News of Doom 04/17/08

April 17th, 2008 — News of Doom

  • Japan baseball team hits 66 runs in two innings (Reuters)
  • Bangladesh army feeds troops potatoes (Reuters)
  • Robot Targets Men in Iraq
  • Romanian man rears lion in garden until neighbors complain (AP)
  • Judge sentences lawyer to 90 days for lewd gesture (AP)
  • Company receives hundred of ’smelly’ gas calls (AP)
  • Venezuelan TV channel may be fined over ‘The Simpsons’ (AP)
  • MRAP Review
  • Iowa pranksters get just desserts: 3,000 forks in their yard (AP)
  • No buyer for 72 carat diamond (Reuters)
  • Robbers steal watches worth $1.4 million (Reuters)
  • Cute and prickly hedgehogs latest pet fad (Reuters)
  • Israel Deploys New Mortar
  • This stone’s called Apophis it brings Apocalypse
  • Navy and Coast Guard hit by force depletions: House panel - Times of India
  • Reports: Defense in Italy CIA case requests Berlusconi, Prodi as … - International Herald Tribune
  • History, humor in Alaska names from Eek to Sagavanirktok (AP)
  • Skegby famliy still haunted by child abduction tragedy - Mansfield Chad
  • UPDATE 1-Dubai’s Emaar Q1 profit falls on US housing woes - Reuters
  • No suspects in Coatesville abduction - Chester DailyLocal.com
  • Dubai Chamber attracts more national workforce to its fold - Al-Bawaba
  • Congress Worried About Ground Force Health
  • Unity on Paper / Divided Yemen finds itself powerless to extremism - Ha’aretz
  • Quebec: Terror suspect faces three more charges - Ottawa Citizen
  • TV ratings - April 15 The Age of Terror captures 1m viewers - Guardian

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