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Former South African president Nelson Mandela is taking legal action against an art gallery in London to prevent the sale of sketches that are attributed to him.

Environment Minister John Baird urged Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion to "rein in" one of his MPs after the Liberal member wrote on his blog that Quebec separatists are selfish losers and compared them to Albertans.

Wearing a cowboy hat, plaid shirt and jeans, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion strode into the Calgary Stampede, hoping to sell his Green Shift carbon tax plan in the heart of Alberta oil country.

Toronto's Daniel Nestor completed the career doubles Grand Slam on Saturday, winning Wimbledon along with teammate Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia.

Cool, damp weather early Saturday helped crews gain ground on the huge wildfire near Big Sur, Calif., but hotter, drier weather was expected over the next two days.

Scientists face a dilemma over what action to take when an MRI scan finds something untoward in a study participant's brain (full text available to subscribers)

The supernovae that astronomers use to measure dark energy's affect on the universe's expansion have more complex origins than we thought

Quantum dots – tiny pieces of semiconductor – turn out to be extremely good at making deliveries inside living cells (full text available to subscribers)

The UK government has big plans for wind farms off its coast, but similarly bold plans for solar power in the US are put on hold

Discrete chunks rather than jets of plasma may be behind some of the universe's most powerful explosions (full text available to subscribers)

Arizona State Representitive Mark Anderson, a Republican from Mesa, has a long history of loyal and devoted service to Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed "messiah" and leader of the Unification Church. Moon's followers have historically been called "Moonies." Almost ten years ago the Mesa Tr ...

Have you ever been bothered by unwanted visitors at your door trying to sell you on their religion? Probably the most familiar and persistent door-to-door proselytizers are "Jehovah's Witnesses," a sect seemingly historically obsessed with "doom and gloom." Witnesses have an apparent fascination s ...

Chuck Anderson, the head of an unaccredited school called the Endeavor Academy (EA) in the Wisconsin Dells, is dead. He was 83. Often referred to as a "cult leader" by his critics, Anderson's followers called him instead their "Master Teacher" (MT). The self-styled “miracle worker” (see photo ...

Yisrayl "Buffalo Bill" Hawkins, self-styled prophet and religious entrepreneur runs an operation called the "House of Yahweh" (HOY) near Abilene, Texas. Recently featured in a segment on ABC 20/20 and interviewed on CNN Nancy Grace, Hawkins held forth on the fate of the world, predicting with alleg ...

New York Times editors and researchers have selected a fugitive sex offender as an official resource about polygamists. Anton Hein, a former U.S. resident and registered sex offender with an outstanding warrant issued for his immediate arrest regarding a parole violation, runs a Web site called "Re ...

TOYAKO, Japan: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Sunday he would attend the Olympic Games in Beijing next month as he dissociated the issue to human rights.

TAIPEI: Taiwan officials on Sunday dismissed a report that President Ma Ying-jeou plans to reinstate a council which recommended policies on reunification with China, despite a recent thaw in cross-strait relations.

BEIJING : At least 14 people, three of them children, were killed when heavy rains swept China last week and more downpours are expected Sunday in the south, state press said.

TOYAKO, Japan - US President George W. Bush arrived in Japan on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the next steps in the North Korean nuclear dispute ahead of a summit of industrialised powers.

KUALA LUMPUR - Thousands gathered at a stadium here Sunday for a mass anti-inflation rally which Malaysian opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim was due to address amid deepening political turmoil.

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt says she has been given clean bill of health from doctors who examined her at Paris military hospital

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says US is going to consult with allies about what Iran's reply means before making formal response

Abdul Qadeer Khan says army had complete knowledge of shipment of nuclear centrifuges sent to North Korea in 2000

Democratic presidential hopeful says he remains committed to ending war in Iraq

Police say at least 7 injured including journalist and two police officers, 45 arrested

When the Archbishop of Canterbury waded into the choppy waters of Sharia this year, he caused uproar - not least, by his own subsequent admission, because of the “unclarity” of his remarks.

The United States Internal Revenue Service is calling on the world's biggest accounting firms to strengthen its campaign against tax dodgers, two days after securing the backing of a federal court to track down UBS customers suspected of evading US taxes using Swiss accounts.

Britain's most senior judge declared last night that there was no place for Sharia courts in this country and insisted that all residents were governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Phillip Bennett, the British former chief executive of Refco, was sentenced to 16 years in an American prison yesterday after pleading guilty to criminal charges over a scheme to hide the commodities broker's financial problems.

A $4 billion dollar legal dispute between two Russian oligarchs will be decided in London after an English judge said that the danger of assassination and lack of a fair trial made it too risky to try the case in Russia.$

Sirtris, a GlaxoSmithKline company focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat diseases of aging such as Type 2 Diabetes, is included among a research team that reported in today's online edition of Cell Metabolism that mice treated at middle-age to the end-of-life with resve ...

Volunteers representing the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF), the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) have presented Senator Byron Dorgan with the 2008 Congressional Leadership Award for his leadership on extending the Special Dia ...

Metabolomics aims to determine the totality of all small molecules of a cell or a tissue. The exponents of bioinformatics analyzed data collected in the framework of a pre-clinical metabolomics study in healthy and diabetic mice. In each case, a subgroup of the animals was treated with the diabetes ...

The California Legislative Black Caucus Foundation and Assembly member Sandre Swanson (D) on Friday sponsored a health care summit that focused on ways to address diabetes and obesity, particularly in minority communities, the Contra Costa Times reports.

A study by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center has shown that adherence to prescribed dietary recommendations is associated with better glucose control in children with type 1 diabetes. "In recent years, diabetes management has been focused around new medications and technologies," said Lo ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Ingrid Betancourt, the symbol of rebel hostages in Colombia, hugged and wept with her children for the first time in six years on Thursday after a military rescue that dealt a severe blow to already weakened guerrillas.

HARARE (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it expects the U.N. Security Council to vote next week on sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and top aides in response to last week's widely condemned election.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could draw millions of Chinese visitors to the island.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet wants to ban parties from using pictures of figures who are not running for office at campaign rallies in local elections, the government's spokesman said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday.

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P A R A N E W S täglicher Newsletter 16 Mar 2007 Frau suchte Mordanleitung bei Google      zum Beitrag USA - Eine Frau aus New Jersey hatte laut einem Bericht des "DailyRecord" geplant, ihren Mann zu töten. Um für die Tat allerdings auch richtig gerüstet zu sein, befragte sie un ...

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