Posted By:  clf55 Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008	Explosion Of Anger Follows Explosion Of Propane As Furious Residents Scream At Officials Over Asbestos
An attempt by city officials to calm the nerves of residents in the area around the weekend's massive propane blast backfired on Wednesday, after angry homeowners called them 'smug' and screamed at them over their assurances there weren't any health concerns due to asbestos. The press...... [view]

Posted By:  clf55 Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008	Missing Sunrise Propane employee was dedicated, down to earth, friend says
TORONTO — A propane depot employee believed to have died in Sunday's massive explosions that sent thousands fleeing a Toronto neighbourhood was an international student from India who was "the heart and soul" of the people close to him, people who knew him said Thursday. Parminder Saini, 24,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 22, 2008	Bahamian Religions
Owning your religion: By Nadine Thomas-Brown, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: If Bahamian religion could be seen as a fabric it would probably be Androsia cotton with little if any room for Gabardine or Kente Cloth. Usually when one thinks of religion in The Bahamas,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 26, 2008	Agent Kolar, Bush’s new hope for destabilizing Cuba
BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD —Granma International staff writer— • CAUGHT up in a series of scandals that erased what little credibility it had on the Cuba issue, the Bush administration, which until now trusted that its Cuban-American mercenaries would succeed in destabilizing the country, has...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 6, 2008	The Chinese victory (Part II)
Reflections of Fidel: WHEN World War I broke out in 1914, China joined the allies. As recompense, China was promised that the German concessions in the province of Shandong would be returned to them at the end of the war. After the Treaty of Versailles, which President Woodrow Wilson...... [view]