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I love you, but you love meat
Some human relationship run aground on the perilous shoals of money, sex or faith. When Shauna James's new love affair hit the rocks, the perpetrator was wheat. "I went out with one guy who said I seemed really great but he liked bread too much to d Feb 15 2008
Ian fleming's jamaica
"The first law for a secret agent is to get his geographics right," Ian Ian Fleming wrote in "The Man With the Golden Gun." And so it is for anyone following the trail of the man who created the world's most famous secret agent through his adopted is Nov 10 2008
Ibm temporarily barred from seeking u.s. government contracts
IBM has announced that it is under probe by the U.S. Environmental Protection federal agency over an $80 1000000 bid it made in 2006 to modernize the federal agency's financial systems and has been suspended from quest new Federal soldier government Apr 2 2008
Iceland is all but officially bankrupt
People go insolvent all the time. Companies do, too. But state? Iceland was on the verge of doing precisely that on Th as the authorities shut down the stock marketplace and seized control of its last major mugwump bank. That brought trading in the s Oct 10 2008
Iceland requests 1.2 billion pounds to rescue economy
By Sakari Suoninen and Omar Valdimarsson Crisis-struck Republic of Iceland called on the International Monetary Fund for $2 one million million (1.255 billion lb) in aid on Fri to help fix a broken banking scheme, restart currency trading and soften Oct 26 2008
Iceland, mired in debt, blames britain
No one difference that the economic troubles of Republic of Iceland are mostly the state's fault. But there may be more to the story, at least in the view of Icelandic government, its citizens and even some outsiders. As grave as their state of affai Nov 3 2008
Iconic stone arch collapses in southern utah park
One of the largest and most photographed stone arches in Arches National Park in the U.S. Has collapsed. Wall Arch fell sometime late mon or early Tues, though no one has reported seeing it collapse, said Paul Henderson, the park's chief of Aug 11 2008
Idea of sovereign wealth funds divides europeans
With some European corporate gems trading at beaten-down prices because of recent market turbulency, President Nicolas Sarkozy of French Republic on Tues suggested that European leaders should set up their own crowned head wealth funds to buy interest in Oct 22 2008
If hillary is vanquished, bill will feel his own pain
Edmund Hillary Rodham Bill Clinton will have incubus about her botched run for the presidential term; it'll be worse for Bill Bill Clinton. Senator Bill Clinton's impressive Pennsylvania primary election victory last week exposed Barack Obama� Apr 28 2008
Ikea opening - good news for those living in cyprus
Republic of Cyprus is a funny state – anyone thought of life in Republic of Cyprus considers the areas such as Protaras and Paphos over and above the working capital city of capital of Cyprus time and time again. This is because Nicosia is not on Jan 14 2008
Ill and in pain, detainee dies in u.s. hands
He was 17 when he came to New York from Hong Kong in 1992 with his parents and younger sister, eyeing the skyline like any fledgling. Fifteen years later, Hiu Lui Ng was a New Yorker: a computing machine engineer with a job in the Empire State edifice, a Aug 13 2008
Imf investigates director over affair
By Lesley Wroughton The International Monetary Fund said on Sabbatum it was investigation whether its chief Dominick Strauss-Kahn abused his power in an matter with a subsidiary who has since left the global establishment. The subsidiary, Pirosk Oct 19 2008
Imf predicts $1.4 trillion in losses from crisis
The International Monetary Fund on Tues increased its estimation of global losses from the financial meltdown to $1.4 one million million million and warned that the world's economic downturn was deepening. "Declared losses on U.S. Loans and sec Oct 8 2008
Immigration to canada made easy
So you want to immigrate to Canada? Well, who can blame you – Canada is a stunning nation, it is geographically diverse, it has incredible natural scene, fantastic and exciting towns and metropolis, it offering its occupant and citizens a high cri Jan 14 2008
In '74 thesis, the seeds of mccain's war views
About a year after his release from a North Annamese prison camp, commanding officer John McCain III sat down to computer address one of the most vexing questions braving his chap prisoners: Why did some choose to collaborate with the North Annamese? Jun 15 2008
In a campaign now measured in hours, the candidates zigzag across the country
In a countdown to Election Day that was being measured in hours alternatively of days, the final Sabbatum of the political campaign passed with a craze of political campaign stops, a bustle of ads and, more complaint and counter-charges. Senator Joh Nov 2 2008
In a financial crisis, obama shows a steady hand
For the first time since 1932, a U.S. Presidential election is pickings place in the midst of a genuine financial crisis. The reaction of the campaigner was disclosure. John McCain, railing against the "greed and corruptness" of Wall Street, won the Sep 22 2008
In a kayak race, the first ever olympic medal for togo
As the leap waters carried Benjamin Boukpeti surging across the coating line Tues, he smashed his double-bladed paddle across the bow of his kayak. Boukpeti had led going into the final of the person slalom and had slipped to third, but any momentary Aug 13 2008
In a season of discontent, many protests sweep india
discontentment is sweeping through India in the form of widespread protests over land use, food, fuel and jobs. North American Indian citizens have long embraced their constitutional right to assemble, and they have done so with ardor this month in Jun 29 2008
In a test of his candidacy, obama makes sweeping speech on race
Senator Barack Obama renewed his expostulation to the controversial statements delivered by the longtime pastor of his Windy City church, but declared in a address here Tues that it was time for United States to "move beyond some of our old racial wounds. Mar 19 2008 |