Lately I have seen a plethora of letters to the editor blaming "tax-and-spend Democrats" for the sorry state of affairs our country finds itself in today.
One of the more interesting letters argued that Democrats believe that no business has a right to turn a profit, so they tax businesses to death and use the revenue to "mollify their special voting constituencies" ["No new taxes, Dems!"...
DESPITE its challenges — or possibly, because of them — SA has been able to help other African countries establish similar projects elsewhere on the continent by offering train ing and planning skills.
Since 2001, Kenya and Uganda have started their own LandCare programmes. Tanzania and Ethiopia now also have them. Rwanda, Togo and Nigeria “have expressed interest,&#x...
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Copyright 2008. Brisbane Times. Home entertainment Cameras & camcorders MP3 players Games Mobiles & handhelds ComputersA Thai video game distributor halted sales of Grand Theft Auto on Monday after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the controversial game.
Intel has revealed details o...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 120 workers at a Los Angeles hospital looked at celebrities' medical records and other personal information without permission between January 2004 and June 2006 — nearly double the number initially reported, according to a state report.
The report released Monday by the California Department of Public Health also showed that three UCLA Medical ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The European Union says it will give Haiti $4.6 million to help pay for food in the world's poorest country.
High food prices led to deadly protests in April and forced the resignation of the Caribbean nation's prime minister.
The EU said Tuesday that the money would help to stabilize the country by providing food, health care, clean water and prope...
BEIJING (AFP) — Roger Federer may be anticipating a "dream Olympics" but, with just three days to go until the Beijing Games start, the dark cloud of doping was becoming as much a part of the atmosphere here as the pollution enveloping the Chinese capital.
Federer, once the unchallenged king of men's tennis, has been eclipsed in recent months by Rafael Nadal with the Spaniard defe...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Police fired water cannons at thousands of protesters Tuesday as President Bush got a volatile reception in South Korea at the start of his three-nation Asian trip.
Dueling demonstrations reflected mixed sentiments in this U.S. ally, where public opinion surveys remain generally positive about America, though many people decry Washington for a variety of i...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks will begin meeting with victims' families Wednesday to discuss the case, family members said, an indication that some lingering questions in the case may soon be answered.
Army scientist Bruce Ivins committed suicide last week as prosecutors prepare...
Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of menover age 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, afederal task force advised on a hotly debated topic.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which made therecommendation Monday, reported finding evidence that the benefitsof treatment based on routine screening of this age group "aresmall to none." However, trea...
Metropolitan Magistrate Faysal Atiq Bin Kader passed the order after Dhanmondi police produced Ashraf before the court yesterday afternoon with a forwarding report for sending him to jail.
In the report, police stated that Ashraf was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail on Monday and rearrested the same day as he was delivering provocative speech against the government in front of Eas...
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DETROIT (AP) — After running Chrysler LLC for a year, Cerberus Capital Management LP must be wondering if its mascot, the three-headed dog that guards the gates of hell, is protecting it from the underworld or leading it into the flames.
Since the private equity firm bought 80.1 percent of Chrysler from the former Daimle...
Multidetector CT (MDCT) is just as accurate as MRI in assessing myocardial infarct size--an important predictor of clinical outcome-- in an emergency setting according to a recent study conducted by researchers in collaboration between the VA Medical Center in San Francisco, CA and the University Claude Bernard in Lyon, France.
"The size of the infarct is one of the most important predict...
HAMILTON, N.J., Aug 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ASCB PowerRating -- Ascendia Brands, Inc. (Ascendia), a manufacturer of branded bath,health and beauty care products, today announced that it has filed avoluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the UnitedStates Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for theDistrict of Delaware and is seeking a buyer for the busine...
Consumer confidence tumbled to a further record low in July amid increasing fears the UK economy could be heading for a recession, figures have showed.
The continued slump in house prices, soaring food and fuel bills and increasing job losses has seen pessimism among consumers surge further, according to Nationwide's latest survey.
The building society's consumer confidence index ...
NHS health trusts have reported almost 20,000 incidents of pest infestation in hospitals over the past two years.
Outbreaks have included rats in maternity wards, wasps and fleas in neo-natal units and maggots in patients' slippers, according to reports in The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail.
But the Government dismissed suggestions that the problems were linked to the spread of hos...
NEW YORK (AP) — New advice that men over 75 should not be screened for prostate cancer won't quell the long-standing controversy over the usefulness of the blood test for the disease, cancer experts said Tuesday.
"It stokes the debate, I think," said Dr. Charles Ryan, a prostate cancer specialist at the University of California, San Francisco.
And several experts are looking...
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Leading African figures led by former Botswanan president Festus Mogae have launched an initiative to lobby African governments to do more to...