New York Skyscraper Accident
Two window cleaners had to be rescued by New York emergency fire-fighters yesterday after their scaffolding collapsed around 14:00 New York time, leaving them dangling in the air 44 stories up the Hearst Building for almost 2 hours.
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Grudging Foreign Aid
Yankee Go Home. Nato is Nazo. American trash culture. The graffiti adorn every wall, the contempt seems to be universal. America and Americans are perceived to be uglier than ever before. It borders on hatred and xenophobia. Are we talking about...
The Madman and The Iraqi War
It is the war of the sated against the famished, the obese against the emaciated, the affluent against the impoverished, the democracies against tyranny, perhaps Christianity against Islam and definitely the West against the Orient. It is the...
Hezbollah’s Bogus Liberation & Resistance Day
Believe it or not, on May 25 each year since 2000 Lebanon has been celebrating a so-called “Liberation & Resistance Day.” Sadly, this celebration commemorates a bogus event, and a phony heroism that did not actually take place.
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NSA Under Scrutiny for ‘Orwellian’ Order
The news that the NSA has been collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of Americans is an example of the genuine threat of ‘Big Brother’ governance in the digital era. While it shouldn’t surprise people that the government...
Black Pride: Distinct and Emblematic
Black Pride reaffirms our identity. And it dances to a different beat.
What started out in Washington D.C. in 1990 as the only Black Gay Pride event in the country has grown to over 35 gatherings nationwide. Each year celebrations start in April...
Lets Get Physical..Physically Drained
Summer is round the corner which can only mean one thing Barbecues, sun rays and lots of bodies on show. Now is the time where everyone is trying to get fit ready to show off their beach body. Low tops and toned abs, it’s all kicking off.
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The Joy of Hay
‘The Glastonbury of the Mind’ is how Bill Clinton described the Hay Festival and while I would loathe to describe Glastonbury as mindless, the overt selling point of Hay is its intellectualism.
Authors, philosophers, poets, ecologists,...
Knickers In a Twist?
Hands up any bloke reading this article whose never worn a dress…Very few hands right?…Right? Well I’m not going to be ashamed to admitting to the deed, having myself done it for a couple of parties at university – that’s...
Compact Living
When I first moved to New York one of the most noticeable differences was the living space. Apartments are much smaller here and I found it difficult fitting my life into one. However, it is one of the compromises that I, and many New Yorkers,...
