Topic: NEWS english - on December 18, 2006 at 6:10:00 PM CET
Ipswich Killer has a profile on MySpace?
Tom Stephens, who is 37, lives near Ipswich, and works nights at Tesco, is believed to be the person arrested by Ipswich police in connection with the killing of 5 prostitutes in the area.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 18, 2006 at 6:01:00 PM CET
Linux Distro Timeline 1991-2006
Wondering when a Linux distro forked off of another? Interested to know which distro branched into what? This handy time line should answer most of your questions
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Topic: MUSIK - on December 18, 2006 at 5:39:00 PM CET
Worst Album Covers
150 worst music album covers
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 18, 2006 at 5:30:00 PM CET
Pot is called biggest cash crop
The $35-billion market value of U.S.-grown cannabis tops that of such heartland staples as corn and hay, a marijuana activist says.
For years, activists in the marijuana legalization movement have claimed that cannabis is America's biggest cash crop. Now they're citing government statistics to prove it.
A report released today by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion — far more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crops.
California is responsible for more than a third of the cannabis harvest, with an estimated production of $13.8 billion that exceeds the value of the state's grapes, vegetables and hay combined — and marijuana is the top cash crop in a dozen states, the report states.
The report estimates that marijuana production has increased tenfold in the past quarter century despite an exhaustive anti-drug effort by law enforcement.
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Topic: SPY - on December 18, 2006 at 11:00:00 AM CET
Litvinenko's killers used polonium worth $10m to give massive overdose
British investigators believe that Alexander Litvinenko’s killers used more than $10 million of polonium-210 to poison him. Preliminary findings from the post mortem examination on the former KGB spy suggest that he was given more than ten times the lethal dose.
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Topic: NASA - on December 18, 2006 at 10:50:00 AM CET
Stunning hi-res photo of the shuttle crew's most recent space walk
absolutely 100% pure New Zealand
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Topic: health - on December 18, 2006 at 10:47:00 AM CET
15 things you don't know about your penis
1. Smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter. Erections are all about good bloodflow, and lighting up calcifies blood vessels, stifling erectile circulation. So even if you don't care all that much about your lungs or dying young, spare the li'l guy.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 18, 2006 at 10:39:00 AM CET
Serial killer elephant shot dead in India
An elephant named “Osama bin Laden” that has killed 27 people in northeast India, has been shot dead, triggering protests by conservationists who say forestry officials had probably shot the wrong animal.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 18, 2006 at 10:33:00 AM CET
Castro not dying, US envoys told
Cuban officials have told visiting US lawmakers that Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, does not have cancer or any other terminal illness.
The US delegation chief said he was told Mr Castro would be back, although no details about his health were given.
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Topic: WEB - on December 18, 2006 at 10:30:00 AM CET
All about Asian emoticons (^_^)
The Smileys(Emoticons) are used very often in the sentences of e-mails. They started in USA where the internet had also started of course. In Japan, the Smileys(Emoticons) grew in different manner from U.S.A. Now, there are several kinds of them.
Apparently, Japanese Smileys(Emoticons) are read vertically whilewestern Smileys(Emoticons) are read hosizontally. And Japanese Smileys have more variation than eastern ons. I think the reason is that while American(alphabet) letters in computer are 1 byte, Japanese letters in computer are 2 bytes, so Japanese letters can have more characters. And also, Japanese sentences contain Chinese characters which are phonograms, so it is easier to express and recognize something graphic with letters for Japanese people.
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Topic: History - on December 18, 2006 at 10:28:00 AM CET
Pay-out for child camel jockeys
The United Arab Emirates says it will give $9m (£4.6m) to former child camel jockeys employed in the country.
The UAE says the money will ensure they receive the salaries owed to them and compensation for losing their income. It will also go towards education.
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