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WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- Plans to slaughter 400 kangaroos living on an abandoned military site near the capital of Australia have been put on hold due to public opposition, the Defense Department said Monday. Instead, the department said it has asked the local government to consi.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue May 8, 2007 @ 12:19pm neoform

Alter Net -- The U.S. government has proposed to make Vicenza, Italy, the largest U.S. military site in Europe, but the people of Vicenza, and all of Italy, have sworn it will never happen. The U.S. government has proposed to make Vicenza, Italy, the largest US mil.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jan 26, 2007 @ 4:18pm neoform

Nature.com -- The Allianoi archaeological site could soon be under water if authorities carry out their plans to flood a newly constructed reservoir. Located in western Turkey, the site is a well-preserved example of an ancient Roman health spa... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Nov 25, 2006 @ 6:45pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- The creator of China's largest pornographic Web site was jailed for life on Wednesday, state media reported... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Nov 17, 2006 @ 2:57pm mrmdc

International Herald Tribune -- The easing of a ban on the popular online encyclopedia traffic in China was short-lived... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- A doomsday cult leader whose followers are barricaded inside a cave in southern Russia will be taken to the site in an attempt to secure the release of several children, according to a government official. The 29 cult members -- including four children.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Aug 15, 2007 @ 3:58pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- Koizumi visited the shrine again on Wednesday, as veterans and relatives of the country's war dead gathered at the site to mark the anniversary. Remorse expressedAbe's decision to stay away reflects the continued political sensitivities over Japan's w.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 1:28pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- Laura Bush, first lady, was expected at the site on Friday on a previously scheduled trip. The collapsed bridge was rated "structurally deficient" twice, in 1990 and 2005, federal officials have said, adding that warnings were ignored by the state, wh.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:13pm neoform

Washington Post -- A contract employee at a nuclear materials cleanup site in Tennessee pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he stole classified information about enriching uranium to sell to foreign governments. Roy Lynn Oakley, 65, of Roane County, Tenn., was ar.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 18, 2007 @ 11:28am neoform

BBC News -- Police have smashed a global child abuse network which was co-ordinated through a UK-based internet site. The ring was run by Timothy Cox, 27, who admitted nine offences and has been handed a sentence which could keep him in jail until he dies. Agen.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 12:12pm neoform

CNN -- The government has ordered an Internet auction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for about $50. The Secretariat of Public Policies for Women announced late Friday it had ordered Mercado Livre, partially o.. Read More