Topic: FUN - on January 6, 2010 at 12:18:00 PM CET
Guy Buys $3 Billion CD-ROM
To see what would happen, Brian Klug tried to buy a CD-ROM on Amazon of an instructional science program mispriced at $2,875,934,133.57 (plus shipping).
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 6, 2010 at 12:17:00 PM CET
Behörden schmuggeln Passagier Sprengstoff ins Gepäck
Ungewöhnlicher Sicherheitstest slowakischer Behörden: Berichten zufolge wurde am Flughafen von Bratislava dem Passagier eines Fluges nach Dublin Sprengstoff untergejubelt. Der Mann passierte sämtliche Kontrollen. Erst drei Tage später informierte die Slowakei die irische Polizei.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 6, 2010 at 12:16:00 PM CET
Explosives planted on man to test airport security
Irish police have released a man held over an explosives find, after Slovak authorities admitted planting them in his luggage as part of a security test.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 6, 2010 at 12:11:00 PM CET
Mr. Bean ersetzt Zapatero auf EU-Seite
Wenn sie grinsen, sehen sich der Mr.-Bean-Darsteller Rowan Atkinson und der spanische Ministerpräsident Zapatero durchaus ähnlich. Das hat Hacker zu einem Scherz inspiriert: Sie platzierten Mr. Bean auf einer spanischen Web-Seite zur EU-Ratspräsidentschaft.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 6, 2010 at 12:07:00 PM CET
Mr Bean ousts PM from Spain's official website
Zapatero has often been compared to the character played by Rowan Atkinson. The website was corrected but has since crashed again
The Web site of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union was reportedly attacked by hackers on Monday and the welcome message from Spain’s Prime Minister replaced for a time with another from a man José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has often been said to resemble: a friendly ‘Hi there’, from the British actor Rowan Atkinson in the part of Mr Bean.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on January 4, 2010 at 2:34:00 PM CET
Polizist vergnügt sich während des Gottesdienstes
Ausgerechnet während des Rosenkranz-Gebetes amüsierte sich ein Pärchen auf der Empore einer Pfarrkirche in Oberbayern - und das lautstark. Pech für die beiden: Kirchgänger erkannten den Mann, einen Polizisten. Für ihn folgte ein unerfreuliches Nachspiel.
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Topic: FUN - on January 4, 2010 at 11:17:00 AM CET
Vurdlak’s Top 10 Illusions in 2009
As promised in my previous 2009 Recap in Numbers post, I have gathered some of my best posts and illusions from the past year, and decided to share them with all of you that keep this site prosperous. This is my personal “Top 10 Optical Illusions” list for 2009, and I hope this practice becomes standard in years to come.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on January 4, 2010 at 11:16:00 AM CET
Not so great escape: Prisoner trying to flee has to be rescued after he is stuck in bars of cell
He was presumably hoping to kick of 2010 a free man on the run but it seems he forgot to meticulously plan his escape route.
Prisoner Roberto Carrillo attempted to flee his cell in a Mexican jail in Valle Hermoso on New Year's Eve.
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 3, 2010 at 10:18:00 AM CET
You're doing it wrong! Chinese demolition men accidentally create the leaning tower of Liuzhou
Everyone likes to see a good video of a large building being completely reduced to rubble.
The footage, taken on December 30, shows a 22-floor residential building being demolished in the city of Liuzhou in southern China.
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Topic: ART - on January 3, 2010 at 10:15:00 AM CET
Picasso, other art works stolen from French villa
Thieves have stolen about 30 paintings, including a work by Spanish master Pablo Picasso, from a private villa in the south of France, police said on Saturday.
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 2, 2010 at 12:11:00 PM CET
Russland führt Mindestpreis für Wodka ein
Diese Preise könnten russischen Wodkatrinkern Kopfschmerzen bereiten: Zum neuen Jahr hat Russland einen Mindestpreis für sein Nationalgetränk festgelegt. Präsident Medwedew will so Alkoholismus und Schwarzbrennerei eindämmen.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on January 1, 2010 at 12:29:00 PM CET
Tibetan 'living Buddha' Phurbu Tsering jailed by China
China has sentenced a Tibetan Buddhist lama to more than eight years in jail for illegal possession of ammunition and embezzlement.
The monk, Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche, denies all charges, his lawyer said.
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