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Sep 3, 2010

BAE lays keel for Thai patrol vessel

BANGKOK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- BAE Systems Surface Ships and its Thai partner Bangkok Dock laid the keel of what will be the country's most advanced offshore patrol ship

Steel Bands Are Ready for New York Competition

David Goldman for The New York TimesTeshana Archer, left, and Allyssa McLean, right, both of Brooklyn, rehearsed on Wednesday with Despers USA.
By SAM DOLNICK

As the sun sets over a string of tire repair and auto body shops in Brooklyn, the first jaunty notes of a jangly symphony ring out. The roar of Atlantic ....

FIFA.com - Trinidad on a wave of confidence

Tournament football is as much about momentum as skill, strength or luck. Trinidad and Tobago’s U-17s, getting set to participate in their first women’s world finals, are finding their rhythm at just the right time. With two days to go before the Soca Princesses open their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup account at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, the hosts are on the crest of a successful wave.

Opera in the forest

Opera in the forest

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Dvořák's Rusalka staged in Divoká Šárka in 2007.

The rustle of leaves and the babble of goats are sounds not usually associated with opera, but then again, Natural Theater Divoká Šárka is not your average opera house.

HIV infection rates rising fast

HIV infection rates rising fast

Walter NovakPetr Sobek, himself HIV-positive, is shocked by the ignorance of young people.
Four years ago, Petr Sobek was like most anyone else - he knew HIV existed, but didn't pay much attention to it.
"I thought it could not happen to me, and it was my mistake that I allowed myself to have sex without a condom," the 39-year-old Sobek said, sitting in the garden at Lighthouse...

Russian disaster sign of global warming

Russia's heat wave, drought and wildfires – which have killed dozens of people and destroyed millions of acres (hectares) of wheat - are another indication that global warming is causing more weather extremes around the world, a Russian official said Monday.

Gunman shot dead at Discovery bldg, hostages freed

Police shot dead a gunman to safely free three persons ending hours of standoff after he had taken them as hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters in the suburb of Silver Spring.

NASA turns down Chilean miners request for alcohol, cigarettes

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has reportedly turned down requests for alcohol and cigarettes made by 33 trapped Chilean miners.

Obama calls French President and Saudi King on Middle East

US President Barack Obama has called French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Saudi King Abdullah to discuss with them the crucial direct talks between Israeli and Palestine leaders that resumed after a gap of two years.

Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near US-Mexico border

A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects in northern Tamaulipas state, near Mexico's border with Texas, the military said.