In a last-minute action just before leaving to campaign for the upcoming midterm elections, the Senate passed the Secure Fence Act, which authorises 700 new miles of fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jaarlijkse archieven: 2006
Girl’s message in a bottle reaches New Zealand
While on holiday with her grandparents on the north-east coast of Scotland, Keely Reid tossed a plastic water bottle into the Moray Firth in the expectant hope that the tide might carry it as far as the shores of Scandinavia. The bottle ended up travelling more than 20.000 miles in 47 days to be washed …
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Coping with the Shrinking Aral Sea
In less than 40 years the Aral has shrunk into two salt lakes, known variously as the Big, or South, Aral and the Small, or North, Aral and a new desert called the Aralkum. On the shores of what was once the world’s fourth-largest inland body of water, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are trying different solutions.
Verkiezingen 06 (bis)
De Belgische gemeenteraadsverkiezingen kennen verrassende uitkomsten. Peter Van De Velde (VLD), beter bekend als Piet Piraat, is verkozen in de gemeenteraad van Lier en vanaf nu heet hij dus Piet Piraatlid. En het houdt niet op. Acteur Walter De Donder (CD&V–N-VA–Plus) zit ook in een gemeenteraad. De burgers van Affligem worden bestuurd door niemand minder …
China Unblocks Wikipedia
The online interactive reference site Wikipedia announced Tuesday that the site had apparently been made accessible in China, after being blocked for just over a year by the country’s government.