Search results

If you've ever wondered why we so rarely hear of drug trials going awry in the United States, it is because we "offshore" the drug trials to developing nations who can't afford to say no. If you've ever wondered why we so rarely hear of drug trials going awry in the United States, Sonia Shah...

Just another reminder of the costs of war. I bolded interesting facts/points for those that do not want to read the entire article. ::: ::: 9 May 2007 The infant mortality rate in Iraq has increased by a shocking 150 percent since 1990—the highest such increase recorded for any country in...

Not that there was any doubt but at least there is now absolute proof.... ::: ::: :: Departments National Issues The lethal media silence on Kent State's smoking guns by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman May 6, 2007 The 1970 killings by National Guardsmen of four students during a...

Venezuela Criticizes DEA As 'New Cartel' Tuesday May 8, 2007 12:46 AM AP Photo XLM103 By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press Writer CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela on Monday said it will not allow U.S. agents to carry out counter-drug operations in the country, accusing the U.S. Drug...

People on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have found their own solution to high energy prices - the humble coconut. They are developing mini-refineries that produce a coconut oil that can replace diesel. From police officers to priests, the locals are powering up their vehicles...

Good read for those interested.... ::: ::: Scores of Haitian refugees killed in shark-infested waters By Bill Van Auken 7 May 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The deaths of over 75 Haitian refugees, whose boat capsized in shark-infested Caribbean...

Nicolas Sarkozy will succeed Jacques Chirac as president of France on May 16. The leader of the right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), the party founded by Chirac, won yesterday’s presidential election with 53 percent of the vote. His opponent, Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal...

A woman is campaigning to raise awareness of a rare condition which has left her with 11 stone (70kg) legs. Mandy Sellars, 32, from Lancashire, suffers from Proteus syndrome, a condition also thought to have affected the "Elephant Man", Joseph Merrick. Although she was born with abnormally...

Should make for an entertaining night of boxing... ::: If you like welterweight fights, circle July 14 on the calendar, when HBO will televise a rare split-site tripleheader. Plans for the complicated broadcast came together Wednesday evening, when HBO and promoter Main Events finally came to...

Documents Reveal: Cops Planted Pot on 92-Year Old Woman They Killed in Botched Drug Raid By Rhonda Cook, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Posted April 30, 2007. Atlanta resident Kathryn Johnston's death has finally been exposed to be a case of police coverup in clear example of the insanity of...

The US Senate has voted to approve a bill which requires US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq within 11 months. It follows a vote in the US House of Representatives which makes further funding of the war in Iraq conditional on a timetable for a US troop pullout. The Democrat-sponsored bill will...

Starting to piss me off. Sounds like some major corruption going on. 33% increase in 11 weeks. High gas prices fuel state investigation Drivers here pay more than elsewhere in U.S. Tuesday, April 24, 2007 Last updated 7:44 a.m. PT If you filled up your gas tank Monday in Washington, you...

-ZpThiQsEis Tell your stories!

A man cut off his penis with a knife in a packed London restaurant. Police were forced to use CS gas to restrain the man when they entered the Zizzi restaurant in The Strand on Sunday evening. A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said the man was aged between 30 and 40 and that his injuries were...

It's all over... Kryptonite is no longer just the stuff of fiction feared by caped superheroes. A new mineral matching its unique chemistry - as described in the film Superman Returns - has been identified in a mine in Serbia. According to movie and comic-book storylines, kryptonite is...

Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com 1 hour, 20 minutes ago Scientists exploring a mine have uncovered a natural Sistine chapel showing not religious paintings, but incredibly well preserved images of sprawling tree trunks and fallen leaves that once breathed life into an ancient...

I'm not a Michael Moore fan but I'm looking forward to seeing this film. It is about America's healthcare system, or lack thereof. The most controversial part of the film apparently is when Moore takes several 9/11 recscue workers to visit Cuba for treatment they couldn't get in America. Most...

This is a really good read for those interested...it's a bit long but worth it. ::: ::: The malignant resentments that erupted into mass murder in Virginia By David Walsh 20 April 2007 The Virginia Tech tragedy, which led to the brutal deaths of 33 people, is an event that needs to be...