Brazil: Cane Cutters 312 Dead 82,995 injured in 3yrs

Brazilian ethanol production will jump 22 percent in 2007 from a year earlier, to a record 5.6 billion gallons (21.3 billion liters), the Agriculture Ministry predicts. Brazil will sell at least...

Soldier's body found 40 yrs after he died in plane crash

Sivasagar (Assam): For Jatin Phukon, the real pain of losing his youngest brother almost four decades ago will come only now. Twenty-year-old soldier Mahendra Nath Phukon died in a plane crash in Himachal Pradesh...

RP is 4th bloodiest country for journalists in 10 yrs - INSI

The Philippines is the fourth bloodiest country for journalists in the last 10 years, according to a study by an international media safety group. In its study from 1996 to 2006, the International News Safety Institute or INSI (www.newssafety.com) said the Philippines had 55...

14yrs Iraq girl rape

"14yrs Iraq girl rape at 8:46 PM A US Army soldier has pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and helping murder her and her family.James Barker agreed to the plea deal at the start of his court-martial in the US to avoid the death penalty, his civilian lawyer said."

Heart transplant patient OK after 28 yrs

"Doctors marvel that Tony Huesman is still among the living. The suburban Washington Township man has defied the odds, living longer with a single transplanted heart than anyone else. Huesman, 48, had a heart transplant 28 years ago. He recently went to Ohio State University...

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