English becoming EU lingua franca / This despite strenuous objections from the French (San Francisco Chronicle)
At the European Union's daily news conference recently, the names of the 20 languages into which questions and answers would be translated shone in red lights on an elevated board, like the departure information for flights to exotic places. At the top, the... ...more...Voting Begins for Gay Germany - 'We Hope to See You in 2007' (PR Web)
In the German National Tourist Office's third major travel promotion especially for the lesbian and gay community, travelers from Ireland and the UK have begun voting to discover the most popular images of gay travel and Germany. (PRWeb Dec 10, 2006)...more... Local & National (Belfast Telegraph)
They are the next door neighbours who hide the secret that they are millionaires. Some are scared their wealth will end lifelong friendships. And some worry that new found friends would be attracted by their money and nothing else....more... Polish business expands in city (Limerick Post)
A Polish medical centre and a Polish bank could be open in Limerick in 2007 according to Pat O'Sullivan, president of the Irish Polish Cultural and Business Association. The city is home to a growing Polish population of more than 8,000....more... Yesterday in parliament (Guardian Unlimited)
Pre-budget report The chancellor, Gordon Brown, ended the freeze on fuel duty and doubled the tax for air travellers as he sought to establish his "green" credentials....more... Another Mlambo-Ngcuka 'gravy train' trip (Independent Online)
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has leapt into another "gravy plane" storm, declaring his outrage at the spending of millions to ferry Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to Britain....more... Jesse Jane in Hush, Greedy's Myplace and VCA's DVD Extras (DVD Talk)
The best of the lot this week was Slut Puppies 2: Special Edition ; the sequel to the well received Slut Puppies 1 . The movie contained a scene with uber hotty Teagan Presley taken from a few years back; perhaps her last before going under contract to Digital Playground . The mix of older and newer scenes provided the means to compare the evolution of Jules Jordan without the digital ...more... Ex-MPs' flights of fancy (Sydney Morning Herald)
Taxpayers fork out nearly $600,000 for former federal politicians to have free air travel around Australia....more... $600,000 for ex-MPs' flights of fancy (Sydney Morning Herald)
TAXPAYERS have forked out nearly $600,000 in the first six months of this year for former federal politicians to have free air travel around Australia....more... |