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Can We Make Entertainment Out of Irrationality?
Net News Publisher | November 22nd 2009 by Terry
If, as I have suggested, irrationality knows no bounds, can we at least start mining it for its entertainment value? I have to confess that this was my immediate reaction to the following report that just appeared on the BBC News Web site: Venez read more
Spain Donates $112m to Fight Hunger in Horn of Africa
Net News Publisher | November 22nd 2009 by Terry
Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Soraya Rodriguez Ramos, has announced a donation of €75 million (US$112m) to the United Nations World Food Programme in response to the critical hunger situation in the Horn of Africa. The read more
Romanians to vote for president amid political crisis, economic s…
Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009
Romanians vote for president amid political crisis BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romanians were voting for a new president on Sunday in an election that could help end a leadership crisis that has threatened an international loan aimed at stopping the countr read more
Azeri president threatens Armenia
Blind Turtle | November 21st 2009
Azerbaijan's president warns he is ready to use force to wrest control of Nagorno Karabakh from Armenia if new peace talks fail. read more
Polls open in Romanian election
Blind Turtle | November 21st 2009
Polls open in Romania in the first round of presidential elections aimed at putting an end to weeks of political wrangling. read more
Death toll in northeast China coal mine blast jumps to 87, anothe…
Simple Thoughts | November 21st 2009
China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87 HEGANG, China ? Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 ? the deadliest blast to hi read more
Parisian Divorce Fair Promotes a Fresh Start for Divorcees
Free Legal Advice Online | November 21st 2009 by minny
Paris is a city that is most often associated with romance and love, couples arm-in-arm strolling the city streets. A recent event challenged that long-held image, as newly single patrons attended a one-of-a-kind event. The second divorce-related eve read more
New Media Campaign Explains What Rights the U.K. Public has Under…
Net News Publisher | November 21st 2009 by Terry
New television, radio, press and online adverts which tell the public what rights they have under the national Policing Pledge were launched today by Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The Policing Pledge is just one part of the Policing Green Paper, publi read more
Scientists get Big Bang machine working again, now plan to explor…
Simple Thoughts | November 21st 2009
Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang GENEVA ? Scientists are preparing the world’s largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. W read more
Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke…
Simple Thoughts | November 21st 2009
Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate LONDON ? Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online ? stoking debate over whether so read more
Harrah’s Foundation Donates Meal Delivery Truck to Meals on Whe…
Market News 4 Hotels | November 21st 2009
Meals on Wheels Dedicates ‘Harrah’s Institute for Volunteer Management’ Program Related posts:National Research Study Finds Senior Hunger on the Rise; Six Million at Risk→Sundance Vacations Donates to the RAACE Foundation→Sund read more
Hand-wringing
Blind Turtle | November 21st 2009
French angst after dubious football win over Ireland read more
Hughes to entice Torres to join City Revolution
Soccer News Info | November 21st 2009 by soccernews
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes reportedly has not lost hopes of signing Liverpool superstar Fernando Torres and believes a strong show form the Citizens at Anfield today can tempt the Spaniard to join the City revolution. Liverpool regarded as the read more
Unemployment to stay high in the US, Europe until 2011
Global Crisis News | November 21st 2009 by Greg
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said that unemployment rates are expected to stay high in the US and Europe until 2011, in spite of almost all countries coming out from the global financial crisis. The OECD‘s Ec read more
Convicts help rescue neglected Jewish cemeteries in Poland
The Chronicles from the Empire | November 21st 2009 by Sten A. Hankewitz
Nearly a dozen Polish prisons and detention centres have signed up their inmates to an unusual form of labour – rescuing overgrown, long-neglected Jewish cemeteries, Ha’aretz reports. Poland was home to an estimated third of the worldR read more
How Carbon Markets Work in Europe
tar cycle | November 21st 2009 by wattikinso
| Sourced From Worldchanging.com | In spite of what you may have heard, Europe’s carbon market is working beautifully. The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been operational since 2005 and we’re now getting a good look at how read more
Going skiing? Try Alta Badia in the Italian Dolomites…
A Luxury Travel Blog | November 21st 2009
Alta Badia, a stunning ski region at the heart of the Italian Dolomites (recently declared a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site), opens for the winter season today. It is made up of six picturesque alpine villages: Corvara (1550m), Colfosco (1650m), read more
Rights and wrongs
JWA Ltd | November 21st 2009 by Jon Willcocks
What impact does EU Charter have on UK law? read more
Flyglobespan offer cheap flights and cheap holidays
Cheap Flights Tiger | November 21st 2009 by The DailyTiger
Cheap Flights Tiger Flyglobepan has announced many cheap flights and holidays from its base in Scotland, where the airline uses airports at Edinburgh and Glasgow. Fancy a few days in Egypt, the Canary Islands or Spain, or a skiing holiday in the Fren read more
Have A US Passport, Get Hassled In Denmark!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | November 21st 2009 by Fred Stopsky
The Danish government is instituting tighter checks on individuals carrying American passports who enter their nation, particularly, anyone who is coming from the Middle East. US intelligence has indicated many terrorists are securing an American pas read more
Is It Blasphemy To Mock Religion?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | November 21st 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Many Muslim nations still have not gotten over the publication of some cartoons they believe mocked the Prophet Muhammad. Nations like Algeria and Pakistan have undertaken a campaign to have the UN General Assembly pass a treaty that would not allow read more
Hunter Killer Sub Astute Arrives At Her Clyde Home Port
Net News Publisher | November 21st 2009 by Terry
The biggest and most powerful attack submarine ever built for the Royal Navy – Astute – has sailed into her home base on the Clyde. Measuring nearly one hundred metres from bow to stern, Astute is longer than ten London buses. When fully loaded, read more
Je Suis Le President de L’Europe
IMAGE MACROS | November 20th 2009
Je suis le president de l’Europe. Votre argument est invalide read more
Compulsory Licensing Scheme Unveiled to Help Curb Rogue Wheel Cla…
Net News Publisher | November 20th 2009 by Terry
A tough new compulsory licensing scheme designed to rid England, Wales and Northern Ireland of rogue wheel clampers, has been set out in the Crime and Security Bill. Proposals within the Bill will make it mandatory for all wheel clamping businesses t read more
Europe 2009 CD/DVD Box Set
Dave Matthews Band Forum and Newsletter Fan Site | November 20th 2009 by Chris
Europe 2009, the 3 CD/1 DVD Box Set is now available to pre-order at the DMB Store. This new DMB box set is due for a December 22nd release, just in time for Christmas! Europe 2009 features the July 5, 2009 show in Lucca, Italy on CD and a DVD from t read more
France vs Ireland Should there be a Re-Match? FIFA South Africa…
Clicksports.tv | November 20th 2009 by Sabahat
France vs Ireland – Should there be a Re-Match? FIFA – South Africa 2010 – Thierry Henry Cheats read more
Film crews in Israel
Home Based Business | November 20th 2009 by kanrich
Hiring the right technical people for a Film Crew in Israel is a major concern of film producers when they are planning to film here Film Crew in Israel Thinking about shooting in Israel but you do not want to fly over here for a one day project? read more
Travel Deals of the Day – November 20th Travel Podcast
Best Travel Deals | November 20th 2009 by Mary
Travel deals for November 20th include reduced fares to China, Japan, and the Bahamas, deals on Mexican spa vacation packages, hotel deals in Europe, and much more. read more
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