'Ring of Fire' islands still nameless

Indonesia needs at least three more years to name more than 10 000 of its islands, a senior official said on Monday, warning that the lack of names left people at risk in case of disasters.Alex Retraubun, director of small islands' empowerment at the Fisheries and Maritime Affairs ministry, said a recent ministry survey had found that more than 60



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Theft and kidnapping rule World Superbike team out of Italian Misano round

The Alto Evolution team of Josh Brookes and Karl Muggeridge will miss the Misano round of World Superbikes following the bizarre theft and kidnapping of their bikes and race truck driver. Find out what happened...



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End the out-of-date engagement ring tradition NOW

It may seem curious that feminism has made inroads on many retrograde customs—name-changing, for example—but not on the practice of giving engagement rings.



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Bush's limo breaks down in Rome, Italians giggle and point

Most people just have a spare tire or a can of fix-a-flat and an auto club card when they hit the road. But as we all know, they do things bigger in Texas, so when some guy from Texas goes for a drive around Rome, he brings along a spare stretch armored limo!



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Lord of the Rings: Return of the Litigation

This is at least the third lawsuit directed at New Line Cinemas over misappropriation of the massive profits generated by the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Only four more and they'll be neck-and-neck with Borat!



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Eurogamer: Overlord demo Review

Triumph Studios' creates a universal remedy for over-exposure to fantasy works, a common malady in our post-Lord of the Rings, post-Harry Potter world. It ruthlessly pillories every fantasy staple ingredient. Your minions, are the stars of the show. They have tons of animation, plenty of amusing Gollum-esque speech, and best of all, they steal.



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Guardsmen on border arrested on suspicion of immigrant smuggling

Three National Guardsmen assigned to help authorities stop illegal immigration along the Texas-Mexico border were arraigned Monday on charges that they ran an immigrant smuggling ring, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.



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