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Editor’s Notes

Global warming and global colding

In the process of understanding “what the hell is going on!” it’s always useful to put things in context. — 297 words.
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and will not harm your computer

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Carl Hall,
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Laughter in the court
of Judge Harold Wright

Judge Wright hears more clever exchanges between attorneys and witnesses. — 95 words.
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We should hope for the best and prepare for the worst
On global warming or colding, our planet
has long demonstrated a mind of its own

Carl Dow says, “There is no question but that for reasons of need and greed the human race has been polluting our environment at an ever-increasing rate and intensity since the industrial revolution kicked in about 250 years ago. . . .  But world geological history cautions us not to panic. For millions of years before we trotted forth with our industrial obsessions our planet had known global warming and colding in the extreme.” — 776 words.
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PwC says search may be illegal
as tax bill rises to $480,000

PricewaterhouseCoopers says investigators might have broken the law when they seized documents during a search of the firm's Moscow offices. Russia Interior Ministry officials searched PwC Audit's offices Friday for documents related to the firm's tax payments for 2002 and confiscated papers unrelated to that criminal case, the company said on its web site Monday. — 222 words.
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Russia signals frustration with Iran
as it delays nuclear power project

Iran's isolation over its nuclear ambitions deepened as Russia, its closest big power ally, announced indefinite delays to a joint nuclear power project and accused Tehran of abusing its goodwill. — 515 words.
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Sparring in Litvinenko inquiry
Russia says British uncooperative

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian prosecutors investigating the poisoning in Britain of former Russia Federal Security Service agent Alexander Litvinenko have accused British officials of failing to cooperate. — 193 words.
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South Korea negotiates for role
in $2.1 bln coal project in Russia

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea is looking to take part in a $2.1 billion project to develop coal mines in Russia, Seoul's energy ministry said Monday. — 209 words.
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Russia’s human rights ombudsman
reports recent sharp rise in violations

Russia has recently seen a sharp rise in the number of human rights violations, the nation's human rights ombudsman says in a report to be presented to President Vladimir Putin this month. After ombudsman Vladimir Lukin presents the president the 400-page 2006 report, "On the Human Rights Situation in Russia in 2006," it will be submitted to the State Duma for consideration in April. — 463 words.
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True North Canuck Fact of the Day

French explorer led the way for Europeans

The man generally credited with the European "discovery" of the Great Lakes is Étienne Brûlé, a French scout for the explorer Samuel de Champlain. Brûlé reached Georgian Bay on Lake Huron around 1615.

Trivia compiled by Randy Ray and Mark Kearney. Visit their Web site at: www.triviaguys.com
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Harold Wright, True North's  Doctor of Punology, says,  “A thief who fell and broke his leg in wet cement became a hardened criminal.”
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Carl Dow, Editor and Publisher
Carl Hall, Technical Analyst and Web Editor
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