White crosses bearing poppies and personal messages to the fallen fill the Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey, London, yesterday So, what are we fighting for today? By Cole Moreton November 9 2008 On this...
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"American debt nightmare ends easy credit eraExperts say crisis could spark shift away from maxing out credit cards""Is America's long era of easy credit over?Experts say that even when the current credit crunch...
"A massive Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Saturday, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the storm head-on could cost them their lives.Before the eye even crossed land, the first bands were...
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"Women experience far more terrifying nightmares than men, a study has found. Their dreams are also more intense and leave more of an impression when they wake up, scientists say. Psychologists say changes in...
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Notice in the article, how it says (in effect) that the republicans plan to use the convention to suck up to the American people and make it look like they care this time around, by turning the RNC into a red cross telethon due to Gustav."WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Officials with...
The 3rd ODI between India and Sri Lanka to be played today will basically see the bowlers dominating while the batsmen try and overcome their fears. This mainly applies to the Indian batting lineup who have time and again failed against the Sri Lankan bowling attack during...
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I have to admit, video game movies usually don't do very well. It's very difficult to translate a more interactive, hands-on experience into a passive one like a movie, and often the gimmicks or sheer fun of playing the game helped a gamer look past a shoddy plot and poor...
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Brian Clough was a great manager for Nottingham Forest winning two European Cups but just did not make it work at Leeds United, "The Damned United" should be an interesting film for Football fans, Leeds Fans and...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe last desperate words Newlywed Jennifer on her Cairo Honeymoon would ever envision to hear from her husband Richard would be "Jump, I promise to catch you", You have to...
Is it hardly a surprise? The question now for Brown is how long he will hang on to the farce he calls his leadership. Time for change. MJAE"Election Nightmare For Gordon Brown By Sky News SkyNews - 55 minutes agoGordon Brown has led the Labour Party to its worst election...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know for a minute I thought this was a joke, then I realised Silly me, I live in British Columbia, where the joke is a University which recently got it's University...
The two directors of British Airways that were responsible for the airline's disastrous opening week at Heathrow's Terminal 5 have been fired for their efforts."They are operations director GarethKirkwood — seen on...
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Winds gusting up to 132km/h are blowing across much of Southern Australia, causing intensive damage to infrastructure and power lines. As many as 200,000 people are without power in Melbourne and at least two people...
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James Kunstler warns us that this week's market reprieve will be shortlived. He contends that the real threat to the American economy and the suburban lifestyle it has promoted and mass marketed is peak oil."It's too bad the current presidential candidates have been...
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
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