Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines

One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their...

Police chief reported for bin Laden costume

A police superintendant in the UK is in hot water for dressing up as Osama Bin Laden at a village carnival just days before the anniversary of the September 11 attacks."A senior policeman who dressed as Osama bin Laden at a carnival, days before the seventh anniversary of the...

France shocked by images of war

"Staring out from a glossy eight-page spread in the latest edition of the magazine Paris Match, several Taleban fighters show off their trophies of war. The loss of the 10 soldiers in Afghanistan shocked France Guns, walkie-talkies...

Five simple ways to save a life

"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Quick: What would you do if you impaled yourself with a large, sharp, piece of wood? If your tooth fell out? If you fell from a high ladder? If your friend had a severe allergic reaction? ...

Child Taliban Soldiers Trained to Target British Soldiers

Children as young as five years-old are being trained as soldiers in a Taliban recruitment drive, it has been revealed.   "The boy soldiers stand in line before being handed rifles and taught to fire...

How organic agriculture is creating new export opportunities for African farmers

"The staunchest supporters of each of the two sides in what I call Africa's 'agro-ideological debate' are unlikely to see eye to eye any time soon, so deep is their suspicion of each others' motives. To advocates of intensive 'green revolution' revolution methods, Africa's...

Hiroko Mima from Japan in Miss Universe 2008

"Born in 1986 Tokushima Prefecture, Hiroko Mima won Miss Universe Japan on April 3, 2008. Over 4000 girls appeared for the pageant. A student of Nihon University, Hiroko is a physical education major. To compete in Miss Universe 2008, Hiroko was trained by Ines Ligron who...

Greater Vancouver Zoo, Lion Eats Eagle in front of visitors.

Certainly a sad day, and horrific experience for onlookers and especially children who  witnessed  a trained Golden eagle performing, only to be harrassed by crows and into the waiting mouth of a...

Training and treachery:Pakistan Army Training Taliban

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThere had been rumblings, rumour and innuendo over Pakistani Army troops playing both sides in the Afghan conflict, as well as Pakistan hiding Bin Laden, certainly if these...

Canadian Jihad: Trained for terror

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAs the trial is underway, the crown hears of emails and banter among Jihadists which sound more like a couple of guys planning a Funfilled Babes and Beer College Spring...

DVD-Sniffing Anti-Piracy Dog Dead

" Malaysia's plan to use dogs to sniff out pirated DVDs suffered a setback after one of two Labradors trained for the task died of an unknown cause, officials said Monday.Authorities were investigating the cause of...

Afghan Police Transform Into Professional, Equipped Force

" WASHINGTON, May 27, 2008 – When Army Col. Thomas J. McGrath arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, last year as the commander of the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command, he stopped in on a police checkpoint. Of the 25 Afghan police manning the point,...

Iraqi army arrests 6 teens trained as suicide bombers

Iraqi Military have arrested 6 wannable teens trained as Suicide bombers. Iraqi soldiers acting on tips found the youths, who ranged in age from 14 to 18, in the basement of an abandoned house on Monday after the Saudi militant who was training them was killed in military...

Cancer-Sniffing Dog to Be Cloned

Marine is a black lab that can sniff out human cancer cells. Touted as being the top cancer-sniffing dog, Marine is scheduled to be cloned in South Korea at a Seoul-based biotech company where the first dog was cloned in 2005. "Cloned fetuses from the black labrador retriever...

Why I Hate Cops

"I don't hate cops. I've had friends who were cops in every town where I've ever lived. One pal o' mine--Cuddles to his friends--drove the meat wagon (picking up corpses) for the Chicago police department. Another was Ziggy, a ex-junkie who submitted an application to the...

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