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GENEVA: A spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday that the situation in flood-ravaged Pakistan desperately deserves the world's attention and assistance. "Six (m) million people in need of direct humanitarian assistance, urgent...

Though Neil Peart paraphrased it in the Rush classic, ?Limelight?, it was William Shakespeare that famously wrote, ?All the world?s a stage, And all the men and women merely players?? Looking at Tuesday?s White House meeting between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister...

[FONT=Times New Roman] Karl Poppers theory of World 3 says that we can distin­guish at least three different worlds of our experi­ence. There is, first of all, the material world of tables and chairs, trees and plants, planets and stars. This is Popper?s World 1. It is objective in...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/25/florida.seaworld.death/index.html?hpt=T2 Well, that sucks. Right in the middle of a show, too. :o

Aerial shots of the World Trade Center from the September 11th attacks were finally released publicly today. They are the only pictures that were taken from aircraft as the buildings collapsed. Some truly stunning pictures: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6195G920100211

I think the big reason for that is people dont feel connected to their community and family. The fact is people hate each other *L* not naturally in extreme, but they can always find fault with those around them, in my grandparents generation that was tolerated, the person was still invited...

There is currently a court case on the go in Utrecht Holland where a 13-year old girl, Laura Dekker, is trying to obtain permission for 2 years away from school, to sail in a yacht around the world. She would like to break the record for the youngest to have ever have achieved that. Her...

As you may or may not know the Mayan calendar has cryptic inscriptions on it and many other notable people such as Nostradamus have apocalyptic predictions for the year. However, you should note that historians who have studied the Mayan calendar say that it has all been completely blown...

So what are your views on this? Have you noticed that signs keep popping up in the media for example example on the big bang theory in the opening credits an illuminate pyramid with an eye on top is in a couple of frames and in Tenacious D in the pick of destiny at the top of Jack Black's...

First of all, please don't tell me it's impossible, unless you have sufficient proof to back it up: What is the best way to end political corruption world wide? I really think that the best way to end corruption is to have a true democracy, one in which the people actually pick their leaders-...