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In South Africa, Chinese is the New Black
Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:00 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
A high court in South Africa ruled on Wednesday that Chinese-South Africans will be reclassified as "black," a term that includes black Africans, Indians and others who were subject to discrimination under apartheid.
Archaeologists Recreate Aztec 'Whistles of Death'
Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:36 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)
MEXICO CITY — Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the noisemakers for nearly 15 years.
This summer may see first ice-free North Pole
Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:40 PM EDT
There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says.
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Another AntiSemitic Attack in France
Seeded on Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:42 AM EDT ()
"The young man, identified as Rudy Haddad by one Jewish organization, was attacked by youths of African origin, a police source said, and the National Agency of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism said he had been attacked with iron bars.
France's Carla Bruni-Sarkozy steals the show
Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:36 PM EDT
In his first presidential visit to Israel, Nicolas Sarkozy has said Israeli-Palestinian peace is immediately attainable, talked tough against Iran's nuclear program and delivered an address to parliament.
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Tory David Davis quits over detention plan - Yahoo! News UK
Seeded on Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:19 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Hats off to David Davis. Just imagine if more politicians had the guts to do what's right. Hopefully others will follow Davis' example which basically says, "There are more important things at stake than my own career".
Now it's Canada;s turn to say "sorry".
Seeded on Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:41 PM EDT (BBC News)
Canada has apologised for forcing more than 100,000 aboriginal children to attend state-funded Christian boarding schools aimed at assimilating them. Mike Cachagee was one of those children.
A massive group of muslims come out to protest terror. Will the west hear them?
Seeded on Sun Jun 1, 2008 1:57 AM EDT (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, one of the leading Islamic organisations, along with several other Muslim outfits owing allegiance to different sects and ideologies, issued a "fatwa" against terrorism at the Anti-Terrorism Global Peace Conference at Ramlila Grounds here on Sa …
UK - Alton Towers' new PDA ban
Seeded on Sun May 25, 2008 2:42 PM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)
A THEME park has banned adults from using pocket computers – so they spend more time having fun with their kids. Any parent seen tapping on a PDA will have it confiscated by special wardens at Alton Towers.
Panama tribe exiles its king over power plant deal
Seeded on Fri May 23, 2008 8:05 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
An indigenous Panamanian tribe has driven its king into exile over his approval of a £25m hydro-electric project in its jungle realm.
Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years
Seeded on Sat May 17, 2008 6:00 PM EDT (DailyRecord.co.uk)
THE remains of a woman have been found sitting in front of her TV - 42 years after she was reported missing. Hedviga Golik, who was born in 1924, had apparently made herself a cup of tea before sitting in her favourite armchair in front of her black and white television
Richard Dawkins failed to buy Albert Einstein superstition letter
Seeded on Sat May 17, 2008 10:11 AM EDT (Telegraph)
Biologist Professor Richard Dawkins has revealed he was one of the bidders who lost out in an auction for a letter by Albert Einstein. Dawkins, a renowned atheist, had hoped to buy the note in which the physicist describes religious beliefs as "childish superstitions".
Prominent neoconservative site (PNAC) goes under
Seeded on Fri May 16, 2008 7:06 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Eleven years ago, the neoconservative Project for a New American Century (PNAC) set out its statement of principles advocating the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, putting the country on the road to a preventative invasion of Iraq.
The Return of the Neocon Series: Paul Wolfowitz
Fri May 16, 2008 8:18 AM EDT
The Neocon Series is a Newsvine exclusive. Thirteenth in a Series. Phase One of the Neocon series returns with the reptilian overlord of Neocon finance, Paul Wolfowitz.
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Seaweed provides clues to earliest inhabitants of Americas
Thu May 8, 2008 2:00 PM EDT
Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas.
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Half of EU immigrants to UK have already left
Seeded on Sun May 4, 2008 8:08 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Half of the 1 million eastern Europeans who have come to Britain since 2004 have already gone home, according to a new study.
Is this what a police state looks like?
Seeded on Sat May 3, 2008 3:05 PM EDT (New Statesman Contents)
Hours before Boris Johnson took the platform outside City Hall to proclaim his victory as the next mayor of London, anarchists and anti-fascist activists assembled along the Queen s Walk to protest the elections and in a bid to blockade Richard Barnbrook and other members of the …
Reservist killers jailed for 11 years
Seeded on Fri May 2, 2008 7:51 PM EDT (National Post)
TORONTO - Paul Croutch was killed by two Canadian Forces reservists in a "sadistic and senseless" attack because he was a homeless person, an Ontario Superior Court judge concluded yesterday.
Rally calls for immigration reform, end to raids
Seeded on Fri May 2, 2008 7:22 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)
More than 200 supporters of immigrant rights rallied in downtown Houston on Thursday, calling for an overhaul of immigration laws and an end to a recent spate of workplace raids.
Conservationists rescue almost 300 Cambodian reptiles
Thu May 1, 2008 7:52 AM EDT
Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday.
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Nature's carbon balance confirmed
Seeded on Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:38 PM EDT (BBC News)
Scientists have found new evidence that the Earth's natural feedback mechanism regulated carbon dioxide levels for hundreds of thousands of years. But they say humans are now emitting CO2 so fast that the planet's natural balancing mechanism cannot keep up.
Solar Power Lightens Up with Thin-Film Technology: Scientific American
Seeded on Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:52 PM EDT (Sciam)
The sun blasts Earth with enough energy in one hour—4.3 x 1020 joules—to provide all of humanity's energy needs for a year (4.1 x 1020 joules), according to physicist Steven Chu, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Israel Must Explain Why Colombian Drug Lords are Flying US Choppers That Were Once Sold To Israel.
Seeded on Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:00 AM EDT (ynetnews.com)
Please Note This seed refers to a story first published in 2005. American officials demand Israel provide explanations for how U.S.-made choppers sold to Israel ended up in service of Columbian drug cartel. Incident may cloud relations between countries
Religion a Figment of Human Imagination
Seeded on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:55 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
Humans alone practice religion because they're the only creatures to have evolved imagination.
Zimbabwe government tally shows presidential runoff needed
Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:43 PM EDT
A runoff will be necessary to decide Zimbabwe's presidential election, a Cabinet minister said Thursday, citing the government's own election results.
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