Topic: NEWS english - on May 1, 2004 at 1:43:00 PM CEST
Ryongchon
Pre- and post-explosion comparative imagery of the town of Ryongchon.
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Topic: NEWS english - on May 1, 2004 at 1:37:00 PM CEST
Cemetery offers coffin with panic button
A cemetery in Santiago, Chile is offering its clients coffins with a sensor that detects any movement inside them after they have been buried.
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Topic: NEWS english - on May 1, 2004 at 1:34:00 PM CEST
Serbia ponders case of missing monkeys
Serbia is trying to account for about 600 monkeys thought to be missing from a consignment imported from Africa, the daily Balkan reports.
According to the Serbian Statistics Bureau, the monkeys were imported from Tanzania two years ago and paid for by the kilo. The shipment weighed two tonnes, which works out at about 1,000 monkeys weighing two kilos each, the paper said.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 30, 2004 at 10:44:00 AM CEST
Coolest ever tin of beer
A SELF-cooling can that uses a vacuum to chill beer is set to be a big hit with the lads across Britain this summer.
Scientists say the temperature of the drink drops 16.7°C (30°F) in three minutes and stays cold for up to an hour.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 29, 2004 at 12:54:00 AM CEST
That's shorn it! Fleece cut after six years
A sheep which evaded humans for six years in New Zealand's Central Otago Mountains has been shorn in front of a live television audience.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 28, 2004 at 6:40:00 PM CEST
Giant African snails seized from schools
Federal health officials have seized several dangerous pests called Giant African Land Snails from Wisconsin classrooms and have started a national search for the creatures, which reproduce rapidly, destroy plants and can transmit meningitis.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 27, 2004 at 9:35:00 PM CEST
Python Fixed Point Math Object
In the midst of a vigorous discussion on using Python for monetary applications, Tim offered up his FixedPoint math object for use by the community, and possible inclusion in the Python Standard Library.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 27, 2004 at 9:34:00 PM CEST
KIWI SLANG
This collection of New Zealand slang and colloquialisms was sourced partly from a project I did for 7th Form English, and the remainder from 'A Dictionary of Kiwi Slang' by David McGill. It is difficult to pin down exactly what phrases are of New Zealand origin and what aren't, especially due to the similarities between New Zealand and Australia.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 25, 2004 at 10:02:00 PM CEST
SPAM there are 600.426.974.379.824.381.952 ways to spell viagra
When electronic mail was first developed, it was devised for one purpose, and one purpose only: To peddle pills of Viagra.
Because internet marketers love teaching others about medicine and the alphabet, the word "Viagra" is always spelled in hot, new, creative ways. For example, it might have a lower case "L" in the space where a capital "I" would go, or perhaps an "@" symbol where the letter "a" should be.
After I received 80,730 different emails trying to sell viagra, I started to wonder: How many different ways are there to spell Viagra?
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 25, 2004 at 9:31:00 PM CEST
Dog feels below par after eating 28 golf balls
Vets cut open a German Shepherd dog to find she had eaten no fewer than 28 golf balls.
Eighteen-month old Libby had been coughing blood after weeks of fetching golf balls at the northern England course where owner Mike Wardrop works as a bar manager.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 25, 2004 at 12:52:00 PM CEST
German army to lift ban on sex in barracks
A German army ban on sex in the barracks may soon be lifted because it's considered outdated, the government says.
Hannes Wendroth, spokesman for the Defence Ministry, on Wednesday confirmed a report in Bild newspaper that said partners who are both serving in the armed forces should no longer be barred from having sex on German military installations.
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Topic: NEWS english - on April 25, 2004 at 12:10:00 PM CEST
World Wide Flush 2004
At 7pm cst July 31,2004, let all the people in the world unite as one and simultaneously flush our toilets together.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if everyone in the world flushed there toilets at the same time? Would there be tidal waves? Would rivers overflow their banks? Here is our chance to do a little bit of scientific investigation and see for ourselves. <P></P><CENTER>
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