Monday, August 21, 2006 Thirty-four people had to be evacuated this lunchtime after a fire started on a lorry, which was being transported on a freight train in the Channel Tunnel. Eurotunnel, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, said all services had to be suspended this afternoon due to the small blaze in which nobody…
Reform Party of the United States nominates fitness model Andre Barnett for president
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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags
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Broncos player Williams shot to death, police looking for suspect
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Belgian Indymedians discuss participatory journalism at open door day
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