Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 5, 2003 at 4:54:11 PM CET
Fragrant bra bar to smokers
JAPAN's top lingerie manufacturer Triumph International yesterday announced it had developed a set of anti-smoking bras and panties as a part of a campaigning to help habitual puffers quit the habit.
The "Anti-Smoking Manifesto Bra" comes with capsules containing lavender and jasmine fragrances mounted in the cleavage.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 5, 2003 at 3:32:40 PM CET
Hello Sweden, you're on fire
The longstanding tradition of Norwegians telling Swedish jokes and vice versa, was recently refueled by a border story. A Norwegian man called Sweden on his mobile phone to tell them they had a forest fire. Not only did the firefighters not know about the blaze, they didn't recognize the name of the place on fire.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 5, 2003 at 10:57:49 AM CET
Doctors find plant growing in boy's nose
Romanian doctors have found a plant growing in a four-year-old boy's nose.
The boy, from a mountain village in Vrancea county, had not complained about the germinating bean and was only in the surgery for a check-up.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 4, 2003 at 10:13:01 PM CET
Global warming doing wonders for wine
The quality of the world's wines has improved over the past 50 years because of global warming, research suggests.
But the future of Chianti, Rioja and Australian wines could be threatened as temperatures continue to rise.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 3, 2003 at 6:46:07 PM CET
Woman punches crocodile to save nephew
A woman punched a three-metre saltwater crocodile on the nose to free her teenage nephew from its jaws during an attack in Australia's Outback, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 3, 2003 at 2:34:15 PM CET
Records give behind-the-scenes look at UFO investigation
n 1967, as unmanned orbiters landed on the moon and Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first successful heart transplant, a $500,000 federally funded investigation of UFOs was well under way at the University of Colorado.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 3, 2003 at 2:27:47 PM CET
Court banishes New Delhi monkeys
In a capital city where cows roam the streets and elephants plod along in the bus lanes, it's no surprise to find government buildings overrun with monkeys.
But the officials who work there are fed up. They've been bitten, robbed and otherwise tormented by monkeys that ransack files, bring down power lines, screech at visitors and bang on office windows.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 29, 2003 at 12:08:53 PM CET
Leichenwagen verlor Toten auf Autobahn
Diese Verkehrsnachricht dürfte ziemlich einmalig sein: Bei einem Unfall mit einem Leichenwagen auf der A 40 Richtung Venlo wurde ein Toter auf die Fahrbahn geschleudert.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 29, 2003 at 11:03:05 AM CET
Rabbis back Israeli 'guard pigs'
An organisation in Israel has gained rabbinical approval to train pigs to guard Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Until now, Jewish settlements have been guarded by men with guns and also by guard dogs.
But a new idea - guard pigs - has been thought up by an organisation called The Hebrew Battalion.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 26, 2003 at 10:16:13 PM CET
Tired of sitting at endless red lights?
Frustrated by lights that turn from green to red too quickly, trapping you in traffic?
Now anyone can breeze through congested intersections just like the police, thanks to a $300 dashboard device that changes traffic lights from red to green, making nasty commutes a thing of the past and leaving other drivers open-mouthed at your ability to manipulate traffic.
But what if everyone had one?
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 26, 2003 at 8:50:53 PM CET
Sechs-Tonnen-Praline in Italien bricht alle Rekorde
Italienische Schokoladenhersteller haben mit einer fast sechs Tonnen schweren Praline alle Rekorde gebrochen. Die genau 5.980 Kilogramm schwere und 2,15 Meter hohe Schoko-Sünde mit einem Umfang von 2,31 Metern wurde am Sonntag auf der Schokoladenmesse in Perugia vorgestellt.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 26, 2003 at 11:14:12 AM CET
The butler and the secret that could bring down the royals
Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, is poised to become one of the bestselling authors of all time. It emerged last night that his US publishers have ordered an unprecedented initial print run of one million copies for the hardback edition of his book.
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