Topic: PHOTO - on August 24, 2004 at 10:42:00 PM CEST
BLAST
When a demolition crew set off an explosion to bring down an old highway bridge on the Mississippi River, newspaper photographer Don Frazier was so close that his hair stood on end. His digital camera, positioned on a tripod at an even closer point to remotely capture the event, fared much worse. It was blown to bits.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 24, 2004 at 10:12:00 PM CEST
Police Say Dead Snake Used As Assault Weapon
In this case, police say the dead snake was more dangerous than the live one. A Cumberland County, N.J., man, who police say reacted with drunken rage when his 6-foot black snake was stepped on and killed, used the dead reptile to whip its killer.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2004 at 7:28:00 PM CEST
Kartelle setzen auf genmanipulierte Kokapflanzen
Kolumbiens Drogenbarone experimentieren neuerdings mit Gentechnik, um ihre Umsätze zu steigern. Erbmanipulierte Koka-Pflanzen können nicht nur weit größer werden als herkömmliche - sie liefern auch hochwertigeren Stoff.
Die Kartelle hätten unbekannten ausländischen Wissenschaftlern 150 Millionen Dollar für eine genetisch veränderte Kokapflanze gezahlt, berichteten Fahnder am Dienstag in der kolumbianischen Hauptstadt Bogotá.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 24, 2004 at 7:24:00 PM CEST
Windows für Huren
MICROSOFTS SPRACHPROBLEME
Südamerikanische Frauen werden in einer spanischsprachigen XP-Version mit "Hure" angesprochen. In den indischen Windows-95-Versionen wurde die Kaschmir-Region in einer anderen Farbe abgebildet als Indien. Solche sprachlichen und geographischen Fehltritte kosten den US-Konzern Millionen.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 24, 2004 at 7:21:00 PM CEST
Jeep-Fahrerin macht Radarfalle platt
Eine frisch geblitzte Autofahrerin hat kurzerhand ihren Geländewagen gewendet und den Radarkasten samt Beweismittel überfahren. Doch so einfach ließ sich das Problem nicht aus dem Weg räumen. Die Radarfalle stand auf einer Bundesstraße im Taunus-Ort Kelkheim und blitzte den Wagen der 53-Jährigen, wie die Polizei in Hofheim am Dienstag berichtete. Daraufhin wendete die Frau ihren Jeep, überfuhr den Radarkasten, um anschließend zu flüchten.
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Topic: NEWS - on August 24, 2004 at 5:33:00 PM CEST
Stray Cats with Fleas Put Radio Off the Air
Dozens of stray cats and their fleas put Cyprus state radio off the air Tuesday as fumigation experts were called in.
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) Radio 3 program said only songs and news bulletins would be broadcast for the next 24 hours on all three of the CyBC's radio channels due to "an immediate need for spraying."
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 24, 2004 at 4:45:00 PM CEST
One-hundred beers-a-day waiter wins sacking case
A German waiter who was sacked for drinking up to 100 bottles of beer every day, has won a case for unfair dismissal.
The 50-year-old admitted that his bosses had repeatedly warned him not to drink at work.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 24, 2004 at 4:33:00 PM CEST
New worm hijacks Webcams
The Rbot-GR virus uses traditional malware methods of exploiting security vulnerabilities in Microsoft operating systems and installs a Trojan horse on the infected computer. In addition, the worm will also take control of Webcams and microphones to spy on users. The virus then sends images and wave files back to hackers, ccording to a report by Sophos, an anti-virus firm.
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Topic: W A R - on August 24, 2004 at 4:26:00 PM CEST
Abuse judge may compel intel testimony; suspect admits he lied
The U.S. military judge hearing the Abu Ghraib abuse case said prosecutors had until Sept. 17 to file charges against top military intelligence commanders or he would consider forcing them to testify under a grant of immunity. Davis and the five other military police accused of abusing prisoners at the Baghdad prison insist they were following orders from military intelligence officers and civilian contractors.
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Topic: SPORT - on August 24, 2004 at 4:25:00 PM CEST
Malibu in Zürich: Verein plant Limmat-Surfanlage
Zürich wird vielleicht bald zum Surfer-Mekka: Der Verein Stehende Welle will in der Limmat eine Surfanlage bauen.
«Wellenreiten ist auch fernab vom Meer möglich», heisst es auf der Webseite des Vereins – somit auch in Zürich. Um diese Vision Realität werden zu lassen, hat sich eine Gruppe eingefleischter Surfer zum Verein Stehende Welle zusammengeschlossen und plant nun beim Lettenviadukt eine Surfanlage. «Ein grosser, am Grund der Limmat installierter Gummisack wird aufgepumpt und erzeugt so eine künstliche Welle», erklärt Mitinitiant und Architekt Fabian Staehelin auf Anfrage.
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Topic: SPORT - on August 24, 2004 at 4:23:00 PM CEST
NEW-WAVE SWISS MAY SOON SURF
Surfing could come to Switzerland after a sports group said yesterday that it plans to build a wave machine on a river in Zurich, the staid financial hub of the landlocked Alpine country.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2004 at 4:21:00 PM CEST
Mexico jails top suspect in drug dealing
One of Mexico's most-wanted drug-trafficking suspects was captured without a shot fired over the weekend, authorities said Monday, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests by Mexican law enforcement using intelligence supplied by U.S. narcotics agents.
The arrest of Gilberto Higuera Guerrero in Mexicali on Sunday morning is a major victory in President Vicente Fox's campaign against Mexico's major drug cartels. Leaders in each of the four largest drug cartels have been arrested in recent months, although officials say the flow of drugs through Mexico into the United States probably has not receded.
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