Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:59:12 AM CET
Telescope to challenge moon doubters
Conspiracy theorists, you have a problem. In an effort to silence claims that the Apollo moon landings were faked, European scientists are to use the world's newest and largest telescope to see whether the spacecraft are still on the lunar surface.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:36:14 AM CET
Austrian moderate conquers far Right
RIGHT-WING extremist Jorg Haider suffered huge losses in Austria's national elections yesterday as the more moderate Chancellor, Wolfgang Schussel, showed the rest of Europe his much-criticised strategy of co-operating with extremists was an effective way of stealing their momentum.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:34:47 AM CET
Haider announces farewell to politics, but party faithful say he'll stay
Joerg Haider, whose praise of Hitler and anti-foreigner rhetoric helped fuel the meteoric rise of his party into government two years ago, said he was calling it quits Monday in the wake of the party's disastrous showing in general elections.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:33:31 AM CET
Haider quits after defeat of far Right
It marks the end of Austria’s flirtation with the charismatic firebrand and the beginning of a return to the status quo. Mr Haider led his anti-immigrant, anti-EU party from its small-town beginnings to the point where it not only turned Austrian politics upside down, but sent shockwaves across Europe.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:20:39 AM CET
Bush sign Homeland Security bill
The new Department of Homeland Security is the largest reorganization of the federal government since World War II. The Cabinet-level intelligence clearinghouse will be dedicated to protecting the United States from terrorist attacks and will combine about 170,000 federal workers from 22 agencies.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:17:48 AM CET
How mushrooms will save the world
Once you've heard "renaissance mycologist" Paul Stamets talk about mushrooms, you'll never look at the world -- not to mention your backyard -- in the same way again. The author of two seminal textbooks, "The Mushroom Cultivator" and "Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms," Stamets runs Fungi Perfecti, a family-owned gourmet and medicinal mushroom business in Shelton, Wash.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:11:26 AM CET
Betel nut beauties face crackdown
Scantily-clad young women selling betel nut - a popular stimulant - has become a common sight in Taiwan. Intense competition between betel nut sellers has led to the women shedding more and more clothes in order to attract customers.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:09:43 AM CET
Scientists on Alert for Hidden Island Off Sicily
A volcanic island submerged off the coast of Sicily for the last 170 years could reappear in the coming weeks if furious seismic rumblings continue, Italy's chief seismologist said Monday. "We've seen Etna erupting, seismic activity to the north and east of Sicily and gas activity around the Aeolian Islands," Enzo Boschi, head of Italy's Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology, told
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:04:53 AM CET
Surfer recovers after lightning strike
A woman hit by lightning while surfing in west Cornwall is stable and improving at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske. According to meteorologists, every person has just a one in three million chance of being struck by lightning in their lifetime.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:01:59 AM CET
'Tis the season for shoplifters
As bargain-hungry holiday shoppers head to area malls with checkbooks and credit cards in hand, they are being joined by another kind of consumer armed with heavyweight aluminum foil and oversized nail clippers: the shoplifter.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 1:57:39 AM CET
Librarians can't put Humpty Dumpty back together again
Even all the librarians at Rogers Public Library couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again. A vandal sliced the head of the doll, and also damaged a stuffed wolf and a stuffed bear, though the stuffed animals were expected to be repaired. "They slashed Humpty Dumpty's head, cut a leg off the wolf and whacked an arm off a bear," said Fran Levine, the library's assistant director. "We were not able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again," Levine said. "He was not cut on a seam."
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 1:54:28 AM CET
Training mission results in 130-pound cocaine find
After a suspicious speedboat was spotted by law enforcement helicopter during a training exercise, two men were arrested after allegedly attempting to bring 130 pounds of cocaine into the U.S.
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