Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 6, 2005 at 11:33:00 AM CET
Japanese woman tackles burglar to save designer wallet
A drunken Japanese burglar became a cropper when he tried to steal a young woman's designer wallet, police and reports said.
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Topic: SPORT - on March 6, 2005 at 11:24:00 AM CET
All's swell that ends well Surfing's biggest names, waves crest at right time
The eroded bone of a half moon hung low in the western sky, a big blue swell jutted up out of the Pacific. As Brock Little and Peter Mel paddled furiously for the swell, Little got the inside edge on Mel, and dropped smoothly onto a 30-foot-high wave face. The fourth running of Maverick's Surf contest was on.
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Topic: SEX - on March 6, 2005 at 11:22:00 AM CET
Get this off my penis!
Raju Shetty’s (28) attempt to adopt an inventive method to enhance sexual pleasure landed him on the surgeon’s table yesterday.
Inspired by the fad of body piercing, the Pantnagar (Ghatkopar) resident substituted a ring with a metal nut and pushed it around his penis. Problem was, the metal stayed stubbornly stuck to his organ for over two hours.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 6, 2005 at 11:20:00 AM CET
Ecstasy trials for combat stress
American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares.
The US food and drug administration has given the go-ahead for the soldiers to be included in an experiment to see if MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy, can treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 6, 2005 at 10:08:00 AM CET
Russisches Tool knackt EFS-Schutz
Bisher galt das Encrypted File System (EFS) von Windows XP als sicher. Mit Version 3 von "Advanced EFS Data Recovery" (AEFSDR) der russischen Software-Schmiede ElcomSoft hat sich das möglicherweise geändert. Die Software mit der man schon seit längerem unter Windows 2000 EFS-geschützte Dateien entschlüsseln konnte, soll in der neuen Ausgabe auch unter Windows XP und Windows Server 2003 funktionieren.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on March 6, 2005 at 10:06:00 AM CET
A first look at OpenOffice.org 2.0
It is not too bold to say that OpenOffice.org 2.0 will usher in a new era of functionality, reliability, compatibility and ease of use. The extensive changes and enhancements which are to be included in the upcoming release are all the evidence needed to justify this assertion.
For those who are impatient and unwilling to wait for the final release, today sees the public availability of the first beta version of OpenOffice.org 2.0. This beta is not for the faint of heart, and should not be considered as reliable or be used in a production environment.
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