ABC News: China: Yangtze Is Irreversibly Polluted

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:55 PM EDT (ABC News)

China's massive Yangtze river, a lifeline for tens of millions of people, is seriously polluted and the damage is almost irreversible, a state-run newspaper said Monday.

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MOORE'S 'SICKO' STUNT By JANON FISHER - Worldnews - New York Post Online Edition

Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:08 PM EDT (New York Post)

Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, according to several sources with knowledge of the trip.

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FOXNews.com - Report: Michael Moore Takes Ground Zero Responders to Cuba for Medical Treatment - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment

Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:00 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

Film director Michael Moore has taken Ground Zero responders to Cuba for medical treatment in a bid to show that Fidel Castro's socialized medicine is better than health care in the U.S., the New York Post reports.

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Think Progress » White House Claims Bush Was In The Dark About Iraq Troop Extensions, Fueling Speculation

Seeded on Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:01 AM EDT (Think Progress)

On Tuesday, President Bush addressed the American Legion and accused Congress of forcing U.S. troops to extend their deployments in Iraq:

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US to consult with China on NKorea nuclear deadline - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:46 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

US envoy Christopher Hill will meet with his Chinese counterpart Saturday as a deadline for North Korea to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear power plant passes, officials say.

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VOA News - US Hispanics Win Battle Over World War II Documentary

Seeded on Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:06 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

The public television network, PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), has agreed to changes in a documentary about World War II that will include contributions by Hispanics to the war effort.

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Taipei Times - archives

Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:05 AM EDT (taipeitimes.com)

'NEGOTIATED PATHWAY': Washington warned of tougher UN sanctions if Tehran continued its 'industrial phase' of nuclear fuel production, but did not rule out talks

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Birkhead The Father Of Anna Nicole's Baby

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:54 PM EDT (cbs4.com)

A judge has determind the paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern. Her father is photographer Larry Birkhead.

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Mortgage Bondholders May Bear Subprime Loan Risk

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:13 PM EDT ()

The top Democrat and Republican on the House Financial Services Committee said investors in mortgage bonds should be liable for deceptive loans made by banks.

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Police: 3 shot during man's road trip

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:01 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

The investigation began with a university student slain in the Idaho town of Moscow. By week's end, authorities were unraveling the killing of a second young man, whose body was dumped in a Boise pond, and the wounding of a college student in Tucson, Ariz.

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Snowy forests 'increase warming'

Seeded on Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:29 PM EDT (BBC News)

Planting trees in snowy areas may worsen global warming as their canopies absorb sunlight which would otherwise be reflected by the snow, a study says.

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