„Katrina might have been avoided”
WASHINGTON - The deaths and suffering of thousands of Hurricane Katrina’s victims might have been avoided if the government had heeded lessons from the 2001 terror attacks and taken a proactive stance toward disaster preparedness, a House inquiry concludes.
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Anglicans of Canada show decline
OTTAWA - A new, independent report on the state of the Anglican Church of Canada shows a staggering decline in membership over the last 40 years.
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Spacesuit still alive
CAPE CANAVERAL - A spacesuit that was tossed out of the international space station Cape Canaveral in Florida (USA) after being stuffed with old clothes and a radio transmitter, was again sending weak signals as it circled the globe, ham radio operators reported this week.
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Teen guilty of murders in newsman’s ranch
ALAMOGORDO - Jurors last week have convicted a 16 year old boy in the shooting deaths of his family on newsman Sam Donaldson’s ranch despite defense attorney’s claims that the teen was abused by his parents.
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„Newspapers should publish cartoons”
NEW YORK - A conservative advocacy group says Americans should rise up and demand that their local newspapers reprint cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed.
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Survey: More parents playing video games
SAN JOSE - In a sign that video games are becoming more popular as family entertainment, a national survey in the USA released last week indicates joysticks aren’t just for kids.
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School allows Muslims to pray during school time
RICHARDSON - A Texas high school has agreed to allow its Muslim students to pray during school hours.
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Thousands of students detained in Ethiopia
NAIROBI - Thousands of school and college students have been detained over the past three months in continued unrest in Ethiopia, an international human rights group said.
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Stem cells carry hope for lupus patients
NEW YORK - Scientists in the USA have used a form of stem cell therapy to improve survival rates for the most severely sick lupus patients, a group that usually has no remaining treatment options.
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