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UN calls for quick formation of Zimbabwe’s unity government

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

The UN Security Council has called for the quick formation of a unity government in Zimbabwe as negotiations in Harare remained deadlocked.Four days after President Robert Mugabe signed an historic agreement to give up some of his powers to his longtime political foe, Morgan Tsvangirai, negotiators met Friday to unstall the deadlock in the distribution […]

Britain’s “youngest terrorist” jailed

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

A schoolboy, said by prosecutors to be the youngest Briton to be convicted of a terrorism offence, was jailed for two years on Friday for his part in what prosecutors called a worldwide plot to target non-Muslims.Hammaad Munshi, 18, was found guilty last month of being part of a cell that spread extremist propaganda and […]

Samak seeks Thai PM post party again, party split

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Thailand’s Samak Sundaravej accepted his party’s nomination on Thursday to return as prime minister, the official party spokesman said, resuming a collision course with protesters hell-bent on stopping him.”The party chief declared his determination at the meeting to return to work for the country again,” chief spokesman Kudeb Saikrachang told reporters after Samak met officials […]

US monitors new storms after Gustav hits Gulf coast

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

US officials were keeping a close eye Tuesday on two tropical storms already posing a potential threat after deadly Hurricane Gustav battered the US Gulf Coast.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Monday preparations were already under way as Hanna hit the Turks and Caicos Islands, with a forecast that it would head toward the southeastern […]

China limits use of Olympians’ names online

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists‘ names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.
The move announced Tuesday came after companies registered the names of winning Chinese athletes at the 2004 Athens Olympics as Web addresses, prompting an outcry by sports fans.
“The move will better protect the interests of the […]

Infants’ sensitivity to negative expressions develops at around 6 months

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

A new research has shown that an infant’s sensitivity to negative emotional expressions is likely to develop around six months.
Scientists from University of Tampere studied how the infants, between 5-7 months, react to negative facial expressions. They found that infants aged 5 months react very differently to a fearful face than those aged 7 months.
“At […]

AC/DC to release “Black Ice” in October

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Rock band AC/DC’s first studio album in eight years, “Black Ice,” will be sold exclusively in the U.S. via Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and the band’s Web site, beginning October 20. First single “Rock ‘n’ Roll Train” will hit U.S. radio on August 28.
In an unusual move, the exclusive release […]

Retrial begins in Ohio microwave baby-death case

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Jury selection began Monday for the retrial of a woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven.
China Arnold, 28, is charged with aggravated murder in the 2005 death of her daughter, Paris Talley, and could face the death penalty if convicted. She has pleaded not guilty.
Her retrial in Montgomery […]

Fire chopper moved slowly, hit tree before crash

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Witnesses of a fiery helicopter accident that killed nine people told investigators the aircraft had lifted off more slowly than normal before it struck a tree and crashed in a remote Northern California forest, officials said Friday.
After the chopper’s nose hit the tree about 40 to 50 feet above ground, its rotor blades struck trees […]

Man beheaded on bus by passenger that ended up eating the man?

Monday, August 4th, 2008

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3965… Do you think that after he cut the man’s head off, he decided to eat him so he would not be seen as wasteful? You know how some hunters just kill for the thrill and just leave the carcus in the woods?
 
Thats a good point. Wasteful killings can be damaging to an […]