Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:34:53 PM CET
FBI Complicit in Crime?
The FBI didn't just infiltrate the notorious Nuestra Familia prison gang, it allowed an informant to continue the group's violent and criminal activities for seven months, pulling off drug and gun deals and the killing of a rival gang leader, a defense attorney for one of the men accused in the case alleges in a court filing.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:32:51 PM CET
Butterflies point to micro machines
Tiny machines that fly like insects will soon be a reality. That is the confident prediction of scientists who have just studied the remarkable aerobatics of the butterfly. The two Oxford researchers put red admirals in a specially designed wind tunnel and used high-speed cameras to analyse how the animals moved through the air.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:31:23 PM CET
Europe's super rocket explodes 2end in 2 weeks
Europe's new heavy-lift rocket has failed on its maiden flight. The Ariane 5-ESCA blasted off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana at 1921 local time (2221 GMT) and exploded over the Atlantic three minutes later.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:29:27 PM CET
RIAA Teams With Secret Service To Bust Piracy Ring
Stop! In the name of the ... recording industry?!
The RIAA, which has long been policing the Internet for copyright-infringing file-sharers, strapped on its real-life gumshoes and assisted in one of the largest busts of pirated CDs ever.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:27:58 PM CET
U.S. Releases Missile Shipment to Yemen
The United States has allowed a ship carrying 15 Scud missiles and warheads to Yemen to proceed on its way after the vessel and its crew were detained for two days.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:24:51 PM CET
In Pictures: Missile ship seized
Spanish warships operating in the Arabian Sea as part of efforts to combat international terrorism intercept a ship found to be carrying a secret cargo of Scud missiles and missile parts believed to have come from North Korea.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:21:35 PM CET
Scud missiles are ours, says Yemen
Yemen says Scud missiles found on a North Korean ship were destined for its army, and has made a formal protest over the vessel's seizure to the United States. A Spanish warship intercepted the ship, carrying 15 hidden Scud missiles, several hundred miles off the coast of Yemen.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:17:26 PM CET
Rolling Stones to perform at Super Bowl
After years of trying, the NFL finally pulled off a major coup and booked The Rolling Stones --who'll headline halftime at the Super Bowl!
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:15:58 PM CET
eBay hit by credit card scam
The world's largest online auction site eBay has been targeted by fraudsters using a shadow site to steal credit card details from its 55 million customers. The scam involved sending e-mails to customers asking them to log on to a Florida-based website - ebayupdates.com - and re-submit their financial details.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 12:13:14 PM CET
Pot: Girl gives teacher marijuana
Normally, teachers who receive holiday gifts from their young students might be glad for the exchange. On Monday afternoon shortly after 3:30, however, one teacher from the Churchill Head Start Early Childhood Center at 41 Commercial St. called police to report that a 4-year-old girl had presented her teacher with a small bag of marijuana.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 4:01:13 AM CET
Legal Pot For Canada?
A parliamentary committee called for legalizing marijuana use among adults, increasing pressure on the government to shift drug laws away from the zero-tolerance policy of the United States.
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Topic: - on December 12, 2002 at 3:57:13 AM CET
Spain Says Sunken Tanker Could Leak Until 2006
The sunken tanker Prestige could go on leaking fuel oil until 2006, causing long-lasting damage to the devastated coastline of northwest Spain, experts said.
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