Tuesday, November 09, 2010 – Powered by –> Yahya Barzanji Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq: Leaders of Iraq’s major political blocs met Monday for the first time since March elections in a new push to break the eight-month deadlock over forming a new government. Car bombs struck three predominantly Shiite Muslim cities and killed at least 21 people, a stark reminder that insurgents remain determined to destabilize the country. The 90-minute meeting in the northern town of Irbil was the start of three days of negotiations that could signal the deeply divided political blocs are close to a power-sharing agreement in which Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would keep his job. However, officials…
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By Agence France Presse (AFP) Tuesday, November 09, 2010 – Powered by –> YANGON: Rebel troops clashed with government soldiers in eastern Myanmar Monday following rare elections, leaving three civilians dead as more than 10,000 fled across the Thai border, officials said. Fierce fighting between ethnic minority soldiers and government forces in Karen State drove thousands across the border – mostly women and children – said Samart Loyfah, the governor of Thailand’s Tak Province. “Army, police and civil authorities have prepared an area to accommodate them 5 kilometers from the…
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A woman in Washington State walking her dog runs into a bear, which attacked. Now, authorities in the neighborhood are looking for the animal. (Nov. 8)
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Dallas Cowboys fans agreed Monday with the team’s decision to change head coaches. Wade Phillips was dismissed after a 1-7 start and replaced by offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. (Nov. 8)
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A Georgia teenager was stomped, kicked and punched to death at a weekend house party after police say he walked by a group who decided to pounce on the next person who passed by. Four have been charged with murder. (Nov. 8)
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November 8, 2010 No CommentThat’s the problem facing newly elected Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
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8:55 AM Tuesday Nov 9, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink GENEVA – Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher say they have succeeded in recreating conditions shortly after the Big Bang by switching the particles used for collisions from protons to much heavier lead ions. A spokeswoman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or CERN, says the…
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The death tolls in Haiti from Hurricane Tomas and a raging cholera epidemic have risen, but a top U.N. official said on Monday there were “no objective reasons” why elections should not be held later this month in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean country. A Haitian woman carrying things to sell walks on a street flooded by a drain in the neighbourhood of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince November 6, 2010. (REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz) Tomas swiped Haiti on Friday, bringing rain and flooding but largely sparing crowded tent and tarpaulin camps in the capital Port au-Prince housing hundreds of thousands of homeless survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. At least 20…
Continue reading …With Disney star Demi Lovato being the latest to take time off for personal issues , are young celebrities using “rehab” as a crutch to excuse their bad behavior? read more
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Image credit: Collapsus When I interviewed my friend Tim Toben , he argued that one of the most important things we can do is to “tell the story about the transformation from a world powered by fossil fuels to a world powered by renewable energy — in poetry, music, art, dance. Make it real for people who can’t imagine their way out of the hole we find ourselves in.” I’ve just come across a fascinating multimedia (or transmedia, apparently) project that aims to do just that. The only trouble is, … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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