Pi fans love a mystery

On March 14th, people declare their passion for pi, a number that seems to go on forever.Read More from YAHOO

“Independent rail expert Barry Doe details 10 popular journeys on which you can save money by asking for your ticket in the right way.”

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Portugal’s parliament has voted to legalise abortion on demand, after a referendum failed to settle the issue in the mainly Catholic country.
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“Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has attacked US counterpart George W Bush as a “symbol of domination” as the pair continue rival Latin American tours.”
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“A woman who went into a vegetative state in November of 2000 awoke this week for three days, spoke with her family and a local television station before slipping back on Wednesday. “I’m fine,” Christa Lilly told her mother on Sunday — her first words in eight months. She has awakened four other times for briefer periods.”
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according to CNN Website A former member of the U.S. Navy formerly known as Paul R. Hall, 31, was arrested Wednesday in Phoenix, Arizona, on charges of espionage and providing material support to terrorists, the Department of Justice said.

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Singer Robbie Williams,former Take That star, has come out of rehab after spending three weeks in a clinic in Arizona being treated for a dependency on prescription drugs.

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According to CNN at least two people woke up Wednesday on their way to becoming millionaires.

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” A White House privacy board is giving its stamp of approval to two of the Bush administration’s controversial surveillance programs _ electronic eavesdropping and financial tracking _ and says they do not violate citizens’ civil liberties. ”

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16 years after an amateur videographer George Holliday, filmed the beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles police officers on the night of March 3 1991,the French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists.
If you are publishing such images you could face up to five years in prison and a fine of €75,000.Cerise sur le gâteau, the French government has also proposed a certification system for Web sites, blog hosters, mobile-phone operators and Internet service providers, identifying them as government-approved sources of information if they adhere to certain rules.
Please noted that the LA police officers were acquited at the end on April 29, 1992.

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An Indonesian jetliner Boeing 737-400 owned by state airline Garuda was carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the airline and witnesses said.There are at least 95 confirmed survivors.”It is a terrible tragedy,Many lives have been lost and our love and sympathy and condolences go to those who are suffering distress and grief.”said Prime Minister John Howard.10 Australians were aboard the plane mainly diplomatic staff and journalists who were traveling from the capital, Jakarta, ahead of Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer and Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock, who had been due to attend a function later Wednesday.

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“A powerful earthquake has struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 70 people and flattening hundreds of buildings.
The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.3, and was centred near the town of Padang.” Read More at BBC NEWS

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