Obama's Chief of Staff Pick a Freddie Mac Alum - Will the Media Notice? or Care? " He’s President-elect Barack Obama’s new chief of staff, according to various Nov. 6 media reports, but Rep. Rahm Emanuel,...
"A new authorization bill would give the White House more oversight of the Homeland Security Department's much-beleaguered cybersecurity efforts. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on...
" Nepal's new Maoist-led government has appointed a 6-year-old girl as a "living goddess" in a town near Kathmandu, for the first time snapping the link between the ancient ritual and the ousted monarchy. For...
" Former India batsman Kris Srikkanth, who was dropped as captain after seeking better payments for his peers in his playing days, was named chief selector by the Indian cricket board on Saturday. Srikkanth, who...
" Nishantha Ranatunga, brother of Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Arjuna Ranatunga, has been appointed the new manager of the Sri Lanka team. Nishantha Ranatunga was appointed for the team's tour to Canada later this...
"Sen. John McCain on Thursday called for President Bush to fire the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, while he and his campaign charged that Sen. Barack Obama is using the current economic crisis as...
This is starting to sound like the line about having to destroy the town to save the town..."Accusations and denials are swirling in Kabul as the Afghan government and the international military forces try to unravel the facts surrounding an August 21 air strike in the...
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Yet another of new London mayor's Boris Johnson's team has resigned, just a few months after embarassing revelations surfaced about Johnson's advisor Ray Lewis. The reason given for the resignation is that the...
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Anglican church, believes that gay relationships are "comparable to marriage" in the eyes of God, according to letters he wrote obtained by The Times newspaper in the...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDr. Morgentaler, soon to be a receiptent of the Order of Canada, has some Canadians outraged, while some Canadian applaud this decision. Dr. Morgentaler, a Montreal...
If John does get a job in management I hope he's better at it than he is at presenting TV programmes. Great footballer in his day though, oh and rapper with New Order."Barnes battles for post as boss ...
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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...
Thabo Mbeki, the South African President, arrived in Zimbabwe today to meet with Robert Mugabe, ahead of next week's presidential run-off poll."Mbeki arrived in the capital Harare just before 1 pm local time (1100...
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"His name is Matthew, he is 26 years old, and his supporters hope to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights. But he won't be able to give evidence on his own behalf - since he is a...
"In a major blow to national Republicans, a Mississippi congressional seat that once voted for President Bush by a twenty-five point margin elected a Democrat on Tuesday. Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers beat out Republican candidate Greg Davis, the mayor of...
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