delivered a speech entitled “The Government by the Governed†where I said that our government was being run not by the public officials themselves but by the people they were governing. I said it was we ourselves, the sovereign people as the Constitution described us, who were the real rulers of our country through the [...]
Yangon, Myanmar — The directors of several relief organizations in Myanmar said Wednesday that some of the international aid arriving into the country for the victims of Cyclone Nargis was being stolen, diverted or warehoused by the country’s army.
The United States military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said there was a possibility that “a significant tropical [...]
Evolution has run riot on Yemen’s windy isles of Socotra, whose dizzying cliffs, jagged peaks and exotic plants entice the imagination to do the same.
Here be dragons, or at least Dragon’s Blood trees, prized for their red medicinal sap. Fearsome gales blow beaches up hillsides. People speak an obscure language older than Arabic.
The ancients cherished [...]
Prepackaged food such as Kraft low- fat Italian salad dressing and Kettle Chips may be forced from Hong Kong shelves because of new labeling rules passed last month, according to supplier associations.
Imported, prepackaged products will need to be retested and relabeled to comply with new Hong Kong regulations that require detailed nutritional information. This may [...]
Heres what the Department of Statistics projects, ie guesses, ie makes up. In 2026, out of a population of 5.6 million, there will be 790,000 Asians in New Zealand. And there will be 820,000 Maori.
All of these figures have been made up, including the year. Peter Brown fears inundation, mini-societies.
Heres what the Stats Department is [...]
Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported overnight that police shot and wounded four protesters this week in a heavily ethnic Tibetan part of the province, where protests broke out after anti-Chinese riots in neighbouring Tibet a week ago.
The unrest has alarmed China, keen to look its best in the run-up to the August 8-24 Olympic [...]
FORT WORTH (Reuters) - The life-sized stuffed animals at the massive Cabela’s store in Fort Worth can give the impression of being in a natural history museum.
But the elephant, bear, mule deer and other creatures on display are all trophies that were shot in the wild by the hunters who come to America’s largest outdoor [...]
Until recently, a trip to an overseas festival was a springtime pipe dream, realised only by an intrepid few. But last year’s Exit Festival (exitfest.org) on the banks of the Danube might just have been a tipping point.Getting there wasn’t easy. My trip involved a flight to Budapest, a scrum at Keleti station, and a [...]
FORT WORTH (Reuters) - The life-sized stuffed animals at the massive Cabela’s store in Fort Worth can give the impression of being in a natural history museum.
But the elephant, bear, mule deer and other creatures on display are all trophies that were shot in the wild by the hunters who come to America’s largest outdoor [...]
FORT WORTH (Reuters) - The life-sized stuffed animals at the massive Cabela’s store in Fort Worth can give the impression of being in a natural history museum.
But the elephant, bear, mule deer and other creatures on display are all trophies that were shot in the wild by the hunters who come to America’s largest outdoor [...]
