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Zimbabwe holds first official meeting with Britain in nine years

Tendai Biti, the Zimbabwean finance minister and a senior figure in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), visited London and met David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary.

Stupid Banker of the Day: HSBC’s Kevin Bourne

European bank HSBC's dalliance in the U.S. subprime bubble cost its shareholders more than $15 billion in losses. So you might think the bank would be wary of wandering into the next financial bubble--that is the green one. But once again, you would be wrong to apply common sense to today's financial industry.

Chrysler tried in vain to sell parts to Chinese, form partnerships

Washington -- Before filing for bankruptcy protection Thursday, Chrysler LLC in recent weeks sought to sell parts of the company to Chinese companies and explored partnerships with nearly every major automaker over the past two years -- including Toyota Motor Corp.

How Madeleine McCann Might Look Now

The picture was sent out ahead of the second anniversary of her disappearance. Gerry and Kate McCann employed a forensic imaging artist to produce a photographic impression of how the youngster would have aged in the two years since she went missing.

Green policies = economic decline

- VACLAV KLAUS I am surprised at how so many people in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere have come to support policies underpinned by hysteria over global warming, particularly cap-and-trade legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and subsidies for "green" energy sources.

BI execs told to take swine flu vaccines

Manila, Philippines—Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan ordered all personnel assigned in the country’s premier ports to undergo vaccination in a bid to prevent the spread of swine flu.

Possibility Probed That Swine Flu Originated in Border Region

Doctors tracking swine flu in California are investigating a new theory: What if it didn't originate in Mexico but instead had been floating around the border region for months?

Mass. Senate approves pandemic flu prep bill

The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously passed a pandemic flu preparation bill that has languished in the Legislature before the recent swine flu outbreak.

Maytime in the Rain

APRIL HAS SHOWERED ITSELF AWAY AND MAY IS FLOWERING ALL AROUND THE BUDS ARE POPPING IN THE TREES AND LIFE IS STIRRING UNDERGROUND

Obama’s job, deficit claims are iffy

President Barack Obama turned the page on 100 days in office with an iffy boast about job creation and claims of fiscal prudence that are hard to square with his spending.

UK suffers largest job losses in EU

The UK suffered the largest job losses in Europe in the first three months of this year, a new report has revealed.

America’s Photo Gallery

The Canada Free Press (CFP) America’s Photo Gallery page is a place to come to in these quickly changing times.

Connecticut BBB Warns Against Swine Flu Scams

Wallingford, CT - Based on reports from online security experts, Connecticut Better Business Bureau is warning consumers to be on the lookout for fraudulent e-mails and Web sites trying to take advantage of the current swine flu outbreak.

North Pole Sea Ice twice as thick as expected

Radio Bremen The research aircraft "Polar 5" today concluded its Arctic expedition in Canada. During the flight, researchers measured the current ice thickness at the North Pole and in areas that have never before been surveyed. The result: The sea-ice in the surveyed areas is apparently thicker than scientists had suspected.

Child molester back at work at Hawaii Legislature

-Andrew Walden With the recent media attention to Maui Democrat Rep Joe Bertram’s April 1 court room antics in support his “friend” 52-year-old child predator Mark Marcantonio, Hawaii’s other legislature-connected molesters might be expected to keep a low profile. Not Leon Rouse. Sources in the Legislature confirm that Rouse, a convicted child molester, was rehired earlier this year to work as office manager for Democrat Legislator Rida Cabanilla and has worked for her all session. Rouse may be the only Legislative employee anywhere in the US to have a criminal record as a child molester.

The Almost Messiah!

Public outrage forced an artist to cancel the April 29 unveiling of his latest painting “The Truth,” which depicts President Obama posing like Jesus did on the cross with a crown of thorns on his head. Painter Michael D’Antuono, who had planned to show the work at New York’s Union Square Park on Obama’s 100th day in office, told National Review Online that he was surprised by the number of people who complained about the religious symbolism because he had intended it as only a political piece.

Randy Hillier to open up Beer and Wine Distribution

Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, PC Leadership candidate, announced today he would allow competition to the foreign owned Beer Store.

Political Police

The figure being bandied about in the media is that police are now up to 10,000 “uses” of the registry per DAY, (not year.) This is a phony contrived figure by having a computer generated “hit” for every police use of a computer, from traffic tickets to minor misdemeanor records.

Stock futures tumble on swine flu concerns

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is headed for a lower open as worries about swine flu unsettled markets around the world.

Members of the military are far from threats

Gwinnet Daily Post Never as I made my way across the sands of Omaha Beach, through the "hedge rows" of Normandy, France, to the battle of St. Lo, the frozen and snow covered Ardenne Forest during the Battle of the Bulge then on to Berlin did I envision that those of us in the military would one day be labeled right-wing extremists and a potential threat to our country by own Homeland Security Department.