Topic: FUN - on July 8, 2008 at 12:22:43 PM CEST
Replace That Old Gnome With A Garden Zombie
There is a fairly frequent debate between my brother and I as to which will come first, a robot uprising or a zombie attack. Personally I think that we’ll have zombies first, and in an effort to quell their rising, we will create an army of attack bots which will eventually turn on us. Either way, it’s not going to be a fun time. If you’ve ever wanted to freak out your neigbors and convince them that zombies are real, then you’ll love this Garden Zombie.
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Topic: STRANGE - on July 8, 2008 at 11:10:29 AM CEST
FBI Headquarters Not Cleared for Classified Intelligence
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is part of the U.S. intelligence community, has the lead responsibility for domestic surveillance of foreign intelligence and suspected terrorist targets.
So it seems like a rather crippling defect that the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, cannot satisfy government standards for storage and use of classified intelligence records.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 8, 2008 at 11:08:44 AM CEST
Police nab two cannabis growers in cemetery
Police have detained two custodians who were about to harvest their first crop of cannabis, a source of drugs like hashish and marijuana, from a cemetery in Vietnam's capital, a state-run newspaper reported on Monday.
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Topic: SPORT - on July 8, 2008 at 11:06:19 AM CEST
Tibet and human rights: New Amnesty ads
Advertising Agency: TBWA\Paris, France Executive Creative Director / Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen Copywriter: Benoit Leroux Art Director: Philippe Taroux Photographer: Marc Gouby Art Buyer: Barbara Chevalier Account Supervisors: Anne Vincent, Tiphaine Ruault du Plessis
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Topic: STRANGE - on July 8, 2008 at 11:02:04 AM CEST
Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal
The chairman of soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has defended the firm's Olympic sponsorship in Beijing despite protests about China's role in Tibet.
Neville Isdell told the BBC the firm supported the "credo of the Olympic movement", and agreed deals well before it knew where each Games would be held.
The company, whose Olympic involvement dates back to 1928, was also a sponsor for the 1936 Games in Berlin.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on July 8, 2008 at 10:56:34 AM CEST
Europe votes on anti-piracy laws
Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels.
The powers are in a raft of laws that aim to harmonise the regulations governing Europe's telecom markets.
Other amendments added to the packet of laws allow governments to decide which software can be used on the web.
Campaigners say the laws trample on personal privacy and turn net suppliers into copyright enforcers.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on July 8, 2008 at 10:53:46 AM CEST
Entscheidung über "Telekompaket"
Der Vorstoß der französischen EU-Präsidentschaft und der Medienlobby zu "Internet-Sperren" für Tauschbörsenbenutzer wurde von den beiden zuständigen Ausschüssen des EU-Parlaments am Montagabend vorerst abgeschmettert.
Am späten Montagabend passierte das "Telekompaket" die zuständigen Ausschüsse des EU-Parlaments.
"Nach 700 Amendments im Binnenmarktausschuss war für mich Schluss", sagte die österreichische EU-Parlamentarierin Eva Lichtenberger am späten Abend zu ORF.at. Etwas mehr als 800 Änderungswünsche waren es insgesamt allein in diesem Gremium.
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