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 Monday, 14 March 2005
. .< 11:57:10 PM >
Bill Cameron, 62 Cancer
Cancer claims veteran CBC broadcaster
[Via The Globe and Mail: Arts]
. .< 11:55:04 PM >
California ban on gay marriage not rational:...
A county judge has ruled California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying there's "no rational purpose" for the ban.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
. .< 11:52:29 PM >
Excess Fuel Billing by Halliburton in Iraq Is Put at $108 Million in Audit
The fuels report, involving a subsidiary of Halliburton, was completed in October 2004, but the Bush administration has kept it confidential.
[Via New York Times: International]
. .< 7:17:02 PM >
Peak of Mt Kilimanjaro exposed
Kilimanjaro's trademark snowy cap, at 5,895 metres (1,934ft), is now all but gone - 15 years before scientists predicted it would melt through global warming.
[Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest]
. .< 7:13:12 PM >
Joint security perimeter for North America by 2010: report
The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States will discuss a plan to beef up continental security and speed up movement across their borders when they meet next week.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
. .< 7:12:21 PM >
CBC chair Carole Taylor resigns
The chair of the CBC and Radio-Canada announced her resignation Monday.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
. .< 7:12:02 PM >
Darfur deaths in the hundreds of thousands:...
The number of people who have died in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region could be as high as 350,000, according to a senior United Nations official.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
. .< 7:05:46 PM >
Cell phones: They do voice calling too?
The cell phone is transforming into a true multimedia device, as this week's CTIA show will demonstrate.
Photos: Hybrid handsets
[Via CNET News.com]
. .< 4:13:49 PM >
Paying Tribute to Mac's Daddy
A well-attended memorial service for Jef Raskin, Apple employee No. 31, illuminates many dimensions of the man credited with giving birth to the Macintosh computer.
[Via Wired News]
. .< 4:11:58 PM >
As Cars Become More Connected, Hiding the Antennas Gets Tougher
With all the antennas in some new cars - high-tech luxury sedans may carry 18 or more - it takes a major engineering effort to design vehicles that do not bristle with metal quills.
[Via New York Times: Technology]
. .< 12:35:23 AM >
Weekend of gun violence shocks America
A boy aged two is shot in the head by his four-year-old brother and a churchgoer kills seven fellow worshippers.
[Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest] A culture that lives by the gun.
. .< 12:34:05 AM >
Conductor downs baton at La Scala
The La Scala opera house is in crisis after its musical director, Riccardo Muti, said he would no longer conduct the orchestra.
[Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest]
. .< 12:33:06 AM >
Vancouver 3rd in world in quality of life survey
Vancouver's natural assets and temperate climate make it one of the best cities in the world in which to live, a new survey says.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
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