THE FINNISH Game and Fisheries Research has estimated that the native lynx population is thriving with between 1,350 to 1,500 of them. The wolverine population has also grown at a more steady pace with...
The conditions of the flood victims in eastern Indian state of Bihar have become worse. Fresh torrential rain have made rescue efforts difficult. United Nations have today stepped in and said that it...
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Plans by Durban to temporary legalize prostitution and "adult entertainment venues" is meeting with predictably vocal opposition. While this would be an easy way to generate tax-based revenue from an industry that will service (as it were) visiting sports fans anyway, I would...
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Bush Impersonator Calls the GOP the , "Grand Oil Party" See the DCCC Ads Here here is another Link to the Ads By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com, Opinion-Editorial In an attempt to link oil prices...
A new law in BC no longer requires bus drivers to retire at 65, but many districts are wondering if that's such a wise idea. It's an interesting question--do driving skills decline at 65, or is a mandatory retirement...
"At least 40 people have been injured in religious clashes on a remote delta island in India's eastern state of West Bengal, police say. Fifteen of those injured in the clashes on Sagar island, at the confluence of the Ganges and the sea, were policemen. Supporters of the...
This news does not bode well for the future of education. The PC crowd now has education so twisted around the flavor of the day that little education actually happens these days. "A new report issued by the American Textbook Council says books approved for use in local...
" Eugene Tsui has designed a concept city called The Ultima Tower that would help solve the global population crisis. Acting as a human termite nest, and costing $150 billion, these two mile high green towers would...
Sen. Hillary Clinton picked up two more delegates today in Pennsylvania, 10 days after voters went to the polls."The new delegates increased her margin of victory to 12 delegates, giving Clinton a total of 85...
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Anticipating a poweful cyclone in coastal districts, Bangladesh govt has announced a high alert and requested its citizen not to venture into Sea areas. Cyclone kills hundreds of people every year in Bangladesh." Bangladeshi authorities in six coastal districts have been put...
"February 16, 2008 -- Barack Obama's primary-night results were strikingly underrecorded in several districts around the city - in some cases leaving him with zero votes when, in fact, he had pulled in hundreds, the...
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Viral/Pandemic Warning"DHAKA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka and to the port city Chittagong despite efforts by authorities to contain it, livestock officials said on Wednesday....
"An alarming situation has arisen in India where the bird flu epidemic has taken hold and spread further.
At present it has been confirmed in the Indian state of West Bengal with most of the districts in that state...
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"INDIA'S worst ever outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu could turn into a disaster, an official warned, as five people were reportedly quarantined with symptoms of the virus.""Across the border ... a...
"Officials in India's most densely populared state fear that an outbreak of bird flu could be devastating.
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in Malda, infecting poulty in seven of the 19...
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