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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Top 'US Tamil Tiger' is arrested
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:10 PM EDT (BBC News)
A top member of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group has been arrested in the US for supporting "terror" activities on the island, US officials say.
Fencing Illini duel in official Midwest tournaments - Diversions
Seeded on Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:07 AM EDT (The Daily Illini)
News Article in the Daily Illini about the University of Illinois fencing club team, which just started competing in the Midwest Fencing Conference (conference of big time varsity teams Ohio State and Notre Dame) this year.
BBC SPORT | Cricket | South Africa upset poor Sri Lanka
Seeded on Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:08 PM EDT (BBC News)
"South Africa kept their Champions Trophy hopes alive with a 78-run victory over Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Graeme Smith's side made 219-9 after being put into bat, with AB de Villiers scoring 54 and Jacques Kallis 43.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Niger orders expulsion of Arabs
Seeded on Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:34 AM EDT (BBC News)
"The government of Niger has ordered around 150,000 Arabs who live in the east of the country to leave. Most of the Arabs, known as Mahamid, are nomads who have fled conflict in Chad. A BBC correspondent says many have lived in Niger for decades.
Wired News: Battle of the New Atheism
Seeded on Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:32 PM EDT (Wired News)
"My friends, I must ask you an important question today: Where do you stand on God?
BBC NEWS | Europe | Iceland 'breaks ban on whaling'
Seeded on Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:15 AM EDT (BBC News)
"Iceland has reportedly broken a 21-year-old international ban on commercial whaling by killing a fin whale - an endangered species. "One fin whale was caught today and will be landed tomorrow," a whalers' spokesman told Reuters news agency.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka tourist port ''attacked''
Seeded on Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:36 AM EDT (BBC News)
"Suspected Tamil Tiger fighters in boats have attacked a naval base in the southern Sri Lankan tourist city of Galle, the military has said. The suspected rebels posed as fishermen and at least two people had been killed, security sources said.
CNN.com - Which came first -- the fashion or the egg? - Oct 10, 2006
Seeded on Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:05 PM EDT (CNN)
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Women dress to impress when they are at their most fertile, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study they say shows that signs of human ovulation may not be as mysterious as some scientists believe.
USA: Sri Lankan-Americans demonstrate for peace in Sri Lanka | Asian Tribune
Seeded on Mon Oct 9, 2006 2:13 AM EDT (asiantribune.com)
Washington, 05 October, (Asiantribune,com):Sri Lankan Americans in the Greater Washington area on Wednesday (4th October) held a mass demonstration for peace opposite the White House in Washington DC.
2 Americans Win Nobel in Physics - New York Times
Seeded on Wed Oct 4, 2006 10:13 AM EDT (The New York Times)
"The astronomers, John C. Mather of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and George F. Smoot of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, will split the prize of 10 million Swedish kroners, about $1.37 million.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lankan sea clash - reports
Seeded on Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:53 PM EDT (BBC News)
"The Sri Lankan navy has said it has attacked 25 Tamil Tiger rebel ships off the eastern coast of the country, killing up to 70 separatists."
President Rajapaksa blasts LTTE at UN - BBCSinhala.com
Seeded on Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:25 AM EDT (BBC News)
"The President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has strongly criticised the Tamil Tigers for their long-running separatist campaign.
CNN.com - Sri Lanka clashes take heavy toll - Sep 10, 2006
Seeded on Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:57 AM EDT (CNN)
"COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- The Sri Lankan army said 28 soldiers were killed and 119 were wounded while battling the Tamil Tiger rebels in Jaffna, located in the northern tip of the country, late Saturday evening, Sri Lanka police inspector Percy Perera said."
BlackBerry's sexy Pearl made me a convert - MarketWatch
Seeded on Thu Sep 7, 2006 1:26 PM EDT (MarketWatch.com)
Pretty detailed review on a sweet new BlackBerry that's out. The addition of a camera makes it quite competitive with the Treo.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lankan army bombs 'sea base'
Seeded on Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:13 AM EDT (BBC News)
"The military in Sri Lanka says it has bombed a seabase from where Tamil Tiger rebels launched attacks on government positions in Jaffna peninsula."
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka fears for school safety
Seeded on Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:43 PM EDT (BBC News)
"Sri Lanka's government has ordered the closure of all schools for two weeks, in case of reprisal attacks following the bombing of a former orphanage."
Leave Tea Alone
Fri Aug 4, 2006 1:07 AM EDT
I went to the store to buy some tea the other day, and I was amazed by the amount of garbage people have managed to mix with it. Every fruit under the sun, mint, spices. Then there's Earl Grey, Lady Grey. What is going on.
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Tamil Tigers shell army positions
Seeded on Wed Aug 2, 2006 5:08 AM EDT (BBC News)
"Tamil Tiger rebels have attacked Sri Lankan army camps near the eastern port of Trincomalee, the military says. The rebels fired mortars at three camps early on Wednesday, a day after they attacked a ship carrying Sri Lankan troops trying to enter the port.
Why is Newsvine so Liberal?
Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:36 AM EDT
We all know there are far more liberals on the Vine than conservatives, it's no secret. On every single poll some 80% choose what would be considered the more liberal option.
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Stalemate in Sri Lanka Oslo talks
Seeded on Thu Jun 8, 2006 11:03 PM EDT (BBC News)
"Norwegian mediators say they have been unable to bring the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels together for talks being held in Oslo."
AM - Pilbara rocks may hold earliest fossil evidence of life on earth
Seeded on Thu Jun 8, 2006 12:37 AM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
"A study published in the journal Nature shows that the three-and-a-half billion year-old rocks were formed by a complex microscopic ecosystem.
A lesson in evolution taught by - guppies?
Seeded on Mon Jun 5, 2006 10:15 PM EDT (news.uiuc.edu)
" Reporting in the June 1 issue of the journal Nature, scientists from six institutions detail how male guppies with the most colorful – and most rare – patterns are more likely than their more commonly colored counterparts to survive in the wild.
BetaNews | Microsoft to Drop PDF Support in Office
Seeded on Sun Jun 4, 2006 11:13 AM EDT (CNET News.com)
"Amid threats of a lawsuit from Adobe, Microsoft acknowledged Friday that it would remove support for saving files in PDF from Office 2007, as well as dropping its own rival format XPS from the productivity suite and Windows Vista." Stupid Adobe.
How Australia was born - Science - Specials - smh.com.au
Seeded on Sat Jun 3, 2006 8:28 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)
"SCIENTISTS believe they have finally solved one of Earth's greatest mysteries: what caused the great extinction of life hundreds of millions of years ago.
SL forces bomb LTTE area; 67 killed in clash: South Asia : Hindustan Times.com
Seeded on Thu May 11, 2006 5:45 PM EDT (hindustantimes.com)
"In a series of very grave incidents on Thursday, the LTTE attacked a Sri Lankan ship carrying 500 troops and sank two Dvora Fast Attack Craft (FACs) of the Navy off the island's North Eastern coast."
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