Topic: NEWS english - on March 1, 2007 at 12:09:00 PM CET
8,000 gallons of toxic chemicals spill into Ohio River
Lt. Wayne Chapman of the U.S. Coast Guard said the barge, owned by Kirby Marine, hit the wicket dam, which is a type of movable dam, near Brookport and began leaking cumene, a solvent used to produce other chemicals.
So far, officials said, there's no threat to public drinking water. Water intake stations along the river have not reported finding the chemical in their systems, Chapman said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 27, 2007 at 2:15:00 PM CET
Killer Kites
But not just any kites. Using glass-encrusted string, kite flyers battle each other high above the city streets. As they say, what goes up must come down -- each year, dozens are killed by the falling string or celebratory gunfire shot into the air. For safety's sake, Pakistan¹s Supreme Court imposed a nationwide ban on all kite flying in 2005. But like most Pakistanis, Musharaf is an avid kite flyer. At his request, the local Punjabi government lifted the ban but only for this weekend. At least 11 people died and 100 were hurt during the two celebrations.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 27, 2007 at 8:25:00 AM CET
The 51 Best* Magazines Ever
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The essential strength of a magazine is its ability to amplify. An idea, or an image, or a story, set within the pages of a magazine and assembled by the right hands, can become the grist of breakfast chatter, dinner-party conversation, or elective body debate around the world. Until recently, with the advent of USA Today and the national editions of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, newspapers were by and large local endeavors.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 26, 2007 at 1:27:00 PM CET
Ecuador escalates banana battle
Ecuador has stepped up its fight against EU banana duties by asking the World Trade Organization (WTO) to rule on the issue.
Ecuador, the world's largest banana exporter, says it and other Latin American nations have to pay more than Caribbean and African (ACP) producers.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 25, 2007 at 12:44:00 PM CET
Japanese whaler restarts engines
A disabled Japanese whaling vessel has restarted its engines and sailed under its own power, a whaling official said.
The Nisshin Maru, the whaling fleet's only processing ship, had been without power off the Antarctic coast since an onboard fire 10 days ago.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 24, 2007 at 12:27:00 PM CET
KFC Rats Quickly Become Stars Of Village Nightlife
They have become the Britney Spears of the fast food world. The rats that ran wild on Friday morning in a Greenwich Village KFC/Taco Bell have become the talk of the town.
"They are not afraid at all of people," Margo McGuire said. "They own this sidewalk, it would seem."
Caught on CBS 2 cameras early Friday were more than a dozen rats scurrying across the tile floor, leaping between chairs and onto the same tables customers eat on. One was even perched on the ATM right by the front door.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 24, 2007 at 10:22:00 AM CET
Huge 300 feet Sinkhole in the middle of the city
GUATEMALA CITY A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 23, 2007 at 11:15:00 AM CET
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 22, 2007 at 12:21:00 PM CET
Homemade Yellow Submarine Missing
A 3 1/2-ton yellow submarine has fallen off the radar. The 10-foot-long sub, built by a resident to patrol Monterey Bay during the 1940s and 1950s, was reported missing Feb. 15 from its Santa Cruz Mountains berth on Steinmaier Road by owner Carl Barker.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 22, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM CET
Mint plans 100-kilogram gold coin
You could never flip it, pop it into a vending machine or jangle it in your pocket.
The Royal Canadian Mint's newest coin will weigh 100 kilograms - that's 220 pounds, or nearly as much as a linebacker - and will be the size of a party pizza.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 21, 2007 at 11:22:00 AM CET
Newly Named: The World's Hottest Chili
Bhut Jolokia comes in at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units, a measure of hotness for a chile. It's nearly twice as hot as Red Savina, the variety it replaces as the hottest. By comparison, a New Mexico green chile contains about 1,500 Scoville units; an average jalapeño measures about 10,000.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 19, 2007 at 9:57:00 AM CET
New Symbol Launched to Warn Public About Radiation Dangers
With radiating waves, a skull and crossbones and a running person, a new ionizing radiation warning symbol is being introduced to supplement the traditional international symbol for radiation, the three cornered trefoil.
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