Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 5:39:00 PM CET
World's Oldest Wheel Found?
A 5,100- to 5,350-year-old wooden wheel recently was found in Slovenia buried within an ancient marsh, according to a press release issued earlier this month by the Slovenian news agency STA.
The team of archaeologists who found the wheel claims it is 100 years older than the world's current tied record-holders, both said to be from Europe.
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Topic: - on March 10, 2003 at 11:23:04 PM CET
Jobs in Afghanistan
Secretary (2 position - National) Mar. 20, 2003 Kabul, Afghanistan Aid Coordination Officers (4 positions - National) Mar. 16, 2003 Kabul, Afghanistan Aid Database Assistant (National) Mar. 16, 2003 Kabul, Afghanistan Public Information Manager (National) Mar. 16, 2003 Kabul, Afgha
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Topic: - on March 10, 2003 at 11:07:01 PM CET
Wir amis spielen immer fair
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Topic: - on March 10, 2003 at 10:44:31 PM CET
Man pulls nephew from alligator's jaws
A 10-foot, 325-pound alligator attacked a boy as he played near his home Saturday afternoon. As the gator dragged the boy into a canal, the victim’s uncle jumped in and wrestled the boy away from the animal. But the alligator didn’t give up.
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Topic: - on March 10, 2003 at 9:28:11 PM CET
Pizza delivery woman fired after helping gunshot victim
A single mother was fired from her part-time job delivering pizza after rushing to the aid of a gunshot victim while she was still on company time.
"We feel just as bad as the next guy, but we don't pay employees to be EMTs (emergency medical technicians), which she isn't," supervisor Jason Boyd told the weekly Selkirk Journal last week.
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Topic: - on March 9, 2003 at 2:18:21 PM CET
Ostriches 'flirt with famers'
Confused ostriches raised on farms are falling for their keepers, according to a researcher.
A study found that the birds were directing their courtship rituals at humans rather than their own species.
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Topic: - on March 8, 2003 at 11:12:07 PM CET
Mall security guard wich called Police to Arrest Man Wearing Peace T-Shirt FIRED
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A Crossgates Mall security guard said a protester's arrest cost him his job. The Times Union is reporting that Robert Williams was fired on Friday.
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Topic: - on March 8, 2003 at 10:00:21 PM CET
Currying flavour in ice-cream war
Unilever, the world's biggest ice-cream maker, has outlined a plan to battle for the world's taste buds using new flavours such as curry and cheese in its drive to revive sales and fend off rival Nestle.
The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, home to brands such as Ben & Jerry's and Magnum, will increase its investment in ice cream by 20 percent by spending an additional 150 million euros (102 million pounds) over three years on promotion and innovation.
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Topic: - on March 8, 2003 at 12:33:35 PM CET
www.8march2003.com
You've waited five months. You've discussed. You've speculated.
There were times when I thought this day would never come. Some of you have doubted my story.
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Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 7:46:18 PM CET
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Penguins stop swimming in circles
The 52 penguins at the San Francisco Zoo have finally decided they have better things to do than hang around the pool all day, swimming in circles. Now, it's time to hang around the house.
They're burrowing in, getting ready to breed. And their mysterious mock migration is over, for the least mysterious of reasons.
"The urge to merge won out over everything," said penguin keeper Jane Tollini.
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Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 7:18:44 PM CET
The Best Air Guitar Album in the World...Ever - Various
Short Description Disc: 1 1. We Will Rock You/Tie Your Mother Down - Queen 2. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple 3. Song 2 - Blur 4. Walk This Way - Run DMC/Aerosmith 5. Layla - Derek & The Dominoes 6. You Really Got Me - The Kinks
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Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 4:50:50 PM CET
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Man Arrested for Wearing Peace T-Shirt
A New York lawyer was arrested Monday night (3/3) and charged with trespassing at an Albany-area mall after he refused to remove a t-shirt with the slogan "Give Peace A Chance" that he had bought earlier that evening. Stephen Downs was sitting with his son in the food court of the Crossgates Mall in upstate Guilderland when he was approached by two security guards who directed him to either remove the shirt or leave the mall. Below you'll find the criminal complaint filed against Downs, followed by reports from the Guilderland police. (4 pages)
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