latimes.com

In 1940, the 1,000-year anniversary of Taira's death, the Finance Ministry, a short distance from the site, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. And after World War II, the U.S. military dropped its idea for a parking lot on the site after a bulldozer operator suddenly died. Some even blame Taira for the 1998 bankruptcy of the Long-Term Credit Bank after the institution sold the land under his monument.

Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 06:58 PM

canoe.ca

Colombian authorities have told the Foreign Affairs Department they have reason to believe that the three men aboard the chopper -- Gilles Pregent, a pilot from Montreal; Jay Riddell, a mechanic from Vancouver; and Pierre Galipon, a Frenchman and a partner in Heliamerica, the company that owns the chopper -- are alive.

Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 06:51 PM

estar.org.uk

The eScience Telescopes for Astronomical Research (eSTAR) Project is a programme to build a prototype robotic telescope network, to test computing infrastructure and software which could be used for larger scale projects. The prototype will include telescopes which carry out observing requests sent across the internet and a system which performs rapid reduction of the data. Intelligent agents will then examine the results and, if required, request follow-up observations.

Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 06:46 PM

CBC News

For instance, scientific evidence suggests marijuana is "not a gateway" to harder drugs, like cocaine, heroin and other more addictive substances, Nolin said.

Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 06:43 PM

CBC News

For the 2002 season, the total allowable catch (TAC) for harp seals is 275,000. But East Coast sealers have already taken almost 300,000 from a population of five million seals.

Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 06:39 PM

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Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 08:17 AM

BBC News | AMERICAS

The Archdiocese's finance council said the proposed settlement to the alleged victims of the now defrocked priest, John Geoghan, would leave the Boston Church without money to pay other victims.

Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 06:47 AM

Reason

The thing is, as Simpson makes clear, the Canadian way is no better, and it shows. Through the splintering of the Canadian right into two parties -- the squishy center-right Progressive Conservatives and the populist, mostly western Canadian Alliance -- Jean Chrétien’s Liberal Party has won the last three elections in a walk. On its own, that might not be a bad thing, but Simpson highlights two related trends: the sharp decline in voter turnout and the increasing centralization of power in the hands of Prime Minister Chrétien.

Posted by GeeTee at May 04, 2002 06:27 AM