Archive for November 26th, 2006

Now there are spy cameras at rubbish tips

Spy cameras are being installed at household rubbish dumps to check what residents are throwing away and to fine those breaking recycling rules.How do you feel about living in 'Big Brother' Britain? Are these cameras justified? Tell us in readers' comments below...The sophisticated CCTV systems are capable of reading and storing car number plates...
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How the Jews invented Thanksgiving

I'm appalled at the way Americans have forgotten the meaning of Thanksgiving. Have you checked out what your children are learning about this holiday in both government and too many private schools? The Pilgrims had a rough time when they first landed on Plymouth Rock. Finally, the friendly native Americans taught the European plunderers...
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Down, Dollar, Down!

The dollar has met with massive selling, dropping sharply overnight as the euro broke through $1.30 for the first time since April 2005, while the dollar fell through 116 yen. Thing is, there just isn’t too much happening on a fundamental basis. People’s Bank of China Vice-Governor Wu Xiaoling said East Asia needs to...
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Hizbullah: Missile supply back to 100%

Hizbullah has been successful in restocking their missile supply after last summer's war with Israel, diplomatic sources in Beirut told Time magazine Friday. According to the report, Hizbullah currently has an estimated 20,000 short-range rockets. The report contradicted an Israeli estimate in which Hizbullah was said to have acquired only half the number of...
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Syria appears to be summit wild card

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Iran and the United States are playing a complicated diplomatic game, jockeying for influence in Iraq as violence there spirals out of control, but there is one major wild card in dueling summits planned for coming days: Syria.Vice President Dick Cheney was heading to Saudi Arabia for key...
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What Concerns Me Most About the Recent Election

The recent mid-term elections on November 7 were considered by most political observers to be the most negative and hateful of any in recent memory. The radio and television airwaves were overloaded with specially-targeted commercials filled with negative campaign messages, including, at times, false information and innuendoes meant to harm the opponent.As a voting...
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Markets rocked by sharp slide in dollar

By Neil Dennis and Chris Giles in London and Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt

Published: November 24 2006 A sharpening slide in the US dollar unnerved global markets on Friday as investors sought to protect themselves from the possibility of sustained dollar weakness. As US markets were closing on Friday , the euro stood at a...
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Attorneys Ready to Combat Groups Who Oppose Public Christmas Displays

Nearly 1,000 attorneys around the country are prepared to combat attempts to censor Christmas. For the fourth year, the legal group, the Alliance Defense Fund, has launched its Christmas Project. Attorney Heather Gebelin Hacker, says, in the past, groups like the ACLU have improperly tried to get rid of public Christmas displays. Hacker says there...
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Border mystery disease: Is huge scare even real?

A nonprofit foundation is working to drum up awareness of a border-area mystery disease that's been described as something out of a horror film, but which most mainstream doctors refuse to admit exists. The Morgellons Research Foundation hopes to inform lawmakers and public-health officials of the...
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