A Sydney charity worker who folllowed his dream to build a village where impoverished African orphans could be fed, educated and given healthcare has been shot dead by robbers. Terrible loss to his family . "...
Over 1,100 people in Saskatchewan have been or are in the process of being evacuated after a fast-moving forest fire blew towards yet another small Northern community.At least 200 residents were evacuated from their...
An interesting turn of events nowq that a publlication ban has been lifted in Canada's first Terrorist Trial ongoing in Ottawa, the Nations Capital." Trial told of Khawaja link to suicide bomber By DONNA CASEY, SUN...
The more normal quiet and peace of Japanese will be disturbed until the end of the G8 summit but we will not see mass demonstrations which have occurred at previous summit meetings.
The major powers of the G8...
Firefighters appear to be no better or worse in their fight against the hundreds of wildfires burning in Northern California. Even worse, officials are expecting a particularly long, fiery summer this year, so this...
Beijing is running out of water according to an environmental group, and may have to start shutting down industry and moving population out within the next decade.This raises questions over the costs of China's rapid...
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Profiling of a community in Italy has triggered off big controversy. Italian government plans to fingerprint immigrants living in Camps. "Italy's interior minister has sparked criticism with a proposal that would see police fingerprinting all members of the Roma...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's accused Islamic Terrorist was reported to have told al-Qaida that Canada has cheap land in which to set up a Terrorist Training Camp.To that I say, well I guess...
Somalian captors of the German couple & French boat captain have demanded a hefty $1 million ransom for releasing them. Kidnappings have become a thriving business in Somalia. Highjackers have got huge ransom in the past. " A government minister says...
Red Cross have been able to secure release of 4 French hostages. French workers have been abducted from a Uranium mine in Niger."Rebels in Niger have freed four French workers they kidnapped from a uranium mine, handing them to the Red Cross. The aid organisation said it...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAs the trial is underway, the crown hears of emails and banter among Jihadists which sound more like a couple of guys planning a Funfilled Babes and Beer College Spring...
Yesterday French president Nicolas Sarkozy was rushed into his plane after shots were fired on teh tarmac as he prepared to fly abck to France after his state visit to Israel. It turned out that the shot was fired by one of the Israeli guards, and he shot himself. srael is...
" More than 450 young people in Northern Ireland were threatened or hurt with knives in the last five years, according to government figures. Just over 100 attacks on youths aged under 18 happened in the last...
I personally do not know the exact rules and law to this, but drinking and operating a motorised vehicle can definitely be quite hazardous. Getting hit by a wheel chair is definitely not fun, but they could also dart...
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As the credit crunch bites deeper and Gordon Brown asks for wage retraint the threat of widspread disruption to life in Britain over the summer months comes a step nearer."Council workers today voted in favour of...