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Articles: Los Alamos suspends 19 during security probe

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:39 AM

	Nineteen staff members at the University of California-run Los Alamos National Laboratory have been placed on paid leave and expelled from the lab pending an investigation of their possible roles in recent security and safety lapses. Read full article: 'Los Alamos suspends 19 during security probe'

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Articles: Wildfire North Of Los Angeles Slows

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:37 AM

	All residents evacuated from the path of a wildfire outside of Los Angeles have been allowed to return home. The fire in Acton, California, about 50 miles north of Los Angeles, is now 50 percent contained. Read full article: 'Wildfire North Of Los Angeles Slows'

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Articles: Arroyo: no apology for troop pullout from Iraq

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:35 AM

	Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Friday took on a defiant tone defending her decision to pull out the Philippine military personnel from Iraq to save the life of kidnapped truck driver Angelo dela Cruz. Read full article: 'Arroyo: no apology for troop pullout from Iraq'

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Articles: Train Derails in Turkey, Kills at least 37

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:30 AM

	At least 37 people have been killed and scores injured when a packed express train crashed in northwestern Turkey. Read full article: 'Train Derails in Turkey, Kills at least 37'

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Articles: UN threatens sanctions against Sudan

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:27 AM

	Now to Africa, and with a growing humanitarian crisis continuing to develop in the Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations is set to impose sanctions on the African nation if it does not move immediately to put an end to the violence there. Read full article: 'UN threatens sanctions against Sudan'

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Articles: Army Announces 94 Allegations of Abuse

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:25 AM

	The images were vivid: A U.S. Army sergeant who told his troops to "rough up" two prisoners; a platoon that agreed to make prisoners jump off a bridge into the Tigris River; an interrogator who hit a prisoner in the head. Read full article: 'Army Announces 94 Allegations of Abuse'

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Articles: 9/11 Panel Urges Intelligence Overhaul

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:23 AM

	Warning "we are not safe" yet, the Sept. 11 commission called for a major overhaul of the nation's intelligence agencies to stop the next terror attack. Panelists vowed to make their unanimously backed reforms an election-year issue. Read full article: '9/11 Panel Urges Intelligence Overhaul'

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Articles: Namibia shows steady slide down HDI index

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:55 AM

	MORE than half of Namibians live on less than N$12 a day as the majority of the population gets poorer, according to the United Nations. Read full article: 'Namibia shows steady slide down HDI index'

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Articles: Namibia petitions Cites about crocodile trade

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:53 AM

	NAMIBIA has petitioned the United Nations body that protects endangered species to allow limited trade in the Nile Crocodile. Read full article: 'Namibia petitions Cites about crocodile trade'

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Articles: More and more Namibian youth face poverty squeeze

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:52 AM

	THE number of youth in Namibia who live below the poverty line is estimated at 119 800 out of 343 100, about 35 per cent. Read full article: 'More and more Namibian youth face poverty squeeze'

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