Topic: COMPUTER - on April 4, 2003 at 8:30:49 PM CEST
U.K. government picks Linux
The organization responsible for the U.K. government's procurement policy has opted for Linux to underpin its new online purchasing system. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) hopes the system will allow public sector agencies to buy products more quickly, easily and cost-effectively.
The Linux-based system is being operated by OGCbuying.solutions only for customers in the department of work and pensions. The technology is used for the purchase of printed forms, stationery and associated items but in the long term is likely to encompass a much wider range of goods and services.
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Topic: SEX - on April 4, 2003 at 3:54:22 PM CEST
Hookers Give Students Discounts
Now, you can add a massage parlor to businesses offering student discounts.
Authorities in Spotsylvania, Virginia, say hookers were giving a price break to high school students at a massage parlor busted this week.
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Topic: W A R - on April 4, 2003 at 3:50:56 PM CEST
The Battle Plan for Baghdad?
A secret Pentagon report sketches seven scenarios
As three U.S. combat divisions and assorted forces bear down on Baghdad, the big question of the war now is, how will U.S. troops take the Iraqi capital? This is a matter U.S. war planners pondered long before President Bush launched the war. Last summer, a secret team of high-level military officers and senior civilian Pentagon officials designed a tactical playbook for presentation to the Joint Chiefs of Staff "war-fighting group," a Pentagon outfit that oversees war plans. Titled "Joint Urban Operations," the report was developed by the team to study and enhance U.S. combat abilities in an urban environment.
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Topic: War and Peace - on April 4, 2003 at 3:44:00 PM CEST
When Protests Are Outlawed Only Outlaws Will Protest
An Oregon antiterrorism bill would jail street-blocking protesters for at least 25 years in what critics consider a thinly veiled effort to discourage antiwar demonstrations. The bill has met strong opposition, but lawmakers expect a debate on the definition of terrorism and the value of free speech before a vote by the state Senate judiciary committee, whose chairman, Republican John Minnis, wrote the proposal.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on April 4, 2003 at 3:34:33 PM CEST
Texas Man Accused of Chaining Wife
A man was arrested after his wife was found with a 25-foot chain similar to those used for dogs padlocked around her neck, police said. Police said the witness asked Thomason about the chain, and he jerked it and said that he used it so that his wife couldn't run off.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on April 4, 2003 at 3:32:28 PM CEST
Saddam underdog hero in Indonesia
Saddam Hussein has gained a place on the streets of Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population.
The Iraqi leader has become somewhat of an underdog hero for many Muslims around the world. Even struggling artists are making a living selling his picture.
"As a humanist, I support Saddam. Just like many oppressed people support Saddam. The point is President Bush completely underestimated him," says Djidjit Kadito, an artist.
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Topic: W A R - on April 4, 2003 at 3:16:54 PM CEST
Iraq warns of "non-conventional" act on U.S. forces
Iraq said that it might take "non-conventional" action on Friday night against U.S.-led forces who have seized Baghdad airport.
"We will commit a non-conventional act on them, not necessarily military," Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf told a news conference, adding the act might be tonight. "We will do something that will be a great example for these mercenaries."
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 4, 2003 at 2:17:41 PM CEST
Bill Gates' Tod lässt Börse einbrechen
Der vermeintliche Tod von Microsoft-Gründer Bill Gates hat die südkoreanischen Aktienwerte am Freitag auf eine kurzfristige Achterbahnfahrt geschickt.
Der führende Index an der Börse in Seoul sackte um 1,5 Prozent ab, als der halbstaatliche Fernsehsender MBC TV die "Schock-Nachricht von einem tödlichen Attentat" auf Gates brachte.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 4, 2003 at 2:16:45 PM CEST
Bill Gates "dead" rumour causes panic in South Korea
AN UNSUBSTANTIATED RUMOUR that Bill Gates had been shot dead in Los Angeles caused share prices on the South Korean stock exchange to slump as panic selling ensued.
The rumour, started on a web site, was broadcast over South Korean TV and that caused other South Korean networks to start repeating the rumour.
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Topic: NATURE - on April 4, 2003 at 1:49:48 PM CEST
7 Elephants Brutally Killed in Uganda
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has reported seven elephants gunned down by a gang of ivory poachers in Murchison Falls National Park. The brutal killing of the one calf and six adult elephants is the worst incident of elephant poaching in Uganda in 20 years. No tusks have been recovered yet, and the incident has angered conservationists worldwide, including the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which supports UWA in its anti-poaching and law enforcement efforts through its Nairobi-based Regional Office for East Africa.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on April 4, 2003 at 1:31:31 PM CEST
Police launch virus manhunt
Hong Kong police have launched a manhunt for hundreds of people who have been exposed to a deadly respiratory virus as World Health Organisation experts try to nail down the source of the disease in southern China.
"If our Health Department colleagues think these people may infect other people, we'll use minimal force to send them to hospital for treatment," a police spokesman said on Friday.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on April 4, 2003 at 1:28:26 PM CEST
Man Gets $12,000 Electric Bill
Nebraska Man Gets $12,000 Electric Bill; It Should Have Been $26. For 33 days of service, he was charged $12,344.16. "It was April Fool's Day, and I thought someone was playing a joke on me," said Carroll, who lives in a small, two-bedroom house. It turned out it was a real bill. But the amount was wrong.
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