Lobstermen in Rhode Island are debating the practice of clipping the tails of female lobsters, with some saying stricter regulations are needed to protect a declining population. The conflict centers on "v-notching," a conservation method in which a quarter-inch to half-inch notch is clipped in the tail of a female lobster. The notch means the lobster must be thrown back into the water so it can reproduce. The notch becomes smaller as the lobster grows, giving it time to produce more eggs. Jody King, a quahogger who sits on the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council, said he supports a "zero-tolerance" policy that would prevent the harvest of lobsters with notched tails. He said he'd like to "bring back lobstering to what it was." ...
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Editor - 09:06:00 12-26-06
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 Powerful quake strikes off Taiwan |
A powerful earthquake struck off southwestern Taiwan on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning on the second anniversary of the waves that killed more than 200,000 in southern Asia.Two hours later, seismologists lifted the warning, saying the threat of destructive waves had passed.Taiwanese media reported one person was killed and three injured in the southern city of Pingtung when their four-story home collapsed. Three other members of the family were trapped in the rubble and firefighters were working to free them, the reports said. One member of the family -- an 89-year old man -- escaped from the building unharmed.Initial reports said all the people in the collapsed building had been freed, but these turned out to be unfounded.Elsewhere in Pingtung, 20 other people were injured, media reports said....
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/asia.quake.ap/index.html?eref=rss_world
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Editor - 09:03:00 12-26-06
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| Somalia Calls on Islamists to Surrender Islamic Forces Retreat in Somalia; Government Calls on Them to Lay Down Their Weapons |
Islamic fighters retreated Tuesday as Somali government and Ethiopian troops advanced on three fronts in a decisive turn in the battle for control of this Horn of Africa nation. Somalia's internationally backed government called on the Council of Islamic Courts to surrender and promised amnesty if they lay down their weapons, spokesman Abdirahman Dinari said from Baidoa, the seat of the interim administration. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, whose military openly joined the war Sunday after weeks of quietly aiding the Somali government, said his forces had completed about half their mission. "As soon as we have accomplished our mission and about half of our mission is done, and the rest shouldn't take long we'll be out," Meles told reporters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. ...
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Editor - 09:01:00 12-26-06
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| Oil Pipeline Blast Kills at Least 260 in Nigeria |
A ruptured gasoline pipeline burst into flames Tuesday as scavengers collected the fuel, killing at least 260 people and injuring dozens of others, the Red Cross said.Scores of bodies could be seen jumbled and fused together in the raging flames at the blast site. Intense heat kept rescue workers back as smoke billowed over the heavily populated Abule Egba neighborhood.Witnesses said professional thieves broke into the pipeline after midnight and hundreds of men, women and children rushed in later to scoop up the fuel with jerry cans, plastic buckets and bags. It was unclear what ignited the gasoline."This was a preventable tragedy," said Joel Ogundere, whose home was next to the blast. "It was poverty, ignorance and greed," said the lawyer, who didn't give his age.Nigerian Red Cross workers had documented 260 dead and 60 other people under treatment at local hospitals after the fire, senior Nigerian Red Cross official Ige Oladimeji said....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,238838,00.html
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Editor - 08:59:00 12-26-06
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| Judge: Saddam To Be Hanged Within 30 Days Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence For Former Iraqi Leader |
Iraq's highest appeals court on Tuesday upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence and said he must be hanged within 30 days for the killing of 148 Shiites in the central city of Dujail. The sentence "must be implemented within 30 days," chief judge Aref Shahin said. "From tomorrow, any day could be the day of implementation." On Nov. 5, an Iraqi court sentenced Saddam to the gallows for ordering the 1982 killings following an attempt on his life. Under Iraqi law, the appeals court decision must be ratified by President Jalal Talabani and Iraq's two vice presidents. Talabani opposes the death penalty but has in the past deputized a vice president to sign an execution order on his behalf — a substitute that was legally accepted. ...
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Editor - 08:57:00 12-26-06
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| Troop 'surge' (Escalation) plan for Iraq meets growing opposition in US |
Opposition to a proposal to send additional American troops to Iraq grew stronger in the US over the Christmas weekend as Bush pondered new ways to stabilize the country sinking deeper into sectarian strife. Bush discussed his options with new Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior security officials at his Camp David retreat in Maryland on Saturday. They change the word Escalation that they used during the Viet Nam to Surge. Conveniently, the main media has a short memory. So how many soldiers are we willing to let them sacrifice to save their own rotten Political Asses? Over 55.000 died in Viet Nam and hundreds of thousands maimed for life, are we going to let them get away with it again? Remember the Golf of Tonkin excuse that got us into Viet Nam was also a Lie. Time we arrest them all for War Crimes and maybe the habit of lying us into wars will stop. If we don’t it will happen again...
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