World
Man ‘eats finger in wages protest’
April 30, 2009(Reposted from www.digitalspy.com) A union official in Serbia has cut off his own finger and eaten it as part of an ongoing protest against unpaid wages. Zoran Bulatovic, who leads the union at the Raska Holding...
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Swine flus ground zero may be down wind from hog farm
April 29, 2009LA GLORIA, Mexico — Residents in this community of 3,000 believe their town is ground zero for the swine flu epidemic, even if health officials aren't saying so. More than 450 residents say they're suffering from...
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China’s earliest carving discovered in Henan
April 29, 2009Reporters learned from Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology that a miniature bird carving that had been carved from a deer antler about 12,000 to 15,000 years ago. Other carvings and semi-finished artworks were...
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SW China’s Sichuan says 12 of 623 quake orphans adopted
April 29, 2009Only 12 of Sichuan's 623 quake orphans have been legally adopted, with the others in the care of welfare homes, an official of the southwest Chinese province's government said Tuesday.
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Haiti Senate election founders, U.S. meddles
April 29, 2009They called an election in Haiti and almost nobody came. Turnout April 19 to vote for 12 open Senate seats was variously estimated at 3 to 10 percent. U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson was not discouraged: “Off-year...
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