Father’s Day is just around the corner!
|
By By KIRK JOHNSON, on May 24th, 2013 The collapse on Interstate 5 came as politicians have been wrestling over the millions needed to replace another aging bridge over the Columbia River.
Continue reading Washington State Bridge Collapse Highlights Infrastructure Needs
By By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED, on May 24th, 2013 If completed, a transaction would be one of the biggest health care deals of the year. And it could reap a sizable profit for Bausch & Lomb’s current owner, Warburg Pincus.
Continue reading DealBook: Bausch & Lomb Said to Be Near $9 Billion Sale to Valeant
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain scrambled fighter jets on Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two passengers on suspicion of endangering the aircraft. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading British police arrest two men on diverted Pakistan flight
By By LUKE SHARRETT, on May 24th, 2013 During assignments at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Luke Sharrett, whose cousin was killed in Iraq, began to notice the mementos left by friends and family.
Continue reading Lens Blog: Luke Sharrett’s Photographs of Arlington National Cemetery Gravestones
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile blocks Pascua-Lama mine, fines Barrick $16 million for serious environmental violations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Chile blocks Pascua-Lama mine, fines Barrick $16 million for serious environmental violations.
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Fears of a backlash against Muslims in Britain have intensified after dozens of Islamophobic incidents were reported in the wake of the grotesque murder of soldier Lee Rigby. The Tell Mama hotline for recording Islamophobic crimes detailed 38 incidents overnight on Wednesday, including attacks on three mosques. More were reported on Thursday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Murder of British soldier brings fear of backlash at Muslims
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> There is no need to reserve open space for a military berth on the new Central waterfront – bollards are all that is needed, counsel for a harbour-protection group says. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Lawyer says open space not needed for PLA berth
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> More than 60,000 people packed into Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on a recent Saturday night to see the national soccer team play. Another 100 million tuned in to television to watch the match, underlining the appeal of soccer in Indonesia where attendance rivals the top English and German soccer leagues. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Parties vie to control Indonesian soccer, seeing it as key to election victory
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A businessman, who was snatched from a New York street in broad daylight, was bound and burned with acid while being held captive for a month in a city warehouse for a US$3 million ransom his family in Ecuador did not have, US authorities said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Businessman burned with acid in month-long kidnap ordeal in New York
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> At times, it seemed US President Barack Obama was taking part in a debate rather than giving a speech. Deep into his address at the National Defence University, a heckler repeatedly interrupted from the back of the room, demanding an end to drone strikes and the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Barack Obama’s drone speech interrupted by anti-war activist
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> International efforts to combat a new Sars-like virus that has killed 22 people are being slowed by the fact that a Dutch laboratory has patented copies of the pathogen in its search for potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading WHO says patents are obstructing moves to fight Sars-like virus
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Proposals to vet future US drone strikes risk creating “kill courts”, according to human rights campaigners. They say President Barack Obama’s promise of new legal oversight does not go far enough to end what they regard as extrajudicial executions. The president has asked Congress to consider establishing a special court or oversight board to authorise lethal action outside war zones under a new counterterrorism doctrine he says will end the “boundless war on terror”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Rights groups fault new Obama plan for vetting drone strikes
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Tens of thousands of Hong Kong-born Canadian residents have returned to the SAR since 1996, according to an analysis by the South China Morning Post that helps establish the extent of an unprecedented phenomenon shaping both societies. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Tens of thousands of Hongkongers return from Canada
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Education Bureau has proposed to lend the Hang Seng School of Commerce HK$800 million to cover its expansion costs. The bureau will seek legislators’ approval for the interest-free loan, which will cover the development of campus facilities and student hostels for programmes offered by the school’s management college. The plan includes an eight-storey purpose-built academic and administrative building, a sports and amenities centre and three blocks of student hostels with up to 1,300 places. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Education Bureau proposes to lend Hang Seng School HK$800m
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Beijing’s rejection of international arbitration to resolve disputes over its claim to most of the South China Sea makes it look like a “bully” in the world community, a leading US expert on Chinese law said this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Beijing looks like a ‘bully’ by rejecting arbitration on South China Sea issue
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A kindergarten that closed last summer is still advertising its services and claiming membership of the American Montessori Society – a claim the society says is false. Until recently, the Montessori School of Hong Kong also had a section on its website for admission applications and purported to be operating from a site on Caine Road, although in fact it was in Pok Fu Lam when it closed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Kindergarten’s Montessori claim raises queries
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Explosions and gunfire rocked central Kabul on Friday as the Taliban launched a major attack close to an Afghan intelligence facility and the headquarters of a government force that protects foreign firms. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Policeman, four gunmen killed in Kabul Taliban attack
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Britain’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill enjoyed an alcohol-fuelled all-nighter in Moscow as the second world war was in full swing, previously secret files have revealed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Stalin, Churchill broke the ice in heavy-drinking session
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Segregation cited as root of riots in immigrant areas of Stockholm
By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Malay NGOs are demanding boycotts of Chinese businesses following Malaysia’s divisive election, to teach them “a lesson” for backing opposition candidates. More than 20 non-governmental organisations and the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) called upon the country’s Malays, who make up 60 per cent of the population, to boycott Chinese firms, according to a message posted on PPIM’s website. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Chinese firms in Malaysia face calls for boycott
|
America, Inc. at it’s Finest
BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE TIX HERE!!!
Bren-Books.com, Modern first editions and collectible fiction<
|
|
British police arrest two men on diverted Pakistan flight
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain scrambled fighter jets on Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two passengers on suspicion of endangering the aircraft. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading British police arrest two men on diverted Pakistan flight
Share this: