Un-naturally large swarms of jellyfish have invaded France's Cote d'Azur, and over 500 people have been stung.Protective anti-jellyfish nets are being used, but hundreds of thousands of them have made it into the...
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It may seem ratehr sudden and out of character for President Bush to decide, at this time, to establish diplomatic relations with Iran for the first time since the Islamic republic was established. But the timing has...
"The Bush administration has decided to break with previous policy by sending one of its most senior diplomats to engage Iran's top nuclear official, the White House announced Wednesday. ...
Officials from six world powers are attending the talks being held to offer Iran a package of incentives in order to close down Uranium enrichment programme. Western governments fear that this enrichment programme could be used for making nuclear bombs....
US career diplomat and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns, is to meet Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Saeed Jalili in Geneva on 19 July...
Wow, quite a story. Apparently these lasers were supposed to shoot into the sky, but because it was raining the set up tents and had the lasers reflect off them instead. The lasers were too powerful to be doing this,...
"Guy complied “for a while” but ran inside when no one was watching him and retrieved a computer, Hoeppner said. Multhaup said Guy wasn’t injured when he ran back inside but required some assistance to get back out.Police then cited him for obstructing a fire scene and...
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On the face of it this just seems like a very, very dumb idea. Don't these people read the papers (or even trade mags for Christ's sake)? Even Hellman's has figured out that food security is one of the fastest growing concerns people have. I thought BC was...
" Platters a plenty … as long as they are biodegradable, organic, locally grown, and have all the right and approved colors. Image Credit: sandwichmart.com O.C.D. In The D.N.C.?The fanatic level of control...
In yet another horrific act of violence in South Africa, a Mozambican man was burned alive by a mob of people today, near the South African capital Pretoria."The 30-year-old was stoned then set alight in...
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A fire started by lightning has now blackened 20,000 acres in southeastern Colorado and is threatening archeological sites in a national forest."The blaze has burned through tinder-dry juniper and pinon trees into...
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Wildfires continue across Northern California. As of last night, the fires have spread across 900 acres as a result of the gusty winds. "Firefighters struggled to gain control of a series of wind-driven wildfires...
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" TWENTY-FOUR miners have been found alive more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge Ukrainian coalmine explosion.One miner was found dead 750m underground.The survivors have been...
"Millions of men and women who suffer from premature baldness or hair loss could soon be able to regain their original lustrous locks - by cloningtheir remaining hair in the laboratory, research suggests.The new...
About 1,000 people in the United Kingdom have already been treated for horrific burns from leather sofas sprayed with a toxic substance to stop them going mouldy. They bought these sofas from two different high...