Topic: NEWS english - on September 22, 2004 at 10:37:00 AM CEST
Credit cards swipe into isolated Bhutan
The world of plastic purchases has finally reached the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan with four government ministers and eight businessmen to be issued Visa cards, state media reported.
The Bhutan National Bank had negotiated internationally for years to issue credit cards with little success owing to the remote state's tiny economy which is based on farming and forestry.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 22, 2004 at 10:36:00 AM CEST
Man, admits cheating in fishing tournament
It took Ronnie Lynn Robinson two years to own up to his fish tale. Robinson admitted Monday to common-law cheating - a rare crime - for turning in what looked to be a thawed-out fish with a belly full of lead weights at a 2002 Lake County bass-fishing tournament.
Robinson was charged and stripped of his nearly $2,000 prize at the Harris Chain Bassmasters Big Bass Tournament after tournament director Darren Ratliff gutted the winning fish in his kitchen and found three 8-ounce weights in its stomach.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 19, 2004 at 12:09:00 PM CEST
Barbie store also has bondage gear
Mattel is taking aim at a Calgary shop that sells clothes for "bad boyz and girls."
Barbie's Shop offers alternative clothing, including gothic, leather and latex outfits and accessories, some complete with bondage straps.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 19, 2004 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
Littlest Republican Driven to Tears After Her Sign Is Snatched From Her Hands
Controversy has arisen after 3-yr-old Sophia Parlock was driven to tears when a supposed John Kerry supporter snatched the little girl's Bush-Cheney 2004 sign out her hands at a campaign stop for Democratic VP candidate John Edwards.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 19, 2004 at 11:27:00 AM CEST
Storms Damage Tower
A 300-foot communications tower weakened by two hurricanes will be dismantled to calm fears in an Orange County neighborhood.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 15, 2004 at 6:16:00 PM CEST
Radio Failure Shuts Down Western US Airports
An FAA radio failure has prompted the shutdown of many airports in the Western US Tuesday afternoon. There is no time table on when airplane operations will resume. No flights are being allowed to take off, but flights are being allowed to land.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 15, 2004 at 10:18:00 AM CEST
Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year, 5765, is being celebrated all over the world today and tomorrow, September 15 and 16, 2004.
"Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, "head of the year" or "first of the year." Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. This name is somewhat deceptive, because there is little similarity between Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year, and the American midnight drinking bash and daytime football game."
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 15, 2004 at 9:57:00 AM CEST
Man arrested for leaving small tip at restaurant
Humberto A. Taveras put his money where his mouth is and ended up arrested, accused of leaving an inadequate tip at a restaurant.
Taveras, 41, faces a misdemeanor charge of theft of services after he and his fellow diners argued with Soprano's Italian and American Grill managers over the legality of requiring an 18 percent tip for large parties.
"They chased us down like a bunch of criminals," Taveras said. "It killed our weekend."
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 15, 2004 at 9:54:00 AM CEST
Mexicans Mark Anthem's Anniversary
Warning: If a co-worker or stranger suddenly jumps up and starts singing Wednesday, don't be alarmed. They aren't crazy. They are just Mexicans participating in a worldwide call to song to celebrate 150 years of their national anthem.
An ad campaign is calling on all Mexicans - wherever they are - to stop what they are doing at noon Wednesday (1 p.m. EDT), the eve of Mexico's Independence Day, and sing the rousing ode to war and country.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 14, 2004 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
Grandmother dies of shock after being given joke gift
A grandmother in China died of shock after her 11-year-old grandson gave her a plastic severed head as a joke gift.
The retired teacher in her 70s was given the gift-wrapped plastic head as a present to mark Teachers Day on Saturday, the South China Morning Post reported.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 14, 2004 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Elderly tourists get lost in prison
IT WAS meant to be a pleasant drive in the country with a spot of lunch on the way.
Instead, it ended up as a security nightmare for a group of 12 pensioners who mistakenly found their way into the maximum security Kariong juvenile detention centre at Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast, thinking it was a coffee shop.
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Topic: NEWS english - on September 14, 2004 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
Giant fans & other ideas to stop hurricanes
As Hurricane Ivan churns in the Caribbean, amateur hurricane busters are coming up with some pretty strange ideas on taming giant storms.
One person suggests coating the ocean with olive oil, while another recommends building giant fans along Florida's coast to blow hurricanes in the other direction.
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