Topic: STRANGE - on May 20, 2010 at 12:39:00 PM CEST
Chinese restaurant manager swallows cockroach to destroy evidence
restaurant manager in China swallowed a cockroach that was discovered in a customer's dish to destroy evidence.
The incident took place when Huang Xiaogang and friends were having their meal at a restaurant in Caidian of Wuhan province recently.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on May 20, 2010 at 12:38:00 PM CEST
SS Nazi Concentration Camp Guard To Be Deported To Austria
An immigration judge in Philadelphia has ordered the removal of Anton Geiser, a resident of Sharon, Pa., who served as an armed SS guard at three Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 20, 2010 at 12:33:00 PM CEST
Dutch sex shop to give away "Pope condoms"
De Condoomfabriek (The Condom Factory) said it wanted to make a point about sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and the Vatican's opposition to contraceptives.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on May 20, 2010 at 12:32:00 PM CEST
Falscher Polizist hält Prostituierten Konkurrenz vom Leib
Als Polizist verkleidet hat ein 40-Jähriger in Wien seiner Freundin im Rotlichtmilieu zu florierendem Geschäft verholfen. Er verjagte die Konkurrenz der Prostituierten und knöpfte Freiern Ordnungsgeld ab. Der Mann wurde nun zu einem Jahr Haft auf Bewährung verurteilt.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on May 20, 2010 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
Ball lightning is all in the mind, say Austrian physicists
Physicists in Austria say they have solved the conundrum of "ball lightning", mysterious glowing spherical apparitions which baffled boffins have struggled to explain for centuries.
According to Josef Peer and Alexander Kendl of the University of Innsbruck, there is in fact no such thing as ball lightning in reality. Rather, powerful magnetic fields created by ordinary lightning affect the brains of humans nearby so that they see things which aren't there.
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Topic: EU - on May 20, 2010 at 12:29:00 PM CEST
Essen aus der Ekelküche - Industrie muss auf Klebefleisch verzichten
Wer Fleischreste mit einem Schweineblut-Enzym versetzt, kann sogenannten Klebeschinken herstellen. Die EU wollte das Verfahren zulassen, doch das Europaparlament durchkreuzt die Pläne der Lebensmittelindustrie - es legte mit denkbar knapper Mehrheit sein Veto ein.
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