By Celeste Carrigan Mid- terms, voters deliver blow to Obama : President Obama Democrat party loses control of the House of Representatives but holds on to the Senate in the US mid-term elections. Further warning shots fired by South Korea : A North Korean fishing at a maritime border came under fire from a South Korea’s [...]
Inside Russia’s mind.
August 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Ahmed Asif What seemed like a good friendship between two nations is now beginning to turn sour. Iran and Russia have long enjoyed a mutual relationship and good trade relations yet Iran’s nuclear program has witnessed the relationship somewhat deteriorate. The Russians along with China have been Iran’s only allies among the United Nations [...]
Change for America
March 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Wendy Wan After a year-long battle, change has finally arrived in America with the passing of the historic and controversial legislation to provide universal health care coverage in America. The House of Representatives voted the legislation through by 219 votes to 212. This will see healthcare coverage for 32 million Americans without it, and the cracking [...]
Bagpipe Busking across the USA
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of Dave Wilson By Lauren Witherspoon Widespread redundancies are now commonplace, but Rob Calder saw it as an opportunity to do something different. After uninspiring interviews and no clear vision of what he wanted to do, the bagpiper from Edinburgh had an epiphany. “I was actually just coming back from football one night thinking [...]
Su-bo smashes world record
November 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
By Gemma Haigh and Narelle McGowan Scottish Singing Sensation Susan Boyle has broken a world record with the most pre-ordered album in Amazon history. The Britain’s Got Talent runner up’s first album I Dreamed a Dream is due to be released on Monday 23rd November and is predicted to top the album charts. ‘Su-bo’ will [...]
‘Capitalism: A Love Story’
November 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
by Scott Norton Michael Moore’s new documentary, ‘Capitalism: A love Story’ , attempts to broach the subject of corporate greed in American society and begins by illustrating the fact that one percent of the population in America control ninety-six percent of the wealth. Moore’s latest movie is thought provoking as well as extremely moving in the way that [...]
‘The Audacity of Clothing Me’: the Sarah Palin story
November 11, 2008 By 1 Comment
by Michael Fern The inspiring rise from the beauty pageant stage to the vice-presidential debating platform is the stuff best-sellers are made of. This is the belief of Sarah Palin, who may be set to write her memoirs. The story of the maverick but wholesome family-minded hunter is one expected to chime with the public, [...]
