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By A Staff Writer Facts are emerging regarding the actual cause for the arrest of Gambia’s Commissioner of Prisons David Colley. Contrary to the government’s theft story allegations against Colley well placed sources reaching this paper have unveiled that Colley was framed by the pardoned drug convict Kombo North MP Musa Suso. The whole episode […]
The land issue in Zimbabwe-final part (Continue from last issue) By Muhammed Jawara, Associate Editor Amidst the controversy about the motives of Mugabe and the subsequent repercussions of his policies, there is often a double standard in the treatment of the issue. The international media and the international community, particularly USA and Britain have condemned […]
By Michael Scales, UK Dear Mr. Editor, It warms my heart to to see Mr.Lowes apology.For my part I accept this with grateful thanks. I have spent these last two days in deep thought about what prompted such a reaction and also your newspapers deep concerns. As a business mentor with our Regional Development Agency, I […]
Well, it’s a start. The Pentagon and Department of Defense (www.defense.gov) have decided to try to eliminate the “stigma†attached to seeking counseling for trauma-related stress. The government wants to encourage soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress to seek help before it becomes a disorder. Such soldiers, the government believes, may fail to seek the […]
I guess the best way to describe this band is ‘full contact’. The concert is not over till someone is seriously hurt! And frontman David Yow does his best to get the mayhem started. This concert was videoed at The Venus De Milo Club (Boston) in 1994. To say this was a raucous event would […]
They said it wouldn’t last, but they were wrong. The Pac Man that had been spray-painted onto the pavement of Highway 55 in Buffalo, Minnesota, was fading, but he recently received a fresher, thicker coat of paint, seemingly making him a more permanent fixture on the road. For the uninitiated, during the summer of 2006, […]
Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel visits the Political Lunch studio for a discussion with hosts Will Coghlan and Rob Millis. Gravel has made a name for himself in recent weeks with strong statements during the first primary debates. As his online following grows, so does his confidence in the potential triumph […]
The tone of the political debate on the war in Iraq took another turn yesterday when Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) released a statement that claimed in part that the soon to be former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace was not as candid as he should have been about the war in Iraq.
If you are a Howard Stern fan, you will want this one, Kenneth Kallenbach is one of the staples in the Howard Stern stable. Stern plays the Shock Jock, and KKK plays the Shock Comic. His favourite gig seems to be stand-up improv with an audience of one! Armed with a microphone and cameraman Kenneth […]
The current debate over the Immigration Reform Act of 2007 is igniting great controversy. Those who are for the bill insist it is not a proposed amnesty. They say they are not pardoning political offences but rather recognizing people are here illegally and setting up consequences for it. Amnesty or not, many Americans lean towards […]
White House deputy press secretary Scott Stanzel is reported to have expressed US support for Mahmoud Abbas’ nearly ousted Fatah Palestinian Authority government today. Abbas leads Palestine’s more moderate (or less radical depending on how you look at it) political faction, Fatah. Fatah has been embattled since mid-May by Hamas fighters intent on deposing the […]
This brit-pop boy band took the music scene by storm in the early 90’s. It is estimated that during their 6 year career they sold almost 20 million records. If you think about it that is not a bad thing on your resume. But I will bet that you have never heard of these guys. Well, they […]
Vote for this post on Digg) The National Organization for Women (NOW) and other women advocacy groups have filed suit against the Bush Administration seeking to abolish Fathers Day. During a press conference held after the filing of the lawsuit, Kim Gandy of NOW said, "the day clearly indicates that it is meant to recognize […]
Man, is Berlin poor. Poor? Let me tell you just how poor Berlin is. Berliners are so poor that the cops here have to beg for uniforms. Berlin is so poor that one of its main sources of income is a polar bear. But the worse part is that even the Berliners are losing interest […]
— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. —  The Congress today attacked the BJP for not supporting the candidature of Pratibha Patil for Presidentship and accused the saffron party of […]
As a kid my experiences of Father’s Day always involved some sort of sign of appreciation to my Dad for being a great Dad. However, we were not a family that often had outward expressions of familial emotions. Usually gifts for my Dad were always something that we figured he would like. My sister and […]
In a long overdue nod to the women who made an Allied victory of WWII possible, efforts are now underway to secure a national monument dedicated to America’s ‘Rosies.’ Atlanta’s Crowne Plaza hotel is the site for this year’s American Rosie the Riveter Association Convention. Sadie Holt, leader of the American Rosie the Riveter Association, […]
From The Gathering Storm Attention all Palestinian Muslims! Orders from Headquarters! “Do not, REPEAT, do NOT search for a better life abroad.†Alarmed by the growing number of Palestinians who are emigrating from the Palestinian territories, the Palestinian Authority’s mufti has issued a fatwa [religious decree] forbidding Muslims to leave. Sources in the PA Foreign […]
For those outside the large, but occasionally insular adoption community in America, news that an aggressive anti-adoption movement exists in the nation comes as a shock. Often it’s the prospect of adoption in the family that initially introduces people to the vociferous opposition to the very idea of adopting children, and to say that negative […]
Students attending colleges in the Boston area are prone to participating in research studies as a way to earn cash. With about a quarter-million college students around the Boston area, researchers have a wide range of people who are desperate for money and will do some bizarre things to get it. One student, Allison Yochim, […]
It is a widely known fact that people just don’t know their Geography. Americans in particular are notorious for it, but that led me to wonder just how well the rest of the world knows where places are on the map. National Geographic once ran a survey among people between the ages of 18 to […]
The man known as “Mr. Wizard†to many young fans died on Tuesday at the age of 89. Don Herbert was credited for playing the TV scientist from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. He succumbed to bone cancer at his suburban Bell Canyon home in Los Angeles. Herbert was born in Waconia, Minnesota. In 1940, […]
According to the BBC and CNN, recent fighting in Palestine may lead to the collapse of the current government which is based on a collaboration between Hamas (the elected party) and Fatah (the more palatable party –to Westerners at least). As you will recall, Hamas, a US Department of State ‘Known Terrorist’ group, soundly defeated […]
Kim Zetter from Wired News announced this today: LifeLock co-founder Robert Maynard, Jr. has resigned from his position with the identity theft protection company following a story published in the Phoenix New Times about his past, which I wrote about last week. CEO Todd Davis left me a voicemail message this morning saying, “Even though […]
I was wondering when the New Republic Magazine began to delve into comedy? I guess it’s all the rage with the comedic stylings of Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and John Kerry, but I had always thought the New Republic fashioned itself a magazine of “serious” political commentary. After reading a fawning, nay slobberingly sycophantic, assessment […]
By Honey Gillard  IT’S been 40 years now since the Australian Aboriginals were first recognized as official human beings – going from the ‘flora and fauna’ of Australia to it’s inhabitants –it’d seem to be a time for indigenous Australians to celebrate, but sadly for many who are still living an inequitable and deprived […]
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