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Campaign Update 09/02/08
The RNC gets rolling, John McCain pulls in a ton of money, and Sarah Palin has one CA-RAZY weekend. Seriously.
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Bookmark us and check us out every weekday at current.com/campaignupdate. The RNC gets rolling, John McCain pulls in a ton of money, and Sarah Palin has one CA-RAZY weekend. Seriously. ... more -
Vladimir Putin 'shoots' tiger, dismisses EU leaders - Times Online
Vladimir Putin was dismissive of European leaders today who suggested that concrete action would be taken against Russia after its military action in Georgia – including suspension from the G8.
The Russian Prime Minister – shown in new macho-style pictures apparently tranquilising a tiger – said that any attempts at severing relations would be hampered by the self-interest of European nations.
EU leaders meet tomorrow for an emergency summit to discuss the Georgian crisis, and Gordon Brown said today that there should be a “root and branch” review of ties with Russia.
“In the light of Russian actions, the EU should review – root and branch – our relationship with Russia,” he wrote in The Observer today. He made no mention of possible EU sanctions against Russia.
Carl Bildt, the Swedish Foreign Minister, said the EU should create an “Eastern Partnership” to help ex-Soviet states such as Georgia that want to pull out of Moscow’s orbit.
But Mr Putin struck a confident note, saying he did not see any signs of “practical steps which would indicate a cooling in relations.”
“If any of the European countries wants to serve someone’s narrow political interests, then go ahead. We cannot stop them. But we think, as they say in such cases, ‘You have to look out for No1’,” Mr Putin said in an interview with the state-owned Rossiya television channel.
“I think that many of our partners, and first of all our European partners, will be guided by this fairly crude but very descriptive saying,” he added.
Analysis say that Russia’s role as a supplier of more than a quarter of Europe’s gas makes tough EU action unlikely at the summit.
The emergency summit is a test of unity for the EU, which struggles to reconcile differences between states which want punitive action and others, including European heavyweights France and Germany, which favour a more calibrated approach.
Russia sent in its troops after Georgia’s military tried to retake South Ossetia, one of two Moscow-backed breakaway regions.
It has pulled out the bulk of its forces in line with a French-brokered ceasefire deal but has kept soldiers and equipment in“security zones,” which include undisputed Georgian territory around South Ossetia and the second region of Abkhazia.
Western governments have demanded that Moscow pull its troops back to pre-conflict positions. The Kremlin says the troops are peacekeepers needed to protect the separatist regions from new Georgian aggression.
President Dimitry Medvedev said today that Russia would not backtrack on its decision to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. “We have taken our decision and we took it irrevocably,” he said. Vladimir Putin was dismissive of European leaders today who suggested that concrete action would be taken against Russia after its mil... more -
Dogs At Work And Play
I'm always a sucker for cross-species stories: a golden retriever adopting three white tiger cubs.
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Neatorama » Blog Archive » Prank Monkey Torments Tigers
Here is a link to an amazing video of a monkey taunting tigers. The website, Neatorama, has all kinds of interesting videos and posts, so you might want to check it out as well.
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/07/26/prank-monkey-tormen... Here is a link to an amazing video of a monkey taunting tigers. The website, Neatorama, has all kinds of interesting videos and posts,... more -
The best animal full body tattoos ever ever
Dude at a club with some cracking animal tattoos, I thought the detail and variety was very good
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Chinese new year Tiger show
In a Chinese restaurant in England a Tiger makes an appearance dancing around the venue and having a jolly tiger ing time!
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DNA from an extinct tiger species lives... in a mouse
For the first time, DNA from an extinct species of animal has been born again... but in the form of another animal. Scientists in Australia have found a way to resurrect the gene controlling the development of cartilage and bone from the now extinct Tasmanian Tiger. For the first time, DNA from an extinct species of animal has been born again... but in the form of another animal. Scientists in Aust... more
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Longleat safari tiger & tigress disagreement
Journey through Longleat safari park in Wiltshire. One brown pants moment when my car broke down in the Lion enclosure but luckily got it going again (car not Lion) with no teeth marks on any of my limbs. Journey through Longleat safari park in Wiltshire. One brown pants moment when my car broke down in the Lion enclosure but luckily got... more
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Longleat Lion parades by car
Going through the Lion enclosure at Longleat safari in Wiltshire, a big Lion wonders past the car, he did not take a nibble at the wing mirror or antything like that but it was quite scary! Going through the Lion enclosure at Longleat safari in Wiltshire, a big Lion wonders past the car, he did not take a nibble at the win... more
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Dog nurses tiger triplets at zoo
It's a dog's life for three newborn tiger triplets in eastern China.
The cubs, whom officials at the Jinan Paomaling Wild Animal World in Shandong province are so far just calling "One," "Two" and "Three," have been nursed by a dog since they were rejected by their tiger mother shortly after birth, said Paomaling manager Chen Yucai. It's a dog's life for three newborn tiger triplets in eastern China. ... more -
Chinese new year Tiger show
In a Chinese restaurant in England a Tiger makes an appearance dancing around the venue and having a jolly tiger ing time!
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Seven more tiger deaths linked to China zoo: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese zoo lost at least seven tigers due to starvation, sickness or fight wounds in the last four years, state media said on Wednesday, after two dead tiger cubs were found in a refrigerator in the ticket office.
The discovery of the cubs at the private zoo, near Yichang at the foot of the Three Gorges dam in Hubei Province at the weekend, came after a rare Siberian tiger was found beheaded and skinned last week prompting an investigation, Xinhua said.
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Less than 30 Chinese Tigers Left in Wild, According to Xinhua News Agency
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/399 BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese zoo lost at least seven tigers due to starvation, sickness or fight wounds in the last four years, state... more -
Escaped tiger kills man at San Francisco zoo
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An escaped tiger killed a visitor at San Francisco Zoo and mauled two other men on Tuesday, a year after the same animal attacked a park employee, officials said.
The Siberian tiger fatally attacked the unidentified man just after the zoo's 5 p.m. (8 p.m. EST closing time. It was shot and killed by police while it was on top of another victim, said zoo spokeswoman Lora LaMarca. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An escaped tiger killed a visitor at San Francisco Zoo and mauled two other men on Tuesday, a year after the... more -
Cool Projection Art
A tiger projected from a car onto buildings.
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Long Live Ligers!
What do you get when a lion and a tiger mate? A Liger! Made famous by Napoleon Dynamite, see this rare animal in action.
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Tiger Woods reveals details for his first US course
His first course design was for Dubai
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