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An Egyptian cobra that became a star on Twitter after escaping from the Reptile House at the Bronx Zoo last week has been found after a six-day search, zoo officials said Thursday.

http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/8558-Missing-cobra-from-Bronx-Zoo-found.html

AMSTERDAM, (AFP) - Dutch pair Helene Faasen and Anne-Marie Thus walked down the aisle into the history books 10 years ago as the world's first legally wed lesbian couple, a distinction they now employ in activism.

http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/8370-Worlds-first-lesbian-married-couple-The-struggle-continues.html

NEW YORK, (AFP) - A deadly Egyptian cobra led a New York zoo on a snake hunt Monday after escaping its enclosure and forcing shut down of the entire reptile section.

http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/8124-Deadly-cobra-escapes-Bronx-zoo.html

The US government on Monday ordered US states and territories to ensure occupational trade schools and licensing agencies don't discriminate against applicants who have HIV or AIDS.

http://ascology.com/news/health/7457-tells-states-protect-rights-people-with-AIDS.html

Ukraine opened a murder case against ex-president Leonid Kuchma over the 2000 killing of journalist Georgy Gongadze, the most notorious crime in its post-Soviet history, officials said Tuesday.

http://ascology.com/news/world-news/7465-Ukraine--president-suspected-journalist-murder.html

How did some sensitive materials for next month’s elections in Oyo State get into wrong hands?

http://ascology.com/news/local-news/7405-Jega-INEC-official-for-trial-over-voters-register-fraud.html

Frenchman Michel Platini was re-elected unopposed as president of European football's governing body UEFA on Tuesday.

http://ascology.com/news/sports/football/7463-Platini--elected-UEFA-president.html

NEW DELHI, (AFP) - Ruling politicians in New Delhi have condemned increasingly extravagant weddings that waste vast amounts of food and cause traffic chaos in showy displays of wealth.

http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/6747-New-Delhi-told-slim-down-big-fat-weddings.html

LONDON, (AFP) - A three-year-old Briton who was treated in hospital for addiction to alcohol is thought to be the country's youngest ever alcoholic, health officials said Monday.

http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/6437-Three-year-old-UKs-youngest-ever-alcoholic.html

TOKYO, (AFP) - A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan on Friday, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns.

http://ascology.com/news/world-news/6153-Tsunami-hits-Japan-after-massive-quake.html

HANOVER, (AFP) - Billed as a global first, a laptop allowing users to open files, play music and view pictures using just the power of their eyes was turning heads Wednesday at the CeBIT, the world's top tech fair.

http://ascology.com/news/technology/5423-Eye-controlled-laptop-turns-heads-high-tech-fair.html

CAIRO, (AFP) - At least six Coptic Christians were shot dead and 45 wounded by gunfire in religious clashes with Muslims in the Egyptian capital, a Coptic priest told AFP on Wednesday, updating an earlier toll.

http://ascology.com/news/world-news/6019-Six-shot-dead-Egyptian-religious-clashes-priest.html

BAKU, (AFP) - A young Azerbaijani democracy activist was detained on Friday after trying to help organise a nationwide day of protest in the oil-rich ex-Soviet state through the website Facebook.

http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/5586-Azerbaijani-arrested-after-Facebook-protest-call.html

FREETOWN, (AFP) - One person was killed and 12 injured in a stampede at a Freetown stadium in a rush for free medical screening by doctors from the British Mercy Ship floating hospital, doctors said Tuesday.

http://ascology.com/news/health/5884-Man-killed-rush-for-free-healthcare-SLeone.html

PARIS, (AFP) - Curbing air pollution in major European cities could save 19,000 lives per year, add almost two years to local life expectancy and save 31.5 billion euros (43.4 billion dollars) in health costs and work absenteeism, an EU-funded study said on Wednesday.

http://ascology.com/news/health/5430-Air-pollution-could-reduce-life-almost-two-years.html

TRIPOLI, (AFP) - Moamer Gadhafi is exploiting technology in a bid to persuade both his own people and the world at large that Libya, rocked by three weeks of insurrection, is the target of a media and Islamist plot.


http://ascology.com/news/world-news/5767-Gadhafi-using-technology-beef-arsenal.html

DUBAI, (AFP) - A namesake of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi has rushed to change his name in "solidarity" with Libyan people, an Emirati daily reported Wednesday.


http://ascology.com/news/green360/odd-news/5545-Gaddafis-namesake-UAE-change-his-name-Report.html

LOS ANGELES, (AFP) - Grammy-winning singer Beyonce donated money received for a New Year's Eve concert reportedly for Moamer Gadhafi's son to help Haiti relief over a year ago, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

http://ascology.com/news/entertainment/5506-Beyonce-donated-Gadhafi-linked-money-Haiti.html