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Chimps use spears to hunt bushbabies
Feb 22 2007 10:55PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Researchers have witnessed a chimpanzee skewering a lemur-like creature for supper, but it's unclear whether the spectacle was a bit of luck or an indication that chimps have a more advanced ability to hunt than was thought.
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Indonesia eyes cement balls to stop mud
Feb 22 2007 7:41PM (CT)
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian authorities will drop hundreds of giant concrete balls into a fissure Friday to try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has inundated villages and factories, an official said.
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Geometry meets arts in Islamic tiles
Feb 22 2007 6:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years.
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New Zealand fishermen catch rare squid
Feb 22 2007 6:29PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday.
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U.S., Russian astronauts go on spacewalk
Feb 22 2007 1:07PM (CT)
KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) - A U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut folded up a jutting antenna on a cargo ship docked to the international space station Thursday during an arduous spacewalk made tougher by a malfunction that raised the temperature in the Russian's suit.
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