Topic: SPY - on March 19, 2003 at 3:18:50 PM CET
Phone bugs found in EU building
Telephone bugs have been found in offices used by French and German delegates at a building due to host a European Union leaders' summit, an EU spokesman has said.
The bugging system was found in the EU Council Justus Lipsius building in Brussels, and affected other countries' officials as well, Dominique-Georges Marro, head of the EU Council press service, told reporters on Wednesday.
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Topic: Terror - on March 19, 2003 at 2:58:33 PM CET
Orange-plus threat level in effect
Orange-plus’ threat level in effect. THIS IS THE third time since Sept. 11, 2001, that the terrorist threat level has been raised to Code Orange. But in what several officials are calling an “orange-plus” alert, state and local officials said Washington was asking that more extensive security measures be put in place than on the previous occasions.
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Topic: Terror - on March 19, 2003 at 2:52:07 PM CET
Activist's memorial service disrupted
Israeli forces fired teargas and stun grenades yesterday in an attempt to break up a memorial service for Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist killed by an army bulldozer in Gaza on Sunday.
Witnesses including several dozen foreigners and Palestinian supporters say Israeli armoured vehicles tried to disperse the gathering at the spot in Rafah refugee camp where Ms Corrie was crushed to death.
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Topic: MDA - on March 19, 2003 at 1:22:40 PM CET
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 1:18:06 PM CET
US troops have entered the demilitarised zone ...
...on the Iraqi border with Kuwait, according to reports.
Kuwaiti security sources said US-led forces had moved into the demilitarised zone (DMZ) in preparation for an imminent attack on Iraq.
Sky News reporter Ross Appleyard, based on the border, said the troops could encounter trenches filled with burning oil - if and when they attack.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 19, 2003 at 1:12:18 PM CET
Austria will intercept US planes
People's Party (VP) Defence Minister Guenther Platter said on Monday that the Austrian airforce would intercept any US air planes that crossed its air space without official permission.
Ich glaubs nicht - unbelievable
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Topic: TV - on March 19, 2003 at 11:21:56 AM CET
Premiere geht gegen Online-Shop vor
Internet-Händler muss wegen Werbung für Pay-TV-Karten nun 250.000 Euro Ordnungsgeld fürchten
Premiere geht gegen einen Onlineshop vor, der laut dem Pay-TV-Sender für Smartcards und Karten-Programmiergeräte mit dem Begriff "Pay-TV" geworben habe. Man habe beim Landgericht Hamburg eine einstweilige Verfügung gegen einen Onlineshop erwirkt. Der Shop habe die Produkte unter anderem damit beworben, dass sie zum illegalen Empfang von Abo-TV- Angeboten geeignet seien.
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Topic: W A R - on March 19, 2003 at 11:07:43 AM CET
USA lied about Iraq's weapons
A US-based Norwegian weapons inspector accuses the USA and Secretary of State Colin Powell with providing the United Nations Security Council with incorrect and misleading information about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), newspaper Dagbladet reports.
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Topic: SPY - on March 19, 2003 at 10:47:29 AM CET
Topf Secret
Secrets and pies
So it was with some excitement that we took receipt of Topf Secret, the first cookbook produced by the Bundesnachrichendienstes (BND), the German federal secret service. This book is part of a delightfully barmy PR offensive by the BND to make itself more visible to the general public. "It gives people a chance to grasp what we do, and to reassure taxpayers that we exist for a reason," a spokesman says.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on March 19, 2003 at 10:43:23 AM CET
Prostitute board game hits the streets
A new Italian board game lets players take on the role of immigrant prostitutes enslaved by the mafia.
It has been launched by an organisation which works for the civil rights of prostitutes.
Puttanopoly players must dodge police raids, avoid turf wars and escape serial killers just to earn a living.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on March 19, 2003 at 10:12:35 AM CET
Doctors in Hong Kong identify deadly pneumonia virus
Doctors in Hong Kong have scored a major breakthrough in identifying a deadly pneumonia virus that has killed at least 11 people and left hundreds ill as it races around the world.
Medical experts said the discovery would make the disease easier to diagnose and opened the way for a vaccine to be developed. But they stressed more lab work had to be done to pin down the exact make-up of the virus and scientists had not ruled out that it might be a new strain.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on March 19, 2003 at 10:10:45 AM CET
Ärzte finden das Virus
Der Erreger des Schweren Akuten Atemwegssyndroms SARS gehört zur Familie der Paramyxoviren. Dies berichtete am Mittwoch die Zeitung "Hongkong Standard" unter Berufung auf das Prince of Wales Hospital und die Chinesische Universität von Hongkong.
Zur Gruppe der Paramyxoviren gehören unter anderem die Erreger von Masern, Mumps und Hundestaupe. Ärzten ist bekannt, dass diese Viren Lungenkrankheiten verursachen können.
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