| Al-Qaida trains kids, video suggests
The U.S. military said videos seized from suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hideouts show militants training children who appear as young as 10 to kidnap and kill. It's viewed as a sign that the terror network hungry for recruits may be using younger Iraqis in propaganda to lure a new crop of fighters. .
Turkish military sees better weather, steps up campaign against ...
More than 40 military trucks ferried troops toward the Iraqi border on Wednesday after a heavy snowfall slowed down Turkey's ground incursion against Kurdish rebels. F-16 warplanes and helicopters were seen flying over the border town of Cukurca toward Iraq. Iraq has demanded an immediate end to the operation, which started last week. Turkey, however, says it will continue the incursion until it achieves its military goals. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, ahead of his arrival in Turkey later Wednesday, said in India that he will tell Turkish leaders they need to wrap up their military operations in northern Iraq quickly, and that the ongoing assault must not last longer than a week or two. .
Revelers turn out for return of 1920s-era green streetcars in New ...
Revelers dotted the oak-lined avenue _ some waving or holding up drinks, others, carrying signs that read "No More Bus" or "Welcome Back," or offering riders Mardi Gras beads or high-fives. Councilwoman Stacy Head called the streetcars part of the city's identity _ "everything from the noise, the clanging down the avenue to the lights at night." The St. Charles line was the oldest continuously operating line in the world before Katrina shut it down in August 2005. It began operation in September 1835. "It's what makes New Orleans feel like home," she said. "It's as important as red beans and rice and Mardi Gras, and it's hard to explain to people who aren't part of this city how important this is as an icon and a real-life form of transportation." Karen Miller grew up riding the streetcar and took it to work before Katrina.
On the Farm: Flexie Flyer a blast from the past
We are back in full swing with activities on the vineyard as our crews move from block to block, removing last year's canes.
Cars start arriving at the ranch around 6:30 a.m. and making their way to the fields, where the people will begin work at 7 a.m.
About 6:45 a.m., the last shadows of night give way to the early morning rays of the sun shining over the hilltops and through the branches of the oaks surrounding the grapevines.
The people begin to get out of their warm cars, bundled up against the cold morning air, pruning shears in hand, as they make their way to their respective crews.
For a short time, the sunlight reflects off the ice of the frosty morning along the vineyard floor, shimmering like little diamonds spread out over the landscape.
The toxic legacy of plastic bags
At the heart of arguments against introducing a ban on the damaging common plastic shopping bag lies a stubborn refusal to consider anything other than the economic costs of keeping them. Plastic bags are cheap to make and cheap for shops to buy. We have become used to the convenience of them and think they make our lives somehow easier. But our easy addiction to plastic bags is destroying our environment, killing our marine life and birds, and is so pervasive and persistent that it is entering the food chain. How can those who assess plastic bags simply on their economic merits ignore the impacts of the waste left behind? How can any of us afford not to? In the half dozen decades since plastic became a regular part of our lives and plastic bags a common sight, the natural environment has become full to bursting with plastic rubbish.
ZTE denies making $41-M advance to bag NBN deal
Chief Justice Reynato Puno on Wednesday stressed the importance of the oral arguments set on March 4 in the Supreme Court on the petition of former socioeconomic planning secretary Romulo Neri questioning the Senate's arrest order against him as the SC would then discuss and determine the parameters of executive privilege. abs-cbnNEWS.com (2/27/2008 4:13:59 PM) .
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