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Luciole Press Blog: Daily Archive - 11/15/2009

Biggest wave in 40 years swamps Cornish fishing village during the worst storm of the year

Slaughter of the horses: More animals will be shot as recession bites. Please help Horse Sanctuaries if you can....

Italian inventor creates electronic holy water dispenser to lessen risk of H1N1/swine flu viral infection of church attendees

Thousands of Chinese women are vying to attend a lavish "Cinderella" ball, hoping to find a millionaire (the women must first go through "stringent screening of their looks, physique and intellect")

Official apology from Britain for 150,000 poor British children who were shipped off to the colonies over three and a half centuries, taken from their families to be used as workers (and often severely abused)

Mystery of Bangladesh's mass arsenic poisoning of two million people is solved: man-made ponds excavated to provide soil for flood protection

Photo: a detailed view of star birth in the spiral galaxy M83, captured by Hubble

Poem: "An Autumn Sunset" by Edith Wharton

Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi