Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2004 at 4:20:00 PM CEST
Record cocaine bust; 6 arrests in Kalamata
In the biggest cocaine haul ever made in Greece, police in the southern Peloponnese yesterday seized over 700 kilos of the drug and arrested six suspected smugglers.
The bust, in the seaside town of Kalamata, followed a three-month surveillance operation in which Greek narcotics police, coast guard and members of the Finance Ministry’s financial crimes squad (SDOE) cooperated with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 24, 2004 at 4:01:00 PM CEST
Bush urges end to TV attack ads by outside groups
President Bush denounced TV ads by outside groups attacking both John Kerry and himself on Monday and called for a halt to all such political efforts.
"I think they're bad for the system," he said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 24, 2004 at 1:27:00 PM CEST
Parachutist survives 3,500 metre plunge
A South African skydiver has survived a 3,500 metre (11,500 ft) plunge after her parachute failed to open and lines broke on her reserve chute, a local skydiving club says.
Christy McKenzie was hurtling towards the ground at more than 200 kms (120 miles) per hour on Sunday when her parachute failed to deploy, Johan Mulder, the chief instructor at the Johannesburg Skydiving Club, told Reuters on Monday.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 24, 2004 at 1:17:00 PM CEST
Coiner of 'Elvis has left the building' dies
Al Dvorin, the concert announcer who made famous the phrase "Elvis has left the building," was killed in an auto accident in California. He was 81.
Dvorin was thrown from the car he was riding in Sunday after it swerved off a desert road near Ivanpah, the California Highway Patrol said.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 24, 2004 at 1:12:00 PM CEST
Jimmy Page first in Brits' Walk of Fame
Jimmy Page hasn't yet made it up the stairway to heaven, but he's the first to reach the new British Walk of Fame, reports ABC News.
The former Led Zeppelin guitarist cast his handprints in cement Monday as the first music legend featured on London's response to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Topic: Phone - on August 24, 2004 at 1:07:00 PM CEST
Hong Kong company develops "virtual girlfriend" cell phone technology
She needs to be coddled with sweet talk and pampered with gifts, but you'll never see her in the flesh, says a Hong Kong company that's developing a "virtual girlfriend" for new cell phones with video capability.
Artificial Life, Inc.'s electronic love interest will appear as an animated figure on a telephone screen. But she'll require a lot of attention, involving virtual flowers and diamonds, company spokeswoman Ada Fong said on Monday. The gifts will keep the relationship going from one level to the next - and even though it's all made up of cold, hard data, suitors will have to pay cold, hard cash for the gifts.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 24, 2004 at 1:06:00 PM CEST
Deputy Resigns Over Naked Day in the Park
A sheriff's deputy under investigation for allegedly sitting naked in public has resigned. Prosecutors have declined to file charges in his case, citing lack of evidence.
Sheriff Aaron Kennard received Deputy Darrell Magee's resignation letter, which stated "he was basically rethinking his career," said sheriff's Sgt. Rosie Rivera. Magee has worked for the sheriff's office since 1996.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 24, 2004 at 1:05:00 PM CEST
Alleged Dutch burglars arrested riding police bikes
A pair of Dutch burglars' bad luck shifted into high gear when they were caught fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in on bicycles belonging to the very policeman who arrested them.
Police in a suburb of the eastern Dutch city of Nijmegen said the hapless burglars were trying to break into a house Sunday when neighbors alerted the police.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 24, 2004 at 1:03:00 PM CEST
Couple Has Twins for Second Time in Year
Allyssa and Grant Kuseske joke that they've won the baby lottery. The winning numbers must have been 2-2. On Thursday, Allyssa Kuseske gave birth to their second set of twins in a year.
"We are kind of on the accelerated plan," Allyssa laughed as she cradled her new son Caleb on Saturday.
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