Topic: e-bay - on December 11, 2003 at 7:49:02 PM CET
Star Wars - original Darth Vader helmet
- Darth Vader helmet and shoulder armor from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Profiles in History is proud to present this rare and extraordinary piece of motion picture history, an original Darth Vader helmet, mask and accompanying shoulder armor used in the production of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
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Topic: Terror - on December 11, 2003 at 7:42:07 PM CET
The Saudi Connection
How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network. The CIA's Illicit Transactions Group isn't listed in any phone book. There are no entries for it on any news database or Internet site. The ITG is one of those tidy little Washington secrets, a group of unsung heroes whose job is to keep track of smugglers, terrorists, and money launderers. In late 1998, officials from the White House's National Security Council called on the ITG to help them answer a couple of questions: How much money did Osama bin Laden have, and how did he move it around?
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 11, 2003 at 7:32:06 PM CET
Van Gogh Found at Flea Market to Sell for Millions
A painting of field workers by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, bought at a flea market 12 years ago for 1,500 euros ($1,800), is expected to fetch up to three million euros ($3.6 million) at an auction in France Saturday.
Organizers of the sale in the small town of Portets in southwestern France are bracing for a flood of visitors.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 11, 2003 at 7:29:52 PM CET
Web school teaches porn site how-to
There's money to be made in the online porn business, and Michael Hayes of AdultWebmasterSchool.com says he can help you cash in.
Launched by laid-off dot-com workers in July 2000, the school's $140 course has graduated about 2,200 students, Hayes says.
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Topic: SPORT - on December 11, 2003 at 7:17:41 PM CET
Schumacher's New Opponent: a Fighter Jet
Schumacher's Ferrari F2003-GA was a nose faster than pilot Maurizio Cheli's Eurofighter Typhoon in the first race of 600 meters. The plane then easily won at 1,200 and 900 meters.
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Topic: NEWS - on December 11, 2003 at 7:13:42 PM CET
Almost half of Germans cheat on partner
Almost every second German is cheating on, or has cheated on, their partner, according to a new survey.
A November survey of 1,059 men and women aged between 20 and 60 by the Hamburg-based GEWIS research institute for "Stern" magazine showed 51 percent of men and 43 percent of women said they had cheated at least once on their partner.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 11, 2003 at 7:09:28 PM CET
delete your SMS
Man gets more than phone cut off after message mix-up
An irate Filipino housewife sliced off her husband's penis while he slept after she discovered text messages from another woman on his mobile phone.
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Topic: FUN - on December 11, 2003 at 7:02:25 PM CET
A website
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 11, 2003 at 6:45:32 PM CET
Three people convicted of smuggling rice
Three individuals were convicted in Värnamo county court in Sweden for trying to smuggle six ton of rice across the border from Norway to Sweden.
While it is most common for Norwegians to smuggle alcohol and tobacco from Sweden, this couple and their friend tied to smuggle rice from Norway to Sweden.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 11, 2003 at 6:31:53 PM CET
Jokes activate same brain region as cocaine
There's truth in the maxim 'laughter is a drug'. A comic cartoon fired up the same brain centre as a shot of cocaine, researchers are reporting.
A team at Stanford University in California asked lab mates, spouses and friends to select the wittiest newspaper cartoons from a portfolio. They showed the winning array to 16 volunteers while peering inside their heads by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
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Topic: SEX - on December 11, 2003 at 6:22:12 PM CET
BoneClone-A Personal Pleasure Kit-The Kit
THE KIT
The BoneClone™ is a personal pleasure kit that reproduces a man’s penis (up to nine inches) in 100% silicone rubber, one of the safest and most non-reactive of materials used in adult toys. Included in each kit are easy to follow instructions, skin tone matching colors, and with additional options available, the BoneClone™ offers a unique sex toy for different tastes and desires.
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Topic: - on December 11, 2003 at 4:58:21 PM CET
Scientists freeze beam of light
Physicists say they have brought light to a complete halt for a fraction of a second and then sent it on its way.
Harvard University staff held a light pulse still without taking away all of its energy, the journal Nature reports.
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