Over 70 million Americans have a Facebook account. The majority are between 18 and 35 years old. Most of those social networking dudes are voters. First, they turned out in droves at Democratic caucuses to ensure their man’s nomination. Then, they ...
21 Nov 2008
LIMA - US PRESIDENT George W. Bush on Friday was to urge Chinese President Hu Jintao in a meeting here on Friday to call a new round of North Korea denuclearisation talks for early December, the White House said. 'Our primary goal is to get back to ...
21 Nov 2008
Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have marched against a pact letting US forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George Bush where US troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. Thousands of demonstrators ...
21 Nov 2008
The name Brooklyn has been done before, so Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz turned to another New York City borough in naming their newborn son: the Bronx. She hails from Texas, he grew up near Chicago, and the pop-rock power couple haven't said ...
21 Nov 2008
Malton students heard that plea today from a German beauty queen who, 15 years ago, watched a neo-Nazi gun down her father on her front doorstep. Asli Bayram, Miss Germany in 2005, was at Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School to perform vignettes ...
21 Nov 2008
Maharashtra anti-Terrorism squad (ATS) is planning to pick up at least five more people in Pune — including Shivram H. Apte, who had allegedly plotted the assassination of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Mohan Bhagwat — under ...
21 Nov 2008
Forget about the drug store commercials that tout pharmacists as friendly neighbourhood fixtures who look out for your family's well being. The Ontario Medical Association is downgrading them to med-school dropouts who can't tell a tummy ache from metastatic stomach cancer. A new proposal floating around Queen's Park would allow pharmacists to diagnose simple ailments (under strict regulations ...
21 Nov 2008
Lima - For a Peruvian, an Asian face has few connotations of something foreign: it is frequently the face of a schoolmate, the corner shopkeeper or the neighbourhood buddy. This is the setting that is greeting delegates of the Asia-Pacific Economic C...
21 Nov 2008
WASHINGTON: Does a messy neighbourhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments.
21 Nov 2008
People came to 25 Victoria Rd. to drink beer, meet friends and dance to music that echoed through the streets on Saturday nights. They also came to worship their Lord and saviour on Sunday mornings.
21 Nov 2008
Last year, it was to be a development so huge that it was nicknamed Neverland. Now, it looks more like "Never-happening". An entire neighbourhood of houses worth more than $20 million is being sold in one of the country's most unusual real estate deals.
21 Nov 2008
One of the Cambie Street businesses that led the charge against the Canada Line has decided to leave the neighbourhood. The owner of "Hazel and Company" is moving to Main Street. Susan Heyes tells the ...
21 Nov 2008
Neighbourhood policing officers, along with representatives of partner agencies, also visited more than 200 homes to get residents’ views on local issues and to offer crime prevention advice as well as practical measures, such as timer ...
21 Nov 2008
your unfriendly neighbourhood hero. Friday, November 21, 2008. The Day of Makcik-ness. on request, i must update my blog.hahahaha. had my most nerve-wrecking day of final year project presentation yesterday. i totally slept in yesterday ...
20 Nov 2008
How do you define a neighbourhood? The apparently very brainy Tom Martin of Substrakt has defined the shape of Digbeth by digbeth (shaped?) tags in flickr. Not a bad way to start. Hat tip Digbeth is good and Antonio Roberts. ...
18 Nov 2008
People In Your Neighbourhood, a British Council led project, features a unique line up of diverse Kiwi musicians and performers, working with the best of contemporary UK talent, to create a dynamic collaboration in modern NZ music.
17 Nov 2008
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos ...
17 Nov 2008
"If I put a spell on her without her looking, just maybe those chips will be mine..." Mali and Scout Neighbourhood Sausage Sizzle.
16 Nov 2008