23 hours ago From The Irrawaddy News Magazine  View Original Article

Chiang Mai, THAILAND - Indonesia has deported two foreign journalists covering a Greenpeace demonstration against forest destruction on the western island of Sumatra — bringing to 15 the number of people kicked out of the country over the protest.

Kumkum Das ...

24 hours ago From The Australian  View Original Article

Sydney, AUSTRALIA - JAPANESE whaling ships left port today for Antarctic waters for the annual hunt of the ocean giants, Greenpeace said, setting the stage for high-seas confrontations with anti-whaling activists.

The factory ship Nisshin Maru and the sm ...

24 hours ago From AllAfrica.com  View Original Article

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Celebrated African footballing legend, George Oppon Weah joined Chelsea's Michael Essien at a charity event during the weekend to launch a foundation that aims to provide basic amenities and improve the lifestyles of a targeted Ghanaian community in ...

24 hours ago From guardian.co.uk  View Original Article

London, U K - The political chatter ahead of the Queen's speech was all about Labour using its final throw of the legislative dice to draw clear battle lines with the Tories. If that is the case elsewhere in the bills announced today, there is precious little elec ...

24 hours ago From Florida Times-Union  View Original Article

Jacksonville, FLORIDA - First Baptist Church in Brunswick will be accepting gift-filled shoeboxes through Monday for Operation Christmas Child, the program operated by Samaritan's Purse that has delivered more than 69 million boxes to needy children in 130 countries.
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24 hours ago From Belfast Telegraph  View Original Article

Belfast, U K - Westlife paid an emotional tribute to fellow boyband star Stephen Gately dedicating their headline show to his memory at the Cheerios Childline concert at Dublin's 02 arena last night.

The Irish popstars gave a riveting performance at ...

24 hours ago From Voxy  View Original Article

Wellington, NEW ZEALAND - A rare vintage single malt Scotch whisky is to be auctioned in New Zealand next month - a chance to secure the ultimate Christmas gift for the whisky connoisseur.

Just 520 bottles of the Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve 1975 were ever bottl ...

24 hours ago From National Business Review  View Original Article

Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - The technology sector could reduce carbon emissions by 25% if implemented correctly, IDC says in the lead up to the climate change conference in Copenhagen next month.

IDC together with leading industry partners have identified areas w ...

24 hours ago From SolveClimate  View Original Article

New York, NEW YORK - On Nov. 16, two Greenpeace activists from Germany and Italy and two members of the press from India and Italy, all of whom were traveling on valid business and journalist visas, were picked up and detained by Indonesian police.

They w ...

24 hours ago From Network Norwich  View Original Article

Norwich, U K - A group of Norfolk children with disabilities will be going on an Easter pilgrimage to Lourdes thanks to the fundraising efforts of Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust group leader Elly Perrott.

Elly, 22, who lives in Hempstead ne ...

24 hours ago From Bizjournals.com  View Original Article

Charlotte, NORTH CAROLINA - Boeing Co. said it delivered to Philippine Airlines a new 777-300 extended range airplane packed with relief supplies for victims of Typhoon Ketsana.

The new 777 is owned by GE Capital Aviation Services and is the first 777 in the flee ...

24 hours ago From Times of India  View Original Article

New Delhi, INDIA - KANPUR: Kanpurites-- especially city youth -- will soon be a part of the unique 'Padyatra' which will be for the cause of cleaning the holy river Ganga under the 'Run to Save Ganga' programme. Courtesy, the district level action plan which proposes ...

24 hours ago From guardian.co.uk  View Original Article

U K - Opposite the old town hall in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, down the road from the Red Lion (aka "the pub where Robbie Williams was born"), round the corner from the Methodist Mission and next to a now sadly shuttered jewellery shop called What Women Want ...

24 hours ago From DutchNews.nl  View Original Article

Zwolle, NETHERLANDS - The government has given the green light to a controversial experiment to store greenhouse gases in an empty natural gas chamber under a housing estate south of Rotterdam.

Economic affairs minister Maria van der Hoeven and environment ...

24 hours ago From Hour.ca  View Original Article

Montreal, CANADA - The oil sands by the numbers, quick and dirty

Close to home: Montreal and the Athabasca oil sandsThere are several proposals in the works to reverse and extend pipelines from the oil sands to our front doorstep (or at least to a refine ...