After Pakistan left its IAEA seat vacant at the Board of Governors, both Iran and Syria look to fill in. In reaction, the US would oppose any of those candidatures. " Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:48:34 GMT...
"Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia on Monday, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, officials said.The new...
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There is no doubting the fact that Irish people, in general, are in favour of EU membership which explains why the politicians were so shocked by the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. The Eurobarometer telephone poll...
It looks like people aren't just going to sleepwalk through this -- for now."Thousands of Canadians wasted no time protesting the government's copyright reform bill, piling on to websites and joining internet-based...
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If there was any doubt that George Orwell got it right when he said, "who controls the past controls the future", this could be the clincher."A 350-year-old cavalry battle has become the latest irritant between Russia and its neighbor Ukraine after Russia's foreign ministry...
" Ok what is wrong with this picture?Here is company or to be more accurate group of companies that is one of the more generous South Florida companies when it comes to lavishing perks on its execs. In what Miami Herald calls POURING ON THE PERKS its Chairman and CEO received...
" At a similar club in Hong Kong ‘memberships’ trade at $1.2 million each so the Capital Club at under $12,000 might be something of a snip. The comparison should not be with a normal club membership but with a seat on the local exchange. The price will rise and fall with...
Vancouver's mayoral race is already breaking the records. It seems that Vancouverites are looking for change too. In some ways the local race mirror's the US Presidential race with new entrants like...
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"BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Sam's Club, the membership warehouse division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what it calls "recent supply and demand trends." ...
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"Sergei Ryabkov, chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for European cooperation, spoke just before Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down for a meeting with NATO leaders on the sidelines of a summit in the Romanian capital. Ryabkov said Russia's ties...
As expected, George Bush will back Ukraine and Georgia's bid to join the North American Treaty Organisation."US President George W Bush is set to offer backing to Ukraine's membership of Nato as he starts a visit to...
Social networking sites like Facebook are really great tools for most people, most of the time. Many users, though, don't take the time to familiarize themselves with the personal privacy functions and features....
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NCAA has given Canadian schools the green lights and alrights, now it's up to the schools to apply. The process will likely take a while."VANCOUVER -- Delegates at the NCAA annual convention in Nashville opened...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorUniversity Students looking at getting into the Halls of Political Power join Fraternities, The Conservative Club and it's Blue Banner of Tory Conservativism, which...
Not that I really expect anything huge from Microsoft, but this is just insulting. Owing to the large amount of issues people were experiencing over the holidays (issues connecting to live in the first place, games...
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