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In the race for being the “Man of Worldcup 2007”, D R Smith of West Indies (WI) took the ealrly lead by emerging as the “NCR Hero” of the cup opener. (NCR=Naavi Credit Rating)  D.R Smith, with a quick fire 32 of 15 balls and 3 wickets for 36 runs accumulated a total of 134 NCR points […]
Breaking News:Deportee Sheriff Bojang jr.In Casamance! Bojang called Freedom! Deportee Gambian journalist Sheriff Bojang jr. is currently in Casamance, as he fears for his life and personal safety in the Gambia, a country he was forcefully deported to by the British authourities, the Freedom Newspaper can authouritatively report. Mr.Bojang took on to his hells, as […]
“Iran givs “300” thumbs down” cries one headline. “Iranians outraged over hit movie“, cries another. What are they outraged over? The muscle bound Spartans in loin clothes? The fact that Leonides wife wasn’t wearing a chador? No, it is because they see it as a criticism of their regieme, because it portrays the murderous tyrant […]
By Jefferson Flanders Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that we—Americans—are not the only ones who must now confront conspiracy theories about terrorist attacks. About a third of the Spanish public disbelieves the “official version†of the March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid, just as a dismayingly sizeable number of Americans think that they haven’t […]
On Wednesday, Democrats in the U.S. Senate plan to open debate on a resolution to withdraw the troops from Iraq. Republicans said today that recent events in Iraq have convinced them that it would be better to allow debate on President Bush’s war policy than to block debate on the issue for a third time.
It has long been known that in the Vatican catacombs are many Jewish artifacts that have yet to be released back to the Jews. This is completely shameful on the part of the Vatican. Pope John Paul II while in Israel during an historic visit in 2000 made a formal apology to all Jews on […]
I have always supported President George Bush, but of late that support is wanning. The reasons I could site are many, but to keep it on point it is because he has betrayed the Jews and Israel ever so subtly. In an article by Mark A. Goldman at OpEdNews.com he wrote this: First, by supporting […]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which is representing the imams, held a news conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to announce the filing of a discrimination lawsuit against US Airways by the six Islamic religious leaders. The imams were removed from a flight in Minneapolis last November. They say their removal from the flight was based […]
With the recent announcement by CBS that they have made ex-Clinton friend Rick Kaplan the new Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News, it was eyebrow raising that another fawning pal has suddenly been ensconced in a “new” position at an American news service. The AP has announced that long time Clinton friend,Ron Fournier, is […]
March 13, 2007 , New Delhi By Sameer Sachdeva The Government of India is going ahead with an ambitious program for citizens of India by providing national id to all its citizens as part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). Many developed countries like the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland etc do not […]
Bangladesh’s major politcal party leaders are going to go into exile according to reports published in a Dhaka newspaper quoting reliable sources. Bangladesh Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina has already obtained a US visa to visit his son in Washington DC on a scheduled one month tour but sources say that she may not come back […]
Fresh perspectives by: Whymrhymer After studying the current field of presidential contenders, with the intention of picking a favorite, I’ve found that the most difficult hurdle I’ve had to overcome was to learn to spell Giuliani. The rest was simple (at least for me) because Rudy Giuliani is a spokesman (and the ONLY one right […]
While speaking to a group of municipal Democratic officials on Tuesday morning, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said that the “vast, right wing conspiracyâ€, which she once claimed was out to get her and husband, is alive and well.
An ever more cantankerous US Congress is getting a little tired of the White House dragging its feet in setting new fuel economy standards: Several senators said the White House plan fails to aggressively push automakers to improve the number of miles a car can get on a single gallon of gasoline. They noted that […]
From The Gathering Storm Two US based Islamic websites have called on Muslims to kill the driver of a Georgia registered vehicle displaying an offensive bumper sticker. Rusty Shackleford at The Jawa Report writes that since the Gwinnett County (Georgia) authorities don’t seem to be taking this seriously, it might be a good idea to […]
Okay, so the Bush tour of Latin America was a bit rockier than would have been preferred, what with the sometimes violent protests in various countries and all. Nor did it help that Venezuelan oil strongman Hugo Chavez made his own simultaneous Latin American tour, the express purpose of which was to denounce Bush and […]
Cleary miffed at seeing how everyone in Germany has forgotten how much better they had it under his leadership, and sick and tired of having to clean up around the house after wife Doris all day long, ex-Chancellor Gerhard S. has volunteered to slam US plans to build a high-tech missile shield in Poland and […]
Warm up your camera, fire up iMovie and start scouting locations: the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau is offering ten grand for the best two to four minute Internet-ready video that “shows metro Detroit is a positive light that is intriguing and captures the attention of the new target audience.” From the site: Target […]
Bush’s Hearts-&-Minds tour of South America is feeding our brewing ethanol-mania. Corn-based ethanol seems like a great solution, especially for us — anyone who’s driven across Michigan in July knows that we grow a lot of corn. But we need to stop and give corn-based ethanol a good look, because it cannot replace our dependance […]
The Governor has held a series of televised townhall meetings stumping for her budget plan (released as actual, ready-to-go legislation earlier this week), in opposition to persistent Republican naysaying and citizen anxiety. Most controversial in Granholm’s plan is a new 2 percent “service tax” on services such as hair cuts, oil change and movie tickets. […]
Needless to say, I am getting some serious spelling tutoring. While we are at it a colleague noted Robert Gardner as a theorist identifying at least 7 types of intelligence — now on to yet more of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Gardner His most famous work is probably Frames of Mind, which details eight dimensions of intelligence (Visual […]
There are now reports that a very few women who have had obesity surgery develop nerve and brain problems from low Thiamine (Vitamin B1) levels.LINK2 Those who have this surgery often are unable to eat full meals, and must be sure to take vitamins to make sure that they don’t develop vitamin deficiency. But, of […]
The results are finally in: Best Asian Weblog Tokyo Girl Down Under The Finalists for Best Asian Blog all deserve a look. They are wonderfully diverse: PingMap Popagandhi Bryan Boy And OMBW ( I was an also-ran) Best Australian or New Zealand Weblog The Breakfast Blog Best African or Middle Eastern Weblog Secret Dubai Diary […]
Over the weekend, the opposition in Zimbabwe held a prayer rally/anti government rally. The rally, sponsored by the Movement for Democratic change, was was broken up by the police with tear gas and water cannons. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was badly beaten by police that he lost consciousness according to some reports, and taken to […]
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