As the Progressive Democrat leader was climbing a lamp-post with a new election poster, replicating a trick from the last campaign, his publicity stunt was hijacked by an irate Mr Gormley. Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams informed his colleagues that he was on the average industrial wage, and that the bank owned his house. The interviewer, Patrick Kielty, kicked off the debate with this belter: "The last time anybody called Paddy from Northern Ireland was this close to a sitting Prime Minister in...

Putting an emergency pest-abatement district in place means commissioners would take up to $200,000 from the county s general fund this year to pay for control measures. Initially, they are looking at controlling such pests as black fly, of which one species is the primary vector for vesicular stomatitis, and mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus. That means that in a county of about 70,000 people, there could be a problem getting half the population, which accounts for the city of Twin...

CANBERRA - Drenching rains fell across most of Australia's parched southeast on Friday, with the best falls in a decade in some areas, delighting farmers who have endured seven years of drought. Widespread falls were recorded across New South Wales state, where drought has hit about 80 percent of farmland, and the southern state of Victoria, with more autumn rains forecast over coming days. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is...

Search for: site archives Advanced Search. Posted to the web on: 19 May 2007 Please say cheese! KITCHENBOY mixes cultures and comes up with some cheesy winners LITTLE Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey, Along came a spider, Who sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away. Posted to the web on: 19 May 2007 Please say cheese! KITCHENBOY mixes cultures and comes up with some cheesy winners LITTLE Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey, Along came a...

A young shepherd with an uncanny gift for finding lost members of his flock faces destiny and modernity in "Khadak," a hypnotic magic-realist fable set on the frigid steppes of Mongolia. Their world is devastated when an army convoy suddenly arrives to announce a livestock plague: The people must forsake their homes and animals and be relocated to the city. This time, the hard-luck rock band gearing up for the big show consists of three Japanese school girls and a shy Korean exchange...