Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Body-builders pluck stranded car from ditch
"A group of 10 body-builders from a German gym took a break from their normal training routine to help a driver whose car was stuck in a ditch, police said on Monday. The men were training at the Explosives fitness studio in Bad..."
Parteneriat Google - Nokia
Google şi Nokia au anunţat un parteneriat pentru integrarea Google Search pe milioanele de telefoane Nokia. Anunţul a fost făcut la Mobile World Congress 2008 din Barcelona.Google va furniza accesul către Google Search pe telefoanele Nokia prin Nokia Search (care mai are şi abilitatea de a căuta prin fişierele telefonului).
Australian Customs Mislead Public Wrongly
The Director General of the IDWR, Mr Morisu Minoru said that "the photographs taken by the ship and which major Australian newspapers published today shows two minke whales, but they are not a mother and her calf as claimed by the media. It is clear from the picture that they are only friends, or at worst, distant relatives." (parody website)
The World's Must Things
This is about the world of everything of human and natural activities. where is going to showing relation between human and nature it's very important that we almost know the people of every places of and every activities. we can say that the world must things we have as enjoying in the third generation. this is the world of everything and so on.
NBC News Reminds Us That Typos Happen to the Best of Us
On the February 12, 2008 broadcast of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams was reporting on an official apology from the Australian government to the indigenous Aboriginal people. Over his left shoulder was a graphic that prominently announced the "Apolgy" [sic] that was issued.
Iran to launch investment banks
Iran will launch its first investment banks next month as part of efforts to speed up privatisation and dodge U.S. restrictions on its banking sector, the Deputy Finance Minister told the Financial Times on Monday.
Man arrested on flight disputes accounts he was belligerent
Ralph Feinberg, 54, of Glastonbury, Conn., was arrested at Sky Harbor International Airport after police responded to a passenger disturbance on a Southwest Airlines flight from Providence, R.I., to Phoenix.
Venezuela halts oil sales to Exxon Mobil
Venezuela's state oil company said Tuesday that it has stopped selling crude to Exxon Mobil Corp. in response to the U.S. oil company's drive to use the courts to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
Future Oil Crisis? Venezuela Suspends Oil Sales to Exxon
Venezuela's state oil company said Tuesday that it has stopped selling crude to Exxon Mobil Corp. and has suspended commercial relations with the U.S.-based oil company.
Prince Andrew makes stop at Go Daddy
Prince Andrew met privately with Warren Adelman, president and chief operating officer of Go Daddy, before taking a tour of the company's headquarters in the Scottsdale Airpark.
Climate change may kill thousands in UK by 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - There is a 25 percent chance that a severe heat wave will strike England and kill more than 6,000 people before 2017 if no action is taken to deal with the health effects of climate change, a report said on Tuesday. The...
Climate change may kill thousands in UK by 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - There is a 25 percent chance that a severe heat wave will strike England and kill more than 6,000 people before 2017 if no action is taken to deal with the health effects of climate change, a report said on Tuesday. The...
Russia, China propose space weapons ban
Russia and China have proposed a new treaty to ban the use of weapons in space amid concerns of growing anti-satellite missile rivalry.
Eateries go on spring roll strike
By Rebecca Harrison JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Asian restaurants went on a one-day spring roll strike Tuesday in protest over government plans to rid kitchens of foreign chefs, and said sushi and noodles would be the next items off the...
CYBER WARFARE: Iran, Israel, US
This set of articles will really get you curious... the US has really gotten tied deeply into international conflict.
Anonymous vs Scientology
The war between Scientology and Anonymous is still waging, and we have the latest!
PM Rudd says Sorry to the Stolen Generation - FINALLY!
Australians have been waiting a long time for our elected officials to formally apologise to the 'Stolen Generation', tens of thousands of Indigenous Australians that were removed from their families between the 1920's and 1970's. Today marks a new page, a red letter day in Australian history, when the healing can begin.
Australia formally apologises to the Stolen Generations
I have literally been in tears of both happiness and sadness this morning. What Kevin Rudd did today in our national Parliament marks a momentous day in Australia's history. A formal, unequivocal apology to our indigenous population for 70 years of harsh, racist national policies which included the forced removal of children from their families for
SOUTH AFRICA Dissolve Parliament and start over Sandra Botha
NO successful country in the history of mankind is a One Party State. That is the biggest danger to SA, and the reason for well, just about all that is going in ZA right now.
Senate Approves Immunity For Telecoms in Wiretapping
If the White House prevails in the final negotiations on the surveillance proposal, it will hand Republicans a potent weapon for their 2008 campaign arsenal by showing that their party, even in its weakened state, can still beat Democrats on national security issues.
Assault on academic freedom - From The Guardian
A Russian university with ties to Election Monitoring is closed down indefinitely due to "Fire Risk."
U.S. compares 9/11 cases to Nuremberg trials
The Bush administration has instructed U.S. diplomats abroad to defend its decision to seek the death penalty for six Guantanamo Bay detainees accused in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by recalling the executions of Nazi war criminals after World War II.
Meet the Democrats Than Don't Deserve Your Vote
Meet the 18 Democrats that joined the GOP to provide immunity to telecoms for breaking the law.
8th-grader shot, wounded at Calif. jr. high
A 15-year-old boy was shot and wounded in a junior high school computer lab Tuesday and another eighth-grader was taken into custody, authorities said.
Venezuela to suspend crude shipments to ExxonMobil
Venezuela's state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PdVSA), has decided to suspend its relationship with ExxonMobil, including the sale of crude oil and other products, the company said Tuesday in a statement.
St. Francis Hospital team say heart shrinks at 50
The human heart undergoes an inevitable - and inexplicable - shrinkage at the half-century mark, a phenomenon that its Long Island discoverer is calling the "age 50 effect," a mysterious development that affects both genders.
Bush calls nooses and lynch threats deeply offensive
By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush condemned as ''deeply offensive'' on Tuesday a spate of incidents involving the display of hangman's nooses, a potent symbol of racist lynchings and hatred of blacks in the United...
Craigslist post: Angry Soldier says STFU to War Supporters!
How do I dare say this to you moronic war supporters who are "Supporting our Troops" and waving the flag and all that happy horse shit? I'll tell you why. I'm a Marine and I served my tour in Iraq. My husband, also a Marine, served several.....my husband died in that fucking festering sand-pit.
Wyndham sees real estate bargains as market dips
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wyndham Worldwide Corp (WYN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is looking to take advantage of the slump in real estate prices nationwide by picking up properties it can convert into lucrative timeshare resorts, still a...
Japanese whalers going broke
Japan's whale killers are going broke and have been forced to slash prices because no one wants to eat their growing mountain of whale meat. The farcical truth of Japan's whaling industry was exposed yesterday by Japanese media reports that the Institute for Cetacean Research is struggling to repay $37 million in government subsidies.
Crazy Lady Cuts Donuts in Scientology Mission's Yard
Epic Win! At the 2/10 protests in Memphis, TN a fan on Anonymous parked in the Scientologists' lot, screamed "I LOVE YOU GUYS!" took a picture for the ANONs, and then turned donuts in the mission's front yard!
Executions May Be Carried Out at Gitmo
If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday.
Cops vs. Skaters in Baltimore: Video leads to suspension!
Another Cops vs Skaters event, this time in Baltimore. The officer has been suspended for the time being.
Feds to Review Reward to 9/11 Tipster
Federal officials have agreed to take another look at an anti-terrorism reward that excluded two Zacarias Moussaoui tipsters, two senators say. Republican Senator Norm Coleman and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, both of Minnesota, say the federal officials agreed at a meeting to look at additional nominations -- and review the facts of the case.
Spielberg boycotts Olympic role
US film director Steven Spielberg has withdrawn as an artistic adviser to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The Return Of Big Brother In Putin's Russia
President Vladimir Putin has spent his Presidency rebuilding Russia's security apparatus into an organization that even exceeds the power once held under the Soviet Union.
“Assimilation is a crime against humanity,†Turkish PM
We are told that the "youth violence" in Europe and the increasing violence among Islamists in America stems from a failure of the Islamists to assimilate into Western Culture. We are told it is somehow our fault this does not happen, even when these people overtly state they are here to colonize and conquer.
Arizona Army National Guardsman Dies In Iraq
Staff Sergeant Darrel Kasson, 43, of Florence, was deployed with the Arizona Army National Guard's Phoenix-based 259th Engineer Company and was a member of Alpha Battery, 2-180th Field Artillery Battalion.
Venezuela Haults Oil Sales To Exxon!
Venezuela's state oil company said Tuesday that it has stopped selling crude to Exxon Mobil Corp. and has suspended commercial relations with the U.S.-based oil company.
Australia Finally Says "We're Sorry"
The Australian government apologized Wednesday for years of "mistreatment" that inflicted "profound grief, suffering and loss" on the country's Aboriginal people. New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd read the apology Wednesday to Aborigines and the "Stolen Generations" of children who were taken from their families.
DemocracyNow! Los titulares de hoy en español
El Pentágono pide la pena de muerte en casos vinculados al 11 de septiembre. En Washington, el Pentágono anunció que se presentarán cargos que conllevan la pena de muerte contra seis prisioneros de Guantánamo el lunes, por su presunta participación en los atentados del 11 de septiembre.
Starbucks in Guantanamo Bay?
Against all odds, Starbucks, Guantanamo Bay and the torture debate have joined forces today to make news.
DemocracyNow! Los titulares de hoy en español
El Pentágono pide la pena de muerte en casos vinculados al 11 de septiembre. En Washington, el Pentágono anunció que se presentarán cargos que conllevan la pena de muerte contra seis prisioneros de Guantánamo el lunes, por su presunta participación en los atentados del 11 de septiembre.
Japan's infamous underworld gangs are reinvent themselves
Globalization has made it easier than ever for organized crime to outsource, invest abroad and consolidate-just like multinational companies.
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