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FEMA refuses to help local PBS affiliate rebuild
"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of its... Thai judges issue warrants to arrest protesters
Following yesterday's massive street demonstations in Thailand, judges has ordered the arrest of the protest's organizers. Police have still been unable to negotiate an end to the protests, and they are ongoing."Thai... Obama Doesn't want Ayers ads Aired, Threatens Stations
"The Obama campaign is giving a glimpse of the future for conservative free speech. They’re trying to sic the Justice Department on TV stations, many of them Sinclair Broadcasting stations, that are airing the... Iraq war veteran thrown off train after ticket row as conductor tells him: 'I...
That is the kind of respect one country shows for their heroes!!!! No wonder no one wants to be in military. The conductor should get the sack immediately for the insult ."A soldier returning from Iraq in full... Sounds of Olympic venues
The NY Times's Olympic blog has an interesting post about the difficulty of translating the Chinese cheers heard at Beijing venues into other languages. As the post explains, a literal translation of a popular cheer... Man holds girl, 6, prisoner in ongoing siege
An explosive siege is occuring in Scarborough, UK, in which a man has taken a six-year-old girl hostage. He could be heard last night by observers shouting to police officers, "I'm going to die tonight." The standoff has now entered its third day, and police are still... Youths throw woman on railway line in station no smoking row
More bad behavior by youths in the UK. In thsi instance, two teenagers threw a woman into the railroad tracks for telling them to stop smoking earlier in the week."A female commuter was thrown on to a live railway... Grenade attack kills 16 in China ahead of Games
More bad news from China, just a few days before the Olympics. I do not have much to say about this, that has no already been said, but I hope China can handle any security threats to the Olympics."BEIJING, Aug. 3,... Greek man held after girlfriend beheaded
"ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A 31-year-old man killed his girlfriend on the Greek island of Santorini on Sunday, beheaded her, then fled in a patrol car, a local official said. During the ensuing chase, the suspect was shot five times by police and ran over two women doctors who... “TV crisis of trust”: BBC is fined £400,000 over faking phone-in winners
UK media watchdog Ofcom ordered British Broadcasting Corporation to pay a £400,000 fine for misleading their viewers by faking call-in competition winners. The creators of BBC shows that were fined aired show... 23 people including 10 Taliban killed in Pakistan
Pakistan's innocent residents in the restive border areas along the Afghanistan are getting caught in the crossfire. Today a shell hit house of a resident and killed all his 6 family family. "Thirteen people have been killed when mortar shells fell on two houses in... Man held over London nightclub gun death
After a 35-year old man was shot dead at a London nightclub Saturday night, police have arrested a man who turned himself in over the crime. The incident at "Club Red" in Limehouse, wast London, is the 90th murder in teh city this year."Detectives have arrested a man after a...Five killed in Kashmir explosion
Why can't India and Pakistan live in harmony? How many do they have to sacrifice just for a silly action? In my point of view, India and Pakistan have something in common."At least five people have been killed in an... World's oldest blogger signs off for the last time, aged 108
"An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108. Her last post described her ailing health but also how she still sang a happy song every day. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy about 50... Taliban:Pakistan's 29 hostages to be slain if Insurgents are not released
Taliban has threatned to eliminate all the 29 Pakistan hostages if their leaders are not freed. "Militants will start killing a group of 29 hostages Saturday if the government does not release several insurgent prisoners, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman said. A...
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