"Will three anti-whaling activists from the UK and US end up standing trial in Tokyo? Japan is attempting to press charges against activists for the first time since 2000, when protesters started harassing the Japanese whaling fleet in earnest. Earlier this week Tokyo's...
" PROUD Lorraine Fleming had more reasons than most mums to shed a tear as she saw her son’s bride approaching in all her wedding finery. For bridegroom Reece was just eight years old — and getting “hitched” to his sweetheart Elleanor Pursglove was his last dying...
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"With so many websites - including this one - out to capitalize on the spike of global interest surrounding the Olympic Games an interesting divide has developed in the way publishers are approaching the RSS feed. Do RSS feeds promote a site across the web, or do they provide...
UPDATE: 6:45PM ESTConditions are worsening in Iowa due to intense flooding." Conditions in weather-beaten Iowa took a turn for the worse Thursday as state crews prepared to shut down almost 30 miles of...
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Today is the big day in Crewe here in the UK. A by-election in this traditional Labour stronghold is set to be a bellweather for whether Gordon Brown will be able to reverse his declining fortunes. If the...
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"MONTREAL (AFP) — Arctic sea ice is melting "significantly faster" than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a new study.The volumes of...
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It will forever be one of those events that you remember where you were when you heard about it. I remember I was back in Vancouver for my spring break from school and I was standing in my kitchen making a cup...
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"A few snow showers will linger from Upstate New York to Maine Sunday while the remainder of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states enjoy a quiet end to the weekend with temperatures near early March averages....
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPerhaps with crime and murders in the forefront, maybe Vancouver Police need some better direction. If Vancouver Police are serious and feel Jaywalkers are a going...
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Massive world demand has caused 34.5% domestic ammonium nitrate prices to jump to £175/t.As supplies continue to tighten, prices are expected to reach £180/t by Christmas, and could reach as much as £200/t in the spring. Imports are in short supply, with imported...
BREAKING STORY "DEVELOPING STORY: Russian news agencies cite the Kremlin as saying that President Vladimir Putin dissolved the government Wednesday.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov asked the Kremlin to...
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"RAF Tornado jets were scrambled to intercept eight Russian military aircraft which were approaching British airspace.It was the latest in a series of incidents this summer in which British fighters have been used...
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"FARMERS in Northamptonshire are contemplating the potentially disastrous consequences of more rainfall, after two of the wettest months on record.
According to officials from the National Farmers' Union (NFU), agriculture in the county has emerged from a rain-sodden May and...
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Everybody knows that war is big business, but that seems to be a truism even when the war (and the world in which it takes place) isn't real. "There's a lot of buzz in the World of Warcraft fan site universe this...
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Zimbabwe's Independence Day is April 18th, though one must question how free the citizens are; they are held in thrall by a leader who many consider a despot: Robert Mugabe continues to bully any and all voices of...
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