Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:59:55 AM CET
China's Space Activities
China National Space Administration assumes the following main responsibilities: signing governmental agreements in the space area on behalf of organizations, inter-governmental scientific and technical exchanges; and also being in charge of the enforcement of national space policies and managing the national space science, technology and industry.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:43:07 AM CET
On-Line Sniper Training
As a service to its readers and for instructional purposes only, Sniper Country provides on-line adjuncts to sniper/countersniper training. This information is based upon the U.S. Army's sniper training programs at Ft. Benning's Sniper School and Ft. Bragg's Special Operations Target Interdiction Course. The primary authors are a current duty-slotted sniper with his own web page, Sniper's Paradise, Dave Reed, Sniper Country's founder and a former Army Ranger sniper, and a retired Army instructor.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:29:17 AM CET
'Haunted hanging' pub on sale
One of the oldest pubs in Wales, where 180 people are believed to have been hanged in the 17th Century, has gone on sale. The Skirrid Mountain Inn in Llanfihangel Crucorney, five miles from Abergavenny, has been linked to Hanging Judge Jeffreys, who carried out mass executions in 1685 following the Monmouth Rebellion.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:24:41 AM CET
Army grounds Apache helicopters
Dozens of the Army's new £3bn Apache attack helicopters will be kept in storage for four years due to a shortage of trained pilots, the government's spending watchdog has said. Eleven of the 25 helicopters so far delivered - out of an order for 67 - have been mothballed in a move described as "wasteful" by the National Audit Office.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:22:33 AM CET
Shots Fired At LAX
Shots have reportedly been fired in Terminal 6 at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:16:03 AM CET
Giant jellyfish invade Japanese coast
Hordes of giant jellyfish weighing more than 100 kilograms each have been washing up along a large stretch of Japan's coastline. Local government officials say the jellyfish have clogged fishnets and spoiled valuable commercial catches of squid and yellowtail.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 10:13:23 AM CET
Sea lion recalls the past
According to researchers at a Californian laboratory, sea lions are very logical thinkers. A decade after initial studies, the long-term memory of a sea lion called Rio has been tested to the limit. According to researchers at a Californian laboratory, sea lions are very logical thinkers. A decade after initial studies, the long-term memory of a sea lion called Rio has been tested to the limit.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 9:59:31 AM CET
Sniper rifle tied to Louisiana killing
Louisiana is the fourth state to file charges against John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, and possible links between them and a fatal shooting in Washington state are being investigated, according to authorities. They also face federal charges and charges in the District of Columbia.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 9:55:45 AM CET
Is Google power a threat to the Web?
Data Recovery Group, where he is president, would typically come up around the fourth listing on Google's popular search engine last year. Then in January, when Google removed the company from its listings without explanation, Data Recovery saw a 30 percent drop in business.
"When you're No. 4 that plays well; when you fall off, you tend to lose phone traffic. And if you don't have the right relationship with Google to find out what you could have done wrong, you're out of luck," Ahern said, noting that this can have a dangerous domino effect. "If you're not ranked in Google, Yahoo won't list you. It's incestuous."
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 9:41:05 AM CET
Alleged kingpin: U.S. wants drugs
Benjamin Arellano Felix, the man accused of running Mexico’s most ruthless drug cartel, said the United States has already lost its war on drugs and that violent trafficking gangs will thrive as long as Americans keep buying marijuana, cocaine and heroin.
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Topic: - on November 1, 2002 at 9:31:17 AM CET
No bratwurst please, we're German!
Not even German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's famed fondness for grilled sausages could stop officials from banishing bratwurst at the Brandenburg gate. The license for the only bratwurst stand at the gate, which marks the old border between East and West Germany, expired on Thursday and will not be renewed despite widespread protests.
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Topic: BOARD NEWS - on November 1, 2002 at 2:05:02 AM CET
Heute vor 50 Jahren
50 years ago today
Heute vor 50 Jahren wurde auf Elugab island im Enewetak Atoll die erste Wasserstoffbombe gezündet. Die Bombe mit dem Namen XX-58 IVY MIKE vernichtete dabei die Insel.
Ignition of the first megaton thermonuclear device. An atom bomb explodes in a type of super cold liquid hydrogen. The explosion is more powerful than all the allied bombs dropped on WWII Europe.
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