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September 04
September 02
Oil rig explosion in Gulf
related link: Explosion on Gulf of Mexico rig

An explosion has torn through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.

posted by Carene Lydia at 12:01pm
August 28
August 23
And you thought the traffic was bad here...
related link: Chines traffic jam enters its 9th day

Traffic authorities were still struggling to cope with days-long congestion on a major national expressway, nine days after traffic slowed to a snail's pace, and nearby residents are profiting on the latest traffic snarl by overcharging drivers for food.Since August 14, thousands of Beijing-bound trucks have jammed the expressway again, and traffic has stretched for more than 100 kilometers between Beijing and Huai'an in Heibei Province, and Jining in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China National Radio (CNR) reported Sunday.


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posted by pepper at 10:08pm
August 14
Japan, Checking on Its Oldest, Finds Many Gone
related link: Japanese officials undertake a survey of their centenarians after learning that three of them had been dead for 30 years.

"Hey! This one's still kicking!"


posted by CalGal at 09:45pm
August 09
Economic Slowdown Catches Up With Nascar
related link: NYTimes


Empty seats were common last month at the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis, where attendance was about half that of 2007


posted by CalGal at 11:22am
July 26
Files leaked to Wikileaks give new insight to war
related link: Pakistan is cooperating--on the Afghan side.

The documents detail multiple reports of cooperation between retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul, who ran ISI in the late 1980s, and Afghan insurgents battling U.S. forces in the mountainous eastern region of the country. In the latter years of the anti-Soviet insurgency, Gul worked closely with several major mujaheddin fighters who currently are battling U.S. troops and trying to topple the Afghan government. The documents also include reports that Gul was trying to reestablish contacts with insurgent leaders such as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose fighters have been responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks on U.S. forces.

Continue reading Files leaked to Wikileaks give new insight to war

posted by CalGal at 10:33am
July 21
The Force That Might Lead Islam to the 21st Century Might Be...China????
related link: More about women Imams

It is 5:50 in the morning, and dark shadows scurry through narrow alleys to the mosque, as the call to prayer echoes from a minaret in Kaifeng. This city in central China's Henan province has an Islamic enclave, where Muslims have lived for more than 1,000 years.

In an alleyway called Wangjia hutong, women go to their own mosque, where Yao Baoxia leads prayers. For 14 years, Yao has been a female imam, or ahong as they are called here, a word derived from Persian.


posted by TAFKA at 09:26pm
July 15
Oil has stopped (for now)
related link: No New Oil Flowing in gulf


posted by Sadie at 05:44pm
July 11
Spain Wins Over Holland: 1-0
related link: Sports Illunstrated


posted by CalGal at 07:02pm
June 23
Australia gets first female Prime Minister
related link: Gillard to become Australia's first female prime minister as Rudd stands aside

No, it's not M Claw.....


posted by pepper at 07:43pm
Earthquake felt in Ontario, Québec, some states
related link: CBC report

News reports estimate it was about 5.0. No reported injuries, thankfully.


posted by Aradiaseven at 04:11pm
June 19
Swedish crown princess Viktoria is marrying


posted by Ase at 09:52am
June 02
Cab Driver Goes on a Rampage
related link: 4 dead, 25 injured, shooter commits suicide


posted by CalGal at 11:52am
May 31
9 dead as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid convoy
related link: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/

(CNN) -- The international community on Monday condemned an Israeli naval commando raid on a flotilla carrying aid for Palestinians in Gaza, leaving 9 people dead.

Israel claimed it was defending itself, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) saying the soldiers' lives were in danger after they were attacked with "severe physical violence, including live fire, weapons, knives and clubs."

The Free Gaza Movement, one of the organizers of the aid, said that Israeli commandos dropped from a helicopter onto the deck of one of the ships and "immediately opened fire on unarmed civilians."

Continue reading 9 dead as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid convoy

posted by Ase at 12:10pm
May 25
North Korea to cut all ties with South Korea
related link: Reuters

The move is the latest in mounting tension on the peninsula following the sinking in March of the Cheonan naval vessel, killing 46 South Korean sailors.

posted by CalGal at 11:13am
May 21
Closed for technical reasons (um, ze art iz gone)
related link: Art worth £86m stolen from Paris in 'heist of the century'

(okay, only five paintings, but "technical reasons" cracked me up)

Paper signs on the doors of the Paris Museum of Modern Art ... said it was closed "due to technical reasons". Red-and-white tape warned people not to approach the scene, while police and security staff blocked the most persistent from getting too close.

The paintings, including Picasso's 1912 oil painting, Le pigeon aux petits pois (Dove with Green Peas), estimated to be worth €23m, and Henri Matisse's Pastorale (Pastoral, 1906), valued at €15m, appeared to have been carefully removed from disassembled frames, rather than sliced out.

posted by kalika at 12:39am
May 15
16-yr-old Jessica Watson completes solo sail around the world
related link: Watson completes around the world voyage

After a 210-day journey of a lifetime, the 16-year-old from Queensland's Sunshine Coast has become the youngest person to sail around the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.


posted by caitlen at 01:00am
May 04
Times Square bomb suspect nabbed at airport
related link: MSNBC

Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was attempting to fly to Dubai from JFK....police said (the bomb) could have produced "a significant fireball" and sprayed shrapnel with enough force to kill pedestrians and knock out windows.


posted by theDiva at 06:33am
April 30
Oil washing ashore in Louisiana
related link: Oil beginning to wash ashore; spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez


posted by Sadie at 12:30am
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