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North Koreans in shock as cash is 'banned'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6940482.ece All cash transactions in North Korea have been frozen after the Government s shock decision to revalue the won currency in an effort to crack down on the country s burgeoning free-market economy. In the capital, Pyongyang, today only the few shops and restaurants permitted to trade in foreign currencies, patronised by the privileged elite and the city s small foreign population, were open...
Dec 2, 2009, 6:26 pm - time*treat

8 Weird Holidays From Around The World
8 Of The Weirdest Holidays From Around The World Posted on Aug 07, 2009 @ 08:01AM We don t think anybody should need an excuse to celebrate but apparently not everyone feels that way. After doing a littl...
Aug 8, 2009, 11:51 pm - truesee

Wedding suits made out of bees
Wedding suits are bees knees Bee mine ... the happy couple By AMY ST JOHNSTON Published: 23 Jul 2009 WILL you bee mine?...
Jul 23, 2009, 11:25 pm - truesee

"Breaking: Senate postpones cap-and-trade
They're hoping we'll forget about it. __________ Breaking: Senate postpones cap-and-trade posted at 1:33 pm on July 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Source HotAir.com The Washington Post reports that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold off on c...
Jul 9, 2009, 10:30 pm - konane

The Strange Ingredients in Fireworks
The Strange Ingredients in Fireworks By LiveScience Staff posted: 02 July 2009 04:41 pm ET Fireworks for the 4th of July are all about light, color and sound. But inside, there are some bizarre ingredients, from aluminum to Vaseline and even the stuff of rat poison. An ancient mix of black powder, essentially gunpowder little changed from its invention in China a millennia ago, gets each rocket in the air by creating pressure in gas tra...
Jul 5, 2009, 8:07 pm - truesee

"...all the world's roofs should be painted white as part of efforts to slow global warming.
Finally some practical suggestions. Much earlier last century many roofs were tin which reflected heat well, although noisy in the rain and a lightning rod during storms. Then in the 50's you'd see most houses with white asphalt shingles ... most houses didn't have air conditioning so it served them well. However, in the 70's it became vogue to design houses which bore darker exterior colors, dark roofs which they said blended into the environment much better.&nbsp...
May 27, 2009, 4:15 pm - konane

Message to India...Please listen...
look India i can't work on you because there is no information available over India, things are so obscured...And i know that what they are telling you to do is not for your benefit but only with money in mind, they don't want to see you India as a superpower...I do... Anyways, you need to work on Infracstructure....And you need to create a panel that will think stuff up on how to improve India and making it a superpower raised to the 10 power...One problem that i am seeing is that...
May 23, 2009, 5:13 pm - pumpi76

Hundreds pregnant again after China quake
More than 750 women who lost children in May disaster now expecting The Associated Press updated 6:21 p.m. ET, Fri., Jan. 16, 2009 BEIJING - Thousands of Chinese parents lost their only children in last May's Sichuan earthquake, but now a few hundred families are expecting another baby, after receiving...
Jan 16, 2009, 6:44 pm - NBey6

U.S. Officials Find Trace of Melamine
U.S. officials find trace of melamine in baby formula Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:01pm EST By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have found trace amounts of the chemical melamine in one sample of infant formula sold...
Nov 25, 2008, 7:46 pm - NBey6

"Russia and Brazil crumble as commodity prices crash
Found this article via SteveQuayle.com, the Q Factor story of the day. Below is one profound comment following the article which mirrors how the socialist press projects its attitude as if mirroring the mindset of all of America to the world. In answer to the 'world seeing us in disfavor' we can congratulate our press on a hatchet job well done. _______________ Comment by Nathan Redshield on October 08, 2008...
Oct 8, 2008, 10:21 am - konane