Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 9:52:07 PM CET
Can you name the largest corporation in the world?
This organization may not be the one that first comes to mind. Yet with annual revenues of nearly $2.2 trillion, it dwarfs corporate giants like Exxon-Mobil ($191 billion), General Motors ($177 billion), and IBM ($85 billion). Indeed it is larger than the world's 15 top-ranked companies put together.
If you haven't already guessed, the corporation I'm talking about is the United States government.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 6:10:49 PM CET
Politician Caught Up in Vampire Rumors
Hundreds of angry Malawians hounded a senior political figure from his house and stoned him late Wednesday, accusing him of harboring vampires. Blantire Urban Governor Eric Chiwaya, a member of the ruling United Democratic Front, was the latest victim of a bizarre rumor that the country's government is colluding with vampires to collect human blood for international aid agencies.
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Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 12:24:16 PM CET
Virtual fireplaces
Wallpaper for fish tanks, marketed in 2000 to cure GDD — Goldfish Depressive Disorder — was doomed to fail, the main drawback being the difficulty pet owners had seeing the genki fish in front of the Horny Toad, Sexy Octopus or appetizing Fish Food Yellow images. More successful were DVD gizmos, converting TVs across the nation into "Seaman" — Sega Industries' virtual carp video.
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Topic: - on January 9, 2003 at 6:27:28 PM CET
Quebec: Chill out at the Ice Hotel
Guests can expect a chilly reception at Quebec's coolest winter destination, but not because they aren't welcome.
The Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada, which opens for its third season Friday, is -- as its name implies -- made entirely of ice and snow.
¬><a href="www.cnn.com"target="_blank">Cnn
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Topic: - on January 9, 2003 at 5:41:43 PM CET
If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!?
....What would it look like?
Ernest Hemingway Mark Twain etc.
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Topic: - on January 9, 2003 at 4:37:13 PM CET
Lord of the rings - The Two Towers dvdscr
The Fellowship has been broken. Download lotr
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Filename: The.Lord.Of.The.Rings.The.Two.Towers.Sample.DVDScr.XViD-ViTE.avi Filesize (in bytes): 7614464 Filesize (readable): 7.2617 Hash: 635259904802a11f1654001dca7bc5c4
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Topic: - on January 9, 2003 at 4:15:11 PM CET
Frequent tipple cuts heart risk
YEAHHH one more reason to party
Not only does alcohol help to ward off a heart attack, a regular daily drink is probably a good idea, researchers have found.
They have found that frequent consumption of alcohol is linked to a lower risk of heart attack in men.
However, experts have warned that alcohol can damage health in other ways.
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Topic: - on January 9, 2003 at 3:53:55 PM CET
NEW Mecca Cola challenges US rival
Coke is no longer it. Or at least it won't be if Tawfik Mathlouthi has anything to do with it. Mr Mathlouthi is the French entrepreneur behind Mecca Cola, a new soft drink designed to cash in on anti-American sentiment around the world.
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Topic: - on January 9, 2003 at 3:47:32 PM CET
OLD Muslim cleric defends Coke
One of Egypt's most senior religious figures is reported to have condemned allegations that the logo of the soft drink Coca Cola could be offensive to Muslims. For several days the rumours have been circulating that if the Coca Cola logo is viewed in a mirror or upside down, it appears to read in Arabic: "No to Mohammed," "No to Mecca."
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Topic: - on January 9, 2003 at 3:18:00 PM CET
Oil giant sues Greenpeace
Oil giant Exxon Mobil is suing environmental group Greenpeace over a protest last year in Luxembourg, in which activists chained to petrol pumps brought business to a standstill, Greenpeace has said.
¬><a href="uk.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Reuters
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Topic: - on January 7, 2003 at 2:32:42 PM CET
Islanders tell how they survived Cyclone Zoe
All the inhabitants of a South Pacific island battered by a fierce cyclone have survived by fleeing to mountain shelters, according to a photographer who has landed on the island. He said it appereared no one had died on Tikopia, where it was feared hundreds might have perished after Cyclone Zoe tore through the remote eastern Solomon Islands yesterday morning.
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Topic: - on January 7, 2003 at 2:27:21 PM CET
Baby Born In Car After Dad Stopped For Speeding
A Kansas couple might have made it to the hospital on time today if they hadn't been going so fast.
Instead, their 6-pound, 14-ounce daughter was delivered by paramedics in the parking lot of a police station.
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