Give $10, pass it on, World Vision urges

“So what we’re saying is, give $10 to World Vision, pass it on, challenge your friends and followers to do the same thing. Because at the end of the day every $10 can make a huge impact in helping WV really help children and families that are suffering tremendously in Haiti right now.”

Scene in Haiti like 9/11 aftermath, Red Cross says

Thousands likely dead as bodies and possible survivors remain buried under rubble of schools and hospitals.

Speeding MD sparks a debate: Should doctor racing to emergency get ticket?

Should the doctor who was fined 300 bucks for speeding should have have been fined? I mean, yes they were rushing because they were on call to save someone’s life, but were they not endangering their life, and other people’s life when speeding?

Haiti earthquake feared to have killed many

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of Haiti is feared to have caused major loss of life in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Haiti’s envoy to the US said it was a “catastrophe of major proportions”.

Google threatens to leave China: report

Google Inc. said Tuesday it might end its operations in China after it discovered that the email accounts of human rights activists had been breached.

Tamil film made in 12 days enters Guinness Book (Sivappu Mazhai)

Mumbai: This is perhaps the most amazing feat achieved in the history of world cinema. A two-hour Tamil film was made in less than 12 days and it has entered the Guinness Book of World Records!

The work on film ‘Sivappu Mazhai’, based on Tamils in Sri Lanka started in the mid of May 2009 and got complete by June

Tamil execution video back in news

A video purportedly showing troops shooting blindfolded, naked Tamils in the final months of Sri Lanka’s civil war has revived calls for a war-crimes probe and cast a shadow over the Jan. 26 presidential election.

The controversy heated up after United Nations human rights investigator

Which type of shoe is healthier?

Everyone knows you shouldn’t run in high heels.

And running barefoot is not such a great idea, either.

But research led by an American doctor shows running shoes – many of them designed and marketed as able to absorb pressure on the joints when running – stress and strain your knees, ankles and hips more than running barefoot.

College students fret as strike looms

College students fret as strike looms. Plan Ontario-wide walkout ahead of teachers’ vote as some profs launch website opposing job action.