News & Events - June 2007

A Saudi Prince has been caught recieving millions of pounds in bribes from British Aerospace, which the Britsih Government approved and encouraged. The British Government then forced the Serious Fraud Office from investigating it!

Now don't you think that this is a topic worthy of discussion?It makes a difference to BB, the poor McCanns and Paris "Bury me in Y shaped coffin" Hilton.

2007-06-07 01:56:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

There were supposedly 38 witnesses but how many of them actually witnessed anything with their own eyes? If anyone knows, what were their names?

2007-06-07 01:54:57 · 2 answers · asked by VietRebel 3 in Other - News & Events

True or False? Pay attention to every word in the statement and give me a lucid answer one way or the other.
If you wish you can put your anwer in an historical context.

2007-06-07 01:51:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

i think its utterly disgracful that maddys parents made an appeal,when its there criminal offence that left maddy unprotected and led to her being abducted. the world has many sick people that set out to hurt and abuse children,so why did they leave the children vunerable in that way. how many times have these parents previously left them to fend for themselves??? it makes me sick to my stomach that they are reaching celebrity status because they left their CHILDREN ALONE. if they had put the children first,non of this would be happening would it? i think they need to realise that people have lost sympathy with them,and are now finally thinking about how wrong they were,and that there are questions that they need to answer. no on in there right mind would leave 3 children alone at home,never mind in a foriegn country. its only a matter of time before they have to face up to what they are responsible for. its maddy thats paying the price dont you think??? our thoughts are with maddy

2007-06-07 01:46:23 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

With the frosty relationship between Britain and Russia over the Litvenenko poisoning crime trying to extradite a Russian to Britain to face trial for his crimes. And America proposing to install a nuclear shield in the Czech republic and Russian anger over America. Are we witnessing a backward step to the cold war days of the 1980's and a nuclear stand off? Will Russia go back to being a communist country and isolate it self from the rest of the world as it did prior to 1991. I know that Vladmir Putin used to be a KGB agent so he might want the good old days back.

2007-06-07 01:37:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

"Yes, we've lost Madeline which is very sad but we aren't going to grieve because we've got 2 leftover!"

2007-06-07 00:36:14 · 40 answers · asked by K Assiri 2 in Current Events

Is it an inert part of human nature or has society moulded us in this way?

Is it just the way the mind works?

Or is it something deeper?

Do you think humans have always been hypocritical?

2007-06-07 00:13:11 · 16 answers · asked by abluebobcat 4 in Other - News & Events

i was watching yeaterday and her face looked really numb and stiff. Has she had done for all these press interviews?

2007-06-07 00:01:50 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

princes wishes to leave thier mum alone what do c4 have to gain from this? they have said themselves that no picture identifys the body as di. to anyone that has lost anyone they care about(n i have)in a car accident is this not distastful?

2007-06-06 23:57:26 · 17 answers · asked by chef79geoff 2 in Media & Journalism

In her little Mirro column.

"I FEEL sickened by the venomous whispering campaign surrounding Kate and Gerry McCann.

More and more people seem to be joining in now and it turns my stomach. If it was one of my children missing, I'd sell my soul to get them back.

Kate and Gerry McCann are attractive, middle class and earn decent livings as doctors. This seems to provoke a dreadful envy among some people.

I've heard rubbish about how there wouldn't have been the publicity had Madeleine been the daughter of a single mum from a council estate.

Of course there would. Class does not come into it. Regardless of class, money or status, we all feel the most incredible amount of love for our children."

1) Dont be naive, yes a chav mother who leaves her kids alone in an unlocked room will get just as much publicity as the McCanns have got ......... geez! Wake up and smell the coffee.

2) I dont envy them because of their class or status. I envy the fact they somehow have avoided justice.

2007-06-06 23:34:46 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

and what effect is it going to have on our country?. Are we eventually going to end up a nation of people who can't do anything for themselves?
"The McCann effect" has really made people think and act in a very weird way, common sense has gone out the window. People are so terrified of how other people will judge them as parents to the extent that they don't let their kids be normal.

I live in a in UK city. Today, I went to walk my kids to the bus stop to pop them on a bus to school. My son is 11 and my daughter is 9. Their school is a mile away, I walk them to the bus stop near our home, they walk 200 yards to the school at the other side

Just as I had jumped off the bus having payed their fare and waved them bye, this woman said to me "you let them go by themselves?" and started tutting and giving me the stink-eye. I let them do things for themselves because they have to learn in gradual stages . If I deprived them of that wouldn't it be unkind?

2007-06-06 22:54:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-06-06 22:37:23 · 9 answers · asked by Pit Bull 5 in Current Events

2007-06-06 22:37:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

The USA has decided to try & continue with it's Anti-Missile Sheild by placing Radar Stations in Eastern Europe. Russia is not happy & has threatened to point Russian Nukes at Eurpean cities.

USA says that the Anti-Missile Sheild is to protect it from missiles from Iran and North Korea but, in my view, neither country has the range or technology to attack USA through Europe. In fact if North Korea really wanted to fire at USA then shooting Polar Bears in Alaska would have better effect. However, the Polar Bears are too busy drowning because of Climate Change to really care about North Korea.

Back to Russia & their threat. Why? Europe is Russia's biggest customer when it comes to Gas and other fuels so, as one BBC Reporter said, to fire Nukes at Europe would be like Russia cutting off its nose to spite its face. Anyway, if Russia really wanted to be noticed it would be very much easier to turn-off the fuel supply.

Are we at risk of another Old Skool Cold War?

2007-06-06 22:04:27 · 9 answers · asked by fojo81 3 in Current Events

I have read in todays news that the McCanns are launching wristbands to raise awareness and (more to the point) money to fund their search. Surely it is time to say that enough is enough. To give all this money for the search of one child in a world littered with abject poverty, abuse and millions of missing people is surely wrong. Have the McCanns even been to Morrocco where she was apparently sighted. Instead they are visiting The Pope. They are spending this money on a European holiday. They are not actually looking for their daughter. The chances of finding Maddie are extremely slim no matter what the finances are. This amount of charity could do real good elsewhere. Surely if you had all that cash the first thing you would do would be to advertise the world over that you will give it all to anyone who hands the child over. These people have acted oddly from the word go, and fair play to the German reporter who raised this to them.

2007-06-06 22:03:34 · 30 answers · asked by duck surprise 2 in Current Events

i mean thet are doctors for god sake not dull people if here waa sitting serive at the hotel surley rather than leave the kids alone you would use it i got a therory i recon they gave them all some kind of sleeping pills to make sure they did not wake but could not revive madaline because they had given her to much and then concocted the abduction to so they were in the clear to me maybe i rrad to many crime books and am being over the top lol but they dont cut it as the grieving parents and they seem to be loving all the puplicity they are getting not to mention all the vip treatment if any one else out there is thinking something simular please let me know

2007-06-06 21:59:59 · 3 answers · asked by budqueen1965 1 in Current Events

Well done that german journalist for asking THE $64000 question in a public interview, when the parents of missing Madeline were asked if they had any involvement in this abduction.

Am I the only one though to admit this question was on my mind?

Were you satisfied with the response?

2007-06-06 21:56:13 · 12 answers · asked by Hello 3 in Media & Journalism

Is it possible at this stage that Fianna Fail could elect a new leader as their current leader Bertie Aherne might jeporadise their chances of forming a coalition with another party because of his shady financial dealings?

2007-06-06 21:32:58 · 1 answers · asked by David X 1 in Current Events

Which one do you like over the other? What qualities do you see in their TV show and personalities that make you want to watch them?

2007-06-06 21:23:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

2007-06-06 21:14:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-06-06 20:57:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Just looking at the photo of her and Jerry on the Sun's webpage - are they false highlights or natural streaks from the sun? Just wondering because a trip to the hairdressers seems a bit....well....unnecessary to say the least.

2007-06-06 20:21:37 · 17 answers · asked by honeybell 2 in Current Events

Many of the vehicles were burned out from the engine compartment, a large number were photographed half a mile away from the WTC complex.on FDR Drive.

http://janedoe0911.tripod.com/StarWarsBeam5.html

2007-06-06 20:09:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

2007-06-06 20:05:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

i saw this information on world news now and i just don't want another country pissed off at the USA.

2007-06-06 19:41:19 · 10 answers · asked by ladyk33460 1 in Current Events

Wouldn't it be a lot better, more accurate to the issues and candidacies, if the candidates themselves posed the questions to each other and answered directly to each other.
Isn't that what debating is about?
The debaters debating not only the questions but deciding which issues are important to them and contrasting themselves to the others on those issues?
Why should Tim Russert, Hannity and their ilk decide what issues will be discussed and debated?

2007-06-06 19:07:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

His actions could have cost the life of a CIA Agent and her husband. This was treason, and he should get life. Mr. Libby was doing Carl Rove's, Dick Chaney's, and GW's bidding, so why aren't they being held accountable too? Is it because of their money and power over democracy, honor, truth, and justice? Are they above the law? Isn't this like unto dictatorial radical fundamentalism? How can we get back to and preserve our democracy?

2007-06-06 18:55:49 · 7 answers · asked by Billy D 1 in Current Events

What are some reasons it was a bad thing to do?

2007-06-06 18:55:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

During the carefully regulated nation wide polling done during the debate, Ron Paul clearly dominated the polls in all positive categories (with the exception of Best Dressed) and CNN refuses to even talk about him in the after debate commentary. They pretend he doesn't even exist.

CNN showed its true colors...Corporation Owned Talking Heads.

But I want to hear all your comments...do you think CCN is totally bias or is Ron Paul really invisible and only we see him during debates?

All opinions welcome..just try and be honest.

2007-06-06 18:42:37 · 5 answers · asked by Paul D 3 in Other - News & Events

2007-06-06 18:38:02 · 12 answers · asked by Billy D 1 in Current Events