Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:50:26 PM CET
An Afghan farmer ...
..shows marijuana plants which are almost ready to harvest at a marijuana field on the outskirts of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Associated Press
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:45:13 PM CET
KILLER CLOUDS
GAS USED IN RUSSIAN TRAGEDY PART OF U.S. CROWD CONTROL PLANS Ironically, according to the Sunshine Project, an international NGO dedicated to the eradication of bio/chemical weapons, this is the very drug that has caught the eye of American researchers at Penn State who are exploring potential military uses of pharmaceuticals.
The Sunshine Project, which has obtained a deluge of documents through the Freedom of Information Act, believes the U.S. military is in fact deeply interested in weaponized "calmatives," particularly Valium, Prozac and Zoloft. Arms monitors are sounding the alarm that, while George W. Bush prepares to invade Iraq over its alleged chemical weapons, U.S. efforts to turn pharmaceuticals into "non-lethal" armaments are themselves in direct violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 6:44:46 PM CET
PumpkinPC v1.0
I created this Pumpkin for the Hack-O-Lantern contest at Bjorn3D. I put it up here a couple days after I finished because I was scared to death that a /.ing would bring my entry down before the contest was judged ;D
¬> <a href="home.attbi.com"target="_blank">viv][sel
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 6:29:55 PM CET
Leaked DOOM 3 demo on the net?
Super rumour: they say a beta version of DOOM III (stolen, of course), appeared on the net and can be found with edonkey2000.
edonkey2000 >> extend search - Doom.III.Beta.v1.31.cracked.by.Schlossberg.zip - size 453 Mb
I'd like to remind that beta versions of Unreal2 and UT2K3 have appeared the same way before. And what if they didn't manage to get DOOM III to Quakecon 2002 wherer they promised to show it?
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 6:24:06 PM CET
Not Exactly Your Low-Scoring Soccer Match
149 : 0
Newly-crowned Madagascan champions AS Adema thrashed their opponents 149-0 in a top national league soccer match after the opposition deliberately scored one own goal after another in a protest over a refereeing decision. Radio Madagascar reported Friday that Stade Olympique l'Emyrne scored the own goals against Adema as a protest after SOE's coach Ratsimandresy RaCzarazaka lost his temper with the referee.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 6:17:23 PM CET
Centsless
Was Jam Master Jay killed because of his ties to 50 Cent? Police speculate that the young rapper's ridicule of gangsta rap may have inspired the murder of his mentor, the Run-DMC DJ. The rising rapper, who is poised for fame with an appearance on the soundtrack album to Eminem's upcoming movie ''8 Mile,'' is known for his parodies of other rappers' songs. This summer, he had a hit called ''Wanksta'' that ridicules gangsta rappers who can't come up with enough cash to buy the fancy cars they boast about because of their frequent stints behind bars. ''One of the theories is that somebody was trying to get back at 50 Cent by taking out Mizell,'' a police spokesperson told the New York Times.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 6:13:38 PM CET
Soldier survives 3,000 ft chute failure
Yugoslav Army paratrooper has survived a drop from an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) after both his parachutes malfunctioned, according to Belgrade daily Glas Javnosti. The paper said on Friday 40-year-old Dragan Curcic escaped with minor cuts and bruises after his main and spare parachutes first failed to open and then became tangled when they opened simultaneously during an exercise on Tuesday.
The Free Fall Research Page
The Free Fallers are the most amazing stories of all. They had no parachute, not even one that failed. They didn't cling to aircraft wreckage. They just fell. All were World War II airmen. Lt. I.M. Chisov, Sgt. Alan Magee, and Sgt. Nicholas Alkemade all fell more than 20,000 feet.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 6:09:59 PM CET
World Plants Near Extinction Close to 50 Pct.-Study
The percentage of the world's plants threatened with extinction is much larger than commonly believed, and could be as high as 47 percent if tropical species are included, researchers said on Thursday.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Reuters
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 12:08:24 PM CET
Root-Server Attack Traced to South Korea, U.S.
Last week's attacks on the Internet's backbone likely emanated from computers in the United States and South Korea, FBI Director Robert Mueller today said.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 11:17:17 AM CET
An all-time-high
Pirelli Calendars
Derek Forsyth had the idea in 1963. The PR-boss of the tyre-manufacturer Pirelli convinced his boss to stop giving away just the usual christmas gifts. No more keyrings, no more pocket knives. Instead - a calendar, with photos of gorgeous women, scantily dressed. Something special, unique. The Pirelli-Calendar was born - and Edition No. 1 was a total flop.
¬> <a href="pirelli.utopiax.org"target="_blank">Pirelli
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 11:14:50 AM CET
Space-Based Power System Needed to Solve Earth’s Energy Woes
Civilization faces an urgent need to develop space-based power generation systems that would beam energy to the planet from satellites that would shine like "golden apples" in the night sky, a large team of scientists said today. The researchers also recommend looking into deploying some cosmic Coppertone, giant sunscreens that would block solar energy and curb global warming.
¬> <a href="www.space.com"target="_blank">SPACE.com
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 11:05:33 AM CET
FBI
Crime in the United States - 2001
- 2001 (pdf)
- Section I - Summary of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program
- Section II - Crime Index Offenses Reported
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