Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 9:17:00 AM CET
Italy Volcano Erupts, Blackens Sky
Mount Etna spewed columns of ash that blackened skies as far away as Africa, and rivers of steaming lava streamed down its slopes, setting a pine forest on fire and leading officials to close schools and an airport near the volcano.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Reuters
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 1:10:51 AM CET
Russia rocket mishap might be sabotage
The chief of Russia's space agency said Monday that investigators were considering "malicious intent" among other scenarios for the cause of a rocket launch disaster that killed one person earlier this month.
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 1:05:01 AM CET
The Stupid Crook Book
It’s a good thing that crime doesn’t pay — otherwise some of the world’s dumbest criminals would be asking for a refund. In his new book, “The Stupid Crook Book,” Leland Gregory shares his collection of stories — some of them laugh-out-loud funny — about the criminally inane. Read an excerpt from his book.
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:51:33 AM CET
Church miracle keeps faith burning
'And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.' In the best tradition of Man's glowing relationship with Divinity, the appearance of a mysterious beam of light in a Jerusalem church is defying explanation.
¬> <a href="hindustantimes.com"target="_blank">HindustanTimes
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:48:26 AM CET
UK firms join forces to lead in floppy TV screens
Two British companies said they would join forces to become a world leader in the technology of glowing plastics, which by 2005 should yield the first roll-up computer screens and TVs.
Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) announced the acquisition of the Oxford-based research activities of rival Opsys, giving it control of another major method to create organic light emitting diodes (OLED). Financial details were not disclosed.
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:37:05 AM CET
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:29:44 AM CET
Flash Crazy
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:16:57 AM CET
Turn to Pravda for the real news
A quick glance at the headlines on Online Pravda (english.pravda.ru) suggests that the new Russia is every bit as paranoid as the old Soviet Union. One headline reads "What if the USA Bombs Russia?" (The Russians apparently don't realize that we have to bomb Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Indonesia and possibly suburban Washington, D.C., before we can turn our attentions to them.) Another attempts to answer the question that I didn't realize anyone had asked: "How to Protect Russia From Western Capital?"
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:09:41 AM CET
Giant Pig Attacks Alaska
Well, no one has actually called it a flying pig as of yet, but it might as well be. Just like the poor Connecticut residents whose story I brought to light when their neighborhoods were viciously bombarded by the cacophony of Mister Softee ice cream trucks, the people of Alaska are in trouble.
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Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:04:25 AM CET
Russian gas may be secret crowd-control weapon
Weapons experts have suggested a 1950s chemical weapon called 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, or BZ, may have been used. This causes disorientation and hallucinations and was tested by the US on servicemen in the 1960s.
But according to Christopher Holstege of the University of Virginia, BZ takes an hour to start working and its effects peak at eight hours - whereas the Russian gas worked in seconds. Moreover, a hallucinogen seems a risky choice for terrorists strapped to bombs.
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Topic: - on October 28, 2002 at 11:58:56 PM CET
Military Toxicologists Guilty of Death Toll
The Western media pointed out the unwillingness of the Russian government to release the name of the gas. The Daily Telegraph of Great Britain wrote with reference to a London military expert that it was probably BZ gas. This gas was first used by the American military in Vietnam.
Russian experts also believe that it was BZ gas. Doctor of Chemical Science Lev Fyodorov, said: “There can be no other variant. Our special forces have only this kind of gas. Theoretically, it is not a lethal gas if it affects healthy people. However, there were elderly people, children with weak organisms, and asthma-sick individuals among the hostages. This gas was lethal for them.”
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Topic: - on October 28, 2002 at 11:43:39 PM CET
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