Archive for July 9th, 2009

4 Charged With Digging Up Graves Reselling Plots

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
4 Charged With Digging Up Graves Reselling Plots

ALSIP, IllinoisFour people face felony charges after authorities discovered that hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold at a historic African-American cemetery near Chicago, Illinois, authorities said Thursday.
Dozens of…

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Inside Frances Barbarians Trial

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Inside Frances Barbarians Trial

Inside France’s ‘Barbarians’ trial
Jurors in the Gang of Barbarians case in Paris are due to deliver their verdict. Youssouf Fofana and 26 other gang members are accused in the brutal murder of a 23-year-old Jewish man in 2006. Emma Jane Kirby…

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North Koreans Learn Southern Ways

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
North Koreans Learn Southern Ways

North Koreans learn Southern ways
By John Sudworth
BBC News, Seoul
North Korean refugees who make it to South Korea have often travelled a long, hard road.The land border that, for almost six decades, has split this peninsula in half, is one…

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Iran Learns From Past To Crush Dissent

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Iran Learns From Past To Crush Dissent

Iran learns from past to crush dissent
By Jon Leyne
BBC Tehran correspondent
As opposition demonstrators came out in force after Iran’s disputed presidential election, one exhilarated protester declared that his country was waking up.Two nights ago someone…

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EducationAcademics Denounce Maths A-level

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
EducationAcademics Denounce Maths A-level

Academics denounce maths A-level
Dozens of university academics have put their names to calls for a new maths A-level in England to be scrapped.Educators for Reform, a think tank offshoot, say “use of mathematics” is not of A-level standard. They argue it…

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Proof Mounts On Restricted Diet

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Proof Mounts On Restricted Diet

Proof mounts on restricted diet
Cutting calories may delay the ageing process and reduce the risk of disease, a long-term study of monkeys suggests.The benefits of calorie restriction are well documented in animals, but now the results have been replicated…

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UK PoliticsCut Heathrow stacking Say MPs

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
UK PoliticsCut Heathrow stacking Say MPs

Cut Heathrow ‘stacking’, say MPs
The government must reduce the number of planes that are allowed to “stack” over south-east England, MPs have said.The Commons transport committee says stacking – where planes fly holding patterns before landing -…

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Lower Asian Obesity Threshold

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Lower Asian Obesity Threshold

‘Lower’ Asian obesity threshold
By Adam Brimelow
Health correspondent, BBC News
The threshold for being overweight and obese should be lowered for British Asians, international experts say.People of South Asian origin are more likely than white people to develop heart disease and diabetes. To…

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UK PoliticsGet Tough With Russia MPs Urge

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
UK PoliticsGet Tough With Russia MPs Urge

Get tough with Russia, MPs urge
The UK and other Nato members should take a tougher approach to Russia, the Commons Defence Committee has urged.The MPs said that while co-operation was needed on many issues, it…

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Other SportSwimmingPhelps Sets Butterfly World Mark

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Other SportSwimmingPhelps Sets Butterfly World Mark

Phelps sets butterfly world mark
Olympic superstar Michael Phelps has broken the 100m butterfly world record.The 24-year-old American, who has won 14 Olympic gold medals, lowered countryman Ian Crocker’s four-year-old mark of 50.40 seconds, clocking 50.22. Phelps’ win…

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GOP To Call On Firefighter Sotomayor Ruled Against

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
GOP To Call On Firefighter Sotomayor Ruled Against

WASHINGTON – Republicans will use next week’s high-profile Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to raise concerns about her record on race, gun rights and abortion while Democrats work to defend…

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Afghanistan Tones Down Contentious Marriage Law

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Afghanistan Tones Down Contentious Marriage Law

KABUL – Afghanistan’s government has revised a law that stirred an international outcry because it essentially legalized marital rape, officials said Thursday. The new version no longer requires a woman submit to sex with her husband, only…

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Lawyers Spar In Paris Hilton Film Contract Dispute

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Lawyers Spar In Paris Hilton Film Contract Dispute

MIAMI – Paris Hilton hated her 2006 movie “Pledge This!” and refused for months to make promotional appearances for it despite a contract requiring her to do so, lawyers for the film’s investors…

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Travoltas Wife To Address Grief Over Sons Death

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Travoltas Wife To Address Grief Over Sons Death

LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaActress Kelly Preston, whose son Jett Travolta died earlier this year, will talk publicly in October about how she and her husband, actor John Travolta, have dealt with their grief….

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Reporter Held For 21 Days In Iranian Jails

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Reporter Held For 21 Days In Iranian Jails

ISTANBUL, TurkeyIason Athanasiadis’ ordeal began at the airport, shortly after he checked in for his flight to leave Tehran.
Iason Athanasiadis said he endured hours of questioning over several weeks in sound-proofed…

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More Than 300 Injured By Strong Quake In China

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
More Than 300 Injured By Strong Quake In China

BEIJING – A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province’s Yao’an county,…

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Drunk Badger Disrupts Traffic

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Drunk Badger Disrupts Traffic

BERLIN (Reuters) –
A badger in Germany got so drunk on over-ripe cherries it staggered into the middle of a road and refused to budge, police said on Wednesday. A motorist called police near the central town of Goslar to report…

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Speedos Are Bad Beach Behavior Poll

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Speedos Are Bad Beach Behavior Poll

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) –
Advice for holidaymakers heading to a beach or a pool this summer — don't hog beach chairs and men, leave the skimpy speedos at home.
A survey by travel website TripAdvisor found that…

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Rape Culture Condemned In South Africa

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Rape Culture Condemned In South Africa

MULDERSDRIFT, South Africa – Dumisani Rebombo wasn’t circumcised, did chores considered girls’ work and was sick of being taunted for not being a man. So at age 15, he took the only course considered “manly” in his…

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Low-calorie Diet Slows Aging In Monkeys

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Low-calorie Diet Slows Aging In Monkeys

CHICAGO (Reuters) –
A 20-year study of monkeys shows that a reduced-calorie diet pays off in less disease and longer life, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, a finding that could apply to humans.
They said rhesus monkeys on…

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German Exhibit Examines Nazi Influence On Music

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
German Exhibit Examines Nazi Influence On Music

EISENACH, Germany – Richard Wagner is the classical composer most associated with the Nazis, but Johann Sebastian Bach was the one the party dubbed “the most German of Germans” and whose music was played at…

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Iran Police Fire Tear-gas As Thousands Mark 1999 Unrest

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Iran Police Fire Tear-gas As Thousands Mark 1999 Unrest

TEHRAN (AFP) –
Iranian police fired tear-gas on Thursday as thousands of demonstrators defied government warnings and staged a march to commemorate the anniversary of bloody student unrest in 1999, witnesses…

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Analysis What Effect Would Sotomayor Have On High Court

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Analysis What Effect Would Sotomayor Have On High Court

WASHINGTONIf Sonia Sotomayor fulfills her long-held dream to sit on the Supreme Court, she would have the prestige of joining the highest court in the land, lifetime job…

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Statement Ensigns Parents Give Mistress Family 96K

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Statement Ensigns Parents Give Mistress Family 96K

WASHINGTONThe story of Sen. John Ensign’s affair with a former staffer took a new twist Thursday with the revelation by Ensign that his parents gave the woman’s family 96,000 as a gift.
Sen. John…

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Train Hits Car Near Detroit Killing 5 In Sedan

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Train Hits Car Near Detroit Killing 5 In Sedan

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – An Amtrak passenger train carrying about 170 people struck a car at a road crossing near Detroit on Thursday, killing all five people in the sedan, authorities…

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