Has anyone in London seen the exhibition to date? At the launch of an exhibition on anti-Semitism in the Arab media, London. Photo: Shira Geva "An exhibition documenting the widespread use of anti-Semitic cartoons...
The UK government has unveiled new laws for cracking down on men who pay for sex. The new laws will apply specifically to trafficked women, or women who are being controlled and pay money to a pimp."New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no...
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According to a report released by the economics department of Central 1 Credit Union. B.C.'s housing market is definitely bleeding from the current world credit crisis. According to research done in the report,...
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Tesco, the UK superkmarket giant, has pulled out of a plan to build "ecotowns" in Britain. The towns were supposed to contain zero-carbon flats and be generally environmentally friendly. "Gordon Brown's plan for eco-towns was unravelling last night, with Tesco withdrawing...
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"The United States has suspended a programme aimed at reuniting refugees in Africa with relatives in the US because of widespread fraud. The US state department said DNA tests showed the majority of those applying had no family relationships in the US. Thousands of Africans...
Here is another thing we have to worry about with global warming and the rise in temperature. Can any science wiz explain this to me, but doesn't plants and trees do the whole conversion of carbon dioxide and oxygen...
"With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room.But in a case of reporters spying on other reporters, three journalists working for the French...
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"Alexa no longer counts traffic that a site gains from social media sites like Digg and Reddit. For people whose traffic Last two to three weeks have been good due to social media buzz, they have noticed that it had...
In the 1990's North Korea faced significant economic problems such as disasters and and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. As a result of this, between 300,000 and 800,000 North Koreans died per yer for three years....
"Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg used to bristle about how Apple was crowned a wireless success without earning the title. But with Apple announcing it sold 1 million 3G iPhone in just three days, the AT&T/Apple...
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" The Government’s strategy on knife crime was in disarray last night as the Home Secretary was accused of a U-turn over plans, briefed at the weekend, to confront offenders with stabbing victims in hospital. ...
The big clubs are homing in on him now, funny that a Spanish Club should go for the Russian after todays semi final."Barcelona bid for Arshavin Reuters June 26, 2008 at...
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Seems like there are more and more stories like this everyday. People being locked in the basement for some odd reason, and they are living in ridiculous conditions and often abused. When they are finally found, 20years has gone by already. Can you imagine being locked up in...
More residents are starting to worry that the flood waters are not receeding fast enough as more levees are breaking along the Mississippi River and still more flooding could occur."He returned and remodeled his...
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