Thursday, 22. July 2004

Germans biggest drinkers in Europe


One in five Germans believes that the point of drinking is to get drunk, according to a recent survey.

reuters.co.uk

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Man Pleads Guilty to Keeping 400 lb. Tiger in Apt.


Antoine Yates, the New York man who kept a 2-year old, 400 lb. Siberian Bengal Tiger in his apartment, has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment.

sky.com

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Water from Princess Diana's Fountain on Ebay


Bottled water available from Princess Diana's memorial fountain, has been offered on the internet auction site Ebay. So far, however, it seems there have been no takers since the bottled water went up for auction five days ago.

sky.com

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British Couple Smuggled Cocaine Inside Dogs


A Brtish couple were convicted of trying to smuggle cocaine using the stomachs of two dogs. Gregory Graham and Kaye Chapman were found guilty of conspiracy to import drugs. The two dogs flew in from Colombia, and were supposed to fly out to London.

news.yahoo.com

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Alcoholic Soap Suds Gives Swedes a Buzz


A three-day music festival in Sweden gave Swedes attending the festival an alcoholic buzz from the hand soap located in the portable toilets. The soap contains 62% alcohol, and many festival goers were adding soap to their drinks as a result.

news.yahoo.comgerman shit

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Free Breast Enlargements for US Soldiers


Soldiers and military family members of all four branches can receive free plastic surgery. 496 breast enlargements have been done for free between 2000 and 2003. The next issue of "New Yorker" magazine broke this story.

cnn.com

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Video Shows 9/11 Hijackers' Security Check


Some of the hijackers who crashed a jetliner into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, twice set off alarms as they passed through metal detectors that morning at Washington Dulles International Airport, but security screeners did not appear to question them about utility knives investigators believe they were carrying as part of the takeover plot, according to newly disclosed surveillance video.

news.yahoo.comSlideshowVideo

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Sonnenbrille für den Wauli


Damit auch Hundeaugen vor zu viel Licht geschützt sind, gibt es Sonnenbrillen für den liebsten Vierbeiner. Ein Villacher Optiker hat sie im Sortiment - er hat quasi den "Urtyp" der Hunde-Sonnenbrille entwickelt.

orf.at

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