The Times of London reports:
A diocese of the Church of England is giving an unprecedented £250,000 towards a multi-faith building in which the largest amount of worship space will be reserved for Muslims.
The Guildford diocese is one of the wealthiest in the UK. The Bishop of Guildford, the Right Rev Christopher Hill, today handed over [...]
Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon is pondering allowing foreign investment and know-how to develop the state-owned petroleum reserves, reports (link dead) the Houston Chronicle.
The world is moving towards flat taxes and privatized economies just as the U.S. stands poised to out-socialize the Old World.
Pemex — which exports about 1.4 million barrels of crude a day to [...]
UPI reports (link dead) that Marvel Comics is developing comics in which superheroes work with the United Nations against conflict and disease.
The big lie:
The United Nations hopes to bolster its international image damaged by the unilateral diplomatic efforts of some Western countries by teaching children the value of international cooperation.
Sorry, try again. The reputation of [...]
The United States voted against a Defamation of Religion resolution at a committee meeting of the United Nations. The resolution passed 88-52 with 23 abstentions. Results are on the press release; scroll down to ANNEX I.
The text of the resolution (English, PDF) claims to support diversity but singles out Islam as a persecuted religion seven [...]
Just when Brazil developed ethanol from sugar to make themselves independent of foreign petroleum, they go and strike oil, BusinessWeek reports.
Petrobras announced Nov. 8 it has found between 5 billion and 8 billion barrels of light oil and gas at the Tupi field, 155 miles offshore southern Brazil in an area it shares with Britain’s [...]
A screen capture from Bloglines is worth a thousand words:
Reuters reports that Yoko Ono has created — get this — a tower of light in Iceland. The “Imagine Peace Tower” will be on every year from October 9 to December 8, the birth and death dates of John Lennon.
“I hope that when the light from the tower will shine, the world will pause for [...]
BBC reports that Uganda will open its first drug plant for treating HIV/AIDS.
It aims to reduce the cost of the vital medication by cutting import costs.
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Ugandan drugs importer Quality Chemicals will produce the medicines locally with Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla, one of the world’s largest producers of generic drugs. It hopes to sell them in [...]
