Category: Sidebar
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Crocs in NT, Oz
An eight-year-old girl is feared dead in the Northern Territory, in northern Australia after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile. Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and can be…
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Somali Pirates
Going on a cruise around Africa? Maybe just check you are not going too close to Somalia. The Somali coast is considered to be the world's most dangerous waters. The…
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Space Tourism
Virgin Galactic has announced that it has signed up more than 150 prospective space tourists, including Dallas star Victoria Principal and Alien actress Sigourney Weaver who have already signed up…
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Suu Kyi to Remain under House Arrest
Burma's military rulers have extended the detention under house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Suu Kyi has spent 10 of the last 16 years under house…
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Beer Battles
If you've been to Tanzania or Kenya, the chances are you might have drunk or at least seen two famous beer brands that sell millions: Serengeti and Kilimanjaro. Serengeti is…
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Bird Flu Update
Globally, more than 130 people have died of bird flu since late 2003. Most of the deaths have been in East Asia, but the virus has also spread to Europe,…
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Don't Blow Your House Up
A New York doctor suspected of blowing up his own $6.4m Upper East Side house to prevent his ex-wife benefiting from its sale after their divorce has died from his…
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Coca Growing Increases in Columbia
The government of the United States is reported to have spent $4bn fighting Colombia's cocaine trade since 2000. It has been doing this by spraying fields of coca with chemicals,…
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Fave Website
Spotted by Mac: Here is a web site www.economist.com/cities to get travel information, local time, weather, insider tips, useful words & phrases, currency conversion etc etc about such world cities…
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World Airport News August 2006
A Japanese man last week recovered about $42,000 in cash that his wife had mistakenly thrown out with the rubbish/trash. He had been hiding the money in a trash container,…