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September 23, 2007
The Sun
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September 21, 2007
Charela Inn, Negril Jamaica
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September 20, 2007
The Paddy Man
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September 14, 2007
World's Tallest Building?
The world's tallest building, still under construction in the booming Gulf emirate of Dubai, has become the world's tallest free-standing structure, its developers said on Thursday.
The Burj Dubai tower is now 555 metres (1,831.5 feet) tall and has surpassed the 553-metre- (1,824.9-feet) CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure since 1976, developers Emaar Properties said in a statement.
The skyscraper, being built by South Korea's Samsung and set for completion at the end of next year, is one of several mega projects taking shape in Dubai, which is part of the United Arab Emirates.
The statement did not reveal the tower's final projected height or its final number of storeys, which Emaar has kept secret since launching the project in January 2004.
The developer announced in July that Burj Dubai, Arabic for Dubai Tower, had exceeded Taiwan's Taipei 101 which is 508 metres (1,676.4 feet) tall, to become the tallest building in the world.
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September 13, 2007
That poor monkey!
The saddest image of the day.
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September 06, 2007
Honey Bees May have Virus
Colony collapse disorder has killed millions of bees -- up to 90 percent of
colonies in some U.S. beekeeping operations -- imperiling the crops largely
dependent upon bees for pollination, such as oranges, blueberries, apples and
almonds. Click on the pic for more...
One of the problems the researchers have had with the diagnosis of this new virus is that when the hive collapses the bees disperse and are not found, dead or alive.
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September 03, 2007
The Accident
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September 02, 2007
Gigantic Diamond Found!
The world's biggest diamond, believed to be twice the size of the Cullinan,
has been discovered in the North-West Province of South Africa. The find has
electrified the diamond community, but the circumstances of the discovery are
shrouded in mystery.
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September 01, 2007
No one's driving...
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