Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses. -- Margaret Millar

Beverly Davis: Richardson to Musharraf: Step Down!

Democratic presidential hopeful and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson released a statement reacting to the asssassination of Pakistani former prime minister and opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, saying "We mourn for Ms. Bhutto. She knew the dangers to her safety.

Statement by mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (New York) on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto

"Today all New Yorkers, including the more than 100,000 who can trace their heritage to Pakistan, are saddened to learn about the assassination of Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Slain Bhutto's supporters take anger to the streets

Pakistan put its paramilitary forces on "red alert" across the country on Thursday after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked violent protests by her supporters.

Bhutto murder 'could spark civil war'

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto threatens to plunge a nuclear armed Pakistan into civil war, opposition groups warned today. The former prime minister was killed by a suicide bomber as she left a public rally in the city of Rawalpindi today.

Russian Woman Advertised for 'Spouse' on Craigslist.com

A West Los Angeles man and the Russian national who he married last year were arrested today by federal immigration officials after being charged with marriage fraud for allegedly entering into a sham marriage so the woman could obtain documents that would allow her to remain in  …

She was a fake wife and migrant cheat, but US spies let her into their secrets

A Lebanese woman who became an agent for the FBI and CIA after faking her US citizenship used her position to gain access to secret files on the terrorist group Hezbollah - the latest security breach to hit America's top intelligence agencies.

Belgian is brain of paedophile ring,

The European paedophile ring that was targeted by police services across the European Union was led by a Belgian from Bruges (West Flanders).

Face it - oldies want chums, too

Social networking online is no longer the province of the young - more and more 'silver surfers'are joining in, Chris Stevens finds

Michal Prochazka - lightening Kundera's unbearable burden of history

Last week the best-known living Czech author, Milan Kundera, was awarded the State Prize for Literature.

Tea rooms: a modern Czech phenomenon

Take some new age music, mix it with Turkish rugs, Moroccan tiles and Chinese lanterns and finally, add some tea - what you get is a typical Czech cajovna or tearoom, a place which has gradually won its place alongside Czech pubs.

Notes on the Looming Global Energy Crisis

With the world's attention focused on energy problems, important developments have emerged in the Tehran meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Caspian Sea-area leaders.

Checkmate? MySpace, Bebo and SixApart To Join Google OpenSocial (confirmed)

MySpace and Six Apart will announce that they are joining Google's OpenSocial initiative. Silicon Alley Insider reported the MySpace rumor earlier today. We've confirmed that from an independent source, as well as the fact that Six Apart is joining.

The Art of the Burning Man

The Burning Man Festival is much more than a temporary community, however. It is a city in the desert dedicated to radical self-reliance, creative self-expression and surreal art.

Strangers in Egypt

When Cardinal Roger Mahoney of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles gave his Ash Wednesday sermon in 2006, he called on Catholics to aid immigrants both legal and not.

Chaos is Good Business

Now comes Klein's book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, complete with a YouTube video from Alfonso "Children of Men" Cuaron.

How we went wrong on identity

After years working on identity and its protection, I've concluded that our identity infrastructure is fundamentally broken--and the Web is what ultimately broke it.

Christmas should be 'downgraded' to help race relations says Labour think tank

Christmas should be downgraded in favour of festivals from other religions to improve race relations, says an explosive report.

OpenSocial opens new can of worms

When Google announced that its new social-networking initiative would extend to any site that wanted to participate, the land grab for the social Web's attention just got a whole lot more intense.

Unspeakable Eats

I'd told my friends that my favorite local Japanese place served something provocative. "We've got to try it!" they exclaimed, to my horror.

An interview with Leonard Nimoy

Nimoy's latest photography book The Full Body Project is a collection of black and white nude photographs of full-bodied women, challenging the viewer to explore the issue weight in the modern feminine ideal.

Halloween finds influences in All Saints' Day

Imagine this: people in 4th Century Europe devoting a day to pray for the many martyrs and saints who have fallen. Now imagine this: children shivering as they make their way door to door in creative, silly costumes asking for candy. How exactly did this transition occur?

Why Tibetans survive better in high altitudes revealed

It's a known fact that Tibetans and Lepchas can survive in high altitudes better than others, but what enables them to do so has remained a mystery till now.

J. R. R. Tolkien: Saving the Ecosystems of Middle Earth

In J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy (1955-56) the ring is at the center of an epochal ecological struggle over the fate of Middle Earth.

EU treaty 'same as constitution'

The new EU Reform Treaty is effectively the same as the constitution it was designed to replace, according to a leading architect of the constitution.

Intel backs wireless Africa plan

Africa needs to embrace wireless broadband as a potential solution to the digital divide, the chairman of Intel Craig Barrett has said. "It's cheaper, easier and more efficient to communicate wirelessly," he told the BBC News website.

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