CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A wet winter storm was expected to dump a cold mixture of snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and rain over eastern Ontario and western Quebec Monday.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Pessimism prevails for the future economic and financial situation in Europe amongst many managers in Central and Eastern Europe, the Austrian news agency APA reported Monday. A survey of high-level managers in the region by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants found that 73 percent of those polled believe the economic situation would worsen. Fifty-four percent of the managers surveyed in Croatia,...
British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | yesterday
Special issues related to hematopoietic SCT in the Eastern Mediterranean region and the first regional activity report Bone Marrow Transplantation advance online publication, December 1, 2008. doi:10.1038/bmt.2008.389 Authors: M D Aljurf, S Z Zaidi, H El Solh, F Hussain, A Ghavamzadeh, H K Mahmoud, T Shamsi, T Ben Othman, M M Sarhan, D Dennison, A Ibrahim, S Benchekroun, N Chaudhri, B Labar,...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The European Union is to present Wednesday a partnership proposal for its eastern neighbours, an EU official has said.
DMI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the Eastern Neighborhoods plan last Wednesday. As I've discussed before, this is a great plan that will provide the city with much needed affordable housing while still preserving light-industrial jobs. The coverage of the plan in the SF Chronicle is generally favorable, but the paper frets about the nationwide housing crisis and the effect it...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Sonbhadra (PTI): A top naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 20,000 on his head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Belach village, police said on Monday. Shatrughan, a self styled area commander, was shot dead during an operation by police and Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel last night, Superintendent of Police Ramkumar said. A revolver, a double barrel gun and cartridges were...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Congo Rebels Withdraw From Eastern TownThe United Nations said rebels have pulled out of a town in eastern Democratic of Congo, but still control much of the area along the Ugandan border.A spokesman for the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission in the country confirmed Monday that forces loyal to Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda have withdrawn from Ishasha.The rebels seized the town last week....
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Al-Jazeera " Israeli boats have obstructed the path of a Libyan cargo ship en route to the Gaza Strip . The ship was said to be carrying about 3,000 tonnes of goods for residents of the Strip in defiance of an Israeli sea and land blockade of the territory. Monday's scheduled docking was the first attempt by a foreign government to break the blockade . " Navy ships approached the Libyan boat and ordered...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Benny Valentine scored 21 points to lead the Eastern Washington Eagles to a 78-64 victory over the UC Irvine Anteaters in non-conference action.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 58 minutes ago
TAKING on a dysfunctional institution with all the hallmarks of incompetence and corruption since inception is not for the faint-hearted -- just ask Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) CEO Mxolisi Matshamba.
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A conference on sanitation is taking place in Eastern Africa, and a report issued at the conference says that more investment is needed. Without the investment, Sub-Saharan Africa will fall well short of meeting the Millennium Development Goal on sanitation. As All Africa's own Hellen Mwihoreze reports, the environment is hurt in the area as a lot of waste water is dumped without treatment....
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December 1, 2008It's Twenty Minutes Before Midnight, EasternAnd a blog site run by a commercial artist in Saskatchewan is still logging an hour.You have no idea what you are about to unleash.Posted by Kate at December 1, 2008 11:38 PMCommentsI hope the Western premiers are reading the Clarity Act.Posted by: Hannibal Lectern at Where's Guy Fawkes when you need him'Posted by: Buddy at Word, Kate.Posted...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
Uttar PradeshTop naxal killed in eastern U.P. Sonbhadra (UP): A top naxal, carrying a reward of Rs.20,000 on his head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Belach village, the police said on Monday. Shatrughan, a self-styled area commander, was shot dead during an operation by the police and the Special Operation Group personnel on Sunday night, SP Ramkumar said. A revolver,...
Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanksgiving Day weekend is all about off-road recreation for huge numbers of Californians who come to Kern County to play. But if this year is anything like the ghost of Thanksgiving past, the weekend will end with serious injury or even death.
UK Cash Loans (Free subscription) | yesterday
BBC News Credit card debt a threat for future Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - 20 minutes ago Forget the sub-prime mortgage crunch, it's Britain's mountain of credit card debt we should be worried about. There's [...]
