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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
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• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
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• Dakar, Senegal to Host 2012 ‘Africities’ Summit on Local Governance

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  The Senegalese capital, Dakar has been chosen to host the 6th Pan-African Forum of Africa’s Local Authorities and Governments (Africities) in 2012, the most important gathering on decentralized management and city management on the continent, Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, the Secretary General of Africa’s United ...
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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
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• If you can’t understand conceptually why a Cap and Trade system is such a bad deal, how about a concrete example?

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 141
  "...crippling the economies of the Western Democracies for the benefit of the “developing world” (read: China and India) is precisely the intent of Cap and Trade." To summarize: Cap and trade is a scheme that would impose heavy carbon taxes and allowances on U.S. industries, which would then have an incentive to ...
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• Obama Speaks (Some) Truth From Power

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 484
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• Amendment 28 of the Constitution

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 463
  12/14/2009 Amendment 28 of the Constitution David L Lamon Amendment 28 of the constitution “Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or ...
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• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
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• A Brief History of the United States War Against (Other Peoples) Democracy - Democratic Underground

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 461
  Oh man! What was he thinking? If I were a member of the nut job right, I would wonder if he said "America has never fought a war against a democracy, and our closest friends are governments that protect the rights of their citizens." In order to encourage his left wing pinko commie followers to reflect upon the many ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pak must take decisive action against LeT: Experts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Dec. 10 (ANI): The arrest of David Coleman Headley, a US national of Pakistani origin who was apprehended in Chicago in October on terror charges, has highlighted the fact that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is closely connected to Al-Qaeda and is part of a global terrorist syndicate that threatens not only ...
  2 weeks ago

• US disappointed by Honduran vote on Zelaya

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Dec 4 (DPA) The US was “disappointed” that the Honduran Congress failed to restore ousted president Manuel Zelaya, but emphasised the outcome was consistent with an accord designed to end the political standoff.“Were disappointed by this decision since the United States had hoped the Congress would ...
  3 weeks ago

• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
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• White House memories: Manmohan charmed by Michelle

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Manish ChandAboard Air India One, Nov 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he was charmed by US First Lady Michelle Obama and the conversation he had with her on the same table at the White House dinner last week were among the memorable parts of his trip to the US last week. [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Mossel Bay Tourism reports success on first International Tourism Trade Fair of Latin America exhibition

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 137
  Mossel Bay Tourism’s Marcia Holm returned earlier this week from Buenos Aires where she represented the town at Argentina’s biggest tourism show – the FIT (Feria Internacional de Turismo de... Send your news worthy industry press releases for publication today to muzi at travelwires dot com.
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• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
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• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
  3 weeks ago

• US media plays up Indian PM’s Washington visit to the hilt (Part-II)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Smita PrakashWashington, Nov.26 (ANI): Presidents of both parties have used state dinners to reward donors, and Tuesday’s event appeared to be no exception. The invitation list included at least 28 top Obama campaign donors, known as bundlers because they assemble or bundle contributions from multiple ...
  4 weeks ago

• Obama welcomes Manmohan Singh at White House

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the White House, and said that it is fitting that the Indian Prime Minister should be the first State visitor of his administration.President Obama said the US and India share the bold experiment of becoming ...
  4 weeks ago

• Manmohan Singh lauds Indian-American contribution to India-US ties

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Stating that the edifice of the India-US partnership is founded on many pillars, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmhan Singh said on Monday that one of these pillars was the large Indian-American community, which has contributed enormously and significantly to building ties between the two ...
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• Whither American Jewry?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  During a recent speaking tour in Canada, MK Nahman Shai (Kadima) shocked some of his hosts when he said that his primary goal in politics today is to bring down the Netanyahu government. Although indelicate, Shais comment was not surprising. Kadima is in the opposition. And like all opposition parties in all ...
  5 weeks ago

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