Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

Prostitution in Canada

Prostitution in Canadian Culture Over the course of the 21st century, the process of dealing with the problem of prostitution in Canada has been affected by pressures from the marketplace, interest groups and an...

911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck

" Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police. ADVERTISEMENT ...

Google, Get Offa My Street: Daily Mail

The Daily Mail has an article about Google Streets, with plenty of breathless language about privacy, though the article makes no reference to the surveillance culture in which the UK already lives."The internet...

750 set to make trip to Taiwan from China

Direct flights between Taiwan and China is a great start to the new relationship between the two lands. Before when I made my trips from Taiwan to Shanghai it would take me a whole day to get there. We would leave...

Shrimp, Lobster, and Charter Fishing Prices Skyrocket

Fishermen, charter and commercial, are facing double fuel costs from last year. This is an AP story on Times-Picayune, so I'm not going to even quote their headline.Charter fishermen response to pleas for a break in price: "Bring your own fuel."

Japan to lift N Korea sanctions

Japan has lifted sanctioned imposed on North Korea after latter tested a nuclear bomb in 2006. Sanction has been continued after every six months since then. But today it lifted and this will loosen restrictions on...

Taiwan complains of media controls at China talks

Both Chinese and Taiwanese media struck a hopeful note about the meeting today between China and Taiwan, which it considers a break-away province. Much of the discussion, however, centered on media controls. Many analysts consider it inevitable that Taiwan will have to become...

Detroit: Council Votes Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Out; Lawyer Demands Kilpatrick'...

After carpet-bombing the "n" word on television in an official speech, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, facing felony ethics charges, is fighting for his job and political life. The city's corporate counsel has now entered the battle. John Johnson Jr.  says that the city...

Warlord Hillary Clinton: Promises Iran's Demise !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYep, this from a Presidential Candidate, who believes a Warm greeting by an Eastern European country, complete with a musical band and flowers from a little girl is an...

CPS relocates 416 youths seized from polygamous sect

The children raided in the Texas polygamist sect have been relocated."Texas Child Protective Services moved 416 children Monday from a West Texas historical park to two other locations in preparation for a hearing that could decide whether the youths should be put in foster...

Two's the limit for Bloomberg

Though there had been specualtion that New York mayor Mike Bloomberg might try to find a way to run for a third term, the mayor's office has killed the speculation."Some New Yorkers wouldn't mind seeing Mayor Bloomberg stick around for another four years in City Hall - but...

France raid ship after crew freed

"French commandos have carried out a helicopter raid against a group of Somali pirates soon after they released 30 hostages from a luxury French yacht.Gen Jean-Louis Georgelin said troops moved in after the Ponant...

Canadian Security Establishment: a threat to Canadian values

A very interesting report on the French CBC network (Radio Canada) about the Canadian Security Establishment, also known as the CSE. As described in several sources that can be easily found on the Internet the CSE is the Canadian 'equivalent' of the US National Security...

Vietnam fifth nation to ratify ASEAN Charter

"President Nguyen Minh Triet had ratified the regional association's first common legal and institutional framework on March 6, after Singapore, Brunei, Laos and Malaysia.Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem sent the letter of ratification to ASEAN...

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