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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:55:55 +1100
Cruise ship fired upon, outruns pirates
A LUXURY cruise ship with up to 50 Australians on board has been fired on by pirates who came within a few hundred metres of the giant liner.
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:21:00 GMT
Girl strangled slowly for family's honour
A JORDANIAN man slowly strangled his 16-year-old married sister, using wire and the girl's scarf, after she visited a female friend because he had to "cleanse family honour".
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:51:00 GMT
Terrorist played dead in aftermath
A YOUNG terrorist involved in the bloody attacks in Mumbai was beaten by a mob led by police.
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:33:00 GMT
Girl strangled slowly for family's honour
A JORDANIAN man slowly strangled his 16-year-old married sister, using wire and the girl's scarf, after she visited a female friend because he had to "cleanse family honour".
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:51:00 GMT
Travellers come home as violence grows
ONE person was killed in a bomb blast at Bangkok's domestic airport, as the evacuation of foreign travellers finally gets into full swing.
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:26:00 GMT
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100
Evolution of the Turtle
 The ancient remains of a 220 million-year-old turtle have shed some light on how the turtle’s shell evolved. The fossilized turtle ancestor, discovered in China and named Odontochelys semitestacea, had a breast plate covering its underside and had only hardened skin covering its back. The finding supports the theory that turtle shells formed from the underside first and that the classic shell evolved later from bony extensions of ribs and backbones. Researchers believe that the development of the plastron, the lower shell that encases and protects the belly, before the carapace, or upper shell, indicates that Odontochelys semitestacea was mainly aquatic.
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST
Drug Fails to Help ALS Patients in Study
 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a degenerative disease that affects motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causing weakness, paralysis, and eventual death. There is currently only one drug available for people with the incurable disease, and a two-year study of another drug, which had previously shown some benefit to ALS sufferers, has found that the treatment does not slow the progression of muscle weakness. Two previous studies had looked at whether the growth hormone known as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) could treat ALS, but they had produced conflicting results.
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST
Chicken Trucks Leave Trail of Bacteria
 A recent study found that trucks transporting crates of chickens leave a trail of bacteria in their wake, prompting the study’s authors to recommend that anyone driving behind these trucks attempt to pass them quickly. Riding in a 4-door car with all the windows open and the air conditioning off, the researchers followed several chicken trucks down a 17-mile long stretch of highway connecting chicken farms to a processing plant. While it remains unclear whether the bacterial debris from these trucks can make people sick, the researchers did find strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria on and in the cars that trailed the trucks.
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:02 +0200
Bush 'pardons' his last Thanksgiving turkey
US President George W Bush has pardoned his last Thanksgiving turkey,which will now fly first-class to Disneyland in California.
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:43:00 +0200
Mini-kangaroos nabbed at Polish border
Polish border guards have foiled an attempt to smuggle kangaroos, miniature ponies and 11 pheasants across Poland's border with Ukraine.
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:21:00 +0200
Strewth! Australia drops cricket from citizenship test
Australia is to modify a test for prospective citizens to exclude questions on history and culture, and specifically cricket legend Donald Bradman.
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:19:00 +0200
Some Dutch cannabis 'coffee shops' to go up in smoke
Almost a fifth of Amsterdam's popular marijuana-selling coffee shops are to be closed because they are too close to schools.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:09:00 +0200
Google application baffled by British accents
A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:48:00 +0200
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:57 +0100
Space Shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Space Shuttle Endeavour lands in California
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:56 +0100
Jørn Utzon, Sydney Opera House architect, dies at the age of 90
Jørn Utzon, Sydney Opera House architect, dies at the age of 90
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:56 +0100
Tourists struggle to escape as Bangkok airport blockades enter sixth day
Tourists struggle to escape as Bangkok airport blockades enter sixth day
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:56 +0100
Riots in Nigeria kill nearly 400
Riots in Nigeria kill nearly 400
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:57 +0100
Wikinews Shorts: November 30, 2008
Wikinews Shorts: November 30, 2008
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:57 +0100
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Media Newswire
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:02 +0100
Holiday Editorial Planning Guide: This Week In Connecticut Post Offices
HARTFORD - According to a report in today\'s (December 1, 2008) Detroit Free Press, retailers scored a record of $733 million in sales on Cyber Monday 2007. This season, those shoppers who again go online to find bargain. This season, savvy shippers will also find postage bargains online some, for the first time from the Postal Service. Starting today, Post Offices across Connecticut and the nation gear up for holiday mailers.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:02 +0100
December 1 is World AIDS Day
The Kansas Department of Health and Environments HIV/AIDS Program has committed to testing at least 1,000 Kansans in observance of the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day on December 1. The commitment was made to the World AIDS Day Project AIDS Healthcare Foundation, whose goal is to test 1 million people for HIV from November 26 until December 1.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:02 +0100
WIPO to Host Symposium on Public Sector IP Management in the Life Sciences
As part of a series of information sessions on life sciences and intellectual property (IP) policy, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting a symposium on December 15, 2008 at its Geneva headquarters to explore national and institutional options for public sector management of IP in the life sciences.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:02 +0100
Conference calls on WIPO to Boost Support for Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights
A conference on the future evolution of collective management of copyright and related rights in Europe has called on WIPO to step up efforts to help stakeholders address the emerging challenges facing collective management. Participants urged WIPO to strengthen the copyright infrastructure so as to support creative industries and promote social, economic and cultural development.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:02 +0100
Learning Disability Reversed in Mice
Just as traffic signals enable safe traversing of the roadways, so too does the brain\'s machinery for learning and memory rely on its own stop-and-go signals. An NIMH grantee has traced a human learning disability to an imbalance in signals that increase and decrease neural activity and demonstrated a way to correct it. The study in mice, published in the October 31, 2008 issue of the journal Cell, advances scientific understanding of how memory works.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:02 +0100
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Top Headlines from World Press Review
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:58 +0100
Somali Piracy and the High Sea Drama
Regardless of what many media groups have sensationally been reporting, there is not enough information available to adequately explain the high sea drama or to pinpoint all those who are involved.
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:15:00 GMT
James Zogby and the Politics of Perception
James Zogby isn't just an Arab American with an opinion. He is the president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a well known writer, and an esteemed leader within the Arab American community. This is precisely why his latest article is so disturbing.
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:38:00 GMT
South Yemen Forms Liberation Council
Southern Yemenis just elected their own representative body, the Southern Arabian Liberation Council (SALC), which has called for an electoral boycott claiming the central government, not just the election, is illegitimate in the south.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:36:00 GMT
Kosovo's Regional Recognition Almost Complete
Kosovo's regional recognition can be considered almost completed with Macedonia's and Montenegro's
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:05:00 GMT
US President-elect Barack Obama crafts a home in History
As we venture into the future with Obama at the drivers seat giving the orders ... motivating us toward the right direction of a new America, where everyone has a voice.
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:05:00 GMT
I wish to remember Rabin too
Thirteen years since Israels Prime Minister was assassinated by a Jewish murderer, the assassination should have become a national, moral watershed, and should have been etched in our consciousness as such.
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:01:00 GMT
A role for religion in Turkish and Pakistani politics?
Pakistan and Turkey stand at a crossroads in their political evolutions. Both the PPP and the AKP have promised to bring about much needed political and economic reform, but their sincerity and ability to undertake such initiatives is very much disputed.
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:11:00 GMT
Child war victim shows courage to go on
Loss of hands doesn't deter young woman from Sierra Leone. Hers were hacked off in a machete attack in her native Sierra Leone a decade ago..
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:44:00 GMT
Some good news for a change
In Sherlock Holmes stories, the dog that didn't bark is considered significant. That is not true when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict where only bad news is considered news.
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:15:00 GMT
Geopolitical Diary: The 'World Electoral Map'
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:19:00 GMT
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