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Welcome to the World News Ramble, LesTout's weekly look at interesting news stories from around the globe. This feature is designed for people interested in the whole world as much as their own little corner. Please keep in mind that the links in every edition were..
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It's not often that an American vice presidential debate gets so much attention, but this one had the potential to be a game changer. The coverage wasn't limited to the U.S. alone, even the BBC World Service featured the debate in its top headlines throughout the evening. If you recorded ..
(Read full article on VP Debate: No train wrecks to report)
The unexplained death of the zookeeper who gained fame for handling Berlin’s beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his apartment recently. The two were inseparable when the young ..
(Read full article on Knut the German Polar Bear Loses Keeper)
Second-in-line to the British throne, Prince William, announced recently that he plans to become a full-time pilot on one of the Royal Air Force’s six search and rescue teams. He will begin an 18-month training progra..
(Read full article on England’s Heir to Become Pilot)
Chantal Petitclerc has won 10 consecutive gold medals in wheelchair racing at the Beijing Paralympics. And the Canadian is more than 20 years older than many of her fellow competitors at the event, which followed the 29th Olympiad in A..
(Read full article on Thirty-eight-year-old Sweeps Paralympic Event)
At a huge outdoor mass in Paris, attended by more than 250,000 Catholics and assisted by more than 900 priests, Pope Benedict XVI condemned the world’s passion for power, possessions and money. In a city known for its collective love of luxury goods, expensive fashions, and priceles..
(Read full article on Pope Benedict Visits Paris)
Death tolls are rising in unrelated but equally-tragic incidents recently. A bus crash in China, a head-on collision of two trains in California, and a plane in Russia have shocked the world. Human error is blamed for at least 25 deaths in California’s worst-ever ..
(Read full article on Transportation Industry Reels With Global Disasters)
New York. Arizona. Colorado. Georgia. Illinois. Memorial services and commemorative events are being held across the entire United States of America as September 11, 2008 marks the seventh anniversary of the day that ch..
(Read full article on September 11th Commemoration Activities Across the USA)
They were a little less choreographed, and little more solemn and a lot more nostalgic, but the closing ceremonies in Beijing on August 24 were just as impressive as the opening ceremonies had been 16 days..
(Read full article on Closing Ceremonies Amazing)
It seems like every Olympic Games is marred by reports of the use of performance-enhancing drugs and the 2008 event in Beijing is no exception. Ukrainian heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska has tested po..
(Read full article on Doping Hits Beijing Olympics)
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