In Bad Economy, Power cutoffs Soar

"AP Enterprise: In bad economy, power cutoffs soar"" COHOES, N.Y. (AP) -- The number of Americans whose electricity or gas has been shut off for nonpayment of their bills is up sharply in many parts of the...

Iraq still locked in communal struggle: Pentagon

EARLIER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND NOW PENTAGON CAME INTO THE LIMELIGHT WITH EPORT ON IRAQ.....COLD  WAR IS GETTING HETED NOW...." Recent security improvements in Iraq are "fragile, reversible and uneven" and the country is still locked in a "communal...

Police: Gunman kills self after standoff in bank

"WHEATON, Illinois (AP) -- A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said. ...

The Chronicle Of Tengger

"The history : Tenggerese live around Bromo Mountain, East Java. They are the descendants of the Majapahit princes. Most of the entire population is centered in thirty villages in the isolated Tengger mountains...

Obama and McCain delight the bookies

"Internet betting websites and prediction markets are registering huge interest in the US presidential election, with trade already far exceeding the total for 2004 in some cases.   volume is 600% up this presidential cycle, 2008 to date,...

Juror's detective work ends trial

A trial in the UK has fallen apart after a juror tried to do his own detective work into the case. Outside of the trial, the juror went on his own to visit the site and conduct other investigations."A manslaughter trial collapsed after a juror admitted undertaking his own...

How much do you know about Mao’s Mountain Follower: Prachanda?

During the State of Emergency in 2001, many of his political opponents used to propagate that there was no real Prachanda. When Prachanda’s sketches were published in different newspapers during the intense...

Some go from 'Consumed to Thrifty'...Others Struggle to Survive...Poverty is ...

Where the first edition of Blog Action Day in 2007 was about Going Green, Poverty is the Issue for Blog Action Day  2008. I signed up today to add my modest contribution. While some of us in the western world are changing our spending habits and going From Consumed to...

Historic German town struggles over push for solar power

An article from the town of Marburg, Germany has discovered that going green might not worth the trouble or money. This article explores this issue."MARBURG, Germany — This fairy-tale town is stuck in the middle of...

The Three Deadly Sins of Marketing

" Every marketers, who have their own business, dream that they can one day succeed and gain profits from their business. But they should always remember that this is only possible if they do not commit these 3...

Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera

" Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera Last Updated: 6:01pm BST 18/07/2008 The astonishing spectacle of a leopard savaging a crocodile has been captured for the first time on camera. Leopard savaging a...

Global warning: Melting ice threatens Arctic foxes

Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of  global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...

RBS eyes Australian assets sale

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is looking to sell the Australian and New Zealand operations of ABN Amro - the Dutch bank it bought last year." Last month, the Edinburgh-based company raised £12bn after selling shares...

Brazil calls for end to armed struggle in Latin America

What Lula don't say is that several officials of his government have expressed open support to the FARCS. " 'The waging of armed struggle as a means of achieving power should end in Latin America,' Brazilian...

Zimbabwe's billionaires face daily struggle to make ends meet

Soaring inflation has made even billionaires to struggle in their daily life in Zimbabwe. The ludicrously high inflation rates and food shortages have helped contribute to factors that have seen the southern African...

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