Thursday, 24. October 2002

Rolling Stones O N C E rejected pot,


Wyman writes, "We had him ejected because back then we were somewhat naive."

The biography, called "Rolling With The Stones," will be in stores on Monday.

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Scud Igniter Said Found on Iraq-Bound Ship


— RIJEKA, Croatia (Reuters) - A ship seized at sea by Croatia this week was bound for Iraq from Yugoslavia carrying what appeared to be material used in the ignition of Scud missiles, according to sources in Croatia on Thursday.

"There is evidence that the military equipment on the seized ship was headed for Iraq," a police source told Reuters after 14 containers were unloaded from the freighter Boka Star in the port of Rijeka on Croatia's Adriatic coast.

¬> Reuters

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Prehistoric 'sea dragon' found


The remains of a prehistoric monster have been found on the east coast of Yorkshire. The plesiosaur, which resembles the Loch Ness monster, dates back to the beginning of the Cretaceous period 130 million years ago.

¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC

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Students to test ride condoms


Hard-up students are being recruited to test condoms, rating them for their pleasure, comfort and performance qualities. The 100-150 successful job applicants will be paid 100 pounds per academic term as they road-test a range of condoms from German manufacturer Condomi.

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Astronomer sees black hole eat star


It began like a routine measurement on a quasar, a somewhat boring look at the emissions from a distant, early galaxy -- but it turned out that the graduate student was actually watching a black hole swallow part of a star.

As he looked at the spectrum of light sent out by TEX 1726+344, the student at the University of Texas at Austin, Feng Ma, realized he was seeing something extraordinary.

¬> <a href="www.cnn.com"target="_blank">CNN

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Police believe Sniper have been captured


DEVELOPING STORY

Report: Rifle, Scope, Tripod Found In Car Army Veteran, Stepson Arrested At Md. Rest Stop Thursday

Meanwhile, one of President George W. Bush's administration sources told the AP that the president has been told federal authorities are reasonably sure the case has been solved.

¬> <a href="www.local6.com"target="_blank">local6

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Chechen Gunmen Shoot Moscow Hostage


Chechen gunmen shot and killed one of the hundreds of hostages being held at a Moscow theater, Russian news media reported Thursday.

¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Associated Press

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PILOT SAYS 'I WAS HIRED BY THE CIA'
to smuggling £22 million worth of cocaine into Britain


Barrett-Jolley was flying a Boeing 707 plane which landed at Southend airport, Essex, in October 2001. It is alleged six suitcases packed with cocaine were dropped from the aircraft as it taxied along the runway following a tip-off. The case continues.

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Many stoned mice


Cairo - Egyptian police found mice running zig-zags on Wednesday after the rodents found their way to a half-ton of confiscated cannabis. Police in the southern town of Qena were planning to burn the cannabis but when they entered the store room at their station they found a number of mice had beaten them there.

"A large number of mice were dizzy," a police official said. - Sapa-AFP

¬> Independent

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Its not the same gun
Sniper


hmm

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T-Mobile PPC Phone Edition


Dwayne has put together a great review highlighting the impact of the Pocket PC Phone Edition - for those techie folk out there that want to make their boss a believer -

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The Mind of a Killer


Joel Rifkin strangled 17 prostitutes in four years, at random and without remorse. But years after New York police caught him in 1994, he still said he had no idea why he killed.

¬> <a href="abcnews.go.com"target="_blank">abc

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