Topic: Terror - on December 17, 2003 at 10:11:17 AM CET
New Gun Can Shoot Around Corners
Veterans of Israeli anti-terror units on Monday demonstrated a new gun that can fire at a target from around the corner, making it particularly effective in urban combat.
Israel plans to start using the weapon next week, U.S. forces have already begun training with it and U.S. SWAT and police teams have expressed interest in purchasing it.
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Topic: SEX - on December 17, 2003 at 9:56:43 AM CET
China Museum Displays 6,000 Years of Sex
It's all there, artistically displayed on fans, bronzes and ceramics and in phallic forms sculpted in crude stone or precious jade: more than 6,000 years of human sexuality in the world's most populous nation.
Liu Dalin, 71-year-old founder and curator of the Chinese Sexual Culture Museum, has made it a mission to reintroduce his country's ancient culture of sexuality to generations brought up in more prudish communist times.
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Topic: - on December 17, 2003 at 9:51:32 AM CET
AC/DC Classic is Second Best Album Seller of All Time
AC/DC's classic Back In Black album is the world's second biggest selling album of all time thanks to a surge in sales.
New figures show the 23-year-old album - the group's first after the death of singer Bon Scott - has sold 42 million copies.
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Topic: e-bay - on December 17, 2003 at 9:47:44 AM CET
Bastelonkel
Ein Mann Hubschrauber Bauplan / Selbstbau
Bauplan für einen Ultraleicht 1 Mann Helikopter
Es handelt sich hierbei um den detaillierten Bauplan (mit Fotos und technischen Zeichnungen) für den Selbstbau eines 1- Mann Ultraleicht Hubschraubers A/W 95. Geliefert wird der Bauplan auf einer CD, die Zeichnungen kann man dann nach belieben ausdrucken.
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Topic: JOEOEOEORG - on December 17, 2003 at 8:07:37 AM CET
"Schmierenkomödie"
Die Festnahme des irakischen Ex-Diktators Saddam Hussein hat überraschend eine innenpolitische Tangente bekommen. Verantwortlich dafür ist der mehrmalige Irak-Reisende und Kärntner Landeshauptmann Haider (FPÖ). Dienstagabend meinte Haider über seinen vormaligen Gastgeber, es gebe kaum Unterschiede zwischen Saddam und "Diktatoren in Israel". Darüber hinaus reihte sich Haider unter die Verschwörungstheoretiker: Die Festnahme sei vermutlich gar nicht passiert, sondern nur eine "Schmierenkomödie der Amerikaner".
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Topic: W A R - on December 17, 2003 at 1:52:34 AM CET
12 hours are over
Officials Quickly Do DNA Test on Saddam
A DNA test like the one that apparently helped confirm Saddam Hussein's identity can be done in as little as 12 hours, a forensics expert says.
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