http://chatmarchet.com Daily news and opinion from le Chat Marchet Fri, 16 May 2008 09:46:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "AFP - An Egyptian man was sentenced to 1,000 years behind bars on Thursday after scamming hundreds of people out of 280 million pounds (around 52 million dollars), a court official said." Source here... http://chatmarchet.com/egypt-millionaire-fraudster-jailed-for-a-millennium-afp/ "Reuters - Who needs movie superheroes like Iron Man when audiences can rely on a panda named Po with a sick kung fu kick? Not Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black or any of the stars of "Kung Fu Panda."" Click here for the story. http://chatmarchet.com/kung-fu-panda-gives-cannes-an-animated-kick-reuters/ "AP - At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in critical condition at a hospital." Click here for the story. http://chatmarchet.com/police-9-killed-in-philippine-bank-robbery-ap/ "AP - A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety after being trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this week's massive earthquake." The the whole scoop clicking here. http://chatmarchet.com/chinese-student-rescued-after-80-hours-ap/ "Reuters - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Friday, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargis and further hampering the military government's aid efforts." Read the whole article... http://chatmarchet.com/new-storm-deepens-misery-in-cyclone-hit-myanmar-reuters/ "New regulations make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas. " Full story http://chatmarchet.com/clean-air-rules-set-to-be-eased/ "Reuters - Nine people, including seven policemen, were killed when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed a bus in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday, the military and hospital authorities said." Get the whole story here... http://chatmarchet.com/suspected-suicide-blast-kills-9-in-sri-lanka-reuters/ "Reuters - Osama bin Laden vowed in an audio tape marking Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations to continue the fight against the Jewish state and its allies and not give up an inch of Palestinian land." Get the whole story here... http://chatmarchet.com/bin-laden-vows-to-fight-israel-on-60th-anniversary-reuters/ "AP - Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state." Full story http://chatmarchet.com/gay-marriage-opponents-vow-to-fight-calif-ruling-ap/ "Reuters - Daphne Zuniga will star in the Hallmark Channel TV movie "Mail Order Bride," which is shooting in Vancouver for a November premiere." Find out more here... http://chatmarchet.com/zuniga-heads-down-aisle-for-mail-order-bride-reuters/