Unclean compromises
A BILL TO REPEAL the Clean Elections Law has appeared before the state Senate, and the Senate president, Thomas Birmingham, doesn't know what to do with it. The senators should vote, and that vote...
View ArticleCITY SLAUGHTERHOUSES SO UNCLEAN, THEY'RE BEASTLY
EXCLUSIVE ALBANY - An explosive growth in the number of city slaughterhouses has sent violations of the sanitary-food code skyrocketing, a Post investigation has found. Collared Sex' Case Had...
View ArticleIraq life slowly improving after war
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In Iraq, glimmers of hope can be found in the unlikeliest of places. Few suffered as much in the war as Mohammed Abed, the tailor who found the bodies of his wife, his mother, his...
View ArticleAccused Burglar Takes Cameras, Leaves Tape
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View ArticleCholera outbreak kills at least 500 in south Sudan
More than 500 people have died in a cholera outbreak in southern Sudan where two-thirds of the population drink unclean water, the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
View ArticleSaudi to ban the sale of cats and dogs
Municipal authorities in the Saudi Arabian cities of Mecca and Jeddah have banned the sale of cats and dogs as un-Islamic. Saudi's religious police, the Muttawa, have been instructed the prevent the...
View ArticleSaudi religious police outlaw cat, dog sales
By Donna Abu-Nasr ASSOCIATED PRESS September 9, 2006 JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's religious police, normally tasked with chiding women to cover themselves and ensuring men attend mosque...
View ArticleFamily Gets 'Protection' From Neighbor's Dog
Arab News RIYADH, 29 October 2007 — Although cats are popular house pets in Saudi Arabia, the same cannot be said of dogs. Viewed by many Muslims as unclean, the primary purpose of dogs in the Kingdom...
View ArticleWait till you come home for tattoos, docs say
Tattoos, melons and sex workers should be avoided by Australian athletes competing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for health reasons, team doctors were quoted as saying on Tuesday. Celebratory tattoos of...
View ArticleHospital kitchens fail hygiene, safety laws
GRUBBY benchtops, sloppy pest control and off deli meats were found during independent audits of public hospital kitchens that found 94 per cent did not comply with new hygiene and safety laws. The...
View ArticleFive-star hotel infested with cockroaches
A LEADING luxury Adelaide hotel, investigated for a gastroenteritis outbreak which is believed to have affected 50 people, had cockroach-infested kitchens. The Advertiser can reveal the Stamford Grand...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia bans sale of dogs, cats in Riyadh
IN THE DOGHOUSE: Conservative Saudis view the owning of pets as a sign of corrupting Western influence, as with fast food, shorts, jeans and pop music Every single man knows: Walking a dog in the park...
View ArticleNew Zealand a natural partner in carbon trade: Kevin Rudd
THERE are no technical barriers to linking Australian and New Zealand emissions trading schemes, Kevin Rudd declared yesterday on his first visit to Auckland since being elected Prime Minister. New...
View ArticleHot and humid climate can lead to deafness
NEW DELHI: A hot and humid summer may not only be sweaty and tiring but might also cause serious ear infections which could lead to deafness. Doctors have advised people not to neglect even...
View ArticleStudy: Smog Chops 2 Months Off Mexicans' Lives
Study: Mexicans Would Live An Average Of 2 Months Longer If They Breathed Cleaner Air MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28, 2008 E-Mail Story Print Story Sphere Share Text Size: A A A (AP) Mexicans would live an...
View ArticleExperts: Warming to cause global water shortages by 2080
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By China Daily, Reuters A farmer walks on a dried-up riverbed in Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan province in June 2007. Climate change is expected to exacerbate...
View ArticleOne fatwa too many
Bob Teoh (Sin Chew Daily) Malaysia continues to be embroiled in controversies even as its embattled Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is preparing to step down from office soon. The current uproar...
View ArticleChina through hopeful eyes
: I came to China expecting to find what the Western media has been harping on for ages: a stifling political climate, even more stifling pollution and indescribable poverty. But though I looked hard...
View ArticleTexas Legislature expected to study puppy mill issue in upcoming session
1 comment by Pat Pape, Dallas Pet Products Examiner « Previous The Texas Legislature will convene for the 81st regular session on Jan. 13, and one of the issues expected to come up is the regulation of...
View ArticleCriminal probe on peanut butter scandal
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States -- The US Justice Department and the government's food industry regulator on Friday launched a criminal inquiry of a firm whose peanut butter products are at the heart...
View ArticleFinger-lickin' bad: $73,000 fine for filth
KFC outlets in Miranda and West Hurstville have been prosecuted by food authorities for filthy premises and pest infestation, after a 10-month investigation. Collectively, the two franchises owned by...
View ArticleObama links budget to environment
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's aides say the administration will work with Congress on his budget proposal, but energy independence is not subject to wheeling and dealing. Obama planned to make...
View ArticleWHO to stop using term 'swine flu' to protect pigs
GENEVA - The World Health Organization announced Thursday it will would stop using the term "swine flu" to avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs. The policy shift came a day after Egypt began...
View ArticleEgypt criticized for 'inhumane' killing of pigs
(AP) - CAIRO - A leading animal rights group criticized Egypt on Monday for using "shocking and cruel" methods to slaughter the country's pigs over swine flu fears, responding to a YouTube video that...
View Article'We're clean and transparent compared to Churchill's time,' says Jack Straw...
Jack Straw attempted to shrug off the MPs' expenses scandal today by insisting corruption was worse in Europe. The Justice Secretary also said the current generation of MPs had 'high standards'...
View ArticleWhat should one do with the pigeon do?
What do pigeon droppings and snow have in common? Neither belong on the sidewalk. That's the opinion of some St. Paul city officials who want to make it clear that property owners are responsible for...
View ArticleTattle: Biel & Timberlake are kaput, mag says
By Howard Gensler Philadelphia Daily News Daily News Tattle Columnist A FEW DAYS AGO Tattle reported that Jessica Biel was going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in order to bring awareness to the problem of...
View ArticleDoctors warn of health threat from Chile wreckage
CONCEPCION, Chile - Huge piles of wreckage and tons of rotting fish and other debris blanketing the ground are turning the coastal towns shattered by Chile's earthquake and tsunami into nests of...
View ArticleIran warn foes against launching war
Tehran, March 21: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a Persian New Year message on Saturday that Iran will "cut the hands" of anyone who tries to harm his country, in a reference to Israeli military...
View ArticleUS cartoonist disavows 'Draw Mohammed' Facebook page
Washington, May 21: An American cartoonist, whose work inspired the controversial 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Page' on Facebook, has condemned the effort and issued an apology to Muslims. Molly Norris, of...
View ArticleDon't keep dogs as pets, cleric warns
Tehran: A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are "unclean" and should not be kept as pets — a move aimed at discouraging Western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported on...
View ArticleAirline caterers' food could pose threat
Many meals served to passengers on major airlines are prepared in unsanitary and unsafe conditions that could lead to illness, government documents examined by USA TODAY show. inspectors have cited...
View ArticleWhy is the eating of pork forbidden in The Quran and the Bible?
2. Pork prohibited in the Bible The Christian is likely to be convinced by his religious scriptures. The Bible prohibits the consumption of pork, in the book of Leviticus "And the swine, though he...
View ArticleCommonwealth Games chief rushing to New Delhi
NEW DELHI - Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell is rushing to New Delhi on an emergency visit amid widespread anger over India's frenzied last-minute preparations for the event which is...
View ArticlePhilippines: 'Live it, love it'
I AM an Australian who has been living in the Philippines for two years, and I found Ceres Doyo's Nov. 25 column, titled '10 things that make PH ugly,' very interesting. I am here running a 700-seat...
View ArticleDiningGrades.com Releases iPhone App Rating Clean and Dirty Dining
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 00:01 CST DiningGrades.com, the national leader in promoting clean dining and empowering the public to grade a restaurant’s cleanliness and hygiene, releases an...
View ArticleSeth Rogen: 'I Smoke A Lot Of Weed When I Write'
'I think way more people smoke weed than the media likes to acknowledge,' actor tells MTV News. by Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz "That dude gave me the greatest gift I've had in the...
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