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The
Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ont.: Oct 10, 2004. pg. A.2 |
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08393222 |
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Scientists
visited an underwater site off the northern Turkish coastal town of Sinop,
hoping to solve the age-old question of whether the Black Sea's flooding was
the event recounted in the Biblical story of Noah. Hercules, an underwater
robot excavator, gingerly dug around the deep-water ruins and retrieved
artifacts using pincers outfitted with sensors that regulated the pressure
they exerted -- much like a human hand. Read the full story by Richard C.
Lewis. |
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(Copyright The Ottawa Citizen 2004) The following
stories are available exclusively online for seven- day subscribers. Here's a
taste of what you'll find today -- to read full stories, check out:
www.ottawacitizen.com For
Salvadorans, Iraq can mean big bucks For many
Salvadorans, the newspaper ad seemed too good to be true: A U.S. company
willing to pay experienced security guards a minimum of $1,700 a month to
work outside the country. Never mind that it was Iraq. Read the full story by
Eloy Aguilar. Japanese
search for untainted patriotism Children in
battle fatigues. Teachers fined for not standing for the anthem. Japanese
troops in Iraq. A prime minister who regularly visits a controversial shrine
to Japanese war dead. Patriotism is making a comeback as the Japanese extol
national strength and pride with greater freedom and enthusiasm than at any
time since the Second World War. Read the full story by Joseph Coleman. Robot with
soft touch searches biblical site Scientists
visited an underwater site off the northern Turkish coastal town of Sinop,
hoping to solve the age-old question of whether the Black Sea's flooding was
the event recounted in the Biblical story of Noah. Hercules, an underwater
robot excavator, gingerly dug around the deep-water ruins and retrieved
artifacts using pincers outfitted with sensors that regulated the pressure
they exerted -- much like a human hand. Read the full story by Richard C.
Lewis. Life insurers
admit charging blacks more For a century,
insurance companies sent agents door-to-door in poor black neighbourhoods in
the U.S. to sell industrial or burial policies, often with benefits of $1,000
or less and with small premiums that were paid weekly. Now companies are
acknowledging widespread complaints that blacks were charged inflated rates.
Why did blacks keep paying? One retired domestic worker and policy- holder
explains: "I had no money to bury myself." Read the full story by
Jeff Donn. Rattlesnakes
poised to offer next painkiller The production
of antivenin to save people from the bites of poisonous snakes has been the
Butantan Institute's hallmark since 1901, and it also is one of Latin
America's leading makers of vaccines. Now its scientists have their eyes on a
possible new line of work: producing pain killers based on the venom of
rattlesnakes. The poison of the rattlesnake may lead to a painkiller more
powerful than morphine, but the institute stresses that years of development
and testing lie ahead. Read the full story by Stan Lehman. |
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