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Clouds clear for Jetman Yves Rossy to retry Channel crossing

The Swiss daredevil who is attempting to be the first man to fly across the channel in a single-wing jet-propelled pack will make another attempt today, after yesterday's flight had to be cancelled because of...

created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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DdR

Mushrooms cause mid-air emergency

In the time straight after an air disaster such as the Spanish air crash last week that killed 153 passengers flyers of a nervous dispostion feel more nervous and even seasoned flyers might have some underlying...

created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Canada: Accused Egyptian Terrorist Harkat Lawyers Seek Extra Public Defence F...

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor For Now Public Readers, I have some knowledge of this case. This person has many strikes against him, fraud using a forged passport, soon marrying a lovelorn French Canadian woman, some say was duped in order for him to stay...

created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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quinn.anya

Hitchcock- type Birds halt trains & Cut Power in India

" PATNA, India (Reuters) - Train services were disrupted in parts of eastern India for three hours after flocks of agitated crows snapped overhead power lines when railway workers tried to...

created by phoenixesrose | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Seung-Chul Baik

145 Homes In Danger After City of Belleville, Ontario Floods

Many residents were hoping their belongings and homes were intact after the worst flooding in 27 years hit the Belleville, Ontario area. Six homes were evacuated and more than 145 homes were in the path of the...

created by Rob Walker | 3 years ago
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Canadian Bank Robber Pleads Guilty To Funding Rebels

Wow, this guy certainly doesn't even look like he's over 18, let alone a criminal mastermind."A Canadian bank robber who pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an antique jewellery piece made for a 19th-century Austrian empress also revealed he was funding Kurdish rebels in...

created by Rob Walker | 4 years ago
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Canadian defense minister takes cover in Afghan rocket attack

Ray Keating

Canadian defense minister takes cover in Afghan rocket attack

" Insurgents launched two rocket attacks on a Canadian base in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, where Defense Minister Peter Mackay was visiting troops, media reported. According to reports, MacKay was not wounded...

created by Ray Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Edmund Jenks

Something "Lyrid" Is Lurking In The Sky Tonight :: Oblate Spheroid

"Ever stop and wonder why the Earth is really, at once ... so big, and yet, so small? Tonight and tomorrow we will all have a chance to wonder and realize that this Blue Orb is a special platform on which to...