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Will the UN Climate Change Conference in result in a comprehensive agreement?
[ Most Likely ]
Further negotiations
(63% chance)
Our aim there is not a partial accord or a political declaration, but rather an accord that covers all of the issues in the negotiations, and one that has immediate operational effect (US President Bar...
will close on 2009-12-08 EST
The Terrafugia Transition is a two-seater plane that at the touch of a button converts into a road-legal car. The fantasy of spy novels and science fiction films is at last becoming reality with a vehi...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
It is the ultimate off-roader and it is coming to an airstrip near you. The flying car has been talked about for almost as long as cars have existed, and now a prototype built by a small American compa...
will close on 2009-12-31 EST
Obama has vowed to close Guantanamo and reject the Military Commissions Act, the 2006 law underpinning the ongoing Guantanamo tribunals. But major hurdles stand in the way of doing so, even for a new P...
[ Closed ] on 2009-07-01 EDT,
Unanswered
A growing number of software patents cover abstract principles that are essential to software development. Consider, for instance, patent 5,175,857, which covers simple and stupid concepts. A group of...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
2 Ziibos Answered
Will HK's pro-democratic legistlators be allowed to enter China in 2008?
[ End Result ]
Yes, but only some can visit
Recently, Liza Wang, a famous HK celebrity, suggests that the Chinese government grant pro-democratic legistlators a chance to visit the Beijing Olympics and to promote China-Hong Kong dialogue.
12...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-31 EST
The Canadian Liberal Senator, Celine Hervieux-Payette, is promoting the anti-spanking measure known as Bill S-209. The bill, if passed, would repeal Section 43 of Canada's Criminal Code which permits p...
[ Scored ] on 2008-11-19 EST
The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2008. The pedigreed HBO miniseries John Adams nabbed a leading 23 nominations, followed by 30 Rock with 17 nominations and Ma...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-23 EDT
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in partnership with the PHS Community Services Society opened North America's first legal supervised injection site (Insite) scientific research pilot project in Septembe...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-02 EDT
Since the sex scandals involving Larry Craig and now Eliot Spitzer, since things seem to happen in three's, it seems there will be another sex scandal involving a major U.S. politician in 2008. This c...
[ Scored ] on 2008-08-11 EDT
Elections Canada and the Conservative party have been engaged in a protracted legal battle over $1.2 million in alleged campaign spending irregularities from the 2006 election. That dispute escalated l...
[ Scored ] on 2008-08-04 EDT
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The movie industry has seen mixed results from suing individuals for file sharing but continues to clobber BitTorrent search engines. TorrentSpy, once one of the most popular in...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-09 EDT
Will laws against polygamy be ruled unconstitutional before the end of Q2?
[ End Result ]
No, law is consitutional
The topic may seem outrageous, but this is actually happening in Bountiful, B.C., Canada.
A Mormon community in the small town of Bountiful, B.C., has had members secretly practising polygamy. The ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-08 EDT
NYSE:PPD - Bully or Bearish?
Austrian Airlines (AUA), the listed part-state-owned airline, must prove that selling an exclusive stake to Saudi Arabian investor Sheikh Al Jaber has strategic value for the company or face a legal wr...
[ Scored ] on 2008-04-04 EDT