Topic: Euro 2004 - on June 13, 2004 at 12:39:00 PM CEST
British serial streaker vows to stay away from Euro 2004
Football fans hoping to see a bit of flesh during the Euro 2004 football finals in Portugal have reason to be disappointed -- British serial streaker Mark Roberts said he would not make an appearance at the tournament. "I am under a banning order which means whenever England or Liverpool play abroad, I have to turn in my passport to police. So for this reason I can't go to Portugal."
Roberts has streaked over 380 times since his first streak over ten years ago.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 13, 2004 at 12:38:00 PM CEST
Man To Face Kidnap Charges After Radio Hoax
A 23-year-old South Philadelphia man has been ordered held for trial on charges he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a teenager after hijacking the phone lines of radio station Q102 back in January.
At a hearing on Friday, a 17-year-old woman testified she called the station and was told she had won $1,000 and tickets to see Brittany Spears.
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Topic: EU - on June 13, 2004 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
In pursuit of the perfect kilogram
EU lab tests chocolate, toast and now, molecules
Searching for that perfect piece of chocolate? Belgium is renowned for the best. But rather than one of the country's many sweet shops, head to an obscure town in the north of the country.
There, on a leafy campus set among farms and canals you will find what is quite literally the standard in chocolate: pure cocoa butter at 100 euros ($121) for 10 grams (0.3 ounce).
Here, at the European Union's Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements chocolate is just one of the things for which scientists have created accurate samples.
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 13, 2004 at 12:12:00 PM CEST
Meteorite crashes onto couch
A 1.3kg meteorite crashed through an Auckland city home, hitting the couch and ending up under a computer, the Sunday Star Times reported today.
The book-sized rock hit Phil and Brenda Archer's suburban Ellerslie home on Saturday morning, leaving a large hole in their roof.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 13, 2004 at 11:54:00 AM CEST
Alarm at rising cannabis 'addiction'
Increasing numbers of people are becoming dependent on cannabis, The Observer has learnt.
Department of Health figures show that drug centres are reporting growing numbers coming to them with problems related to the drug. Nine per cent of all those attending clinics cited cannabis as the main reason they were attending, rather than any of the other drugs they were using, twice as many as a decade ago.
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Topic: NEWS english - on June 13, 2004 at 11:46:00 AM CEST
Bank targets sex workers as clients
India's largest state bank is looking to expand it customer base by encouraging sex workers to deposit their nightly takings in a savings account.
The State Bank of India will relax some rules to accommodate potential clients from Sonagachi in central Calcutta, one of Asia's biggest the red light districts, its assistant manager, Ranajoy Ghosh, said.
"Tomorrow we will open accounts for 300 sex workers in Sonagachi, where an estimated 30,000 brothel-based sex workers are operating," he said.
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Topic: NEWS - on June 13, 2004 at 11:11:00 AM CEST
Ronald-Reagan-Puppe findet bei Käufern großen Anklang
Die Kalifornische Firma 'Talking Presidents' hat schon 8000 Vorbestellungen für eine sprechende Ronald-Reagan-Puppe.
Mit einem Druck auf dem Rücken der Puppe gibt die Puppe einen Satz von sich, der Reagan im Laufe seiner Karriere von sich gab, darunter: 'Herr Gorbatschow, reißen Sie diese Mauer nieder!' Insgesamt kann die Puppe elf Sätze sprechen.
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