By admin on Nov 10, 2007 in International | 0 Comments
The Chinese government has suspended all exports of a toy found to have been coated with a toxic chemical, China’s official Xinhua news agency says.
The move comes after the authorities in the United States, Australia and a number of other countries removed the Bindeez and Aqua Dots toys from sale.
The toy has been blamed for […]
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By admin on Nov 10, 2007 in Business, General, International, VIP | 6 Comments
How many times were you told to make sure you worked hard in high school so you could go to college and get a good career job?
Okay, maybe not all of you got nagged about it, but probably a good portion of today’s generation of adults did.
It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary. […]
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By admin on Oct 29, 2007 in International | 4 Comments
MOSCOW — A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a man convicted of 48 murders to life imprisonment, ending one of Russia’s worst serial killer cases.
The sentence for Alexander Pichushkin, who claimed to have killed 60 in an effort to mark all 64 squares on a chessboard, was the severest possible under Russian law […]
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By admin on Oct 21, 2007 in International | 69 Comments
Nazanin, 17, was sentenced to death by hanging for defending herself against three rapists.
A young girl who defended herself and her chastity against three male assailants who intended to kidnap and rape her causing […]
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By admin on Oct 13, 2007 in International | 0 Comments
The Vatican has confirmed local newspaper reports that a high-ranking Catholic priest has been suspended.
The man, who works in the department in charge of clergy around the world, appeared on Italian TV earlier this month admitting that he was gay.
The unnamed prelate or monsignor was suspended pending further investigations, said chief Vatican spokesman Father Frederico […]
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By admin on Oct 9, 2007 in International | 2 Comments
Do you think we’re free? Every day we hear that is the reason for fighting wars, to protect our freedom. Ask 100 people why we are fighting any war and the majority will answer in a single word, freedom.
We believe this because our leaders and mainstream media continue to tell us we must […]
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By admin on Oct 5, 2007 in International | 1 Comment
Standing outside the double doors to the Hugh M. Hefner Sky Villa, I considered the choices: On one hand, I could stay in this room for one night. Or I could buy a BMW Z4 Roadster.
At a cool $40,000 per day (just a 20-hour day, at that), the 9,000-square-foot, Hef-themed suite at the Palms is […]
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By admin on Oct 3, 2007 in International | 0 Comments
CARLETONVILLE, South Africa - Some 3,000 gold miners were trapped a mile underground Wednesday when falling pipe damaged the elevator, but the company began rescuing workers through a smaller shaft and estimated it would take 10 hours to get them all out.
There were no injuries and there was no immediate danger to any of the […]
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By admin on Sep 28, 2007 in International | 1 Comment
The manager of a top Sri Lankan hotel has defended the decision to charge $14,500 (£10,269) for what it calls the world’s most expensive dessert.
Axel Jarosh, general manager of The Fortress hotel in the southern town of Galle, said that the chocolate pudding was not obscene in a poor country.
He said that the dessert contains […]
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By admin on Sep 27, 2007 in International | 0 Comments
A 21-stone (133kg) man from Suffolk claims he lost six stone (38kg) in six months by eating a diet of baked beans.
James Skeates, of Haverhill, ate two cans of baked beans for lunch each day, straight from the can.
Mr Skeates says the high fibre diet helped him to reach his target weight of 15st (95kg).
The […]
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