BEIRUT,
Saturday (AP) - Thousands of Hezbollah supporters set
up camp in the heart of Beirut on Saturday in a carnival-like,
open-ended sit-in, vowing to topple the U.S.-backed
government of Fuad Saniora through street pressure.
NEW
YORK (Reuters) - People who flavour their diets with plenty
of onions and garlic might have lower odds of several
types of cancer, a new study suggests. In an analysis
of eight studies from Italy and Switzerland, researchers
found that older adults with the highest onion and garlic
intakes had the lowest risks of a number of cancers --
including colon, ovarian and throat cancers.
LEGASPI, Philippines, Saturday
(AFP) - Apocalyptic scenes greeted rescue workers as they
arrived in the eastern Philippines Saturday to begin the
grim search for bodies buried by mud slides that swept
away villages killing hundreds. As the Philippine airforce
C-130 transport plane swept over the city of Legaspi at
dawn the scene was one of total devastation.
CARACAS, Saturday, (AP) - Hugo Chavez has called George
Bush the devil, allied himself with Iran and inserted
himself into election races all over Latin America.
He has poured Venezuela's oil wealth into uplifting
the poor, and rivals Fidel Castro as a defiant voice
of the left.
NEW
YORK (AP) - If her name weren't at the top of the credits,
you'd never believe Catherine Hardwicke directed "The
Nativity Story." Gone is the vibrant energy of her
2005 skateboarding adventure, "Lords of Dogtown,"
as is the visceral intensity of her debut film, the junior-high
drama "thirteen."
It may
be the best of times to sort out our border problem with
China. It may also be the worst of times for doing so.
The reason why I think that it is the best of times is
Chinese President Hu Jintao's plea at New Delhi that it
was something "basic" to settle borders for
"peace and stability" in the region.
CLEVELAND,
Nov 29 (Reuters) - A young woman, confined to a wheelchair,
is told to think about moving another wheelchair in front
of her, first to the left and then forward. As if by magic,
the wheelchair follows her mental commands. "She
was controlling the chair with her imagination,"
said Timothy Surgenor, president and chief executive of
Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems.
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2006 Wijeya
Newspapers Ltd.Colombo. Sri Lanka.
BEIRUT,
Saturday (AP) - Thousands of Hezbollah supporters set
up camp in the heart of Beirut on Saturday in a carnival-like,
open-ended sit-in, vowing to topple the U.S.-backed
government of Fuad Saniora through street pressure.
NEW
YORK (AP) - If her name weren't at the top of the credits,
you'd never believe Catherine Hardwicke directed "The
Nativity Story." Gone is the vibrant energy of her
2005 skateboarding adventure, "Lords of Dogtown,"
as is the visceral intensity of her debut film, the junior-high
drama "thirteen."