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StandardNET World News Feed http://kerberus.standard.net/images/logoNEW.jpg http://www.standard.net/live 144 62 Daily World News feed from StandardNET/Standard-Examiner 640927http://www.feedburner.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with inclue!Subscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with ODEOSubscribe with PodnovaSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.com World News Threat of pandemic overblown? http://www.standard.net/live/67687 http://www.standard.net/live/67687 Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:00:00 -0700 Leavitt says efforts will save lives even if bird flu never comesWASHINGTON -- Don't worry if you missed it when the Bush administration released its draft in August 2004 for fighting a potential flu pandemic. So did most of the rest of the country. World News Plan stresses infection control http://www.standard.net/live/67324 http://www.standard.net/live/67324 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:00:00 -0700 WASHINGTON -- A flu pandemic that hits the United States would force cities to ration scarce drugs and vaccine and house the sick in hotels or schools when hospitals overflow, unprecedented federal plans say. World News Soldier's remains go to older parent http://www.standard.net/live/67213 http://www.standard.net/live/67213 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:00:00 -0700 SAN FRANCISCO -- A judge in a bitter dispute between divorced parents over where to bury a son killed in Iraq sided with the soldier's father Tuesday, saying he did not believe the mother's tearful testimony. World News Disabled kids not taking achievement tests http://www.standard.net/live/67212 http://www.standard.net/live/67212 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:00:00 -0700 WASHINGTON -- Many fewer disabled children take the nation's reading and math tests than the government has previously said, congressional investigators acknowledge. World News 2-cent increase for stamps OK'd http://www.standard.net/live/67209 http://www.standard.net/live/67209 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:00:00 -0700 WASHINGTON -- A 2-cent boost in the price of a postage stamp was approved Tuesday by the independent Postal Rate Commission. World News BLM blocks nukes http://www.standard.net/live/67249 http://www.standard.net/live/67249 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:00:00 -0700 Agency creates obstacle for Skull Valley site SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal Bureau of Land Management official said Tuesday he was refusing to give the agency's approval for a rail spur for a nuclear waste stockyard in Utah's west desert. World News IRS says thousands due $73 million in unclaimed income tax refunds http://www.standard.net/live/66332 http://www.standard.net/live/66332 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON -- Thousands of people have money sitting at the Internal Revenue Service that could be claimed if they would just tell the tax collectors where they live. World News Wilma leaves plenty of work http://www.standard.net/live/66330 http://www.standard.net/live/66330 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Storm-weary Floridians confronted a daunting cleanup from Hurricane Wilma on Tuesday, facing mounds of debris scattered across the peninsula and supply shortages. World News World & Nation http://www.standard.net/live/66333 http://www.standard.net/live/66333 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 Threats briefly close three airports * Wal-Mart CEO: Raise minimum wage World News Iraq's constitution ratified by huge margin http://www.standard.net/live/66335 http://www.standard.net/live/66335 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's election commission declared Tuesday that final results from the Oct. 15 referendum show the new constitution was ratified by a huge margin, paving the way for elections. Sunni Arab leaders raised doubts that it would be embraced by those at the heart of the insurgency. World News South African wants game hunted to be on wild side http://www.standard.net/live/66338 http://www.standard.net/live/66338 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Lions bred in captivity to be shot and killed by a pleasure-seeking tourist. Rhinos felled by bow and arrow for fun. Zebras bred with donkeys to slow their escape from hunters. World News Senior Bush reminisces in Wyoming http://www.standard.net/live/66337 http://www.standard.net/live/66337 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Former President George H.W. Bush reminisced about his political life, saying at a Tuesday fundraiser he has enjoyed working with former President Clinton. World News U.S. death toll reaches 2,000 http://www.standard.net/live/66355 http://www.standard.net/live/66355 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The American military death toll in the Iraq war reached 2,000 Tuesday with the announcements of three more deaths, including an Army sergeant who died of wounds at a military hospital in Texas and two Marines killed last week in fighting west of Baghdad. World News Iraqi death count high http://www.standard.net/live/66336 http://www.standard.net/live/66336 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 The number of Iraqis who have died violently since the U.S.-led invasion is many times larger than the U.S. military death toll of 2,000 in Iraq. In one sign of the enormity of the Iraqi loss, at least 3,870 were killed in the past six months alone, according to an Associated Press count. World News Pentagon gets scammed http://www.standard.net/live/66220 http://www.standard.net/live/66220 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON -- When the Pentagon went shopping for seven armored cars for senior Iraqi policemen, U.S. officials turned to an Iraqi supplier to provide them with some hardened Mercedes-Benzes.