Heavy Losses for Czech Premier's Party Prompts Calls to Quit

Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:39 AM EDT (dw-world.de)

Austria goes right and Czech Republic goes left. The opposition Social Democrats have made gains in regional elections. This has prompted calls for the resignation of the Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek.

politics, politics-czech-republic, politics-voting, czech-republic

Alex Salmond addresses SNP conference

Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:25 AM EDT (SNP)

Alex Salmond of the SNP and First Minister of Scotland launched a stinging attack on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In his speech to the Party National Conference in Perth. Salmond criticsed the Prime Minister for not getting rid of "Boom and Bust".

politics, scotland, politics-scotland, politics-uk, uk, politics-snp

Abyss opens for Cowen as FF TDs revolt

Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:25 AM EDT (Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed)

A poll for theSunday Independent show 88% of people want the Medical Card measure scrapped from the Budget. 2/3's of respondents want the Health Minister to resign. This stopry is getting more interesting by the day.

politics, ireland, politics-ireland, politics-health, health-medical-card, budget

Koran Words Delay Game's Release

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:06 PM EDT (Sky.com)

The release of a game called Little Big Planet, is being delayed due to the fact that one of the backing tracks has "two expressions that can be found in the Koran." This is crazy in my opinion.

technology, political-correct, technology-game, religion-islam

CSU and FDP to form Coalition in Bayern

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:43 AM EDT (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger)

The CSU and FDP in Bavaria have agreed to form a Coalition government according to Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. This is in response to the financial crisis in which the state bank has beenn caught up in. (original article in German)

politics, germany, germany-bavaria, politics-germany

Iran blames intolerance for losing UN seat vote

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:30 AM EDT (Irish Times)

So Iran claims the west is against it's independent positions and that is why it did not get elected to the UN Security Council.

world-news, politics-world, politics-un, iran, un-general-assembly, un-security-council, united-nations

Internet use 'good for the brain'

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:12 AM EDT (BBC News)

A University of California Los Angeles team proves that searching the internet is good for you, middle-aged and older people at least. At leat I'll be experienced by then!

health, health-technology

Do the Government want to fall?

Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:53 AM EDT

The Governments decision to scrap automatic Medical Cards for the over-70's is still reverberating around the News websites and the papers letters pages.

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politics, politics-government, health-medical-card, politcs-ireland, politics-budget

Letter: Medical card fiasco will hit GP services

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:23 AM EDT (Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed)

An excellent letter pointing out the facts that the Medical Card "fiasco" or "crisis" is Fianna Fáil owns fault. As usual Fianna Fáil put themselves first in a bid to win re-election. This letter by DR Shane Corr from Monaghan really puts it into perspective!

politics, politics-ireland, politics-budget, health-medical-card

No change to medical card move: Harney

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:50 AM EDT (RTÉ News)

Harney refuses to budge on Medical Card's. Is this a cynical plan to bring down the government and force an election. That's what my Dad thinks and I can see his point. Fianna Fail have gone to far with this, but cannot be seen to backtrack.

politics, politcs-ireland, politics-budget, health-medical-card, politics-government