http://en.redtram.com/ News on "State & Community"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Tue, 13 May 2008 07:33:22 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 21394 | Industry minister promises action to keep gas prices accurate http://en.redtram.com/go/106778591/top100/ 106778591 The Conservative government is promising increased inspections and higher fines to protect consumers from fraud at the gasoline pumps. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:30:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778591/top100/ 21394 | Helicopter searching for missing boater http://en.redtram.com/go/106778588/top100/ 106778588 Rescue workers and police are looking for a young man who may have fallen into the St. Lawrence River near the city of Sorel-Tracy. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:30:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778588/top100/ 21394 | National Gallery cancels art exhibits in Chrétien's hometown http://en.redtram.com/go/106778571/top100/ 106778571 The National Gallery of Canada will no longer be putting on big art exhibitions for a gallery in Shawinigan, Que., the hometown of former prime minister Jean Chrétien. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:30:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778571/top100/ 21394 | Canada to play Norway in world quarter-finals http://en.redtram.com/go/106778556/top100/ 106778556 Team Canada didn't disappoint in front of a crowd at the Halifax Metro Centre on Monday that included Prime Minister Stephen Harper, cruising to the quarter-finals of the world hockey championships with an unbeaten mark intact. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:30:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778556/top100/ 18930 | Piracy - Captain: My 'heart sank' when pirates attacked http://en.redtram.com/go/106778305/top100/ 106778305 CNN - A first person account of what it is like to be captured by pirates. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778305/top100/ 38782 | Operations Other Than War - US sends in first aid, awaits green light on bigger Myanmar role http://en.redtram.com/go/106778304/top100/ 106778304 Associated Press - The USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group is standing by to assist cyclone-devastated Burma, all it needs is permission to begin relief operations...US Navy - Marines, sailors prepare for possible operations in Burma. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778304/top100/ 7626 | UK troops 'should do longer Afghan tours' http://en.redtram.com/go/106778300/top100/ 106778300 VICTORY over the Taleban in Afghanistan would be achieved more quickly if British troops lengthened their tours of duty, according to the commander of Nato forces in Afghanist Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778300/top100/ 21387 | Gas prices to keep soaring http://en.redtram.com/go/106778298/top100/ 106778298 The price of gas in British Columbia will jump just in time for the Victoria Day long weekend, according to a website that monitors pump prices. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778298/top100/ 21387 | Visiting B.C. students uninjured in China's massive earthquake http://en.redtram.com/go/106778299/top100/ 106778299 A group of B.C. university students on a study tour in southwestern China were unharmed during a devastating earthquake that killed more than 10,000 people on Monday, CBC News has learned. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778299/top100/ 7108 | Pak coalition splits over judiciary row http://en.redtram.com/go/106778293/top100/ 106778293 The Pakistan Muslim League-N, headed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has decided to pull out of the coalition government in Pakistan over the judges row.Several rounds of talks between the PML-N and the Pakistan People's Party, which heads the Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778293/top100/ 7108 | Suicide bomber sunk Naval ship: Lankan official http://en.redtram.com/go/106778292/top100/ 106778292 A piece of torso of a person and diving equipments were found floating near the drowned Sri Lankan Naval ship, suggesting the handiwork of a suicide bomber in destruction of the vessel last week, an official said on Monday. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778292/top100/ 25417 | FWP honors Region 5 hunter and bowhunter education volunteers http://en.redtram.com/go/106778280/top100/ 106778280 BILLINGS — Some of the teenagers who took Ted Moore's first hunter education class in 1963 now are old enough to have grandchildren in the program. Moore, the longest-serving hunter education volunteer in Yellowstone County, was recognized with a plaque Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778280/top100/ 7626 | Energy bills forecast to soar yet again http://en.redtram.com/go/106778189/top100/ 106778189 MILLIONS of households across the UK are facing further increases in their fuel bills after British Gas-owner Centrica signalled it may raise its prices. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778189/top100/ 7626 | Stone planned to slit throats of Sinn Fein leaders, court is told http://en.redtram.com/go/106778180/top100/ 106778180 MICHAEL Stone, the Loyalist killer, planned to slit the throats of the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness in a dramatic assassination when he attacked Storm Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778180/top100/ 7626 | BBC defends free cookery lessons for boss, served up by TV chef Blanc http://en.redtram.com/go/106778083/top100/ 106778083 THE BBC's director-general has been given a gift of free cooking lessons from top chef Raymond Blanc at his country hotel and restaurant. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778083/top100/ 7108 | Padma Shri Awardee Hulse mugged in Manchester http://en.redtram.com/go/106778022/top100/ 106778022 Canadian biochemist Joseph Hulse, who received the Padma Shri at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi last week, has been mugged in Manchester where he had stopped on way home to attend a school anniversary dinner. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778022/top100/ 7108 | Pak parties should sort out differences: US http://en.redtram.com/go/106778018/top100/ 106778018 The US has refused to be drawn into the latest uncertainty in Pakistan following Nawaz Sharif's decision to pull out PML-N ministers from the government and said political parties in the country will have to address the issues pertaining to Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778018/top100/ 7108 | Pak court acquits Zardari in smuggling case http://en.redtram.com/go/106778002/top100/ 106778002 A single-judge bench of the Sindh high court gave the verdict in response to a review petition filed by the PPP leader's lawyer. The court acquitted Pakistan's former high commissioner to Britain Wajid Shasmul Hassan who was also an accused Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778002/top100/ 7108 | Nawaz Sharif to contest by-polls http://en.redtram.com/go/106778004/top100/ 106778004 Yes, I will contest the by-elections," Sharif said, addressing a news conference after a meeting of the party's Central Working Committee and Parliamentary Party, which decided to withdraw PML-N ministers from the coalition led by the Pakistan People's Party. Party Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106778004/top100/ 5839 | Nanavati submits slapgate probe report to BCCI http://en.redtram.com/go/106777989/top100/ 106777989 BCCI-appointed commissioner Nanavati, who is investigating Bhajji-Sree slap scrap, has submitted his 14-page report. Tue, 13 May 2008 07:29:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/106777989/top100/