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Now that scientists believe rooks are rivalling chimpanzees in the ingenuity stakes, it is surely only a matter of time before a link is made between corvus frugilegus and a different, increasingly endangered species - the member of parliament. Scientists discovered that hand-reared rooks trying to get their claws on hard-to-reach food can not only use tools but, given the right materials, can also make their own equipment. MPs have undeniably demonstrated a similar level of initiative in their expenses claims - simply replace 'morsels of food' with 'plasma televisions'.Fittingly, the collective term for the none-too-bird-brained species (that's rooks, not MPs) is a 'parliament', as in a 'parliament of rooks'. The phrase originates from an intriguing piece of ornithological folklore: a 'rook parliament' is the supposed phenomenon of a large group of the birds surrounding and circling one of their own, then attacking and killing the victim.Brown, Cameron and Clegg have clearly taken a l

Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, who sparked controversy after eating raw seal during a community feast this week in Nunavut, accepted an invitation by a group of Inuit to join a seal hunt Wednesday night, The Canadian Press reported.

A prominent economic group is predicting that a "subpar" recovery will begin to take shape soon, with the recession increasingly showing signs of winding down. According to the National Association for Business Economics, a recent survey of business economists finds that the recession...

Chrysler began a marathon bankruptcy court hearing Wednesday to persuade a judge to approve its plan to sell most of its assets to Italian automaker Fiat and save itself from liquidation. Protests have come from a group of Indiana state pension and construction funds that hold less than 1 percent of Chrysler's secured debt.

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Taliban says it bombed building where another group's members were being held.

FDA group recommends stronger warnings for acetaminophen citing liver risk.

The curtain may rise again on Oakland's beloved Parkway Theater, the kitschy movie palace that provided couches, beer, pizza and B-movies to an eclectic swath of East Bay cinephiles. A Midwestern group of investors has submitted an offer to the landlords to... Related: East Bay - Oakland California - Movie palace - United States - Pizza

The future of Chrysler hangs in the balance as it heads to court to ask a bankruptcy judge for permission to sell the bulk of its assets to a group headed by Italy's Fiat in hopes of saving itself from liquidation.

Suicide attackers stage a spectacular assault in Lahore, killing at least 24 people and wounding 300Gun-toting suicide attackers exploded a giant bomb in the centre of Lahore today, killing at least 24 people and wounding around 300 in a spectacular assault aimed at the offices of the police chief and Pakistan's main spy agency.No group claimed responsibility for the attack, the third in Lahore in as many months, but Pakistanis have been bracing for violent retaliation since the army launched a sweeping operation against the Taliban in Swat valley three weeks ago.'These terrorists were defeated in Fata and Swat and now they have come here,' the interior minister, Rehman Malik, said, referring to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. 'This is a war, and it is a war for our survival.'As Malik spoke, rescuers were scrambling to pull the dead and wounded from the wreckage of destroyed buildings. Twelve police officers and one child were among the dead, a television station reported. Twe