Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday.

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Thailand braces for anti-government protest

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

The Thai capital braced for possible violence as anti-government activists launched Friday what they hope will be one of the country's biggest protests in an effort to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to call new elections.

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Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.

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Coffee-fuelled car finishes trip

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

A car fuelled by coffee dubbed the "car-puccino" has cheered through the streets of a city as it completed a 250-mile journey.

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Climate change pushing bird species ‘towards extinction:’ US

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.

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Birth control pill poses no added health risk

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.

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Men lose to women in memory tests

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

Middle-aged women have better memories than men, a study has claimed.

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Pit victims ‘were beheaded Vikings’

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

Fifty beheaded young men found in a burial pit last year were probably executed Vikings, archaeologists have revealed.

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Review rejects ‘disproportionate’ BNP ban for teachers

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

Members of the British National party (BNP) and other racist organisations can continue teaching in taxpayer-funded schools, an independent review has concluded, prompting condemnation from teachers' unions.

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Illustrating with Google Maps, iPad Pre-Sale Starts Tomorrow

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Illustrator Christopher Niemann, uses imagery from Google ...

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