Behind the Iglesia Ni Cristo's King Maker Role: A Chain of Crimes and Mythica...

How do we define a king maker? What are its role? This article dig deeply into the power structure of a religious group which boasts of its bloc voting powers, peddling this power for politicians who are themselves...

UN Aid plane reported missing in Congo

Some UN staffer involved in Congo mission are reportedly missing after their small plane disappeared on the way to Congo."A small plane believed to be carrying United Nations staffers did not land as scheduled on Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo and officials were...

Argentina beat Nigeria to retain Olympic football title

Argentina claimed back-to-back Olympic football titles with the winning goal engineered by superstar Lionel Messi in a 1-0 win over former champions Nigeria in the gold medal match at the Beijing Games on Saturday at the Bird’s Nest stadium. The newly build stadium with...

Questioning the coming Internet clog by Ed Gubbins

"One of the nation’s top authorities on global Internet traffic growth says his latest data show no reason to fear network capacity shortages, as traffic growth may even be slightly decelerating. Updating data collected from Internet exchanges around the...

U.S. Leads World in Wind Energy Production

From my personal blog: " According to the American Wind Energy Association, the United States is now the leader in wind energy production. Wind energy in 2008 has risen and current wind power capacity is rated at...

Change We Can, Change We Shall says Maldives politician

"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...

U.S. agency to ink new phases of air safety project - Vietnam Airlines

" Officials of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency are expected to arrive later this month to ink new pacts for the next phases of an ongoing project aimed to enhance the safety oversight capacity of Vietnam's...

India plans to build eight 700-MW nuclear plants

"The country plans to build eight 700-MW nuclear plants to boost its nuclear power generation capacity to about 10,000 MW and is stepping up exploration to uncover new uranium mines, a top Atomic Energy Commission official has said. At present the country has a nuclear...

Air Canada lays off 632 flight attendants

Aviation business is undergoing a tough time especially after soaring fuel price and many airlines are cutting short their routes and also doing exercise to  control the cost. Now Air Canada, a big north...

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...

NY promotes 'Finance-driven' Renewable energy industry

" Although the renewable energy industry saw over US $100 billion in global market activity, 14 percent of global venture capital investment and accounted for roughly one-third of new U.S. electrical generation...

Air Canada chops 2,000 jobs

Good luck finding cheap air fares with Air Canada this summer, laying off 2,000 staff cannot be good for this ailing airline with skyrocketing fuel costs hitting their bottom line.  First after 9-11 it was a...

More Fatal Accidents in Mexico...Is the Vacation Worth it?

More of my rants on vacation dangers.  Yes, you are thinking..."This could happen anywhere..."Sure, this could happen ANYWHERE.  But just look at the negligence and the lackadaisical attitude the Mexican...

Samsung 256GB SSD is World's Fastest

While I have no idea what this clocks out to, how much time it will exactly save me, it still seems to be the shiznit. Everytime I see story like this it reminds me that we are one step closer to Rodenberry's Reality.So whether you edit photos, music or just save and load...

American Airlines will charge for 1st checked bag

We’ve heard about the airlines charging for a second checked bag, but charging for your only bag??? American Airlines will begin charging customers a $15 fee for their first checked bag starting June 15th.  If...

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