A group of explorers in Japan are combing the Himalayas in a directed effort to find the Yeti. The expedition launched mid-August, 2008. "Over the next two months, a team of Japanese explorers hopes to obtain indisputable video evidence confirming the existence of the...
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" Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and canceling an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise,...
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The rumors are a flyin'"Twitter may soon be adding search to its functionality, with the acquisition of Summize, according to blogger Josh Chandler. The rumor-mill is a-chirping [ed. note: tweeting?], with a...
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I can't believe it's been twenty years since Beetle Juice first hit the cinema. It's got cynical dead social workers, a pre-Ed Wood Tim Burton, a pre-Renny Harlin Geena Davis (Cutthroat Island for the win!), a pre-Batman Michael Keaton, a pre-Heathers Winona Ryder, and...
Yet another accusation has been levied against the army and government of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe."imbabwe’s opposition party today publicly accused the army of plotting toassassinate opposition leader Morgan...
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After many years, it would appear charges are being brought against alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks. "A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men for allegedly conspiring in the...
" A congressman from New York has admitted to fathering a child in an extramarital affair three years ago.Under mounting scrutiny, Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella, who has...
"Sanjay Jha has been appointed South Asia Bureau Chief at NowPublic. He will be based in Delhi, where he would be reporting on Indian and South Asian affairs. NowPublic is a participatory news network that showcases...
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"The anchorwoman was clearly shocked: I don't have time now to respond to what you have said, she told the former U.S. president, allowing Jimmy Carter to make a narrow escape from her clutches. Then she added that...
Though initially limited to Serbia itself, violence has now erupted among the Serb populations of breakaway Republic Kosovo."A Ukrainian police officer serving with the United Nations in Kosovo died of injuries sustained in violent clashes with Serbs on Monday, Ukraine's...
OpinionBarry artiste, Now Public ContributorA perplexing story where data is so extremely rare that conjecture and theory seems to be the only scientific method on what would possess an identical Twin to take the...
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US cannot account for 190,000 guns in Iraq: report
AFP
Published: Wednesday August 1, 2007
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The US government cannot account for 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005, according to an investigation carried out by the...
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Montreal Police are taking this seriously and are investigating. Hopefully the webmaster will be caught, convicted and left to his own devices in prison for the prison population to deal with. One...
BAGHDAD: Ousted Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein will be hanged within 30 days, an appeal court
judge said yesterday, after confirming the former strongman's sentence
for crimes against humanity. Speaking in front of reporters in Baghdad,
Judge Arif Shaheen said the...