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Singaporeans crack down on thieving monkeys Print E-mail
posted by Genevi   
Monday, 19 February 2007
By Gillian Murdoch
'With monitor lizards, snakes, and bats prowling their parks, residents of tropical Singapore are no strangers to the occasional animal ambush.'
last updated ( Tuesday, 20 February 2007 )
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CSA (Confederate States of America): Impressive 'Speculative Documentary' Print E-mail
posted by shaftesbury   
Saturday, 17 February 2007

CSA: small Image of DVD boxThe speculative documentary, CSA: The Confederate States of America, examines American culture through the surreal, funny, and somewhat uncomfortable lens of a fictional documentary about the "Confederate States of America"--that is, the United States, had the South won the Civil War. The mind-altering aspect comes from realizing, as the film plays, that this surreal alternate universe is not much different form the one we're actually in...

last updated ( Friday, 04 January 2008 )
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China's "last cave dwellers" Print E-mail
posted by Genevi   
Friday, 16 February 2007
Article by Ben Blanchard

'Wang's village of Zhongdong -- which literally means "middle cave" -- is built in a huge, aircraft hanger-sized natural cave, carved inside a mountain over thousands of years by wind, water and seismic shifts.'
last updated ( Friday, 04 January 2008 )
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Chimpanzees may have had their own Stone Age Print E-mail
posted by Genevi   
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
'Chimpanzees may have had their own "Stone Age," with evidence showing they were using stone tools to crack nuts 4,300 years ago, researchers reported on Monday.'
last updated ( Tuesday, 13 February 2007 )
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Just give me that old-time atheism! Print E-mail
posted by Matthew   
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
by Salman Rushdie
last updated ( Tuesday, 13 February 2007 )
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