Year: 2004

A few points on the death toll in Southern Asia The tragedy has been under estimated since it began Why didn’t the coastal towns get 3+ hour warning (the lack of central telephone alert is not a good enough excuse) Its NOT a tidal wave, the tide has nothing to do with a tsunami. Will…

The implications of the audacious suicide attack in the center of a heavily guarded U.S. military base in Mosul go beyond a failure of base security. The attack is the latest evidence that Iraqi insurgents have better intelligence about U.S. forces than U.S. forces have on the insurgents

It all began more than thirty years ago when the Fitzmaurice family decided to adopt a strictly wholefood diet. It was not easy; ingredients were scarce and there was little popular understanding of the benefits of wholefoods. But to the Fitzmaurice’s the benefits were soon evident in high energy levels and a general sense of…

DUBLIN’S Deputy Lord Mayor has strongly hit back at claims that he showed disrespect to a Northside art group by turning up at their function dressed in a sweater, jeans and runners.Cllr Andrew Montague (Lab) received a late call to represent the mayoral office at the Coolock Library Art group’s 13th annual exhibition last Tuesday…

Irish Times Article Supermarkets in the North are under siege from bargain-hunters from the Republic eager to stretch their euro in the run-up to Christmas. Customers from the South have been arriving in Border towns such as Newry and Enniskillen in their thousands to benefit from significant savings on many goods including alcohol, toys and…

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Veteran newsman Dan Rather, embroiled in a pre-election scandal over a story challenging President George W. Bush’s military service, says he will step down as the CBS television network’s top news anchor. Rather, known for aggressive reports peppered with folksy phrases from his Texas youth, will leave his role on March 9 — his 24th…

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands (Reuters) – At first glance, it looks like a tropical paradise: an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where palm trees encircling a pristine blue-green lagoon sway in the breeze. But to the native islanders, Bikini Atoll is more like an exhausted, scorched wasteland, where they eke out an…

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