Topic: EU - on November 4, 2003 at 6:07:57 PM CET
EU poll: "Israel poses biggest threat to world peace"
A Flash Eurobarometer survey carried out in October 2003 for the European Commission in the fifteen member states of the EU found that nearly 60 percent of European citizens believe Israel poses the biggest threat to world peace.
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Topic: SEX - on November 4, 2003 at 5:48:32 PM CET
Dial An Orgasm - Cell Phone Accessory
Harnessing the vibrations produced by your phone and concentrating them directly on the area they are appreciated most, this is the first time in history you have been able to " touch" your partner without being in the same town, city or state! This is a revolution in sexual relations!
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Topic: BLOG - on November 4, 2003 at 5:45:05 PM CET
Blog Blog Blog
The New York Weblog explosion has created a new wave of chattering-class grandees. So what if they’re sitting at home in their bathrobes?
A long, long time ago—the early nineties—I was into blogs before there were blogs.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 4, 2003 at 5:25:10 PM CET
Google set to rewrite the rules of advertising
Originally the revenue from running search engines came from banner advertisements, which was more a cash trickle than a cash flow.
Now Google and another company called Overture, which was acquired by Yahoo five months ago, "auction" words to advertisers.
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Topic: - on November 4, 2003 at 4:57:31 PM CET
World's Tiniest Motorcycle
Tom Wiberg is thinking small – very small. He claims to have built the world's tiniest motorcycle. Wiberg's bike is just two and a-half inches high and will go a little more than a mile an hour.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 4, 2003 at 4:23:18 PM CET
Solar groupies head for eclipse of midnight sun
1 minute 57 seconds worth $US35,995
More than 100 well-heeled tourists are due to set sail today in a former Soviet icebreaker for Antarctica, hoping to be among the few to witness a rare total solar eclipse of a midnight sun. Kapitan Khlebnikov was due to sail from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with the cheapest fare at $US18,995 per head or a corner suite at $US35,995.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 4, 2003 at 3:37:17 PM CET
World's largest iceberg splits in two
The world's largest iceberg in the Antarctic is reported to have split in two after being pummelled by a powerful storm.
The Antarctic Sun, a weekly publication of the US Antarctic program, says the 11,000 square kilometre iceberg known as B-15 broke up last month.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on November 4, 2003 at 3:15:32 PM CET
Das Tote Meer trocknet aus
Wer kennt nicht die Bilder vom Toten Meer, mit den Badenden, die im Wasser liegen, ein Buch, die Zeitung lesen oder sogar ein kleines Nickerchen machen. Wo sich heute die Touristen tummeln, holte sich schon Cleopatra ihre medizinischen und kosmetischen Rohstoffe. Was für Jahrtausende als eine Selbstverständlichkeit der Natur galt, ist nun gefährdet. Die Moderne macht auch vor dem Toten Meer nicht Halt. Massentourismus und Industriebetriebe sind dafür hauptsächlich verantwortlich, dass der Wasserstand am tiefsten Punkt der Erde jedes Jahr etwa einen Meter sinkt.
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Topic: FUN - on November 4, 2003 at 3:10:00 PM CET
How to recognise a geek
"My parents just came back from a planet where the dominant life form had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt."
Laugh, you nearly did? Then you're obviously a geek.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 4, 2003 at 3:08:18 PM CET
Nestlé to buy Google
Friday, reports surfaced that Microsoft was interested in buying Google. Instead, food giant Nestlé announced that its sweetened offer to buy the Internet search engine company has been accepted.
Google will complement Nestlé's long list of well-known brands, including Perrier water, Stouffer's, LifeSavers, and Nesquick. Nestlé says Google will be renamed NesGoogle and have a recipe section added to its main page.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on November 4, 2003 at 3:02:30 PM CET
Man dies in Eminem T-shirt row
A Turkish man was stabbed to death after hawking T-shirts depicting U.S. rap superstar Eminem because a man mistook the sales pitch as an insult to his mother, Turkish newspapers said on Tuesday.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on November 4, 2003 at 2:48:16 PM CET
Toys 'R' Us Ad Riles Anti-Drug Groups
A Toys ``R'' Us television commercial that featured the company's mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe, inhaling helium from a balloon has drawn the ire of anti-drug advocates who say the ad sends a dangerous message to children.
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