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| Rejected Russian boy back in orphanage Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:41:45 EDT A Russian boy who was sent back to Moscow by his adoptive mother in the United States has been returned to an orphanage, an attorney of the World Association for Children and Parents said Friday. |
| Iranian woman facing stoning: 'I'm afraid of dying' Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:51:26 EDT In a room thousands of miles from her prison cell in northeastern Iran, the fear that has gripped Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani for years was clear and almost palpable. |
| More than 100 hurt in Iran earthquake Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:56:30 EDT A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Iran on Friday, injuring 110 people, according to state-run media. |
| Uganda charges 3 in World Cup bombings Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:58:38 EDT Uganda has charged three people in connection with the bomb blasts that erupted in an Ethiopian restaurant and a rugby center in Kampala earlier this month, killing some 76 people, a government official said Friday. |
| Witness: Israeli airstrike targets Hamas compound Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:53:08 EDT Israel launched an airstrike near a former presidential compound in Gaza City late Friday, according to a CNN stringer at the scene. The Israel Defense Forces did not immediately confirm the strike. |
| Russian army fights wildfires Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:08:11 EDT Wildfires in central Russia have destroyed around 1,000 homes, left five people dead, and prompted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to call on local officials to resign, Russian news agencies reported Friday. President Dmitry Medvedev has called out the army to help. |
| Mexican drug lord killed Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:36:41 EDT Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was killed Thursday during a military raid in a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico, sources with knowledge of the operation told CNN en Espanol. |
| Tokyo's "oldest man" may have been dead for decades Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:04:00 EDT Police have found the mummified body of a man believed to have been Tokyo's oldest man, who may have in fact died some 30 yeas ago, officials at the city's Adachi Ward said. |
| London saddles up and rides Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:23:49 EDT Six thousand matching black, silver and blue bicycles hit the streets of London as the city launches its ambitious public bike sharing scheme. |
| July worst month for U.S. in Afghanistan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:31:39 EDT Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the war started nine years ago. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2010 is:
sirenian • \sye-REE-nee-un\ • noun
: any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin
Example sentence:
"Looking humanlike in certain aspects, sirenians are thought to be the basis of the myth of mermaids." (Michael McCarthy, The Independent [London], February 28, 2009)
Did you know?
"Sirenian" traces back via Latin to Greek "seirēn," which is equivalent to our word for the sirens of Greek mythology. And what is the connection between sirens and sirenians? Modern sirenians do not resemble the half bird, half woman creatures who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet singing. But as our example sentence states, sirenians are considered by some to underlie the ancient legends about mermaids. In European folklore mermaids were sometimes called "sirens," and apparently this confusion resulted in the granting of sirenians the name they bear today.