Topic: COMPUTER - on April 10, 2003 at 5:32:09 PM CEST
Mom kills lazy son after he refused to get off the computer
A woman stabbed her son to death in a dispute over his refusal to get off the computer and make his bed, police said on Tuesday.
Yelena Avramenko, 49, later admitted to killing her son, Denis, 26, and re-enacted the crime in front of investigators, police said.
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Topic: SPY - on April 10, 2003 at 5:28:58 PM CEST
Chinese-American Double Agent Arrested in L.A.
A Chinese-American woman helping U.S. government agents as "an asset on China" allegedly stole classified documents from her FBI agent lover and then sent them to China, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 10, 2003 at 5:11:08 PM CEST
Watching you, watching me
New tour turns eyes on city’s surveillance cameras. Bill Brown stands in the middle of a crowded Manhattan sidewalk, gesturing obscenely toward the sky. “You’ve got no right to do this! I think you’re a coward!” he shouts at a video camera staring back at him from four stories up. Unusual behavior for a New York tour guide, but Brown is offering a view of the city that few visitors or natives see. His “Video Surveillance Tour of Manhattan” scans rooftops, storefronts and utility poles for some of the thousands of surveillance cameras perched across the city.
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Topic: ART - on April 10, 2003 at 5:07:06 PM CEST
Roman frescoes found in tatters
Art from Pompeii’s walls may be beyond repair. THE FRESCOES, hacked off the walls of the “House of the Chaste Lovers” during the weekend, were discovered in a nearby derelict building after extensive police searches in and around the neighboring city of Naples. The thieves vanished.
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Topic: SEX - on April 10, 2003 at 5:03:11 PM CEST
Zurich's disabled to get sexual relief
Disabled people living in Zurich are to be offered professional sexual services, as part of a new trial project.
The organisation behind the scheme says the sexual rights of disabled people are currently being overlooked.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 10, 2003 at 4:59:09 PM CEST
Concorde grounded for good
Concorde flights are to end after more than three decades of luxury travel.
British Airways and Air France made simultaneous announcements that they would be permanently grounding the famous supersonic airliners this year.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 10, 2003 at 4:51:41 PM CEST
Indian woman, 65, becomes world's oldest to give birth
A 65-year-old Indian has become the oldest woman in the world to give birth, her doctor has confirmed. Satyabhama Mahapatra from the eastern state of Orissa delivered a healthy three-kilo (6.6-pound) baby boy by caesarean section at a private hospital on Tuesday.
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Topic: ROBOT - on April 10, 2003 at 4:42:07 PM CEST
Robodex 2003 Fashion Show
From Robodex 2003, held last week in Yokohama, Japan, please welcome the latest robots.
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