North AmericaWEIGHING a whopping 294 pounds, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom might seem an unlikely target for romantic advances. But the 6ft 4in ubergeek told a court on Friday he has received a deluge of letters.
Yankee's Rivera undergoes surgery
Panama’s all star baseball player, New York Yankees' closer, Mariano Rivera, has undergone surgery to remove a polyps in the vocal cords.
Sarah Palin’s goodbye kiss to presidential bid: advisers
Sarah Palin faces divorce proceedings from 'First Dude' husband Todd and has been told by her advisers to "kiss goodbye" to her presidential ambitions says a US newspaper.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY: Gloom and doom in US politics
Alexander Cockburn in The First Post August 9
ACROSS two evenings this week, we've been offered America's future in a couple of versions. Neither of them work.
Fall of Canadian government could unravel Panama FTA
The fall of the Canadian government facing sleaze allegations, could dim the hopes of Panamanians hoping for an early ratification of the Panama-Canada Free Trade Agreement.(FTA)
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY . Who will follow in the shoes of Mubarak?
Alexander Cockburn is a respected writer, political analyst and foreign affairs commentator living in the United States.
If you are a twitterer you won’t have time to read this
From the Sidelines
When was the last time you sat down to dinner, and re read the menu from end to end while your companion fiddled with a Blackberry or Ipod?
The canny golden touch
The third richest man in the world, US investor Warren Buffett, is on the verge of recouping the $5bn investment he made in Goldman Sachs at the peak of the financial crisis in 2008.
'No rule of law in Panama’ conference told
"There is no rule of law in Panama. It does not fill any of the minimum requirements” said Professor Miguel Antonio Bernal at a Washington human rights conference.
Panama cocaine shipment busted in Canada
Two men accused of trying to smuggle a ton of cocaine from Panama. Into Canada have been arrested by The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
Letter from the North—From angst to glory and paying the piper
By Jaimie Finch
One gold medal for Canada might have been enough. A world record 14 gold medals is certainly enrichment.The smallest fraction of any people strive for real excellence in something. Most do not care.
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