Saturday, August 12, 2006

Rat-infested home fit for Britain's royals

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Here's my selection of news items for today. I hope you find them interesting :)
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Source: www.cnn.com

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Analysis: Was this meant as next 9/11? (AP)


AP - Its scope was ruthlessly ambitious, causing destruction officials say would have been "unimaginable." The alleged plot to take down several U.S.-bound planes with liquid explosives appears to be unlike anything the world has seen in years.



Source: news.yahoo.com

S. Korea wary of sanctions against North (AP)

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, right, talks with  House International Relations Committee chairman Henry Hyde at the presidential house in Seoul, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006. President Roh expressed his reservations Thursday about possible additional U.S. sanctions against North Korea in the wake of the communist nation's recent missile launches to a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)AP - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun expressed reservations Thursday about possible new U.S. sanctions against North Korea over its recent missile tests, a visiting U.S. congressional delegation said.



Source: news.yahoo.com

Monday, August 07, 2006

You know anybody who needs an "anti-stupid" pill? (Reuters)



Reuters - A German scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported Saturday.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Factory explosion kills 3 in China (AP)
AP - An explosion Monday at a Chinese perfume factory killed three people and injured six, state media said.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Wild boar roam Britain once more (Reuters)

A handout photograph taken in July 2003 shows a wild boar in the woodlands in Rye, southern England. Wild boar are running feral and adding every day to a nationwide population of up to a thousand. REUTERS/Martin Goulding/HandoutReuters - West Anstey is a fairly ordinary Devon rural village. It has a pub, a few farms, a post office and a population of around 100. Humans, that is.



Source: news.yahoo.com