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...special two-euro coin is being minted to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the launch of the common European currency on January 1, 1999 (although euro coins and notes were issued only in 2002). Five designs have been short-listed for the competition from 42 submitted by national mints, and are available for public viewing - and voting - on a European Commission website...
This Thursday will mark 40 days since the death of Bhutto, and the end of the traditional Islamic mourning period. Asif Zardari, Bhutto's husband and appointed co-chair of the party, will launch the national campaign a day later. But due to restrictions on large gatherings, historically the PPP's most fertile vote earner, the onus falls on candidates such as Hussain to keep Bhutto relevant. Hussain's speeches are filled with fiery condemnations of Musharraf, whom she blames for Bhutto's death, despite the fact that both the government and the CIA have fingered al-Qaeda affiliated militants...
...from behind the arc. The Quakers buried three consecutive treys in just under two minutes to take a 53-44 lead with just over eight minutes remaining in the game. “When you’re the underdog, it’s easy to let that sucker launch,” Delaney-Smith said. “And they kept launching it. It’s a little bit harder to keep launching threes when you’re supposed to win by a lot.” Harvard clawed back in it thanks to Tay, who found...
Dale Lewis has a different theory of conservation: Instead of helping the animals that are being hunted, help the people who are doing the hunting. In the West African country of Zambia, where he has lived and worked for nearly 30 years, Lewis has helped launch an innovative new program that seeks to save wildlife by improving the livelihoods of local people, giving them an economic incentive to give up poaching. The program is called Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO), and it may help change the way wildlife is protected. "I realized I could have told you all the vital...
...after the launch of shareliverpoolfc.com, the website where fans can register their interest in eventually putting up cash, it's difficult to gauge the appetite for a buyout among the club's 25 million supporters worldwide. Overwhelmed by visitors - the site was attracting a thousand hits a second - its pages crashed out of action seven minutes after going online, but was back up Friday afternoon...