Bird Droppings Prompt Orlando Warning Signs
Signs warning of bird droppings were posted along a stretch in downtown Orlando this week after cars, benches, sidewalks, plants and even people are hit and covered by the white bird waste, according to a Local 6 News report.
The problem began when city workers removed cypress trees on "bird island" at Lake Eola in Orlando.
The trees had to be removed because the bird droppings were polluting the water, according to the report.
Now, the birds have moved into the city and are covering anything and anyone between Lake Eola and Central Avenue with droppings.
"You have to brace yourself for the smell," downtown resident James Taylor said. "It is a really bad stench. It is disgusting, absolutely disgusting."
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http://www.local6.com/news/8182571/detail.html
Neo-Nazis threaten to massacre Muslims at World Cup
ROME (AFP) - The World Cup in Germany is set to become a battleground between facists and Muslims, an Italian member of a new European neo-Nazi movement warned.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060321/sp_wl_afp/fblwc2006itagernazi_060321154626
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No Radiation From Japan Nuclear Waste Fire
TOKYO (AP) -- A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant's waste incinerator in western Japan on Wednesday, but officials said no radiation leaked into the atmosphere. Two workers were injured.
It took firefighters wearing protective suits nearly two hours to reach the blaze because of thick smoke, and another two hours to put out the flames at the facility in Oi, about 235 miles west of Tokyo, said Manabu Kobana of Kansai Electric Power Co.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_NUCLEAR_PLANT_FIRE?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-03-22-07-31-51
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High Levels of Radioactive Material in Water
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- High levels of a radioactive material - nearly three times the amount permitted in drinking water - were found in groundwater near the Hudson River beneath a nuclear plant, the owner said Tuesday.
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Schools urged to prepare for bird flu
How will students be taught if classes are shut down during pandemic?
WASHINGTON (AP) School officials are being told to add bird flu to their emergency planning lists.
Federal health and education leaders say schools should develop contingency plans now for dealing with a potential outbreak. Those plans could include school closures and the use of school buildings as temporary hospitals and immunization sites.http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11958162/