Saudi Arabia bans camera phones amid obscenity concerns
Saudi Arabia’s top religious leader issued an edict banning cell phones with built in cameras, after a failed ban on import and sales. The measure targets privacy and moral issues, with penalties including confiscation fines and up to one year in jail.
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North Koreans Reach Canadian Embassy in China
Forty three North Koreans climbed a spiked fence at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday seeking asylum. The group included two former political prisoners and was stopped by police. Canadian officials offered no details.
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U S team to search for hydrogen bomb off Georgia coast
A 20 member team from the Pentagon and National Labs will inspect Wassaw Sound near Tybee Island after retired searcher Derek Duke reported unusual radiation readings. The 1958 H bomb was dropped by a B-47 and later deemed irretrievably lost off the Georgia coast with no plutonium core.
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Derek Duke
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Duke
Wassaw
Wassaw Sound
Quakes prompt warning of potential St Helens eruption
Seismic activity at Mount St Helens intensified on Wednesday prompting scientists to warn a small to moderate eruption could occur in days. The USGS notes quakes 2.0 to 2.5 magnitude about four per minute may weaken the crater lava dome, with possible ash fallout within three miles of the crater.
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Two Men Sentenced to Death for USS Cole Bombing
In Sanaa Yemen Judge Najib al Qaderi sentenced Jamal al Badawi and Abd al Rahim al Nashiri to death by firing squad for plotting the Oct 12 2000 USS Cole attack that killed 17 sailors. Four other Yemenis received five to ten year terms.
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Rockets Kill Two Children in Sderot as Gaza Invasion Intensifies
A Palestinian rocket struck the Israeli town of Sderot near the Gaza border killing two children as Israelis prepared for Sukkot. Neighbouring reports said an Israeli helicopter then struck near a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza, wounding two Palestinians, amid a large Israeli incursion into northern Gaza.
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