Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 22, 2004 at 6:03:00 PM CEST
Edvard Munch's "The Scream" stolen from museum
The famous Edvard Munch painting "The Scream," along with "Madonna," was stolen from Oslo's Munch museum by robbers wielding guns. The thieves took the paintings and got away in a waiting car.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 22, 2004 at 1:14:00 PM CEST
"Spim" The Spam For Instant Messaging
While everyone is fighting a battle against spam and spammers, a new form of irritation is growing. "Spim" is similar to spam but uses instant messaging services instead of e-mail.
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Topic: STRANGE - on August 22, 2004 at 1:13:00 PM CEST
16-Year-Old Iranian Girl Hanged For Being A Rape Victim
A young girl who was accused of "moral corruption" (premarital sex) as a result of being raped was executed by hanging in Iran on Sunday the 16th.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 22, 2004 at 1:11:00 PM CEST
Hacker drangen in Forschungsstation am Südpol ein
Die US-Forschungsstation 'Amundsen-Scott-Station' war Opfer eines Hackerangriffs aus Rumänien, welcher die Forscher in Lebensgefahr hätte bringen können.
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Topic: STRANGE - on August 22, 2004 at 10:40:00 AM CEST
Skorpion-Queen
Nur Malena Hassan (27), unerschrockene Tierfreundin, will 36 Tage in einem Glaskasten zusammen mit 6.000 lebenden Skorpionen verbringen.
Die junge Frau habe am Samstag in der nordöstlichen Küstenstadt Kuantan ihr unheimliches Quartier bezogen, meldete die Zeitung „Mingguan Malaysia“ am Sonntag. Sie dürfe den Kasten nur 15 Minuten am Tag verlassen.
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Topic: STRANGE - on August 22, 2004 at 10:34:00 AM CEST
Katie Price will ernst genommen werden
Boxenluder Katie Price will, zum Schock für die Männerwelt, ihre Brüste verkleinern lassen.
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Topic: SPORT - on August 22, 2004 at 10:32:00 AM CEST
Olympia: Bisher wurden schon 15.000 Kondome an die Aktiven und Funktionäre verteilt
Bisher haben die etwa 16.000 Aktiven und Funktionäre schon 15.000 Kondome verbraucht. Täglich werden etwa 1.000 Stück aus den Automaten geholt. Darüber hinaus gehörten bei den deutschen Olympiateilnehmer bereits zwei Kondome zur Grundausstattung.
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Topic: STRANGE - on August 22, 2004 at 10:29:00 AM CEST
Gadget Turns German Men Into "Sitzpinkler"
A new gadget that scolds men who pee standing up is all the rage in Germany.
The WC ghost scolds men into sitting down to pee when the toilet seat is lifted. In Germany, the voice can sound like either Gerhard Schroeder or Helmut Kohl. In the UK, it planned to sound like Tony Blair or The Queen. In the US, a drawl is used.
1.8 million WC ghosts have been bought so far in Germany alone. Men who sit down to pee are considered to be a wimp, or "Sitzpinkler".
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Topic: SPORT - on August 22, 2004 at 10:28:00 AM CEST
Judging Mistake Allows US Athlete to Get Gold from South Korean
The FIG says a scoring error by three judges overseeing an event on the parallel bars resulted in US Gymnast Paul Hamm getting a gold medal that should have gone to South Korean gymnast Yang Tae-young. The FIG has suspended the judges for the error.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 22, 2004 at 10:25:00 AM CEST
Ex-Cop Fools Speeders With Hair Dryer
Former police chief Derek Hill, 75, has had it with speeding motorists speeding down a street he lives on. With a speed limit of 30 mph, drivers are racing down the street doing 70 mph.
After calls to police, which got him nowhere, Hill decided to fool speeders by using his wife's hair dryer as a radar gun. Motorists, not knowing whether the device is a real radar gun or not, are fooled into slowing down.
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Topic: SEX - on August 22, 2004 at 10:23:00 AM CEST
London has more than 8,000 prostitutes
A report by a group combating the trafficking of women into London reported 730 off-street venues where more than 8,000 women work as prostitutes in Britain's capital. Among them: lap-dancers who illegally offer sex for sale.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 22, 2004 at 9:04:00 AM CEST
Die Mentalität des digitalen Räuberns
Der gemeine Raubkopierer gelangt nun auch ins Visier der Mentalitätsforschung. Vorsicht! PC-Freaks sind besonders gefährlich
Mentalitätszuschreibungen, also das Verhalten infolge besonderer Arten des Denkens und Fühlens, waren bislang vor allem innerhalb von volkstümlichen Klischees anzutreffen: Der Franzose ist liebestoll, der Italiener ein Muttersöhnchen, der Schwabe sparsam, und die Finnen sind unterkühlt. Die Richtigkeit dieser Behauptungen außer Acht lassend, gebar das digitale Zeitalter ein weiteres Völkchen, mit dem sich seit geraumer Zeit vor allem die Produzenten medialer Inhalte immer ernsthafter auseinandersetzen: die Raubkopierer.
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