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North Korea lifts nuclear veil CNN was one of only two American news organizations ever allowed to visit the main nuclear facility at Yongbyon. .... We were shown the extraordinary sight of heavy metal pipes, chopped down and laid on the ground: They had been part of a coolant loop that sent...

Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate... More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, .... If shifts among Protestant denominations are included, then it appears that 44 percent of Americans have switched religious...

Doomsday Vault for world's seeds to open A "doomsday" vault built to withstand an earthquake or nuclear strike is ready to open deep in the permafrost of an Arctic mountain where it will protect millions of seeds from manmade and natural disasters. The vault has the capacity to store 4.5...

First biofuel flight touches down The...

US will back new Iran sanctions...

"The pen as a dagger! Those not so nice Canadians. Between them Brian Mulroony, a Conservative, and Jean Chretien, a Liberal, governed Canada for almost two decades until 2003, a period of sweeping changes. But in their respective memoirs, published within days of each other this past autumn...

Chretien: Canada in tough spot over Kosovo Never at a loss for words, former prime minister Jean Chretien says that Canada is in a "delicate" spot over the decision whether to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence. "Canada has to be careful because people want to separate from...

Stephen Harper's Conservatives have gained their strongest lead over the Liberals since first taking power in 2006, and have edged ahead in support on almost every key issue, according to a new Strategic Counsel poll. "It's a cold...

A section of Toronto's downtown core is ablaze as firefighters struggle to get a six-alarm fire on Queen Street under control. Luckily, nobody got injured! But what a mess! Buildings were completely flattened! Businesses gone!! Full story here....http://tinyurl.com/2txz82

Voting TODAY in Pakistan!! The opposition party is very much worried about tempering and fraud. But Musharraf has assured the country the voting will be free, peaceful and fair. If the Peoples Party does not have a landslide win, then the results have been rigged, said the Opposition Leader...

'Deadliest' attack in Afghanistan The Taleban have carried out...

edit: Am I loosing my faculties??? I think I got the threads mixed up!! This is getting to be embarrassing!

edit: it made no sense!

They call it the Defence Expo - I call it the Weapons Expo! Oh, what made them leave Russia? Are there some under the table deals and promises going on perhaps? It makes perfect strategic sense to get India on the Western side! Yes, it does:3some: Well, I guess they hold their own weapons...

Millionaire businessman and adventurer Steve Fossett has been declared legally dead by a court in Chicago. Mr Fossett has been missing for five months since his single-engine plane disappeared over the Nevada desert. His wife had filed a court petition to have him declared dead so the...

Man held in Bulgaria accuses RCMP of misconduct Kapoustin was sentenced in 1996 to 17 years for embezzlement. His family says the charges were trumped up and came because of a smear campaign that the RCMP had a hand in. In a website launched to promote his case, Kapoustin's family says the...

US plans to shoot down satellite...

Folks, listen to this highly interesting interview ... it is on right now 8PM

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/88475/coffee_art/

I love brave men! Foolish ones, too!!:smile: Yes, he literally took the plunge... not into marriage, but into the icy water at the North Pole!!! Brrrrr... I get goose pimples just imagining the scene! http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/08/454491.aspx Who would like to go next???