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Pneumonia and Diarrhea, Common Diseases are Top Killers of Children

Gene Byrd
The toughest diseases on children worldwide are common ailments and should be treatable in most cases.  Pneumonia and diarrhea are the top killers of children from disease.  Though many kids battle...

Ex-SS Adolf Storms (Photos) Charged, Nazi War Criminal?

Keith Walters Jones
Adolf Storms, a former SS sergeant, was charged with 58 counts of murder on Tuesday and is accused of being a Nazi war criminal.  The man was named in the German press and a report from the...

Giant Jellyfish Invasion (Photos) 450 Lbs!

Leslie Warren
Are you ready for a giant jellyfish invasion?  While it sounds like a Science-fiction late night TV show it is all too real in Japan for fisherman.  MSNBC News has a report on the massive "When Animals...

Gordon Brown & Afghanistan Stand - President Obama to Add 30,00 Troops?

Tim Morgan
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking a stand on Afghanistan and tells the BBC, "If we do not take action in Pakistan and Afghanistan then Al-Qaeda would be plotting more trouble and more chaos...

Abusive Dad - Obama Half Brother (Video) Mark Ndesandjo, Nairobi to Shenzhen

Lynn Edwards
"Nairobi to Shenzhen", a "semi-autobiographical story" by Obama half brother Mark Ndesandjo recalls an abusive dad.  According to the Associated Press, he has broken "media silence to discuss...

The Population Boomerang in Iran

Froma Harrop
Iranian students are engaging this week in Round Two of their street-level struggle for reform. Round One took place last June, when young people protested the fixed re-election of President Mahmoud...

Biggest Cruise Ship (Photos, Video) Oasis of the Seas, 20 Stories High

Cathy Beers
The biggest cruise ship "the Oasis of the Seas" is 20 stories high!  The massive ship is "on its maiden voyage to South Florida and its home port in Fort Lauderdale," reports CBS 4 News. It just has a close...

DC Buzz! French President & Trial; Kim Jong Il Fools Clinton with Look-Alike?

Tim Morgan
DC buzz goes abroad and finds former French president, Jacques Chirac, set to "stand trial on corruption charges dating to his time years ago as mayor of Paris," the New York Times reports. 122 trips by Kim Jong...

Billionaire Saudis Feud (Photos) Global Economic Meltdown Starts Debt Battle

Jeff Freeland
Fraud accusations and a multibillion-dollar pile of bad debt are at the center of what appears as a "Billionaire Saudis Feud" that pits Maan al-Sanea and his Saad Group and Ahmad Hamad al-Gosaibi and...

Giant Sea Monster (Photos) Fossilized Skull Discovery in the UK

Brenda Jones
A fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found in the UK off England's southern coast.  Time reports, "The fossil came from a pliosaur, a ferocious predator that lived in the oceans 150 million

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