Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:45:14 PM CEST
Horse named Budweiser falls into hole
Some men'd do anything for a Bud on a hot day
The horse -- named Budweiser -- slipped hind-end first into the backyard tank's circular opening after breaking through a plywood covering and a layer of dirt. The animal had to be hoisted out with a strap hooked to a county skiploader. In between, the horse waited calmly with his head and front legs stuck out of the hole, munching on carrots, getting cooled off with a garden hose and being petted by firefighters and animal control officers.
¬> <a href="www.dailynews.com"target="_blank">2002 Los Angeles Daily News
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:35:52 PM CEST
Man has to come to US or go to Jail, Denied visa to do same
Man has to come to US or go to Jail, Denied visa to do same. Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer at the centre of the first Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prosecution, has been denied a US visa in a move that jeopardises his requirement to testify in the forthcoming trial of his former employers, ElcomSoft. ElcomSoft's chief executive, Alexander Katalov, has likewise been denied a visa, Planet PDF reports, in a move that surely means the already delayed October 21 start of the trial will be put back still further.
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:22:08 PM CEST
4 Parcel Bombs Explode in Pakistan
Four small parcel bombs exploded within minutes of each other at police and government offices in the volatile port city of Karachi on Wednesday, injuring at least nine people, police said. A fifth bomb was sent to a police station but did not go off. At least one of the parcels had "From Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal," written on it, said Sindh province Home Secretary Mukhtar Ahmad Sheikh, a reference to the United Action Front, a coalition of anti-American religious parties that made unprecedented gains in last week's national elections. Sheikh said, however, that authorities had no reason to believe the group was actually behind the attacks.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Associated Press
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:18:49 PM CEST
Inflate Britany's Pairs
There's been loads of talk about whether or not Britney's had a boob job, but here at TSWNN we can give you the exclusive opporunity to give Miss Spears' figure as much enhancement as you like!
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:14:59 PM CEST
Windows Messenger is new spam vector
The forces of evil have produced a devilish tool whereby spam can be sent to thousands of Windows users in minutes, in the guise of system alerts. This was brought to our attention by reader Mike MacNeill, who sent us a screenie of a Windows system alert offering him the university diploma of his dreams with "no required tests, classes, books or interviews," in the classic manner. Below is a smaller example:
¬> <a href="theregister.co.uk"target="_blank">Register
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:13:07 PM CEST
Japan to conduct experimental launch of prototype space shuttle
Japan is to conduct an experimental flight of a prototype space shuttle, the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) announced Tuesday. The unmanned vehicle, to remain within the earth's atmosphere, was to be launched Thursday on Christmas Island in the Pacific nation of Kiritimiti. It is to be the first flight experiment of the High Speed Flight Demonstration program, the NASDA said.
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:05:36 PM CEST
Popular bear shot, killed on second floor of hotel
The big male bear well known to oil patch workers and state biologists was killed about 8:30 p.m. Monday on the second floor of the Prudhoe Bay Hotel, after it approached a police officer standing between the animal and a crowd of hotel guests.
¬> <a href="www.adn.com"target="_blank"> The Anchorage
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 10:53:57 PM CEST
Iceland wins whaling membership
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has accepted Iceland as a full member, despite that country's plans to resume commercial hunting. The commission's members voted narrowly in favour of the move at a meeting in Cambridge, UK, despite strong objections from Britain and the United States.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 10:44:50 PM CEST
High-Speed Locomotive Powered by Jet Engine
The maker of America's fastest train is shopping around a new product that could bring high-speed rail service to areas outside the Northeast. Bombardier Transportation says its new "JetTrain" locomotive, powered by a jet engine, can reach 150 mph without needing overhead electrical lines like those used by Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express. Bombardier led the consortium that built Acela Express, which operates in the Boston-New York-Washington corridor.
¬> <a href="news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Yahoo
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 10:38:27 PM CEST
Fairfax Witnesses Saw Sniper
Fatal Shooting Of FBI Analyst Tied to Others. An FBI analyst fatally shot outside a Home Depot in Fairfax County on Monday night was definitively identified yesterday as the 11th victim of the roving sniper, who again slipped through a massive dragnet -- but this time was seen by several witnesses.
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 1:40:18 PM CEST
Von Mondstädten, UFOs und einem russischen Alien
Die Pravda treibt es immer toller. Das Poltern hört man bis nach Nowosibirsk. Präsident Putin soll bereits einen Krisenstab zusammengerufen haben.
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 1:37:48 PM CEST
Zwangsdatenspeicherung: EU-Rat klopft Mitgliedsländer ab
Ein jüngst im Internet aufgetauchtes internes EU-Papier zeigt die unterschiedlichen Positionen auf
Anfang August sandte die im EU-Rat [DG H III] angesiedelte "Multidisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe Organisiertes Verbrechen" einen Fragebogen zur Frage der Speicherung von Verbindungsdaten an sämtliche Mitgliedsländer aus. Die aufschlussreichen Antworten wurden jetzt auf einer holländischen Site publik.
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