Saturday, 3. January 2009, 11:43:50
world news, odd, life, civilization
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The world is another year older and its inhabitants don't seem to be any wiser.
Between one war or another, cholera and ebola, aging dictators and the newer despots; parts of the world are in complete chaos and turmoil. My heart goes out to all those living day to day struggling to survive. What we here take for granted - a glass of clean water to drink is a rare commodity in some places.
Not to say that the west doesn't have it's own problems, ours are just a whole lot more trivial.
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Saturday, 27. December 2008, 03:14:29
world news, Ottawa, hockey
The 2009 World Junior Championship got under way today in Ottawa.
December 26, 2008
CZE 1 vs CAN 8
SWE 3 vs FIN 1
USA 8 vs GER 2
RUS 4 vs LAT 1
Russia completely walked all over Latvia, Team USA did a number on the Germans and Canada soundly beat the Czech Republic in the opening games.
Will this year make it 5 in a row for Team Canada? Who knows.
You can follow the games at
CBC Sports or at
TSN.
Saturday, 27. December 2008, 01:25:41
loss, catwoman, world news, Eartha Kitt
Sadly the world lost another great voice recently. Miss Eartha Kitt died at the age of 81 of colon cancer.
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Friday, 26. December 2008, 18:18:17
world news, snow, Santa, china
and he is in China!
The world's largest Santa Claus snow sculpture is being built if it hasn't been completed already in Harbin, China.
Every year the city plays host to a world-renowned ice festival. But the effects of global warming are taking a toll as the snow and ice now melt more rapidly than in the past. This year snow had to be manufactured for the giant Santa.
An estimated 800,000 tourists, 90 per cent of them Chinese, are expected to visit the ice festival, said Jia Yan, director of the local tourism bureau.
Santa is 160 meters long and 24 meters high, complete with flowing beard and hat.
According to Tang Guangjun, one of the sculptors.
"It is even bigger and higher than last year's"
The festival runs from mid-December to early February.
Now that's one big Santa!
Tuesday, 23. December 2008, 14:45:35
world news, security, Christmas, life
Just one of those things where the attempted coverup proved much worse than the original crime.
Prosecutors in Germany say two couriers working at a package distribution centre swiped a Stollen - a German-style Christmas cake - that was destined for a newspaper in Frankfurt.
In an attempt to hide the theft, they mailed the newspaper another package instead.
The second package contained microfilm with detailed credit card data on an undisclosed number of bank customers, triggering a major kafuffle over the loss of important personal information.
The thieves didn't open the microfilm package and personal information was not compromised.
No information is available on the fate of the stolen Stollen.
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