Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 11:11:24 AM CET
You sleep with us, you vote against us
Protesting French Prostitutes
Riot police officers watch prostitutes demonstrating outside the Senate in Paris Tuesday Nov. 5, 2002 to protest a government-proposed anti-crime bill that seeks to expand police powers. The bill calls for a six-month prison term and fine for passive solicitation by prostitutes, based on their dress or their attitude.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 11:02:37 AM CET
Massive Military Cargo Ships Leave U.S. Ports
Three enormous U.S.-military owned cargo ships capable of carrying tanks have left U.S. shores in recent days, a U.S. navy official said on Monday, amid mounting evidence Washington is building up firepower to attack Iraq. The latest deployment comes as the aircraft carrier battle group the USS Constellation set sail for the Gulf from San Diego, California this past weekend.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Reuters
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:52:23 AM CET
DMV Says Woman Driving Since Age 4
Jessica Thompkins hasn't been driving since she was 4 years old, despite what the Division of Motor Vehicles says. The 21-year-old was stopped for driving through a traffic light in Goose Creek. A sheriff's deputy did a computer check, and said her driver's license had been suspended following a traffic accident in 1986.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:48:48 AM CET
Microsoft Has No Plan to Pay Dividends
Microsoft Corp.'s executives said on Tuesday the company had no plans to pay dividends from its $40.5 billion in cash holdings as long as the software giant faced the threat of further litigation.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:42:15 AM CET
Army Shoots Down Artillery Shell with Laser
The U.S. Army used a high-energy laser to shoot down an artillery shell in mid-flight on Tuesday in a defense industry breakthrough, the Army and the manufacturer said. The Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser (MTHEL) is being developed by TRW for the Army and the Israeli Defense Ministry. Lasers have been used in past tests at the range to shoot down slower Katyusha Rockets similar to those fired at Israel by militant guerrilla groups in neighboring Lebanon.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Reuters ¬> BBC ¬> MSNBC
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:32:27 AM CET
Lightning in Brazil sets shocking record
Tropical Brazil is the country most struck by lightning in the world and it suffers the highest death toll and serious economic damage from electric thunderstorms, new research showed Tuesday. Osmar Pinto, a researcher of Atmospheric Electricity Group with the Brazilian Institute for Space Studies which mapped lightning incidence using satellite data, said the country was struck by 70 million lightning bolts a year, or between two and three electric discharges per second.
¬> <a href="www.cnn.com"target="_blank">CNN
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:28:57 AM CET
MARIJUANA MYTHS
ICLU Drug Task Force
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Marijuana causes brain damage
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Marijuana damages the reproductive system
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Marijuana is a "gateway" drug-it leads to hard drugs
etc.
¬> <a href="jiglet.net?"target="_blank">ICLU
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:22:47 AM CET
Male viewers don't take in the news if the newscaster is attractive
Male television viewers do not take in the news when it is delivered by an attractive female newscaster, according to a new survey.
Researchers checked the attention levels of 1,500 male Italian viewers during news programmes and discovered it changed in relation to the attractiveness of the newscaster.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:19:56 AM CET
First Interview with Saddam Hussein in 12 years
The Egyptian opposition weekly Al-Usbou' published yesterday an interview with Saddam Hussein. According to Al-Usbou', which has a very strong pan-Arab orientation, this was the first interview given by Saddam to any media outlet in the last 12 years.(1) In a lengthy preface to the interview, Sayyid Nassar, the Al-Usbou' journalist who conducted the interview, noted: "not everything a journalist hears is reported, he reports what is allowed and what does not harm the national Arab security. Therefore, I ask the readers forgiveness for not reporting part of the interview."
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:15:56 AM CET
Make Windows Work Better
104 Windows Tips
There's a lot you can do to make Windows faster, easier, more reliable, even more fun. We've got 104 tips for Windows users to help you get the most out of your computer.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:12:53 AM CET
Concorde hit by engine drama
Panic broke out among passengers on board an Air France Concorde flight when engine trouble caused the plane to drop thousands of metres. Air France told BBC News Online the plane, which was flying from New York to Paris, dropped to subsonic speed and reduced altitude by 7,000 metres (22,000 feet).
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:08:48 AM CET
IX 529 Sea Shadow
Builder Lockheed Martin
Power Plant Diesel electric
Length 164 feet (50 meters) Overall Length
118 ft Waterline Length
Beam 68 feet (20.7 meters) Extreme Beam
58 ft Waterline Beam
Draft 14.5 feet (4.4 meters)
15 ft Maximum Navigational Draft
15 ft Draft Limit
¬> Stealth ship
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