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December 25, 2007

Five Dead After Building Collapses In Alexandria

A 12 story block of flats collapsed in Alexandria, Egypt killing at least five people on Monday. The youngest victim was only four years old. There is fear that more are dead laying in the rumble.
The known dead are a young girl, two men and two women. Ambulances and civil defense teams rushed to [...]

November 7, 2007

Murder In A Small Town

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In the middle of a small village in upstate New York lays a murder mystery. The players are varied and the questions that swirl around the case go unanswered. At the center is a 30 [...]

November 6, 2007

The 2008 Olympics And Child Labour

There’s only a year until the world descends upon Beijing for the next Olympics. In between the games will be the souvenirs that visitors will grab up. Will they ask themselves who made it? There’s a chance the answer would be a child in a sweat shop.
Packed into factories, employees are churning the mechandise out [...]

November 6, 2007

United States Upholds the Ban on Gay Blood

The United States Food and Drug Administration didn’t listen to the Red Cross or other blood groups upholding the 1983 ruling that gays are banned from donating blood for life.
The original ruling was in the beginning of the AIDS crisis when little was known about the disease. Before giving blood a man is asked if [...]

November 6, 2007

special report: History of American War Involvement Post WW2

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The last war that the United States entered into with approval of the Congress was the second World War. Since that time the States have violated it’s own Article I Section 8 [...]

November 6, 2007

Teddy Bear Held Camera for Child Pornography

The Durham Regional Police found a disturbing means for Ian Matthew Dean to observe one of the children he is accused of abusing. The child’s teddy bear held a camera inside it’s eyes.
The chilling find is just the latest as police gather more evidence with it’s case against Dean. The man was charged earlier this [...]

November 6, 2007

And the World Stopped Turning

As the taxi entered the highway I started to shake. Knowing that one life was going to end finally and not knowing where my future was going to start at.
I was beginning the road to being a survivor instead of a victim.
And I was terrified.
When I walked through the doors of the shelter my heart [...]

November 6, 2007

Four Premature Babies Linked to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 
Ste-Justine hospital in Montreal announced that four premature babies died from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The bacteria has been found in the plumbing pipes on the neo-natal unit of the hospital.
Several dozen other premature infants are suffering from the bacteria as well. The infants died between 2004 and 2005.
The bacteria causes pneumonia and septicemia. The premature infants [...]

November 6, 2007

Ontario May Ban Incandescent Light Bulbs

Ontario is proposing a ban of incandescent light bulbs by 2012. The older bulbs use 75% more energy than newer fluorescent ones.
The removal of the bulbs could have a huge effect on the energy consumption for the province.
“It’s the equivalent of taking 250,000 cars off the road,” said Environment Minister Laurel Broten.
The bold move [...]

November 6, 2007

Adult Asthma and You

With the dramatic increase of asthma most people know someone with the condition or suffer from the disease themselves.
Scientists are puzzled to way there has been such an increase but there is no denying that more people experience the shortness of breath associated with the condition.
There are several different triggers that can activate an asthma [...]