Urban populations to exceed half the world by century end
World Bank projections show urban areas growing about 3.8 percent annually, adding roughly 1 million people weekly. By 2020 about 3 billion will live in cities and 3 billion in rural areas, with leaders warning of strained services and environmental risks as mega cities expand.
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Bosnia Faces Shifting Borders After War Ends
The war's end will not restore unity as Muslims Serbs and Croats expect lifelong separation. About 9 000 Muslims have been expelled from Serb held land since the fighting escalated this year and as many as 1 million Bosnians may be outside the republic. The UN refugee agency notes massive population shifts and the likely inability of many to return to prewar homes.
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NASA eyes coast landings as Discovery waits weather
Discovery could land today at Cape Canaveral or Edwards Air Force Base after stormy Florida weather kept the shuttle in orbit for a eleventh day. Forecasters warned more afternoon thunderstorms in Florida, making California a likely landing site if conditions improve.
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Inmates riot at Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia
Inmates set fires in a maximum security block and stormed the exercise yard at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt Virginia. Guards used riot gear and attack dogs to quell the disturbance as about 175 inmates occupied the yard before being returned to cells. Two inmates sustained minor wounds and several suffered smoke inhalation while no staff were injured. The event coincided with Virginia lawmakers debating parole abolition and longer sentences in Richmond.
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Virtual reality hinges on government push, NRC says
The National Research Council warned that real world VR for home use, space exploration, or medical aid requires aggressive non lagging tech. It noted a large gap between expectations and machinery and said only entertainment pushes VR now, not practical high quality applications.
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Outer Space
National Research Council
NRC
Brett Butler Embraces Latent Opera Queen Image
Brett Butler of Grace Under Fire says she is a big person with huge hands and jokes about being an opera queen. She describes herself as a performer who acts like that, while staying in jeans on a sitcom.
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Newsday
Prosecutors detail murder theory in Simpson case
Los Angeles prosecutors presented their theory that O J Simpson planned to kill ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and that Ron Goldman intervened leading to a struggle. They also revealed Simpson's secretary shredded a document authorities had sought, suggesting a possible smoking gun. Cathy Randa was to testify as defense contends papers are being shredded to keep them from reporters.
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Southwestern University Law School
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Pugsley
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General Assembly Opens 49th Session At UN
The General Assembly of 184 nations convenes its 49th session to debate Haiti Bosnia and other hotspots. It will elect Ivory Coast Foreign Minister Amara Essy as president. Assembly power is moral only while the Security Council holds legal authority. Up to 178 speakers are slated to address the body next week.
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