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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for March 2008

Ancient gold necklace discovered in Peru; made nearly 4,000 years ago, it was found in a burial site near Lake Titicaca

Chelsea Clinton criticizes Bush in N.C.

Truce calms Iraq, weakens prime minister

Photo: Siberian Husky peers out from his cage before Sled Dog competition near Budapest

Experts now recommend hands-only CPR

Rare parrot chicks born in New Zealand: owl-like raptors called kakapos

Worst case of food inflation in nearly 20 years changing how we eat

Photos: Petra, the German black swan, with her paddleboat

John Edwards praises both Clinton, Obama

Obama's faith-based outreach hit by Wright controversy

10,000 camels line up for Gulf beauty contest to be held in Abu Dhabi next week

McCain's presidential campaign co-chairman Sen. Phil Gramm linked to subprime crisis

Thai temple, Khun Samut , fights off encroaching tide as world sea levels rise

Sent by a Luciole friend: A letter from a veteran present when Hillary Clinton came to Bosnia

Photo: Indian girl with colored face powder celebrates Holi, the spring festival of colors, in Calcutta

Cambodian-born journalist and `Killing Fields' survivor Dith Pran dies; worked as photographer for The New York Times

TV, film actors' unions sever ties: SAG and AFTRA will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks

Gray wolf hunts planned after de-listing from federal protection

From Real Age: Top 10 Detox Foods

From Luciole friend Melanie Dorsey: Daytrippin'... where to take visitors when you don't want to do the regular NYC tour?

"Earth Hour" goes global, from London to Fiji to San Francisco

Obama: Clinton welcome to stay in race

Katrina victims may have to repay money; Road Home program said they overpaid in grants to rebuild homes

Website withdraws Dutch MP Geert Wilders' anti-Islam film after threats, and protests by Muslim nations and UN chief Ban Ki-moon

7 Russian Christian cult members emerge from cave where they had gathered to await end of the world; followers of self-declared prophet Pyotr Kuznetsov

Photos: Cherry blossoms near the Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C.

Sydney's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark Saturday night for Earth Hour

From Luciole friend Geraldine Green; poetry ... TODAY I BECAME YOUR RAIN and THIS LAND

Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians; new evidence from city of Tell el-Amarna contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records

Photo: A Dragon Blood tree on the virtually untouched Yemeni Island of Socotra, Indian Ocean

Creator of Roget's Thesaurus, Peter Mark Roget, made lists to fend off devastating depression and misery

'Earth Hour' to plunge millions into darkness; 26 major cities agree to turn all the lights out for one hour to raise awareness about global warming

LeBron James' Vogue cover criticized as being racist; depicts his 'game face' with his arm around model Gisele. He is the first black man to grace a Vogue cover

French recording may be world's first: 10-second clip of a woman singing "Au Clair de la Lune" from 1860 would be 17 years older than Edison's recording

Photo: Uno, first Beagle to win best in show at Westminster Kennel Club, poses with Snoopy at Knotts Berry Farm

Science: Genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia revealed

Obama says he would have left his Chicago church if Rev. Wright had stayed

Polls: "Clinton Struggling With Her Likability Problem" (plus views on McCain and Obama)

Mike Myers' latest spoof hits 'ohm' in "The Love Guru" ... Hindus ask if it will be a Borat version of their culture

TIME magazine asks: Is Al Gore the Answer?

Obama weathers Wright storm as new details emerge; Rev. Wright calls the crucifixion of Jesus "public lynching Italian style"

Obama, Clinton offer economic plans

Photo: wounded tiger from Sunderbans forest in a zoo in Kolkata; being treated for lost paw

ON DEADLINE: "Clinton's flight of fancy"... by Ron Fournier, who was with Clinton in Bosnia. "The truth should have been good enough for her"

Poll: Voters split over Obama speech

German black swan Petra to be reunited with lost love, the swan paddleboat

Sadr City (Baghdad) on edge as Mahdi Army and Iraq's government fight over clout and control. U.S. not intervening as before, in 2004.

Actor Richard Widmark dies at 93

Obama chides McCain on economy

Photo: Siberia. Snow Leopard Bianka at Royev Ruchey Zoo

International Campaign Against Honour Killing: Remember Du'a (and others)

Britain targets Muslim women to fight extremists, giving them education courses to empower them, escape forced marriages, and combat violence

Photo: Sofia, Bulgaria. Beautiful rainbow

Rare U.S. jaguars threatened by Mexico border fence

From Newsweek: Why aren't more powerful public women caught up in sex scandals?

We are all related: Genealogists research Obama, Clinton, and McCain. Brad Pitt and Dick Cheney related to Obama; Angelina Jolie and Jack Kerouac to Clinton

Saudi King calls for interfaith dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews

Clinton says she would have left Obama's church if her minister spoke about America as Obama's pastor has

Photos: Zurich Zoo. A 70-year-old Galapagos Giant Turtle and her weeks-old baby

World's tallest man, Leonid Stadnik of Ukraine, struggles to fit in. Recently, though, he has received an outpouring of global good will

Chinese policeman killed as Tibetan unrest goes on

In Okinawa, a black-and-white Chihuahua named Conan joins priest Joei Yoshikuni in Zen Buddhist prayers

No Carville apology for Judas remark; likened Bill Richardson to Judas for endorsing Obama

Chief of firm involved in passport info breach is Obama adviser on foreign policy and intelligence issues, John Brennan

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: "The last time a Pa. primary mattered"

Clinton 'misspoke' on Bosnia trip

Poetry: Ancient Chinese "Classic of Poetry" ... excerpts. Confucius taught the "Classic of Poetry" to his disciples

Photos: Tokyo. Artworks at Mori Art Museum. Art prices worldwide are "going through the roof," but Japan's art market is subdued

China blasts Dalai Lama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tibet

Photo: Cataratas do Iguacu (Iguacu Falls), seen from the Brazilian side of the border with Argentina

Poetry: quote from Edgar Lee Masters

Last hope in a weak economy? Mom and Dad. Children in their 40s and 50s are moving back home for financial help

Photos: Easter. Gorilla and Tamarin monkey have baskets; Vienna, Germany, Swiss chocolates; Hong Kong; Miami

From Argentina: DNA advances set to ID 'Dirty War' bones of 600 skeletons; word goes out to victims' families to donate blood samples to ID the missing

Girls Rock! The Movie dates. Have you read Diana Bonebrake’s article about them? They were the February Featured Artist for La Luciole Magazine

Indonesian film "Verses of Love" a big hit in cinemas; "offers a remedy to Islam's battered image" by showing lessons about tolerance, corruption, women's rights and interfaith relations

Photo: 3 white lion cubs wait to be fed at zoo of Olmen

Italy's most prominent Muslim commentator is converting to Catholicism; Magdi Allam will be baptized by the Pope on Easter; he is a non-practicing Muslim from Egypt who has often angered other Muslims

Giant marine life found in Antarctica, including 2-foot-wide starfish

Truckers slowing down to save fuel

Russian journalist Ilyas Shurpayev killed; worked for Kremlin-controlled Channel One

Australian Brian Harrington holds duck fashion show

Photo: Maryland Zoo, in Baltimore. One day old 290 pound baby elephant with his mother, Felix

Passport news update: all three candidates' passport files and info, Clinton and McCain along with Obama, were broken into

Fleeing Dutch shoplifter forgets 12-year-old son, leaves him behind

Obama preacher met Bill Clinton at White House, took photo. Accusations fly between the campaigns

Cosmic blast 7.5 billion years old, seen with naked eye

Photo: Baghdad butterfly, on a lemon tree

Photo: A two-day-old kitten is bottle fed at the Clarion County Animal Shelter in Shippenville, Pennsylvania

After 38 years, Israeli immigrant Avraham Trahtman solves math code; worked as laborer after moving from Russia

Two employees at State Department fired for looking at Obama's passport file

What Are You Looking At? Born without legs, Kevin Connolly snaps photos of people staring at him -- turning the watchers into the watched.

At beautiful Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, an exhibit called "A Rememberance of All the Dead on the 5th anniversary of the War in Iraq" until March 21st

Nets threaten rare New Zealand dolphins; 22 have died.

Grannies and pro-war activists clash in Times Square on 5th anniversary of start of Iraq War

Harvard study shows: Nice guys (and gals) finish first. Those who escalate conflict "are doomed"

In a first for astronomy, methane is spotted on distant planet

Canadian held at Guantanamo says U.S. interrogators threatened rape

Photographer Philip Jones Griffiths dies at 72; author of "Vietnam Inc." — described as one of the most detailed studies of any conflict.

Swiss media and politicians outraged that Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, an outspoken supporter of women's rights, wore a headscarf when meeting Iranian President Ahmadinejad