http://www.tenteges.com Independent thoughts...for independent thinkers! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/canada-parliament-eats-seal-to-defy-ignorant-eu-reuters Reuters - An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/dead-baby-elephant-calf-born-alive-in-sydney-zoo-reuters Reuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/air-canada-learns-that-hockey-trumps-flying-reuters Reuters - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/new-zealander-auctions-ghosts-in-a-bottle-reuters Reuters - A court in Cyprus remanded two men in custody Wednesday on suspicion of snatching the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, holding it for ransom for three months until its discovery Monday. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/cyprus-holds-two-for-theft-of-ex-leaders-corpse-reuters Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/chocolate-powered-racecar-makes-sustainability-sexy-reuters-2 Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/residents-flee-angolan-village-invaded-by-elephants-reuters-2 Reuters - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's national anthem gender-neutral. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/canada-drops-plans-for-politically-correct-anthem-reuters-2 Reuters - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/us-blacks-hispanics-losing-more-sleep-over-worries-reuters-2 Reuters - Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products. http://www.tenteges.com/uncategorized/seal-meat-to-be-on-menu-at-canadian-parliament-reuters-2