Bush talks tough on Iran
In Germany, President Bush on Wednesday raised unprompted the possibility of a military strike to thwart Tehran’s presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking bullishly on Iran even as he admitted having been unwise to do so previously about Iraq.
Deer-icorn found in Italy
A deer with a single horn in the center of its head — much like the mythical unicorn — has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday. The 1-year-old Roe Deer is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw.
Huge Afghan dope bust
Afghan counternarcotics officials said Wednesday that they uncovered 260 tons of hashish hidden in southern Afghanistan in what one DEA official said appears to be the world’s biggest drug bust. The drugs were burned on site.
Secret info left on train
Secret government documents on Al Qaeda and Iraq were left on a commuter train, prompting a major police investigation into the latest in a series of embarrassing security breaches, British officials said Wednesday.
Piriapolis, Uruguay Workers clean oil from a beach Wednesday as an oil-covered sea lion lies dead. Animals continue to wash ashore near Uruguay’s capital a week after a boat collision released oil into the ocean. [ AP Photo ]
Lahore, Pakistan Pakistani police and political activists escort a car carrying deposed Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday in a mass rally for judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.
[ Getty Images Photo ]Khartoum, Sudan Rescue teams work Wednesday at the sight of a Sudan Airways plane that exploded upon landing Tuesday night. At least 30 people were killed; 178 escaped and six were unaccounted for. The resulting flames eventually split the plane in two. [ Getty Images Photo ]
Medellin, Colombia A woman walks through a debris-covered street Wednesday in Colombia’s second-largest city. Flooding and landslides triggered by days of torrential rains have left at least 48 people dead, according to Colombia’s natural disaster office. [ AP Photo ]
THE DIGIT
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Life expectancy in Japan, the longest of any country, according the World Health Organization.
In the U.S., life expectancy is longer than 78 years for the first time, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics.
AND FINALLY …
* China marks 1-month anniversary of deadly earthquake; flood threats still abound * Single-engine plane missing in Chile for 4 days found with 9 survivors among 10 aboard * Archaeologists in Jordan discover cave underneath 1 of the world’s oldest churches * Spain deploys riot police to break up striking truckers’ blockades of border crossing, major highway * Prince Charles pays off royal debt incurred in 1651, declines to pay interest * Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologizes for old policy of forcing aboriginal children to attend state-funded schools
