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...have gotten into a freshwater lagoon? Tuggerah Lake is connected to the Pacific Ocean through a tidal channel called The Entrance. It is 12 km long and 4 km. wide, with an average depth of 6-7 m, roughly 20 feet. "It's not a big lake," said Chief Inspector Winmill, "but it's a bloody big shark - if it's true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack of the Freshwater Shark? | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...said it was bigger than his boat," reported local Chief Inspector Tim Winmill. "He's got an 18-ft. boat and he said it would have been 21 ft. (6.5 m.)." Winmill said police had no reason to doubt the fisherman's story: he was known to local authorities as a responsible member of the industry. As a result, police have issued a warning to anyone using Tuggerah and two smaller, connected lakes to take extreme care. Though the water at this time of year is numbingly cold, it's school holidays in New South Wales until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack of the Freshwater Shark? | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...Pelosi also got other improvements, including a review of and report on Bush's domestic surveillance program by the Justice Department inspector general and a provision making clear that Congress does not give the President a free pass on complying with domestic surveillance laws during wartime. "This bill strengthens congressional oversight," Pelosi argues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Compromise on Spying | 6/20/2008 | See Source »

...Pakistan Black-Market Bombs Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, may have sold plans for a nuclear device to Iran and other countries, according to a former U.N. arms inspector--an allegation Khan claims is a "pack of lies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...investigation into charges levelled by the federal attorney that Urs Tinner was engaging in illegal actions for a foreign country. Allegations that Tinner was a CIA agent were made in a book The Nuclear Jihadist by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins, as well as by the former U.N. weapons inspector David Albright. "What strikes me as interesting is what international connections did Tinner have, and if he really was a CIA agent, what impact did this have on the government's decision to shred the documents?" Egli adds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swiss Shredded Nuke Documents | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

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