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  1. NEWS The unanswered questions over alarming uranium discovery at Heathrow Airport

    From the depths of a shipment of scrap metal, a radioactive signal. While false alerts can sometimes be triggered, this one was not one of them. Metal bars embedded with uranium had made the 3,700-mile journey to London from Pakistan, via Muscat in Oman. Had it not been intercepted by Border...
  2. NEWS US ambassador questioned at JFK after Ebola visit

    The US ambassador to the United Nations has been questioned at a New York airport immediately after returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa. Samantha Energy arrived at John F Kennedy airport on Thursday on a US government plane just after visiting Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, 3 countries...
  3. Airport passenger caught trying to traffic crabs

    A passenger who was trying to smuggle 63kg of crabs through a Russian airport was caught due to the rancid smell of the shellfish. The man was stopped by customs officers at Moscow's Domodedovo AIrport. It is thought the crabs, poached from the Pacific, were intended for top...
  4. VIDEO Russian customs officers riles Putin

    MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday criticized a group of customs officers for a YouTube video celebrating the lavish lifestyle they say comes with their government jobs. The mock rap video made in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok shows customs officials in...
  5. Saint Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day History and things There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to...
  6. Rats! Good for protein and protests in Uganda

    Link Removed due to 404 Error A man who ate a rat in front of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in 2005 is threatening to repeat what he says is a traditional form of protest used to bring change. John Ojim Omoding, 79, told the Daily Monitor newspaper that his grandfather ate a live rat...
  7. Monk first to be charged under Bhutan smoking law

    Link Removed due to 404 Error THIMPHU (Reuters) – A Buddhist monk could face five years in prison after becoming the first casualty of a stringent anti-smoking law in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which vows to become the first smoke-free nation. The monk has been charged with...