WorldStudents who participated in a march in Caracas, Venezuela denouncing president Hugo Chavez were fired upon by some of the president's supporters. Authorities say at least eight people were injured, including at least one by gun shot. Reporters with cameras were able to capture at least four gunmen in photographs, but their faces were covered with ski masks or t shirts to hide their identities. The students were protesting to the supreme courts proposed ammendments that would abolish presidential term limits, give the president control over the Central Bank and let him create new provinces governed by handpicked officials.
AfghanistanAn Afghani district center was overrun by sixty Taliban militia men. The militants came into the town on motorbikes and pick up trucks. There have been three districts in that province that have been overrun by the Taliban in the last week. In Kajran, the attacked district, one militant was killed and a policewoman was injured during the scuffle. Fighting has been going on there for about five days, and authorities say that the Taliban has been firing artillery shells into the city from a mountain outlook since then. Kajran authorities have requested support, but none has been there to help yet.
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The Chinese made toy Aqua Dots are being recalled all over the world due to the hazardous symptoms if swallowed. Over 4.2 million beads have been recalled in the U.S. alone. The coating on the beads, once metabolized, can be converted into the drug GHB, or the "date rape" drug. The drug is known as the date rape drug due to the fact that if swallowed in low doses, one gets a sense of euphoria, or in larger quantities goes comatose. These Aqua Dots are being swallowed by the young children who play with them and they are being hospitalized. The toy was recently on Wal-Marts top Christmas gifts, and named toy of the year in Australia.
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