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• Small asteroid to burn up over Africa
A very small asteroid will streak into the skies over Sudan tonight, astronomers announced. It is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, creating a show. It will not strike Earth . It is the first time an asteroid "impact" has been predicted with ...
• Oprah sued for defamation by ex-school head
PHILADELPHIA - The ex-headmistress of Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls in South Africa sued the TV talk show host for defamation, claiming Winfrey falsely suggested she tried to cover up abuse at the school. In widely reported remarks last year ...
• Crew on hijacked ship off Somalia said to be OK
Roger Middleton, an expert on East Africa at Chatham House think tank in London, said the standoff could drag on. "Ships have been held for two months or more so I think we've got a way to go here," he said. "They are in a strong bargaining position." ...
• Half of mammals are in decline, study finds
It is most extreme in Central and South America, West, East and Central Africa, Madagascar, and in South and Southeast Asia." 'A frightening sign' More than half of the 1,141 threatened mammal species fall under "critically endangered" (188) or ...
• Puzzling over pre-humans
Today, the mainstream view is that australopithecines like Lucy first became bipedal - perhaps as part of an adaptation to living on Africa's savannahs instead of ape-friendly forests. That evolutionary development opened the way for more dextrous ...