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Chia Herb Garden comes complete with everything you need. Chia Growing Sponge enables you to grow fresh herbs indoors-even in winter.The Chia Herb Garden comes complete with everything you need. Forget the fuss and muss of potting mixes forever. Our exclusive Chia Growing Sponge enables you to grow fresh herbs indoors-even in winter. Simply place a sponge in one of the quality pots, sprinkle seeds on top, and water daily. Soon you'll have fresh herbs at your fingertips. The Chia Herb Garden comes complete with everything you need: four sponges, four terra-cotta pots and saucers, six packets of gourmet herb...

North Korean dictator KIM JONG IL greets the visiting Nong Duch Manh, leader of the Vietnam Communist Party at the international airport in Pyongyang (video clip). Video includes full arrival honors (21 gun salute, review of North Korean KPA "Honor" Guard Troops, national anthems), and most importantly, close-up views of Kim Jong-il, standing as well as walking in review of his troups.This video was taken about one week ago, on 16 October 2007.It can be found at the URL link above. One should have windows media player.

Does anyone here think is is fishy that a claimed 400kt was a 5kt poof? Does anyone here think this is a conventional detonation of a few thousand tons in a shallow surface location to create the appearance of a nuke? No nuclear signature, no leak. Is that suspicious? Is North Korea simply trying to save face and collect money?

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hosted China's senior military officer here today to build on the growing U.S.-China military relationship and discuss issues of mutual interest, including North Korea. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace (left) and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left) meet with Gen. Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China at the Pentagon July 18. Photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Hilliard, USA   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Gen. Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of...

After checking three stores, Beth Cohnen finally found a must-have Christmas gift for her 10-year-old daughter to give to her uncle: a Chia Scooby-Doo. It's bound to be $15 well spent -- he'd asked for it for about five years in a row. And while the uncle recognizes the humor in the quirky pottery, Cohnen said, Chia Pets aren't for her. "I think they're kind of odd," she said. Over the past two decades, the Chia Pet has grown beyond its marketer's expectations to become a classic kitsch gift.

PITTSBURGH -- After checking three stores, Beth Cohnen finally found a must-have Christmas gift for her 10-year-old daughter to give to her uncle: a Chia Scooby-Doo. It's bound to be $15 well spent - he'd asked for it for about five years in a row. And while the uncle recognizes the humor in the quirky pottery, Cohnen said, Chia Pets aren't for her. ``I think they're kind of odd,'' she said. Over the past two decades, the Chia Pet has grown beyond its marketer's expectations to become a classic kitsch gift. The company began marketing Chia Pets - the Chia...

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