BEIJING A Chinese zoo where three dozen animals, including 13 endangered Siberian tigers, died from malnutrition is to receive a cash boost of one million dollars, state media said Monday.The China Daily said officials in the northeastern city of Shenyang also have launched a probe into the deaths, which spotlighted poor conditions in the country's often underfunded zoos in the lunar Year of th
I have written the mock press release below partly as farce and partly as hope for the kind of statement that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) might eventually issue in response to the provocative and disconcerting posture of the Israeli government this past week. This note is fiction and modifies an official AIPAC press statement issued at 9 pm tonight as its base. AIPAC is u
SYDNEY – Australian lawmakers on Monday debated asking Britain for an official pardon for two soldiers, executed during the Boer War, whose story has become a cause celebre.A parliamentary committee heard from experts including military historian James Unkles, who has already petitioned Britain separately over the case of Harry Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock, who were executed by firi
REVELSTOKE, British Columbia – An avalanche that killed two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said Sunday.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said an even worse tragedy may have been averted because many of the snowmobilers ha
David Beckham's dreams of playing in a fourth World Cup looked doomed on Sunday after he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury.The 34-year-old former England captain was hurt in AC Milan's 1-0 Serie A win over Chievo at the San Siro, a victory which helped close the gap on league leaders Inter. A rupture of the Achilles tendon is suspected, said a statement on the AC Milan official website.
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean laborers are working on football stadiumsacross South Africa, including the venue where their national team will playIvory Coast in June in its first World Cup appearance since 1966.Some 1,000 construction workers from reclusive North Korea, which maintainsstrict control on its citizens' travels, have been sent to help renovatestadiums across South Africa, the S
US regulators are due to unveil plans on Tuesday aimed at improving the country’s mediocre performance in the global broadband race.But they are already learning the hard way that change will not be easy.The Obama administration came to power with ambitious plans to boost the nation’s flagging communications infrastructure.Having been at the forefront of broadband deployment a decade ago, the US
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