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  • Uganda to Continue Leaked Letter Investigation Says Official

    A spokesman for Uganda's government says President Yoweri Museveni's administration will continue with investigations into a security breach despite, criticisms that it is contravening the constitution. "That is not true that the government is stifling freedom of the press or freedom of the people of Uganda,rdquo; said government spokesman Fred Opolot. "The police and the government [are] ...

  • It is important to move from cease fire to a true conflict settlement - analyst

    News.Az intervews Thijs Rommens, researcher at the Research Group Russia & Eurasia of the Institute for International and European Policy at the University of Leuven, ...

  • The wonderfully weird world of webcomics | Dean Burnett

    Webcomics are a popular, diverse and increasingly widespread format that most people are blissfully unaware. To address this, an interview was conducted with the team behind the popular UK-based webcomic Exterminatus ...

  • Big jump in HIV among Navajo in New Mexico

    A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ...

  • Dead chickens for 110th birthday

    The NT News reports.Far North Queensland keepers of the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity sang the old croc Happy Birthday before giving him the 20kg meat cake topped with candles."He destroyed it in about 30 seconds," Marineland Melanesia croc wrangler Billy Craig said. "It's one of the biggest meals he's had - we decided to spoil him."The 5.48m ...


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Silent House

Silent House

While the entirety of Silent House takes place in and around a summer lakehouse, the films twist is that the title is metaphorical rather than literal. Co-directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, who were previously responsible for the low-fi video thriller Open Water (2004), ... ...

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  • Op-Ed Contributor The Outrageous Cost of a Gene Test

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  • True history of Diaoyu Islands

    /enpproperty--> Unilateral actions taken by Japan since last year, including the decisions to "purchase" and "nationalize" the Diaoyu Islands, have pushed Sino-Japanese relations to their lowest point in four decades. Japan claims that the Diaoyu Islands were terra nullius before it discovered and incorporated it into the Japanese territory. But the truth is, ...

  • Whats in a name U.S. starts using Myanmar as well as Burma

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma received further backing from the White House on Monday in its campaign to be called ...

  • High school rugby weird mixture of soccer and football

    In rugby, a scrum can become a ruck with the right fend. Play starts at the gain line and moves toward the try line, unless a team opts for a Garryowen. You can be onside, offside, openside or even on the full. A drop goal -- worth three points -- is not to be confused with a drop kick, which is not to be confused with a grubber kick. Speaking of confusion, even players themselves can have ...

  • A gnome grows in Chelsea - at the flower show that is

    Decorated garden gnomes designed by celebrities are seen at the Chelsea Flower Show in London May 20, 2013. The annual show opens to the public on ...

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