Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 20, 2003 at 2:43:00 PM CET
A World Drinking Record
Latvian police said a drunk picked up with around twice the blood-alcohol level considered deadly had probably set a world record but would wake with a hangover to match.
The unidentified middle-aged man was unconscious but stable after a blood test showed 7.22 parts per million of alcohol, police spokeswoman Ieva Zvidre said.
Actually an austrian is the record holder 7.4 parts per million of alcohol
Nein der rekordhalter ist ein österreicher old shit
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 20, 2003 at 2:39:00 PM CET
Happy horrordays
Suwanee neighbors play pin the kitsch on each other They ambush by moonlight, pieces of passe plastic their weaponry.
Unsuspecting homeowners -- cozied up in their abodes and wrapped in holiday revelry -- haven't a clue of the impending invasion. Electrical cords whip quickly across their lawns, unsightly shapes gather and a frightening formation takes shape in the cold.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on December 20, 2003 at 2:26:00 PM CET
The Pope Says It's Dope
Pope John Paul II gives Gibson's movie the thumbs up.
He's had his critics since announcing plans to re-tell the story of Christ's death, but Mel Gibson has shown his new movie The Passion Of Christ to the most important religious figure head of the lot - and it would appear he liked it.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 20, 2003 at 2:03:54 PM CET
Website to snare net paedophiles
An international operation has been launched to trap internet paedophiles who search online for images of abused children.
Police forces in Britain,the US and Australia are setting up websites which claim to contain pornographic photographs of youngsters. Anyone entering the sites will be able to continue through a series of pages ending at a screen which tells them they could face prosecution.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 20, 2003 at 1:58:47 PM CET
G-strings ultimate cool symbol among Chinese youth
G-strings have emerged as one of the ultimate symbols of "cool" among China's increasingly sophisticated youngsters, a survey shows. "G-strings are cool," public relations company Hill and Knowlton said in a statement. "They empower sexual freedom and choice."
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 1:56:50 PM CET
Study indicates many smoke pot daily
About 85,000 Canadian teens smoke marijuana daily, according to research commissioned by Health Canada.
A survey of 12- to 19-year-olds conducted this fall found that 34 per cent said they had tried marijuana on more than one occasion.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 1:53:32 PM CET
Colombia police chief on drug charge
The former head of Colombia's highway police has been arrested, accused of using the men under his command to escort drug shipments around the country. The scandal is just the latest to hit the corruption-ridden Colombian police force.
Last month, Colonel Jaime Leal was relieved of his post as head of the highway police after evidence emerged that this part of the police force was riddled with corruption. Sixty-nine officers were put under investigation.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 1:52:00 PM CET
Pot dealers find partners in seniors
Drug mules don't usually drive Winnebagos.
But some seniors have been loading up recreational vehicles with a little something extra when they leave Arizona on their cross-country trips: marijuana. Thousands of pounds of it.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 20, 2003 at 1:49:56 PM CET
Real sues Microsoft, seeks $1bn damages
Emboldened by its reception before the European Commission in Brussels last month, RealNetworks is to sue Microsoft for alleged anti-competitive behavior.
"We believe our business would be substantially larger today if Microsoft were playing by the rules," said Real's founder and former Microsoft executive Rob Glaser in a statement.
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Topic: SPORT - on December 20, 2003 at 1:47:57 PM CET
Carry Your Own Bag, Says Caddie
Queenslander Marcus Cain missed the Australian Open cut by seven strokes on Friday after his caddie dropped the player's bag midway through the round and walked off.
"He had a disagreement with his caddie on the 12th hole," Australian PGA Tour operations manager Gus Seebeck told Reuters.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on December 20, 2003 at 1:42:00 PM CET
The ghost of Hampton Court?
To the sceptic it may simply look like a fuzzy CCTV image of someone in a long coat walking through a doorway. Experts say the long-coated figure could be the best proof yet found that things really do go bump in the night... and the day too.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on December 20, 2003 at 1:26:16 PM CET
Happy Hanukkah !
The Jewish holidayof Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, begins tonight and lasts for eight days.
Hanukkah traces its origins in Jewish history to the defeat of an enemy and the reconstruction of the Temple of Jerusalem and involves a two-fold miracle.
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