 Tropical Storm Chris skirted the small Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean early Wednesday, but was gathering strength and was expected to become the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season, authorities said.There were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries as the storm crossed into the eastern Caribbean and headed toward the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.In Auguilla, Chris brought heavy rain and strong winds overnight but the storm was much less severe than expected because it shifted to the north at the last minute, said Elizabeth Klute, director of the disaster management agency for the British Caribbean territory."It just kind of skirted us," Klute said. "It's moving on....
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 Child online safety card unveiled |
A virtual ID card designed to improve children's net safety has been launched in the UK, US, Canada and Australia. The NetIDMe card can be swapped by children online when using chatrooms, instant messaging and social networks. Parents and children can apply for the card using credit card details and a form countersigned by a professional who knows the child concerned. It is hoped that the card will make it harder for adults to pose as children when online. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) has said one in 12 children met up with someone encountered first online. ...
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| Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority |
Kansas voters on Tuesday handed power back to moderates on the State Board of Education, setting the stage for a return of science teaching that broadly accepts the theory of evolution, according to preliminary election results.With just 6 districts of 1,990 yet to report as of 8 a.m. Central time today, two conservatives — including incumbent Connie Morris, a former west Kansas teacher and author who had described evolution as “a nice bedtime story” — appear to have been defeated decisively by two moderates in the Republican primary elections. One moderate incumbent, Janet Waugh from the Kansas City area, held on to her seat in the Democratic primary....
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| Eastern U.S. Sweats In Heat Wave Warnings From Maine To Oklahoma, As Temperatures Hit Triple Digits |
Commuters sweated on their way to work Wednesday as the temperature and humidity started climbing back up to heat wave levels after a night of little relief. In the stifling subway tunnels, there was no air conditioning on three cars of the train Sayed Bukhari rode into Manhattan. "People were crying," Bukhari said. The National Weather Service posted heat advisories and warnings from Maine to Oklahoma. Triple-digit temperatures were forecast Wednesday along the East Coast as far north as parts of Maine and New Hampshire. The temperature was already above 80 before dawn Wednesday at Nashua, N.H. New York's LaGuardia Airport still had 92 degrees at midnight and eased only to 86 degrees by 6 a.m., the National Weather Service said. In the heart of crowded Manhattan, the low at Central Park only got down to 83. ...
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| New bird flu fears in Indonesia |
Seven people from the same village have been hospitalised in Indonesia with suspected bird flu, officials say. The group is from Karo district in Northern Sumatra province, where seven members of one family died of the deadly H5N1 virus in May. Their deaths sparked fears that the virus was mutating into a form which could pass easily from human to human, but experts later ruled this out. Indonesia has seen more bird flu deaths this year than any other country. A health ministry official, Runizar Ruesin, said experts were still waiting for test results from the group and any cluster "must be scientifically proved". But any new cluster of bird flu sufferers would cause alarm, especially since foreign health experts say Indonesia has not managed to control the disease's spread among birds...
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| 128 Dead as Sri Lankan Fighting Intensifies |
Government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels engaged in heavy fighting around a key northeastern port Wednesday, with Sri Lanka's Defense Ministry claiming its forces killed 40 insurgents and wounded 70 others. Five government soldiers were reported killed. The ministry's casualty claim could not be independently confirmed, but if true it would raise the death toll in recent days to 128 on both sides as worsening violence has many people fearful the island nation is plunging back into full-scale war.There was no immediate comment from the rebels, who have accused the government of starting the latest round of fighting....
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