Topic: Space - on May 10, 2004 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
European Shuttle Prototype Lands Safely
An unmanned prototype of a European space shuttle glided safely back to Earth after being dropped from nearly 8,000 feet up by a helicopter. Guided by Global Positioning System satellites, the German-designed EADS Phoenix was dropped by a heavy-duty helicopter over Sweden at 9:45 a.m. Saturday and "landed perfectly" 90 seconds later on a test runway north of Stockholm, a project spokeswoman said.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 10, 2004 at 11:44:00 AM CEST
Web worm tests network security
More serious security problems for Microsoft software could follow in the wake of the Sasser worm. Using vulnerabilities revealed at the same time as those exploited by the web worm, security firm IRM has demonstrated how they can be used to gain control of a Windows web server.
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Topic: PHOTO - on May 10, 2004 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
Camera Phone Tips
Photoblogs and Moblogs are becoming more and more popular with the release of many new models of camera phones. The internet is being flooded with pictures from the every day life of millions of camera phone users, but unfortunately many of the images that are taken using camera phones are poor in quality. This is partly due to the fact that camera phone technology is still developing and that their features are often limited (although this is changing) but it is also often due to poor photographic technique by budding camera phone photographers. As a result we've compiled this list of camera phone tips and techniques to help us get the best results from our camera phones.
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Topic: W A R - on May 10, 2004 at 11:13:00 AM CEST
New picture and military critics increase pressure on Bush
Fresh revelations about Iraqi prisoner abuse - with photographs of a naked, cowering detainee in front of barking dogs - overwhelmed the Bush administration's efforts to contain the scandal yesterday and placed the future of the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, in further jeopardy.
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Topic: W A R - on May 10, 2004 at 12:32:00 AM CEST
CHAIN OF COMMAND
IIn his devastating report on conditions at Abu Ghraib prison, in Iraq, Major General Antonio M. Taguba singled out only three military men for praise. One of them, Master-at-Arms William J. Kimbro, a Navy dog handler, should be commended, Taguba wrote, because he “knew his duties and refused to participate in improper interrogations despite significant pressure from the MI”—military intelligence—“personnel at Abu Ghraib.” Elsewhere in the report it became clear what Kimbro would not do: American soldiers, Taguba said, used “military working dogs to frighten and intimidate detainees with threats of attack, and in one instance actually biting a detainee.”
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Topic: MUSIK - on May 10, 2004 at 12:31:00 AM CEST
Black Madonna dies in coma
One of South Africa's most popular singers, Brenda Fassie, has died in a Johannesburg's hospital aged 39.
Fassie, known as the girl with the golden voice, was taken to the hospital two weeks ago with brain damage following a heart attack.
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Topic: NEWS english - on May 10, 2004 at 12:30:00 AM CEST
Israel raids Gaza tunnel diggers
The Israeli military say they caught a group of Palestinians trying to dig a tunnel from the Gaza Strip into neighbouring Egyptian territory.
The operation by the army was part of an ongoing campaign that Israel wages against tunnel diggers at the southern end of the Strip.
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