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	Current events - Open Encyclopedia
		The last invasion started the Congo Civil War, which resulted in the deaths of 3?4 million people.
		A French appeals court reduces former Prime Minister Alain Juppé's disqualification from holding public office from ten years to one, opening up the way for him to contend in the 2007 presidential election.
		A referendum in Hungary to grant citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living in other countries appears to have failed due to insufficient turnout.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Current_events (2830 words)

	Iron Man - Psychology Central
		An Iron Man film was scheduled to be released in 2007 (though originally November 2005, but reverted to 2006 then to 2007 due to several undisclosed reasons), with Nick Cassavetes directing.
		After the final issue, #99 (March 1968), after which the book became Captain America, Iron Man appeared in the one-shot Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968), before debuting in his own title with (The Invincible) Iron Man #1 (May 1968).
		This incident was just the part of a series of events that culminated in the deaths of three Avengers, the destruction of Avengers Mansion and the disbanding of the Avengers themselves.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Iron_Man (5315 words)

	California Office of Traffic Safety Youthquake Study
		According to the study, by 2007, 15-17 year olds will cause 24 percent more motor vehicle-related deaths because they will choose to drink and drive.
		Statistics show that teenage drivers are responsible for a highly disproportionate number of collisions, injuries and deaths.
		If it seems like there are a lot of teen drivers on California roads now, beware: the "youthquake" is coming.
	www.ots.ca.gov /campaign/youthquake.asp (5315 words)

	Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Health/Science
		But deaths are thought to be underreported, according to the Texas Diabetes Council's 2006-2007 State Plan.
		Diabetes killed 5,650 people in Texas and contributed to an additional 17,423 deaths in 2002, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
		Patients in towns like Rio Grande City are among the poorest in the nation and are ill-equipped to pay for such costs.
	www.dallasnews.com /sharedcontent/dws/news/healthscience/stories/102705dntexfatcounty.b0a8862.html (2152 words)

	Iron Man Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ Karr.net
		An Iron Man film is scheduled to be released in 2007 (though originally November 2005, but reverted to 2006 then to 2007 due to several undisclosed reasons), with Nick Casavettes directing.
		This incident was just the part of a series of events that culminated in the deaths of three Avengers, the destruction of Avengers Mansion and the disbanding of the Avengers themselves.
		The Iron Man armor was originally invented and is currently worn by Tony Stark, an American industrialist billionaire and military contractor known not only for his lifestyle, but also for his incredible ingenuity and inventive genius.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Iron_Man (4744 words)

	CBC News:Ontario delays closing worst coal plant
		Duncan said the province's three other remaining coal-fired plants – the Lambton plant south of Sarnia, Atikokan in northwestern Ontario and a plant in Thunder Bay – would close on schedule in 2007.
		The giant Nanticoke plant on Lake Erie produces 4,000 megawatts of electricity and was to have been closed in 2007.
		The province's coal-fired plants cause up to 668 premature deaths, 928 hospital admissions and 1,100 emergency room visits each year, an analysis released in April said.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2005/06/15/plant050615 (4744 words)

	2002-August.txt
		Although Kala Azar is much easier to eradicate than malaria, the efforts to check the disease so far have proved tardy, even though incidence of Kala Azar in Bihar has come down from 75,523 cases and 1,417 deaths in 1992 to 12,909 cases and 130 deaths in 2000.
		The Indian government has set 2007 as the deadline for eradicating Kala Azar, which is transmitted by sand flies and characterised by irregular bouts of fever, weight loss, swelling of spleen, liver and anaemia.
		Kala Azar kills 18 people in Bihar By Imran Khan, Indo-Asian News Service Patna, Aug 23 (IANS) At least 18 people, including six children, have died and nearly 100 have taken ill in Bihar because of the tropical disease Kala Azar that attacks the liver and spleen.
	www.indialists.org /pipermail/health-india/2002-August.txt (4744 words)

	UK Faults Self And US For Plane Shootdown
		A British Royal Air Force inquiry into the deaths of two aircrew in an RAF Tornado GR4A strike plane, accidentally shot down by a U.S. Patriot anti-missile battery during the Iraq War last year, has blamed both a failure of the aircraft's identification equipment and the way the Patriot battery was crewed and operated.
		As a result of the accident, the RAF is speeding introduction of a new successor Identification Friend or Foes system onto 40 Tornado GR4 aircraft and 27 Tornado F3 fighters by the end of the year, with all RAF aircraft fitted by 2007.
		Its communications suite was still on its way from the United States, and its contacts with the outside world was through a relay with another battery that did have links to battalion headquarters.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/missiles-04x.html (4744 words)

	Cape Breton - Current News & Information
		Cape Breton, based in Sydney, NS, was awarded the women's soccer tournament for the fall of 2007 while Trinity Western University will host the tournament a...
		SYDNEY, NS -- A Cape Breton man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shotgun deaths of his estranged wife and her European friend.
		She was born in Cape Breton, NS,at the dawn of a new age.
	news.daylightonline.com /2003/Cape_Breton.html (5787 words)

	Hurricane Erin (1995) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Erin caused 6 drowning deaths across the Gulf of Mexico and caused $700 million (1995 US dollars) in damages, mostly caused by winds along the coastline of the gulf
		It was used during the 2001 season and will be used again during the 2007 season.
		Hurricane Erin was the fifth named tropical cyclone and the second hurricane of the unusually active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Erin_(1995) (497 words)

	USATODAY.com - Doctor says he won't aid deaths on parole
		Kevorkian, who has said he assisted in at least 130 deaths, is not eligible for parole until 2007.
		Kevorkian also discussed the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed in March after her husband won a court order to allow her to die.
		Kevorkian, 77, is serving a 10- to 25-year sentence for second-degree murder for giving a fatal injection of drugs to a patient with Lou Gehrig's disease in 1998.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-09-29-kevorkian-speaks_x.htm (363 words)

	Hurricane Ivan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ivan broke several hydrological records; it is credited with possibly causing the largest ocean wave ever recorded, a 91 foot (27 meter) wave that may have been as high as 131 ft (40 m), and the fastest seafloor current, at 2.25 m/s (5 mph).
		Along with the 14 deaths in Florida, Ivan is blamed for eight in North Carolina, two in Georgia, and one in Mississippi.
		Because of differing sources, totals may not match.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Ivan (2840 words)

	CorpWatch : IRAQ: More Costly Than 'War to End all Wars'
		Given the Iraq-Afghanistan war is costing from $80 billion to $100 billion a year, its price is likely to exceed that of the Korean War by late 2006 or 2007 - if it lasts that long.
		American participation in 1917-18 in World War I, a war infamous for its trench-warfare slaughter, resulted in 53,513 US deaths.
		This document may contain copyrighted materialwhose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.CorpWatch is making this article available in our efforts to advance the understanding of corporate accountability, human rights, labor rights, social and environmental justice issues.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=12578 (869 words)

	CNN.com - Kenyans vote on new constitution - Nov 21, 2005
		Despite fears of more violence after eight deaths during the campaign, turnout looked steady, and police said there were no "ugly" incidents.
		The tussle between Kibaki's "Yes" camp and his opponents' "No" campaign has widened a Cabinet split and seen a realignment of forces as politicians eye the 2007 vote.
		Citing unofficial partial results, Private Nation Television said that with 104,049 votes counted the "No" lobby was ahead with 55 percent to 45 percent for the "Yes" camp led by President Mwai Kibaki.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/africa/11/21/kenya.vote.reut/index.html (631 words)

	Joliet News
		Three Joliet men accused in the April firebombing deaths of a Joliet woman and her daughter are scheduled to appear in court this morning.
		JOLIET, Ill., Roush Racing officials have asked Mark Martin to postpone his retirement a year to fill the gap before Jamie McMurray drives for that team in 2007.
		JOLIET, With one hand controlling her motorized wheelchair and the other gripping a banner, Judy Thontlin led a parade of disabled residents as they marched through downtown Friday morning.
	www.topix.net /city/joliet-il (631 words)

	Flags - purchase online - A1 Flags Australia
		Mounting tensions related to planned 2007 elections, deteriorating political and economic conditions in Guinea, and the tenuous security situation in neighboring Liberia may present challenges to continuing progress in Sierra Leone's stability.
		The government is slowly reestablishing its authority after the 1991 to 2002 civil war that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population)..
		These flags are lightweight flags and have a variety of uses: sporting team support; decorations; marches; occasional flying on a flagpole.
	www.a1flags.com.au /flag.aspx?flagname=swsierr (241 words)

	E-pedia
		Clone from 2007 - resembles a jaguar in alternate mode.
		Apparently the Transformer equivalent of Hades, where the sparks of Decepticons and Predacons (BW) go upon their deaths - also known as The Inferno.
		The descendants of the Decepticons from 300 years in the future - led by Megatron (BW) - came to prehistoric Earth following information from the Golden Disc in an attempt to change history by killing Optimus Prime as he lay deactivated in the Ark - transformation codeword is "Terrorise".
	www.predaconempire.com /e-pedia/p.html (493 words)

	Romania Libera - Romania Revolution 1989; Timisoara, Bucharest, Tours
		Romania is embracing the free market, in anticipation of EU entry in 2007, though it now appears that many of the so-called reforms had been little more than lip service.
		A young woman and child are hit by bullets and fall to their deaths in the river Bega.
		The repression of the Ceausescu years not only affected the economy and infrastructure or Romania, but also the pysche of its population who came to accept that resistance to the Party and regime was futile.
	www.beyondtheforest.com /Pages/RSR2.html (493 words)

	Articles - College football
		NCAA Division I-AA Atlantic Ten Conference, will be replaced by Colonial Athletic Association starting in 2007
		President Theodore Roosevelt threatened, in 1906, to ban the sport following a series of player deaths from injuries suffered during games.
		The response to this was the formation of what became the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which set rules governing the sport.
	www.quickize.com /articles/College_football (1359 words)

	Tragedy Fuels Calls for End to Chile's Compulsory Military Service - by Gustavo González
		Former foreign minister Alvear said that if she is elected president, compulsory military service would be abolished by 2007, and women's participation in the military would be expanded, in response to the level of interest that women have expressed.
		The group also argued that the civil justice system, and not only the military courts, should investigate the tragedy in Antuco, as well as the deaths of other recruits in recent years in Chile.
		But organizations of conscientious objectors complain that all men over 18, including those who have not done military service, join the ranks of the military reserves and can be called up in case of armed conflict, even if they are pacifists.
	www.antiwar.com /article.php?articleid=6077 (1119 words)

	Ramallah Online
		Israel's supporters now are intensifying their orchestrated crusade against Palestinian education in preparation for the House International Relations Committee's planned consideration of the Foreign Relations Authorization bill, FY 2006-2007.
		Dispatches documentary, “The Killing Zone,” investigates numerous deaths and injuries of internationals and Palestinians by Israeli Defense Forces in Rafah, Gaza.
		Serious Israeli violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) during the reporting period (16 — 22 June 2005):
	www.ramallahonline.com (1119 words)

	Airbus - Uncyclopedia
		However, the Chief Boner Inspector, Royal Commander John Rouse Merriott Chard, has assured the public that the stray erection problem is his top priority and intends to eliminate erection-related deaths by 2007.
		Recently there have been some safetly concerns with the Airbus because several people have been caught on stray erections as the buses pass by crowded sidewalks.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Airbus (285 words)

	rediff.com: Kala azar claims 20 lives in Bihar
		Last fortnight eight kala azar deaths were reported from a village in Areraj subdivision of East Champaran district.
		The Indian government had set 2007 as the deadline for eradicating kala azar, which is transmitted by sand flies and characterised by irregular bouts of fever, weight loss, swelling of the spleen and liver, and anaemia.
		East Champaran District Magistrate S Seokumar said he had released Rs 50,000 to purchase sodium antimony gluconate, a drug to treat kala azar.
	www.rediff.com /news/2002/aug/23champ.htm (285 words)

	Pol Won't Be Charged For Kevorkian 'Joke'
		Kevorkian is serving a 10- to 25-year sentence, and is eligible for parole in 2007.
		Kevorkian has said he assisted in at least 130 deaths.
		Kevorkian was convicted in Michigan of second-degree murder in the 1998 poisoning of Thomas Youk, 52.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2005/01/06/jackjoke.DTL (285 words)

	Our Research
		There were an estimated 28 deaths in Canada and 19 in the United States and $4 billion of damage caused by the Ice Storm in Canada and the United States with $1 billion of damage in New York and Maine.
		Pilot projects are being undertaken to begin to understand the storms afecting this region and an intensive field experiment is planned for 2007.
		Our main focal points are the structure and evolution of the storms, their detailed nature in the vicinity of Iqaluit, and cloud and precipitation fields associated with the storms.
	zephyr.meteo.mcgill.ca /extreme/Our_Research.htm (1726 words)

	BTS-TSAR 2000-Chapter 3-Transportation Safety-Table 1-Fatal Accidents and Deaths by Type of Aviation Operation: 1988—1997
		SOURCE: U.S. General Accounting Office, Aviation Safety: Safer Skies Initiative has Taken Initial Steps to Reduce Accident Rates by 2007 (Washington, DC: 2000).
		Fatal Accidents and Deaths by Type of Aviation Operation: 1988—1997
		BTS-TSAR 2000-Chapter 3-Transportation Safety-Table 1-Fatal Accidents and Deaths by Type of Aviation Operation: 1988—1997
	www.bts.gov /publications/tsar/2000/chapter3/general_aviation_table1.html (1726 words)

	New Scientist SPACE - Breaking News - Plan for global natural disaster warnings launches
		And early warning will play a key role in achieving the World Meteorological Organization's goal of halving the number of deaths due to water-related disasters over the next 15 years, said Michel Jarraud, WMO secretary-general.
		UNESCO has outlined plans for a $30 million system for the Indian Ocean, to be established by 2006, before being rolled out globally by 2007.
		The International Early Warning Programme brings together UN agencies and other organisations, with the aim of creating or building on existing warning systems for hazards including droughts, wildfires, floods, typhoons, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides, as well as tsunamis.
	www.newscientistspace.com /channel/space-tech/tsunami/dn6900 (587 words)

	Sport Sauber
		Suggests that Sauber are thinking of diversifying into consultancy work for a major manufacturer - either that or developing secret technology to make sure Switzerland retain the America's Cup in 2007.
		Lowest moment came in the team's debut F1 season (1994) when, a fortnight after the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger, Sauber protégé Karl Wendlinger crashed at Monaco and was in a coma for 13 days.
		That last year's Sauber C23 was a direct copy of the Ferrari F2004, in clear breach of the regulations.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5137345-115840,00.html (539 words)

	Retirement Living - Taxes by State: New York - Wyoming
		A new provision was added to the Wisconsin Statutes for deaths occurring from October 1, 2002, through December 21, 2007.
		New York State law gives local governments and public school districts the option of granting a reduction on the amount of property taxes paid by qualifying senior citizens.
		All New Yorkers who own and live in their one-, two-, or three-family home, condominium, cooperative apartment, manufactured home, or farm dwelling are eligible for a STAR exemption on their primary residence.
	www.retirementliving.com /RLstate3.html#WASHINGTON (9014 words)

	Global Policy Forum - What's New
		The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda urges both the General Assembly and the Security Council to appoint more judges, as the current detainees might not be tried before the year 2007.
		India believes it should hold a permanent seat in the expanded UN Security Council as the country is the world's largest democracy, a rapidly growing economic power and a major contributor to the peacekeeping operations.
		As the US government applies restrictions on previously shared data to prevent the information from aiding terrorists, one of the hidden casualties of the attacks is the public’s shrinking access to information that many once took for granted.
	www.globalpolicy.org /visitctr/wwn/wwn0111b.htm (5543 words)

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