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In New Delhi, India, the magazine Caravan told of an unusual encounter between a two-year-old girl and a deadly cobra. While playing in the courtyard of her house she spotted the snake and innocently tried to put it in her mouth. When the cobra moved, the child bit down hard on the snake.
The panic-stricken parents wrested the snake from her grip and rushed her to a hospital. She was found to be “hale and hearty,” but the snake had been bitten to death.
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Updated : Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:40:17 GMT
AP - More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic is happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its second lowest level since satellite observations began.
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:25:46 GMT
AP - For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it's better to both give and receive, than just to receive. At least, that's what researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta have found.
Publ.Date : Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:01:21 GMT
AP - Gustav swirled toward Cuba on Wednesday after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 22 people in the Caribbean. Its track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast, including Louisiana where Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc three years ago.
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:40:17 GMT
AFP - London shares closed higher on Wednesday, lifted out of earlier losses by an upbeat report on the US manufacturing sector which helped allay fears about the economic outlook, and amid a surge in oil prices.
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:46:45 GMT
AFP - A giant panda cub has been born at a Japanese zoo, the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial insemination in two decades, officials said Wednesday.
Publ.Date : Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:27:58 GMT
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National U.S. home prices fell a record 15.4% in the second quarter compared with last year, according to a report out Tuesday.  
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