Titanic Expedition dives deepen our view of wreck
Woods Hole researchers led by Robert Ballard rode the Alvin to 13 000 feet southeast of Newfoundland for an 11 day study of the Titanic. The Atlantis II carries 56 scientists and will deploy Jason Jr to capture high res video as Ortolan provides backup comms and rescue.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Newfoundland
Robert Ballard
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Shelley Lauzon
Adios
England
New York
Ballard
Alvin
Angus
Lauzon
Atlantis
Jason Jr
Titanic
Grand Stairway
Ortolan
Charleston
S.C
Navy
Argo
Poll Finds 72 Percent Back Stronger Porn Crackdown
A Time magazine poll of 1,017 Americans conducted July 7 9 by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman finds 72 percent want tougher government action on pornography and believe it fosters promiscuity and sexual violence. About two thirds are very or fairly concerned about porn’s pervasiveness with women more concerned than men. Margin of error plus or minus three points.
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New York
United States
Yankelovich Clancy Shulman
Israeli Harish threatens inquiry over Shin Bet deaths
Attorney General Yosef Harish warned ministers that if they fail to appoint a state commission he will order a police investigation into the 1984 killings of two Palestinian bus hijackers by Shin Bet captors. He spoke at a Cabinet meeting ahead of a Supreme Court appearance to address the affair.
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Los Angeles Times
Jerusalem
Yosef Harish
Likud
National Unity Coalition
Harish
Supreme Court
Shin Bet
Wisconsin missionary among abducted in Mindanao amid nun raid
In Zamboanga a Wisconsin missionary and 10 Carmelite nuns were abducted within 48 hours. Officials linked the Mindanao kidnappings to Muslim militants aiming to embarrass Aquino's government. Police search for gunmen while negotiations via local clerics begin.
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Zamboanga
Philippines
Pedro Balbanero
Army Southern Command
Mindanao
Corazon Aquino
Marawi
Manila
Balbanero
Brian Lawrence
Madon
Wis
Mindanao State University
Lawrence
Carol Ann
U.S
Alan Croghan
Philippine Defense Ministry
Rioting deaths and unrest spread in Gujarat India
In Ahmedabad three people were burned alive marking the fifth day of Muslim Hindu rioting. A man was fatally stabbed in Baroda as authorities report total deaths rising to 45 in Ahmedabad and 49 in other areas of Gujarat. Over 250 injured and 500 arrested.
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Ahmedabad
India
Gujarat
Baroda
Armed guards guard stealth fighter crash site in Sequoia forest
An Air Force accident board probes the nighttime crash near Saturday Peak with armed guards sealing a 150 acre area inside the Sequoia National Forest. The government has not identified the aircraft but reports call it a stealth fighter possibly the F-19. Maj. Ross E. Mulhare, 35, from Fall River Mass was the pilot based at Nellis AFB.
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Pleasant Dale
Neb
Rick Roth
Milford
Lincoln General Hospital
Roth
Bakersfield
Calif
Air Force
Greenhorn Mountains
Sequoia National Forest
William Schwartz
Edwards Air Force Base
Sierra Nevada
Ross E. Mulhare
Fall River
Mass
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Bill Sweetman
Nellis
Edward A. Mulhare
River Edge
Fires scorch Alaska burning over 330000 acres this year
Anchorage fires have scorched more than 440000 acres so far this year with most blazes started by lightning. Officials say many fires are allowed to burn to avoid high suppression costs as over 770 firefighters battled the blazes Sunday.
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Anchorage
Alaska
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
State Division of Forestry
Gazette Wire Services
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Carmelite Fathers
Associated Press
Fitzgerald
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
John Paul II
Libya
Hong Kong
Hwa Lie
Taiwan
China
Rome
Gulf of Sidra
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Bengazi
JANA
Islamabad
Pakistan
Teri Mengal
Associated Press of
Mulhare
Hawkeye Seed CO
Pai
Slender World
Marion Blvd
Indian Creek
Marion
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