minister's Father Died in France after Stroke
Downing Street confirmed that Ian Cameron, who was 77, passed away after being admitted to hospital suffering a stroke and heart problems.
Russia and India colonize Moon
The aftermath of Iraqi massacre
The Half-Truths of Evolution
The Half-Truths of Evolution
by Babu G. Ranganathan
Thanks to Charles Darwin, many have confused natural selection with evolution itself. Yes, Charles Darwin did show that natural selection occurs in nature, but what many don't understand is that natural selection itself does not produce biological traits or variations. Natural selection can only "select" from biological variations that are produced. Natural selection only operates once there is life and reproduction and not before. Therefore, natural selection could not have had any influence in life's origin.
Arctic: Canada's Sabre-Rattling and Russia’s Strategic Interests
The recently completed Operation Nanook (August 6 to 26), an operation which Canada began after Russia made claims to Arctic territories in 2007, involved an unprecedented degree of collaboration among military forces from Canada, the USA and Denmark: NATO member states. Yet is there not a commercial interest behind the sabre-rattling?
Extraterrestrial Spaceships Land and Crash on Earth Regularly
Extraterrestrial Spaceships Land and Crash on Earth Regularly
Some researchers believe that there are specific areas on Earth where UFOs land on a regular basis. Often these alien “cosmodromes” sit on top of or inside mountai
Cannibalism in Germany: Restaurant Advertises for Body Parts
Who pays for the loss of life in Iran?
Europe's Last Dictator Seeks Forgiveness
Europe's Last Dictator Seeks Forgiveness
Belarus is trying to regain the trust of the West, lost in the mid 1990's. Against the backdrop of cooling relations with Russia, there is a “thaw” in the opposite direction (Minsk-Brussels). One notable indicator in this respect was the visit to Minsk of Sinikka Hurskainen, spokesperson on Belarus in the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) on August 23.
Britney Spears will Answer in Court for Sexual Harassment
Lennon's Killer will Remain Imprisoned for at Least Two More Years
Lithuanian TV incidentally knocks nationalists out
The situation around the Russian language and the position of Russian-speaking population in the Baltic States has long been the focus of attention of the politicians and the media. Until now, significant issues in this area had been observed in Latvia and Estonia. However, recently the problem has become acute in Lithuania
Smokers and drinkers to be taxed for their bad habits in Russia
Frequently drinking and smoking Russians should pay more to the state than those who do not abuse these habits and lead a healthy lifestyle. This is the opinion of the Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, who offered to force smokers and alcohol consumers to pay more money to the government through an increase of excise taxes on these products.
American scientists learned to read thoughts
A mind-reading machine is a step closer to reality after scientists discovered a way of translating people's thoughts into words. Researchers translated brain signals into speech using sensors attached to the surface of the brain. The breakthrough, which is up to 90 per cent accurate, offers a way to communicate for paralyzed patients who cannot speak.
Sep 8, 2010
Kiwis and Aussies most generous in the world
Girl, 15, double killer
Obama plans to crank up business tax breaks
Haiti's earthquake similar but deadlier
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
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
Gillard ready to get down to real business
Angelina Jolie Speaks Out At Planned Quran And Alerts Mental People To It
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
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
Greenpeace boards ship to prevent offshore oil drilling - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source
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
Activists taken from arctic oil rig
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
Ross Hammond
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
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
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
Seven Thousand Dollars from the Chamber Commerce of India in Brunei Darussalam
BA-Iberia eye 12 airlines for expansion
Slow growth for IT jobs in UK
Obama to launch political offensive on economy
BA still keen on Qantas merger
Slovakia faces EU problems after rebuff of Greek aid
Euro slides, Europe banking issues in focus
Debenhams is cutting prices by up to 25 per cent
UK behind in graduate race
Agreement for feasibility study of bridge to Temburong inked
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
World's shortest man is 27 inches tall
Iran blocks UN nuclear inspectors
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.
World News,India Times
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.'Husbandless' in Iraq
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.Sep 7, 2010
Yahoo News
- US church to go ahead with Sept. 11 Quran burning (AP)
- Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs (AP)
- AP sources: Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse (AP)
- CO firefighters to step up attack on Boulder blaze (AP)
- EU decries 'barbaric' plans to stone Iranian woman (AP)
- Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute (AP)
ENTERTAINMENT
- CNN christens its new talk show 'Parker Spitzer' (AP)
- Italian film documents trauma of Iraq war veterans (AP)
- Michelle Obama hosts first White House dance event (AP)
- Emma Stone On 'Easy A' - Could This Be Her Break Out Role? (omg!)
- John Lennon killer Chapman denied parole in NY (AP)
- Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy Center honorees (AP)
Midway memories - Opinion
Azerbaijani-Armenians in the US : Welcome to the Armenian Mirror-Spectator
By Aram Arkun
Mirror-Spectator Staff
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 Problems with Obama’s Infrastructure Request - TIME.com
John Travolta extortion case dropped in the Bahamas
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Julia Gillard to lead Australian government
Support of two independent MPs gives Labor party a majority of one seat over Liberal-led opposition coalition -
Obama campaigns on $50bn rebuilding plan
President on the road to persuade voters economy is safe in his hands, ahead of elections expected to be tough on Democrats -
Sinn Féin 'heavily involved' in Eta ceasefire
Writing in the Guardian, Gerry Adams says his party held a series of meetings with Basque separatists
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French unions strike over Nicolas Sarkozy's pension plans
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French immigration minister postpones wedding to avoid Facebook protest
6 Sep 2010: Éric Besson changes wedding plans after threat to 'create havoc' at ceremony in retaliation for crackdown on Roma travellers
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Pakistan police station hit by fatal suicide car-bomb attack
6 Sep 2010: Officers and schoolchildren among 19 dead as militants target law enforcement centre in Lakki Marwat -
Morrissey reignites racism row by calling Chinese a 'subspecies'
3 Sep 2010:845 comments
Remark came in context of an attack on China's animal welfare record, with singer having been criticised on a number of previous occasions for negative race comments
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Iran steps up campaign against activists and lawyers
6 Sep 2010: Women's rights activist goes on trial accused of 'waging war against God', as lawyer for another activist is arrested -
Gaza groups threaten attacks on Israel
3 Sep 2010: Militant groups in Gaza Strip say they have joined forces to step up attacks against Israel as leaders meet for peace talks
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Bushmen concern
7 Sep 2010: Letters: All the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve want is to be able to use a borehole which they used before they were illegally evicted from their lands -
Mining companies clash over Congo copper mine
6 Sep 2010: First Quantum writes to UK authorities over ENRC's acquisition of Kolwezi copper mine -
South Africa's forgotten bushmen fight for recognition
6 Sep 2010: Khoisan, southern Africa's first inhabitants, seek legal redress for 'injustices' and demand land rights as well as cultural protection -
South African unions suspend public sector strike
6 Sep 2010: Relief for hospitals and schools as staff go back to work, but unions say their demands have still not been met -
South African nurses beaten during state worker strikes
6 Sep 2010: Government hopes unions will accept latest pay offer as schools and hospitals remain paralysed by industrial action -
In pictures: Orphaned chimpanzees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 Sep 2010: A new 'wave of killing' of chimpanzees for bushmeat has resulted in huge numbers of orphans
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Why not all disasters are equal
6 Sep 2010: Roger Yates: People don't have 'donor fatigue', but they are influenced by a media reliance on visually arresting images of disasters58 comments
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Katine takes a lead on NGO monitoring but there's a long way to go
6 Sep 2010: Keeping tabs on NGO activities is key to ensuring successful long-term development in Uganda and elsewhere. Lessons can be learned from the Katine project's stress on partnership1 comment
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While I was away...
6 Sep 2010: It was only a short break, but a lot happened in the newspaper world while I was away. I will deal with the big stories involving Andy Coulson, the Pakistan cricket team, Wayne Rooney and William Hague in separate postings later today6 comments
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Swaziland trade unionists targeted
6 Sep 2010: Letters: Swaziland marks 42 years of independence from British colonial rule today. It should be an anniversary to enjoy, but for many Swazis there is little to celebrate -
At least 270 feared dead after Congo riverboats capsize
5 Sep 2010: Congo survivor says overcrowded vessel reminded her of a 'market in village full of people' -
Anthony McDermott obituary
5 Sep 2010: Leading journalist on the Middle East for the Guardian and Financial Times -
Fairer spending could save 4m children by 2020, says report
6 Sep 2010: Save the Children says millennium development goal on infant mortality at risk as poorest miss out on resources6 comments -
Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming
5 Sep 2010: Raj Patel: Maputo's 'food riots' are just the latest manifestation of the crippling shortcomings of the global economy270 comments
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Africa prepares to join the big boys in the space race
5 Sep 2010: The African Union has approved a feasibility study for the creation of an African Space Agency, writes David Smith5 comments