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June 4 (Bloomberg) -- Alan Garcia defeated Ollanta Humala in a presidential run-off vote in Peru, returning to power two decades after he led the Andean country to a debt default and annual inflation of 8,000 percent, according to an early count of the vote. Garcia took 52.7 percent of the...

Self-Loathing and the Denial of Terrorism BY JAMES LILEKS You're an enlightened world citizen. Your T-shirt says "9/11 was an inside job." You're pretty sure we're living in a fascist state, that President Bush taps the Dixie Chicks' phones, Christian abortion clinic bombers outnumber...

Iran eyes badges for Jews Law would require non-Muslim insignia Chris Wattie National Post Friday, May 19, 2006 Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country's Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to...

WASHINGTON - Scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs will be able to vie for a grand prize of $10 million, and smaller prizes reaching millions of dollars, under House-passed legislation to encourage research into hydrogen as an alternative fuel. Legislation creating the "H-Prize," modeled...

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Mowing violation? Police arrest Ohio man making a run to the store on a lawn mower :lol: This is too funny. ------------------------------- VERMILION, Ohio - Police have arrested a man accused of operating lawn mower while drunk. Dondi Bowles, 50, of Vermilion, was arrested about 9:45 p.m...

One time only! Berlin brothel launches special deals for virgins, first-time bordello visitors BERLIN - A brothel has become the first in Berlin to offer special deals for virgins with prostitutes trained in the delicate art of catering to customers who have never had sex, a German newspaper...

Last U.S. survivor of Titanic sinking, 99, dies Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when liner sank in North Atlantic in 1912 BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday. She was 99. Asplund, who was just...

George Koch and John Weissenberger, For The Calgary Herald Published: Friday, April 28, 2006 Scientist Chris de Freitas doesn't seem very scary. The associate professor from the University of Auckland, N.Z.'s, School of Geography and Environmental Science came to Calgary with a defensible...

It is generally agreed that worldwide petroleum supply will eventually reach its productive limit, peak, and begin a long term decline. What should the United States do to prepare for this event? An objective look at the alternatives points to the Nation's untapped oil shale as a strategically...

Scientists from Cornell University have discovered a massive amount of Oil off the coast of Louisiana.The find is some 60 billion barrels or 3 Times more than current US recoverable Oil of 20 Billion barrels, and would bring US total reserves to 80 billion barrels which is on par with Venezuela...

Fidel Castro net worth rises, according to 'Forbes' NEW YORK (Reuters) — Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year. This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader's wealth to a cool $900 million. Castro...

Canada should welcome U.S. deserters, Layton says May 5, 2006. 01:00 AM BRUCE CAMPION-SMITH OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA—American deserters dodging military duty in Iraq share Canadian values and should be welcomed in this country, NDP Leader Jack Layton says. "It makes a lot of sense to welcome...

Pickled corpse tumbles out of rum barrel Thirsty Hungarians find surprising cause for drink’s ‘special taste’ BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian builders who drank their way to the bottom of a huge barrel of rum while renovating a house got a nasty surprise when a pickled corpse tumbled out of the...

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Wal-Mart worker finds man glued to toilet 20-year-old bangs on wall to attract attention, is treated and released SALISBURY, Md. - A 20-year-old was found by a Wal-Mart employee in the bathroom Sunday night after he sat down and was glued to the toilet seat. The man, whose name was not...

Woman beheads husband who wanted 4th wife Police say wife confessed to killing, saying she was pushed over the edge KARACHI, Pakistan - A Pakistani woman beheaded her husband, chopped up his body and dumped the dismembered parts in a sewerage drain after he announced plans to take a fourth...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said Tuesday. It was Muhamad Noor Che Musa's first marriage and his wife's 21st, according to The Star newspaper, which cited...

U.S. cautious on Mexico plan to legalize drugs Ambassador says measure could make law enforcement more effective MEXICO CITY - The United States reacted cautiously on Saturday to a Mexican measure that would make it legal to carry small amounts of cocaine, heroin and other drugs for personal...