Category: The World
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Down Under
Just a few different items from Australia that have caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20596614-1702,00.html" >Drought hitting livestock prices</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>LIVESTOCK prices across NSW are in freefall, with farmers selling off record numbers of sheep and cattle as the drought worsens.<br />n<br />nMeat processors say they cannot take any more livestock, and producers say they…
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Human Nature?
A lot of people out there indicate Americans are evil since we pollute the planet and drive big SUV's. So, are Americans inherently evil for driving large SUV's or is it just a side benefit of gas prices being low for so long? When gas prices went up last year <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/03/AR2005100301657.html">SUV salse plummeted</a> and…
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The Great Polluter
I always find it interesting that us Americans are all evil when it comes to pollution and the rest of the world is all good. With that thought in mind I present this.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_LEAD_POISONING?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" >Brain damage likely for 4 Chinese kids</a><br />n<br />nThe amazing thing about this story, it didn't happen in the…
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Sanity
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/en_nm/life_spain_models_dc" >Ban on skinny models shocks fashion world</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other catwalk pageants.<br />n<br />nMadrid's fashion week has turned away underweight models after protests that young girls…
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Crikey
<a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-09-04T045243Z_01_SP34161_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-IRWIN.xml&src=rss&rpc=22" title="Crikey">Australia's "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin dies</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, has died in a marine accident off Australia's northeast coast, local media reported on Monday.<br />n<br />nQueensland state government sources quoted by Australian Associated Press (AAP) said Irwin, 44, whose television show "The Crocodile Hunter" won international…
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Afghanistan Farm Production
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHAN_DRUGS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" >Afghanistan opium cultivation skyrockets</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Afghanistan's world-leading opium cultivation rose a "staggering" 59 percent this year, the U.N. anti-drugs chief announced Saturday in urging the government to crack down on big traffickers and remove corrupt officials and police.<br />n<br />nThe record crop yielded 6,100 tons of opium, or enough to make 610 tons…
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Excuse Me
<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1730770.htm" >Cattle industry prefers 'duffing' to 'rustling'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A move is on to halt the Americanisation of English in rural areas.<br />n<br />nThe cattle industry is demanding an end to the use of the American phrase "cattle rustling" when referring to livestock theft, rather than the more Aussie "cattle duffing".<br />n<br />nLanguage expert Professor…
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Running of The Idiots
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060707/us_nm/life_bullrun_dc">American paralyzed at Pamplona bull festival</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A New York man was paralyzed below the waist while dodging young bulls with other revelers in the bullring at Spain's San Fermin Festival in Pamplona on Friday, festival organizers said.<br />n<br />nThe 31-year-old, named by hospital authorities as Ray Ducharn, was undergoing surgery after being taken…
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Lost in Translation
I found an <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5130714.stm?ls">interesting article</a> out of Britain that seems to have lost something in translation.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>The emptiness (of Montana) is populated by bison, buffalo and horses that seem to roam wild and look upon their human guests with gentle curiosity. </blockquote><br />n<br />nFirst off, I though bison and buffalo were the same…
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Child Abuse in India
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060524/wl_csm/oyoung">India tackles child marriages</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Shanta was only 13 when her parents forced her to leave school and married her to a man twice her age. At 15, while most of her peers were in school, she gave birth. Now 17 and emaciated, Shanta is back in her parent's home after her marriage collapsed:…