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Daily Archives: December 17, 2005

Royals to Announce Four Signees

by admin • DEC 17, 2005

Word is afoot that the Royals will announce today the signing of four free agents. Unofficial word, via WHB radio, is that those four are Mark Grudzielanek, Doug Mientkiewicz, Paul Bako and Scott Elarton.

Nobel Laureate Doesn’t Know What He’s T ...

by admin • DEC 17, 2005

“WE DON’T know what we are talking about.” That was Nobel laureate David Gross at the 23rd Solvay Conference in Physics in Brussels, Belgium, during his concluding remarks on Saturday. He was referring to string theory – the attempt to unify the otherwise incompatible theories of relativity and quantum mechanics to provide a theory of everything.

Iraqi group says voters were threatened

by admin • DEC 17, 2005

The National Iraqi list, the election bloc headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, accused other groups Saturday of intimidating voters.

Taliban Attack on School Kills Two

by admin • DEC 17, 2005

Men on a motorcycle have opened fire on students leaving school in volatile southern
Afghanistan, killing a pupil and a janitor, a provincial official said.

WTO Protestors Clash with Police

by admin • DEC 17, 2005

Police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters who tried to besiege a convention center where the was meeting Saturday in Hong Kong.