In actuality, Rudolph was indeed ridiculed and persecuted for his red nose, and then he led the sleigh through the fog one night and saved Christmas, and then he was summarily assassinated by Blitzen, with the support of most of the other reindeer. Rudolph was not part of the …
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Democratically elected President Zelaya has been ousted by the military and flown out of the country by the military.
What we know for sure is that the fighting in Afghanistan is escalating. At least 21 thousand more American troops are going in and the number of private security contractors working for the military there jumped 29 percent in the last three months alone.
STRAY dogs are commuting to and from a city centre on underground trains in search of food scraps. The clever canines board the Tube each morning.
McAuliffe, who recently chaired Hillary Clinton's failed bid for the presidency, is trying to move from the back rooms of Democratic Party power politics to elected office, running for governor in Virginia.
"The deaths came to public attention this week after local people brought some 30 bodies to the provincial capital to show government officials.
"the teabagging of Congress." "who wouldn't want to teabag John McCain" ? etc..
map of US, when you rollover a dot the local newspaper pops up... and if you click again it shows you the cover, and if you click again it goes to the newspaper's website.
No offer of Western medicine or technology can compensate for apocalyptic destruction
Has anyone in Washington noticed? The new US raids into Pakistan and Syria are, as was the invasion of Iraq, in blatant violation of international law.
"They are bogged down big-time or there would be some indictments by now," said a recently retired bureau official who played a pivotal role in setting FBI policy after 9/ 11.
Revolution '08 Dancefloor hooligans Coldcut join forces with America's leading audio-visual vigilante TV Sheriff to bring you an election vivisectionRevolution '08.
Growing inequality in US cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a new United Nations report on the urban environment. . . .
I want a real debate. The Obama and McCain campaigns jointly negotiated a detailed secret contract dictating the terms of all the 2008 debates. This includes who gets to participate, as well as the topics raised during the debates.
Astounded by the U.S. government's failure to resolve the financial crisis threatening the foundations of the global free market, fingers of blame are pointing at America from around the planet.
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A look at U.N. and U.S. reports on allegations of civilian deaths during American-led military raid Aug. 22 in Azizabad, Afghanistan:
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Hear this man speak. "The point was, and why we did what almost nobody ever does at the presidential candidacy level, bringing on competitors, so to speak, third-party and independent candidates, is to try to break the grip of this corporation called the Commission on Presidenti …
dumping tons of garbage in the Pacific Ocean that accumulates and makes a big trashy island north of Hawaii. This is episode 1 in the VBS (Vice Broadcasting System) web tv series.
The Bush administration is providing insufficient time for public comment as it seeks to loosen rules protecting endangered species, representatives of more than 100 conservation groups charged Friday.
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The scale of the private contract business and the sums involved have prompted calls for greater scrutiny.
sleek interior, see pictures. Our Planet Retreats suspended spheres all around the world that you can stay in.
Shane Smith @ Vice doing some more 3rd world field research. He learns the conflict in Sudan is more complicated than you think. Or less complicated - a familiar natural resource that starts with an OI! and ends with an L . (ummm, that's OIL).
someone has to seed something positive in the WORLD NEWS section. I'll do it.
With gas prices climbing daily, many commuters are looking for a more economic (and ecologically responsible) way to travel. Treehugger reports that the City of Montreal has launched one possible solution: the Public Bike System.
read the article, peep the "multimedia" *graphic* chart on the left.
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