"LONDON, Nov 11: Britain on Tuesday published a list of industry sectors open to workers from outside Europe, which the government says will reduce by 200,000 the number of jobs open to migrants from outside Europe. Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said the government had...
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"Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani has given the green signal to finalise details of an economic bailout package with the International Monetary Fund and a six-member delegation will leave for Dubai next week to negotiate, official sources said here yesterday. Adviser on...
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" So a stock market crash is on the horizon. I think that is what keeps Mr Paulson awake at night: the prospect of a systemic meltdown of asset values. It has happened before. But not since the 1929 at a time when the banking system was so weak. "
VIDEO The solar taxi did the job during UN Bali meeting " A Swiss schoolteacher has embarked on world tour in a taxi cab powered with the help of the sun to spread the word about green power. Louis Palmer has...
"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he looked forward to celebrating the Olympic spirit in Beijing, hitting back at a political rival who questioned his decision to attend the Games. Brown told Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday that he expected both British and...
Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos, also known as the ETA Killer was released from prison on August 2, 2008. De Juan Chaos was originally sentenced to 3000 years in prison on charges of terrorism and murder for his killings...
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It would cost at least $140 billion to repair all the nation's bridges if work began immediately, a nationwide safety organization said in a comprehensive report Monday. ...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor For Now Public Readers, I have some knowledge of this case. This person has many strikes against him, fraud using a forged passport, soon marrying a lovelorn French Canadian woman, some say was duped in order for him to stay...
"How slow is the government of India is reflected in the announcement of the 54th National Film Awards for 2006 today, June 10, 2008! Bizarre! The govt of India train is actually running late by two years. Sanjay...
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"He wasn't even there but he did overshadow the Bachchans- the Mega Family of Bollywood. There were many who doubted the integrity of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA Awards). IIFA is too close to...
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A cogent, brief assessment of where our capitalist, consumption based global economy is now, how we got here, how it is affecting everything, and what we are facing in a world of ever declining resources and...
UPDATE: 9:25 PM EST - May 1The Assoicated Press is now reporting that 18 people died and 44 were injured in the bus crash in Hong Kong yesterday. The bus was carrying 61 passengers on a Christian May Day outing.A...
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Flickr has now added a video feature to the site."Flickr members can now upload video to the popular photo-sharing site.Yahoo launched video-sharing this week. Flickr boasts 42 million visitors a month. The company...
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"Opinion: Which country's interests are best served by an uprising in Tibet on the eve of the Beijing Olympics?The USA's, of course.The Bush administration has long been frightened of China's burgeoning rival...
While thousands of users are furious that Bell decided to throttle all encrypted bandwidth, including those of third party wholesalers, a Bell rep named Jason Laszlo has been speaking to media outlets, spouting off...
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