Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://www.thesop.org/html/writers.php?writer=SOPnewswire http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 30 May 2008 03:18:00 GMT Monday, a U.N. report found that Russia was responsible for shooting down the drone over Abkhazia on April 20. Russia has denied the claim. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11373 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11373 (SOPnewswire) Fri, 30 May 2008 03:11:00 GMT A statement from Mr. Sarkozy's office says the French leader called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of a French pledge to reopen high-level contact with Damascus. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11372 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11372 (SOPnewswire) Fri, 30 May 2008 03:04:00 GMT The court ruled Thursday that the children should be returned to their parents, saying that child welfare officials overstepped their authority in taking them out of their homes. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11371 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11371 (SOPnewswire) Fri, 30 May 2008 01:36:00 GMT Four years ago, Abdul Qadeer Khan publicly confessed to selling banned nuclear technology to countries like Iran, Libya and North Korea. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11370 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11370 (SOPnewswire) Fri, 30 May 2008 01:23:00 GMT A total of 37 million acres of land throughout the United States are currently under the control of land trusts. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11369 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11369 (SOPnewswire) Fri, 30 May 2008 01:12:00 GMT Cassiopeia A is the burnt-out corpse of a massive star that ended its life in a fiery supernova about 11,300 years ago. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11368 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11368 (SOPnewswire) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:58:00 GMT The coordinated law enforcement effort resulted in an arrest and two seizures in the United States and 14 seizures in Israel. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11367 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11367 (SOPnewswire) Fri, 30 May 2008 00:44:00 GMT For four days, you'll be challenged and encouraged through a variety of speakers and professional workshops designed to develop your writing craft. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11366 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11366 (SOPnewswire) Thu, 29 May 2008 18:55:00 GMT Josh has teamed up with the guys behind Rob Bell's NOOMA and Marcus Buckingham's TROMBONE PLAYER WANTED. The production quality is incredible. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11360 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11360 (SOPnewswire) Thu, 29 May 2008 18:31:00 GMT Ehud Olmert is brushing off demands to resign after an American Jewish businessman said he gave him envelopes stuffed with cash to support a lavish lifestyle. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11359 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11359 (SOPnewswire) Thu, 29 May 2008 18:08:00 GMT The report, which was jointly published by the OECD, says 862 million people already suffer from hunger, and high prices make the situation worse. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11358 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11358 (SOPnewswire) Thu, 29 May 2008 13:42:00 GMT Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reported to be seeking a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Rome next week. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11356 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11356 (SOPnewswire) Thu, 29 May 2008 13:36:00 GMT The United States, one of the world's largest builders of the bombs, opposes a ban and was not present at the Dublin meeting. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11355 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11355 (SOPnewswire) Thu, 29 May 2008 13:29:00 GMT More than 150,000 people have been evacuated from the area below Tangjiashan lake, which was formed after landslides triggered by the May 12 quake caused natural dams to form in rivers. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11354 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11354 (SOPnewswire) Wed, 28 May 2008 22:55:00 GMT NASA scientists think that the ring, which is unlike anything ever seen before, formed in 1998 when the magnetar erupted in a giant flare. http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11344 http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=11344 (SOPnewswire)