Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 16, 2003 at 11:36:23 AM CET
Striking prostitutes arrested after fair pay protest
A strike by women at a German brothel came to an end after just an hour when police arrested them for admitting being prostitutes.
Officers said it was usually hard to arrest the women because of a lack of proof, but in this case they'd admitted they worked on the streets by carrying placards demanding fair pay for prostitutes.
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Topic: Terror - on March 16, 2003 at 11:32:48 AM CET
Passenger finds 'chilling' note from bag handler
An airline passenger who had two "No War with Iraq" signs in his suitcase says the federal security agent who opened his luggage inserted a note criticizing his "anti-American attitude."
"I found it chilling and a little Orwellian to have received this message," said Seth Goldberg, 41, of Cranbury, New Jersey.
Federal Transportation Security Administration officials are investigating.
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Topic: - on March 16, 2003 at 11:05:37 AM CET
Military Fact Files
The US moves about a dozen warships to the Red Sea and deploys four B-2 "stealth" bombers as war preparations continue.
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