Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Police detain panda cub fur smuggler (Reuters)


Reuters - Chinese police have detained a man trying to sell the fur of a young panda -- seen as a national treasure in the country -- for about $30,000, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday.



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Gerrard sets sights on Premiership title (AFP)

Liverpool football club captain Steven Gerrard models the new Liverpool home shirts for the forthcoming season 24 July 2006 in Liverpool. Gerrard wants to banish his World Cup blues by leading Liverpool to Premiership glory.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - England midfielder Steven Gerrard wants to banish his World Cup blues by leading Liverpool to Premiership glory.



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Congressman jokes about cocaine on TV (AP)

Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., addresses the Alliance of Delray in this file photo from May 16, 2005, in Delray Beach, Fla., where he laid out his Social Security reform proposal. Wexler says he was just playing along with the joke when comedian Stephen Colbert prodded him in an interview to say: 'I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do.' The Democrat who is unchallenged for re-election appeared on Colbert's Comedy Central show and was asked to say a few things that would 'really lose the election for you if you were contested.' (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter,File)AP - Democratic Rep. Robert Wexler says he was just playing along with the joke when comedian Stephen Colbert prodded him in an interview to say: "I enjoy cocaine because it's a fun thing to do."



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posted by Don @ Tuesday, July 25, 2006

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