Topic: NEWS english - on March 9, 2007 at 1:13:00 PM CET
Borat's human rights restricted in Kazakhstan, US says
The forced closure of Sacha AliG Baron Borat Cohen's Borat.kz website has been listed by the US State Department as an example of the Kazakhstani government's restrictions on freedom of speech and other human rights abuses.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 8, 2007 at 11:44:00 AM CET
Captain America Dies on the Page
Captain America has undertaken his last mission at least for now.
The venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported. On the new edition's pages, a sniper shoots down the shield-wielding hero as he leaves a courthouse.
It ends a long run for the stars-and-stripes-wearing character, created in 1941. Over the years, some 210 million copies of Captain America comic books, published by New York-based Marvel Entertainment Inc., have been sold in 75 countries.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 7, 2007 at 9:58:00 AM CET
Serbian vampire hunters prevent Milosevic come-back
According to Ananova, the politically-motivated Van Helsings, led by Miroslav Milosevic (no relation), gave themselves up to cops after attacking the deceased despot in his grave in the eastern town of Pozarevac. Milosevic popped his clogs back in 2006, while on trial in a UN war crimes tribunal for various unsavoury activities connected with the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 5, 2007 at 10:10:00 AM CET
Cat agency launches in London
A cat modelling agency has been launched in London.
Pet London is responsible for putting a host of kitty cats in the public eye.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 4, 2007 at 4:17:00 PM CET
1 million rounds of ammo, tunnel found in burning Norco home
More than 1 million rounds of ammunition, a cache of weapons and a tunnel were found inside a man's home after an explosive fire that forced a neighborhood evacuation, authorities said Friday.
Three 25-gallon containers filled with an unknown fluid were found in the tunnel, which began in the garage and stretched about 10 feet into the backyard. The fluid was being analyzed by hazardous material experts, said Norco Fire Department Battalion Chief Ron Knueven.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 4, 2007 at 1:29:00 PM CET
MythBusters Workshop: Extreme Plumbing
Let's talk about plumbing — and I don't mean how to unclog your toilet. I mean plumbing that can handle high-pressure gases and liquids. On MythBusters, Adam Savage and I often build scary rigs out of pressure tanks, pipes and fittings. When we want to get a job done, we round up a supply of plumbing tools and fittings and all of a sudden we have rockets, guns, powerful machines — everything we need to get into a whole lot of trouble.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 3, 2007 at 1:21:00 PM CET
Topless wife photo ends man's pole protest
A German man who spent 10 days in a self-made box atop a 72-foot-tall pole to protest a looming jail term was lured off his perch by his wife -- who sent up a topless picture of herself in his lunch box.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 2, 2007 at 3:58:00 PM CET
Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein
What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.
According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 2, 2007 at 11:19:00 AM CET
Hawking to Make Zero Gravity Flight
Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who authored the best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," soon will experience a brief history with weightlessness.
Hawking, who uses a wheelchair and is almost completely paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, plans to go on a weightless flight on April 26, officials at the flight operator said Thursday.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 1, 2007 at 5:24:00 PM CET
Leave me be, 98-year-old woman tells young admirer
A 98-year-old Mexican woman has filed a legal complaint against a suitor 50 years her junior who she said tried to kiss her and threatened to kill her if she didn't let him move in with her.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 1, 2007 at 1:34:00 PM CET
Red Bull Sues Bars For Serving Cheaper Brand
In a federal lawsuit, Red Bull representatives say bar magnate Ronnie Davis and several taverns he operates are secretly serving customers the cheaper brand when they order Red Bull.
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 1, 2007 at 1:20:00 PM CET
How a lottery winner spends his multi-million-dollar jackpot
Brad Duke, 34, a manager for five Gold's Gym franchises in Idaho, pocketed a lump sum of $85 million after winning a $220 million Powerball jackpot in 2005. He spent the first month of his new life assembling a team of financial advisors. His goal: to use his winnings to become a billionaire. Here's what Duke has done with his money so far.
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