Topic: BOARD NEWS - on November 19, 2003 at 10:46:27 PM CET
Sieger bei russischem Wodka-Wetttrinken gestorben
Der Sieger eines Wodka-Wetttrinkens hat in Russland zwar alle Mitbewerber aus dem Feld geschlagen, ist aber noch vor dem Empfang des Preises den Folgen seines Exzesses erlegen.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 19, 2003 at 8:33:52 PM CET
SH066P Personal Cell Phone Jammer
This cell phone jammer looks just like a cell phone and is ideal for use when commuting on the bus and train or when eating in restaurants etc, anywhere where you need effective control at close quarters!
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Topic: CARS - on November 19, 2003 at 8:16:51 PM CET
Fuel Cell Powered Jeep Treo from Chrysler
Chrysler Group designers took a look into the future and created a concept vehicle that explores the limits of the Jeep brand, combining innovative design and environmentally friendly advanced technology in an activity vehicle aimed at young consumers. Premiering at the 37th Tokyo Motor Show, Jeep Treo offers a fresh new look at classic Jeep design themes, such as the seven-bar grille and prominent windshield presence. Inside, the Jeep Treo provides space for three passengers or ‘two-plus-gear’ in a cabin that creates an open feel in what is a truly compact vehicle. Underneath, Treo is based on an all-new platform designed to utilise drive-by-wire technology and a zero-emission fuel cell – or other advanced powerplant of the future – along with an electric drive powertrain that gives Treo full-time four-wheel drive capability.
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Topic: ROBOT - on November 19, 2003 at 8:06:29 PM CET
Mini-copter stars at robot show
The world's lightest and smallest robot helicopter has been unveiled at a Tokyo exhibition by the Seiko Epson company.
The designers say the 70-mm-tall device could be used as a "flying camera" to enter earthquake-shattered buildings.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 19, 2003 at 8:00:29 PM CET
Old fish in captivity turns 65
Rome may be the Eternal City, but San Francisco could be home to the eternal fish. On Tuesday, aquarium officials at the Steinhart Aquarium honored an Australian lungfish, aptly named Methuselah after the Old Testament's millennia-old character. Methuselah arrived at the aquarium in 1938 as a fully grown adult.
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Topic: W A R - on November 19, 2003 at 7:56:02 PM CET
U.S. to Test 'Mother of All Bombs' at Florida Base
The U.S. military plans this week to conduct its final developmental test on the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal, a weapon so big it is dubbed the "mother of all bombs," the Air Force said on Tuesday.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 19, 2003 at 7:53:03 PM CET
Man Armed With Knife Kills Hungry Bear
John Hirsch went toe-to-claw with a black bear — and won.
Hirsch had only a 3 1/2-inch knife blade when he came across the bear in his backyard in Williams Lake, about 190 miles northeast of Vancouver.
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 19, 2003 at 7:51:12 PM CET
DJ seeks to put the Yo! back in yodelling
The Swiss do it, cowboys do it, even educated rappers do it. Let's all do it, let's yodel-ay-ee-ooo.
From opera to hip-hop, there's barely a musical genre that hasn't turned to yodelling now and then. So why can't yodellers get a little more respect?
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 19, 2003 at 7:49:01 PM CET
Lennon's Handwritten Lyrics Sell for $455,000
John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the song "Nowhere Man" were sold for $455,000 -- more than four times the expected price -- at an entertainment memorabilia sale at Christie's on Tuesday.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on November 19, 2003 at 7:47:11 PM CET
Russian dies after winning vodka-drinking contest
A vodka-drinking competition in a southern Russian town ended in tragedy with the winner dead and several runners-up in intensive care.
"The competition lasted 30, perhaps 40 minutes and the winner downed three half-litre bottles. He was taken home by taxi but died within 20 minutes," said Roman Popov, a prosecutor pursuing the case in the town of Volgodonsk.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 19, 2003 at 7:41:15 PM CET
White House Plays Down Palace Intruder
The White House voiced confidence in British security Wednesday after an undercover reporter infiltrated Buckingham Palace and posed as a footman in President Bush's royal suite.
As the palace launched an urgent investigation into the embarrassing breach, Bush's team played down fears that his critics in Britain -- be it by protest or sleuth -- would burst the "bubble" in which the president usually travels.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 19, 2003 at 3:12:09 PM CET
Aufregung im Buckingham-Palast
Der Großbritannien-Besuch von US-Präsident Bush hat am Mittwoch mit einer Aufsehen erregenden Sicherheitspanne begonnen: Ein Reporter hatte ohne Probleme die schärfsten Sicherheitsvorkehrungen, die London je gesehen hat, umgangen. Er hatte sich vor zwei Monaten als Butler im Buckingham-Palast beworben und war ohne Überprüfung genommen worden. Scotland Yard untersucht nun, wie es zu der peinlichen Panne kommen konnte. Bush hält am Mittwoch eine Rede, in der er dem Vernehmen nach erneut den Irak-Krieg rechtfertigen wird.
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