Monday, 27. January 2003

Third Ship Hits Sunken Tricolor in English Channel


he wreck of jinxed car carrier the Tricolor, which has already been hit by two ships since it sank in the English Channel in December, has done it again -- this time colliding with a salvage tug.

Dutch-based Smit Salvage, contracted to remove oil from the partially submerged ship, said on Friday one of its tugs hit the partially submerged wreck and cracked the Tricolor's hull in bad weather on Wednesday.

¬> Reuters

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ATMs, ISPs hit by Slammer worm spread


The bandwidth-crunching Slammer worm caused all manner of damage since its appearance on the Net in the early hours of Saturday morning.

On Saturday, the spread of the worm was so severe that the majority of Bank of America's 13,000 automatic teller machines "were unable to process customer transactions", the Washington Post reports. The paper quotes the bank saying it was able to restore services on Saturday evening but a Seattle-based Reg reader tells us he was "unable to make a deposit to my Bank of America Account on Sunday at about noon Pacific time".

¬> The Register

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800 missiles to hit Iraq in first 48 hours


The US intends to shatter Iraq "physically, emotionally and psychologically" by raining down on its people as many as 800 cruise missiles in two days.

The Pentagon battle plan aims not only to crush Iraqi troops, but also wipe out power and water supplies in the capital, Baghdad.

¬> smh

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Think first, play later


Joe Satriani talks about the process of making music. Joe Satriani: "I think I do everything for kicks. I try to come up with different directions when I'm writing a record on purpose, to stimulate me, to wrench me from one comfortable direction and into something else."

¬> Sac Ticket

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Piano Man Billy Joel


find the fatal error in this page

¬> iWon

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Web Worm Could Strike Again Today


Experts warned that the virus-like infection which disrupted the Internet this weekend may resume its attacks Monday.

The fast-spreading computer code dramatically slowed Internet traffic, overwhelming the world's digital pipelines and interfering with Web browsing and e-mail delivery.

¬> local6

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101 Reasons Not to Go to War with Iraq


  1. It's not moral. War can never be a moral act, not even as a "last resort." In the best case, war is a necessary evil. What is the moral difference between a crusade and a jihad?
¬> Protestants for the Common Good

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Yulia Nau


¬> Flash

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Oakland police use tear gas on group of rowdy fans


Unruly fans set several cars on fire, tossed bus stop benches into the street, burned Christmas trees, broke car windows and blocked parts of International Boulevard in East Oakland following the Raiders' Super Bowl loss Sunday night.

¬> Mercury News ¬> SFGate ¬> Reuters ¬> usatoday ¬> msnbc

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Matrix


101 Reasons We Hate The Matrix

¬> dumpfbacken

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Breaking News CNN zu besuch


JUHU CNN war hier !!!!!!!

¬> CNN

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Spinning top is top toy


Spinning tops that do battle in the school playground have been named the UK's biggest toy by retailers. he tops, called Beyblades originated in Japan but have become a craze among youngsters around the world over the past two years.

The British Association of Toy Retailers (BATR) named the product, which is made by US giant Hasbro, as the toy that made the biggest impact on the UK industry in 2002.

¬> BBC

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