That’s a BIG baby
Baby giraffe Katja walks next to her mother Geha during her first outing at Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany. She weighs 70 pounds.
Dengue toll worse
The death toll from a dengue outbreak in and around Rio de Janeiro has reached 92, topping what was previously the state’s deadliest bout with the disease, Brazil’s government news agency said Wednesday.
Cleric petitioned
A top American general urged radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday to rein in his fighters as a U.S. soldier was killed during a gunbattle in a militia stronghold in Baghdad.
Missing priest
Hopes dimmed Wednesday for a priest who vanished near Sao Paulo, Brazil, after sailing into the air under hundreds of colorful balloons. The priest’s former flight teacher called his disappearance a “tragedy foretold.”
Printed Wikipedia?
Germany’s Bertelsmann AG will publish what could be the first in a series of annual yearbooks whose content is derived from the many hundreds of thousands of user-created entries on Wikipedia.
AND FINALLY …
— Military says 52 rebels, 38 soldiers killed in fierce battle in northern Sri Lanka
— Rampaging elephant kills 3 in Hindu temple in southern India
— Iran agrees to discuss alleged nuclear weapons program
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FROM NEWS SERVICES
