SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – U.S. Coast Guards have seized a submarine carrying 3.5 tons of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica and arrested three Colombians on board, the Costa Rican Coast Guard said Sunday.

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Very interesting Tag Cloud made by Chirag Mehta – it`s made out of 360 documents (1776-2006). You can even use the slider to change timeframe… pretty cool because you can see how US politics changed over time…

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cross-posted from nomadlife.org.

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2 days before the US elections, although the two are obviously unconnected and only a crazed conspiracy theorist would suggest otherwise…..

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced a combative Saddam

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NEW YORK – The government of Libya has reached an agreement with an American nonprofit group to provide inexpensive laptop computers for all of the nation’s 1.2 million schoolchildren, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

With the project scheduled

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World Bank urges boost for young

Developing countries must invest in young people, promoting education and health and developing essential skills, a major World Bank report says.
The World Development Report says there are now a record 1.3 billion …