Financial Times Libyan activism blooms in post-Gaddafi eraFinancial TimesIn this nascent political scene, money competes with religion and tribal affiliation as parties and candidates hunt for cash to hire consultants, rent office space, print newsletters and dispatch operatives. Often led and bankrolled by businesspeople, …and more » More: continued here
EBay buy uncovers Durham historyNews & ObserverBy Jim Wise – jwise@newsobserver.com When Durham film collector Tom Whiteside bought “Tobaccoland USA” on eBay a few weeks ago, he didn't know what he was getting. “I just knew it was going to be tobacco. I didn't know it was going to be Durham,” he … More: continued…
How To Get People On Food Stamps To Buy More Organic FoodScience 2.0Food stamps are not food stamps now, they are the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits – and record numbers of Americans are receiving them. Given that, it was only a matter of time before attention efforts turned toward getting … More: continued…
CTV.ca Yemen says more than 2000 killed in uprisingWashington PostResidents said a civilian was wounded when an airstrike hit a post office used as a hospital in Jaar. The city's main hospital was destroyed in a government bombardment last year. — Associated Press.Gunmen kill American teacher in YemenUSA TODAYAl Qaeda-Linked Yemeni Group Claims Responsibility for…
LONDON (Reuters) – Chancellor George Osborne will use a 28 billion pound ($44.36 billion) asset transfer from taking on the Royal Mail's pension fund to pay down government debt next year, a government source said on Sunday. The transfer of the state-owned mail company's pension scheme – subject to European Union approval and due to…
Stamp of approval requiredIrish TimesSir, – I've just come back from my local post-office (Donnybrook) where I tried to buy stamps in various small denominations. There are so many different postal rates for an ordinary letter, depending upon weight, size and destination, … More: continued here
How Darrell Issa and the Right Are Planning to Kill the US Post OfficeAlterNetThe Postal Service also proposes to shutter thousands of post offices. “Under the existing laws, the overall financial situation for the Postal Service is poor,” says CFO Joe Corbett. Republicans have been more dire, and none more so than Oversight …and more »…
Some of Britain's best-loved comic books characters are to grace a new set of stamps to be issued by Royal Mail. More: continued here
LONDON (Reuters) – Chancellor George Osborne will use a 28 billion pound ($44.36 billion) asset transfer from taking on the Royal Mail's pension fund to pay down government debt next year, a government source said on Sunday. The transfer of the state-owned mail company's pension scheme – subject to European Union approval and due to…
Daily Mail Anne-Marie Ellement: Raped female corporal found hangedDaily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter A woman soldier who tragically hanged herself in her barracks had never got over being raped by two Army colleagues, her family revealed. Corporal Anne-Marie Ellement was the alleged victim of a drunken sex attack by two serving …and more » More: continued…