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Call for calm after Papua protest BBC
Armed police patrol Indonesia's Papua province after bloody protests against a US-run gold mine.
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Weinstein Co. snaps up RFK assassination drama
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Reuters - The Weinstein Co. has
bought all domestic rights to Emilio Estevez's ensemble drama
"Bobby," which is set against the 1968 assassination of
presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.
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Protesters Kill 4, Demand Mine Closure
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AP - Protesters bludgeoned three policemen and a soldier to death in daylong demonstrations Thursday to demand the closure of a massive U.S.-owned gold mine in eastern Indonesia, officials said.
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Human Rights Watch wants independent probe into Papua killings
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AFP - Indonesia must allow an independent investigation into deadly riots in Papua and lift all restrictions on media access to the remote region, Human Rights Watch said.
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Oscar winner Del Toro ready to play "Wolf Man"
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Reuters - He was the Mexican narcotics
officer in "Traffic," a born-again ex-con in "21 Grams" and a
corrupt cop in "Sin City." Now actor Benicio Del Toro looks
forward to playing "The Wolf Man."
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Three police, air force officer killed in clash over US mine in Indonesia
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AFP - Protesters killed three policemen and an air force officer during a demonstration in Indonesia's Papua province against the world's largest gold and copper mine.
Sources: YAHOO
"I want to be a famous serial killer": UK court
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Reuters - A British horror film fanatic who wanted
to be an infamous serial killer was found guilty on Thursday of
murdering four strangers during a three-day rampage through
southern England.
Sources: YAHOO
Three police, air force officer killed in clash over US mine in Indonesia
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AFP - Protesters killed three policemen and a passing air force officer during a demonstration in Indonesia's Papua province against the world's largest gold and copper mine.
Sources: YAHOO
Police killed in Papua protest
BBC
Protesters demanding the closure of a gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province beat to death two policemen.
Sources: BBC
Freeport Protesters Kill 2 Police Officers
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AP - Protesters beat two police officers to death after clashes broke out during a demonstration Thursday to demand the closure of a U.S.-owned gold mine in Papua province, police and witnesses said.
Sources: YAHOO
Benitez Has Cortisone Injection in Knee
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AP - San Francisco Giants closer Armando Benitez had a cortisone injection in his swollen left knee and won't be able to throw off a mound for a few days.
Sources: YAHOO
Officers Who Saw Crime Scene Get Damages
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AP - A British court awarded six prison officers damages and legal costs reported to be in excess of 1 million pounds (US$1.75 million, euro1.45 million) Wednesday for "walking into a scene of gothic horror" where an inmate had strangled his cellmate and then disemboweled him.
Sources: YAHOO
Brazilian Army Finds Stolen Weapons
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AP - Weapons stolen from a Brazilian army barracks in a theft that triggered a massive search of Rio de Janeiro's crime infested shantytowns have been found, military officials said Tuesday.
Sources: YAHOO
Roots of Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict
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AP - Ethiopia and Eritrea were separate entities, for decades ruled by colonial powers, until a 1952 U.N. resolution joined them in a federation over Eritrean objections. In 1962, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie annexed Eritrea, sparking the Eritrean fight for independence.
Sources: YAHOO
Horror remake "Hills Have Eyes" tops UK box office
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Reuters - A gory remake of Wes Craven's 1997
horror classic "The Hills Have Eyes" slashed its way to the top
of the weekend British box office, Screen International said on
Tuesday.
Sources: YAHOO
Brazilian Army Withdraws From Rio Slums
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AP - Army troops withdrew from Rio's most notorious shantytowns Monday, ending a 10-day operation that used tanks and helicopters in a failed effort to recover weapons stolen from a barracks.
Sources: YAHOO
Scientist Reading the Leaves to Predict Violent Weather
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SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - When meteorologist Edward Lorenz set up his computer to model the weather in 1960, he had no idea what a complex problem he was taking on. After a while, he realized that any small change in the starting conditions of his program had a huge impact on the outcome of his experiment and in predicting the weather.
Sources: YAHOO
Philippines vows no leniency for rogue troops
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Reuters - Rogue soldiers face tough action by the
Philippine government to discourage coup plots after moves to
rehabilitate "habitual delinquents" failed, Defense Secretary
Avelino Cruz said on Monday.
Sources: YAHOO
Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate, P.A. Selects PaperStreet to Design Its Web Site
PRWeb
PaperStreet Web Design will design a new web site for Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate, P.A. [PRWEB Mar 13, 2006]
Sources: PRWeb
Bonds Hits First Spring HR Against Padres
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AP - Barry Bonds needed only four at-bats to find his home run stroke.
Sources: YAHOO
Bonds Goes Deep; Sexson Feels Pain
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AP - San Francisco manager Felipe Alou didn't have Barry Bonds in his original lineup Sunday. He was certainly glad he went to a new version that included the slugger.
Sources: YAHOO
Blog: You Won't See Bonds on Bus to Tucson
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AP - As spring training gets into full swing, AP sportswriters will be filing period behind-the-scenes reports from Grapefruit and Cactus league sites:
Sources: YAHOO
Bonds Hits First Spring HR Against Padres
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AP - Barry Bonds needed only four at-bats to find his home run stroke.
Sources: YAHOO
Piazza Eager to Get Going With Padres
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AP - Mike Piazza is ready to start really getting to know his new San Diego teammates, and he's ready to produce at the plate.
Sources: YAHOO
Ten years on, Dunblane quietly remembers its day of horror
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AFP - Ten years on, residents of the Scottish town of Dunblane are privately remembering -- and still coming to terms with -- the horrific massacre in which a misfit loner gunned down 16 school children and their teacher, then turned the gun on himself.
Sources: YAHOO
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