21.5.05

'Star Wars' Grosses $50M in Single Day - Yahoo! News

'Star Wars' Grosses $50M in Single Day - Yahoo! News: "LOS ANGELES - The last of the 'Star Wars' movies has done what no movie in history has ever accomplished — sold $50 million worth of tickets in a single day."

20.5.05

The Globe and Mail: After 330 years, natives no longer banned in Boston

The Globe and Mail: After 330 years, natives no longer banned in Boston: "Boston — The Massachusetts legislature repealed a 330-year-old law Thursday that barred native Americans from entering Boston and has long irked area tribes — even though it hasn't been enforced."

15.5.05

BBC NEWS | World | Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight

BBC NEWS | World | Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight: "The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.

Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they “… could out-wit and out-muscle [it].”

Unfortunately, he was wrong."