Popular Home-Grown Business Closes
The News Review:
- Popular Home-Grown Business Closes
- Eastern Congo militia leader surrenders to UN
- On the brink of a blunder in Iran?
- The GTA is our home, too
- WA misses ARIAs beat
- Iraqi insurgents’ clash with Qaeda kills 16
Popular Home-Grown Business Closes
KAKE - Oct 27, 2007
In a 4-page letter to media outlets, owner and president Todd Fox blames a corrupt insurance industry as the reason he cannot stay afloat. “We used to joke that, someday, a customer would drop a car off in a big parking lot and never know who repaired it or how well!” says Fox. “Well, now it happens routinely. ”
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Eastern Congo militia leader surrenders to UN
Reuters AlertNet - Oct 27, 2007
The violence forced thousands more civilians to flee and wore out the army’s patience with the militia group. "Now it is the military and civilian hierarchy that will decide his fate," Mayala said, adding that the rest of Kasereka’s fighters still needed to turn themselves in. Rugged and thickly forested North Kivu has long been a breeding ground of regional instability along Congo’s eastern border with Uganda and Rwanda, and a refuge for a number of foreign armed groups and home-grown insurgencies. Congo’s army has been fighting Nkunda’s rebels since August, when his men abandoned a January peace deal and pulled out of mixed government brigades. Kabila has authorised the army to prepare a new military offensive against the general, who has repeatedly failed to deliver on promises to surrender a part of his fighting force, estimated at around 4,000 men.
On the brink of a blunder in Iran?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… - Oct 27, 2007
Never mind that our latest National Intelligence Estimate says the main threat to our homeland lies with al-Qaida, whose leaders and bases are in Pakistan. The main threat lies in Pakistan, which already has nuclear weapons and whose political scene is being shaken by foreign and home-grown jihadis. Never mind all that. This month, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney ratcheted up their rhetoric to such a pitch it suggested a decision had been taken on military action. For the sake of our national security - and our national sanity - I hope I’m wrong. But the latest White House words about Iran bear an uncanny resemblance to the 2003 case for the war in Iraq.
The GTA is our home, too
Toronto Star - Oct 27, 2007
You will find links to our community partner, Habitat for Humanity Toronto, to potential careers in construction and to the Ontario and Canadian Home Builders’ Associations, with whom we are proudly affiliated. Our association has been the voice of the industry in the community since 1921. Obviously it’s a community that has continually grown and expanded, and we’re proud to have grown with it. After all, it’s our home too.
WA misses ARIAs beat
NEWS.com.au - Oct 27, 2007
getElementById(”print-logo”)){ document. getElementById(”print-logo”)… John Butler Trio is nominated for five awards and tipped to win at least one gong in the Best Blues and Roots Album category. This year is the first time in seven years a WA act has not been nominated in one of the two Breakthrough Artist categories. WA Music Industry Association executive director Paul Bodlovich said WA’s poor ARIA showing did not suggest Perth’s pool of musical talent was drying up, but reflected the cyclical nature of the music business. "The nature of the whole thing is that some years WA is going to have releases that will be picked up at the ARIAs, and some years we don’t,” Mr Bodlovich said. "This is certainly one of the latter years. "When you look at bands that have been doing well, a lot of just haven’t been that active over the past 12 or 18 months. "Bands like Little Birdy, The Sleepy Jackson and End of Fashion are either concentrating on the international market or are in the process of making new albums.
Iraqi insurgents’ clash with Qaeda kills 16
Reuters AlertNet - Oct 27, 2007
forces intervened in the battle," he said. Al Qaeda in Iraq has faced growing pressure from the Sunni Arab community, especially tribal leaders and home-grown insurgent groups who reject its hardline interpretation of Islam and its indiscriminate violence. Signs of the group’s weakening support were highlighted by an audiotape featuring Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda’s overall leader, which aired on Monday. Bin Laden conceded wrongs had been committed because of fanaticism in his group but urged Iraqi insurgent groups to unite with al Qaeda’s Iraq wing. Members of several insurgent groups have officially enrolled in "concerned citizen groups" fighting alongside U.