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| More than 400 dead in Pakistan flooding Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:46:06 EDT Flooding caused by monsoon rain has killed more than 400 people across Pakistan, a provincial government official said Friday. |
| U.S. suffers worst month in Afghanistan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:52:30 EDT Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the war started nine years ago. |
| Chinese floods raise contamination fears Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:20:53 EDT Floods in northeast China's Jilin Province have killed 29 people, left seven missing, cut utility services and raised fears of tainted water, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported Friday, citing provincial authorities. |
| 5 former Taliban members off U.N. sanctions list Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:22:20 EDT Two former Taliban envoys, one to the United Nations and the other to Pakistan, are among five people who've been removed from a U.N. Security Council sanctions list, the council said. |
| 13 civilians killed in Afghanistan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:47:02 EDT Insurgents wielding guns and bombs killed 13 civilians and wounded four others in Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Friday. |
| Muslim clerics star on TV reality show Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:56:25 EDT It may look like "American Idol" or "The X Factor", but the contestants aren't vying for money or a record deal. |
| 'Oldest man' may have been dead for decades Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:04:00 EDT Police have found the mummified body of a man believed to have been Tokyo's oldest man, who may have in fact died some 30 yeas ago, officials at the city's Adachi Ward said. |
| Bomb blast kills four soldiers in India Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:53:53 EDT A bomb blast killed four soldiers and injured 41 others in northeastern India on Friday morning, authorities said. |
| Pakistan mourns in crash aftermath Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:22:57 EDT Every time the automatic doors at the outpatient ward of Islamabad's main hospital slid open, they revealed a thick white mist lingering inside. |
| Woman sentenced for harboring terrorists Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:10:37 EDT An Indonesian woman is sentenced to three years in prison for aiding and harboring terrorists accused of suicide bombings and other attacks. |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2010 is:
sirenian • \sye-REE-nee-un\ • noun
: any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin
Example sentence:
"Looking humanlike in certain aspects, sirenians are thought to be the basis of the myth of mermaids." (Michael McCarthy, The Independent [London], February 28, 2009)
Did you know?
"Sirenian" traces back via Latin to Greek "seirēn," which is equivalent to our word for the sirens of Greek mythology. And what is the connection between sirens and sirenians? Modern sirenians do not resemble the half bird, half woman creatures who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet singing. But as our example sentence states, sirenians are considered by some to underlie the ancient legends about mermaids. In European folklore mermaids were sometimes called "sirens," and apparently this confusion resulted in the granting of sirenians the name they bear today.