Longevity in South Africa hinges on locusts and tortoise meals
In Johannesburg a 114 year old woman, Oprah Ramothibe born June 27, 1881, credits her long life to a diet of locusts pumpkin seeds tortoise meat wild herbs dried fruit and a daily coffee. She celebrated with family and a cake at an old people’s home as a 105 year old friend and her oldest daughter joined in.
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Johannesburg
Reuter
Oprah Ramothibe
Ramothibe
Jeanne Calment
Trust fund setup for slain Canadian woman’s children
The parents of Joanne Dickson 35 set up the Michael and Ashley Trust Fund for her two children after investigators found a dismembered torso believed to be hers. Dickson disappeared after a bar night in Edmonton and police seek a bearded man seen with her at the Commercial Hotel. About 70 people contacted police with tips after a composite sketch circulated.
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Calgary
Joanne Dickson
Edmonton
Dickson
North Saskatchewan
Glen Parker
Allison
Joanne
Michael
Ashley
Michael and
CIBC
Little Foot fossil found as missing link in human origins
South African scientists report four three million year old foot bones from Sterkfontein near Johannesburg as a missing link. Ronald Clarke nicknamed the find Little Foot and says the bones show a human type ankle with ape like toes. Phillip Tobias calls the discovery key to upright walking in early hominids.
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Johannesburg
Reuter
Sterkfontein
Ronald Clarke
Phillip Tobias
Witwatersrand University
Tryst with stepfather echoed in Susan Smith case
Beverly Russell testified that he and Susan Smith had consensual sex two months before she drowned her two sons. He urged mercy to spare her life, reading a Father’s Day letter claiming shared responsibility while jurors weighed whether to impose death or life without parole.
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Smith
Tommy Pope
David Bruck
Alberta to pay 400 million to exit hazardous waste business
Alberta taxpayers face a near 400 million dollar loss as the Conservative government moves to exit the hazardous waste sector. A tentative deal aims to pay about 150 million to shed its stake in a toxic waste treatment plant, adding to years of operating losses.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Albart
Government moratorium targets nine reproductive technologies
Health minister Diane Marleau urged doctors and researchers to stop using sex selection, surrogate contracts, and egg, sperm, and embryo trade. The federal move bars funding to those practices, labeling them unethical and dangerous, while promising future legislation and a permanent regulatory regime.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Diane Marleau
Marleau
Bryo
Royal Commission
Patricia Baird
Canada
Baird
John Williams
The
Canadian Medical Association
Canada to cut unemployment insurance by two billion
Ottawa weighs a 2 billion cut to unemployment insurance in a plan to shrink Canada’s 40 billion deficit. The measure would divert 800 million to re employment programs and affect about 712,000 beneficiaries while signaling broader belt tightening backed by Ontario Premier Mike Harris.
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Ottawa
Toronto Star
Paul Martin
Martin
Paul
Lloyd Axworthy
Ontario
Mike Harris
Canada
Axworthy
Croatians Cut Suppy Route Into Bosnia Amid Rising War
Croatian forces crossed into Bosnia and severed a key supply route to rebels in Croatia as Croatian Serbs pressed towards encircled Bosnian government troops in Bihac. UN planned peacekeepers on the border amid growing cross-border hostilities.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
Croatia
Bihac
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Bosnia-Croatia
Croatian Radio Today
Grahovo
Knin
Defence Council
Tanjug
Chris Gunness
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