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Why does the tsunami garner so much attention while the starving in Africa are ignored?

This was brought up on a forum I frequent. There are, at any given point, people suffering…

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Animal Planet has a program called “Cell Dogs”

http://animalplanet.discoveryeurope.com/ontv_celldogs/feature1.shtml So. Apparently, dogs behind bars isn’t totally unique. —– Cell Dogs follows the remarkable and intriguing…

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Slashdot trolling phenomena

Ya learn something new every day. And in my case, it was about the whole trolling phenomenon….

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Al-Gebra makes headlines

Pick a link! Breaking News! At New York’s Kennedy airport today an individual, later discovered to be…

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Puppies behind bars

This is an interesting concept. Short version – dogs are being raised and trained in a prison…

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Our fishmonger is back

He came by today – he’s still alive! – and while he didn’t have seer fish or…

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Tsunami warning system not manned on boxing day

Smart thing to do? Or dumb thing to do? This report indicates that there was a system…

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Body count in Sri Lanka increased again

30,860 Dead. More bodies located under rubble in ravage area.

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Tsunami News

Geological experts have declared that Sri Lanka has not been affected the island’s geological location. The geological…

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Fishmonger Day Two

The same fishmonger from yesterday was here again today. This begins to bode well. Our regular fishmonger,…

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Beggars in Sri Lanka

We get people all the time looking for donations. Some ring our doorbell asking for food, clothing,…

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Red Ants Have Taken Over Laptop

Not mine, not even Fahim’s regular one, but the one he uses mainly for downloads. Yep, we…

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Geek Break-Up Lines

Check it out. My favorite has to be "So long and thanks for all the fish." But…

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Joint Action to ensure safety of tsunami affected children

Reported here. —-Begin Quote The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and Save…

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The telephone system in Sri Lanka

Because I wander around the internet, I come occasionally come across interesting – at least to me…

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Clean water in Sri Lanka

While browsing around for info on electricity in Sri Lanka, I came across a website called The…

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SMS via cell phone to be backbone of alert system?

There’s been talk on several sites of using SMS, or text messaging, via cellular phones as a…

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Man loses 100 relatives

Taken from here. —– LONDON, England — A Sri Lankan man living in London has lost 100…

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Stone Age Tribes in Andamans

Taken from here. WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (IPS) – Asia’s last Paleolithic tribes appear to have survived last…

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Fish monger is back in business

Our regular fish monger, the one who’s on bicycle and sells us seer fish and shrimp, hasn’t…

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Latest in Earthquake and Aftershocks in Asia

The good news is that the aftershocks are tapering off, plus the magnitude is dimishing. 26 December…

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We are starving over here

Taken from here. PORT BLAIR, India (AP) — Across his tsunami-devastated island, his relatives, friends and teachers…

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Oil Exploration as a cause of the earthquake

Given that it has not appeared in any serious news reports, I suspect the whole thing is…

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Robbery, Rape, and Kidnap

Robbery, rape, and kidnap (excerpts): —– SICKENED police last night blasted merciless scumbags who stole cash collected…

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Theory: Oil companies running tests may have caused the earthquake.

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! You can find this here. Short version? —– quote: On December 24th…