Topic: NEWS english - on January 3, 2004 at 6:32:00 PM CET
Protesters wary of new tactic by feds
Obscure 1872 law cited in case against Greenpeace
Local activists are closely watching a case winding through the federal courts in Miami. There, a federal prosecutor has dusted off a 19th century law designed to prevent bar owners from luring sailors ashore with booze and prostitutes to file charges against Greenpeace in connection with an April 2002 case in which two activists tried to hang an anti-President Bush banner on a container ship headed into port.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 30, 2003 at 11:19:00 AM CET
Top Ten Word Lists of 2003
Lists include top 10 words, top 10 names, the latest in YouthSpeak, top phrases, best and worst product names, and more.
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Topic: - on December 30, 2003 at 11:08:00 AM CET
World record snake found
INDONESIAN villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 15 meters long and weighs nearly 450 kilograms, a local official said Monday.
If confirmed, it would be the largest snake ever kept in captivity.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 30, 2003 at 11:00:00 AM CET
M&M's in black and white
Candy maker plans to eliminate colors temporarily during marketing contest. In a marketing gimmick reminiscent of the gold ticket in "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," M&M's will run a contest in 2004 which will offer six grand prizes and for a brief period strip the world famous candy of its color.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 24, 2003 at 3:48:00 PM CET
Ten Most Influential Moments in Dating and Romance for 2003
Match.com, a global leader in online dating, announced today its selections for the Ten Most Influential Moments in Dating and Romance for 2003, compiled by Match.com's dating experts.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 21, 2003 at 12:43:00 AM CET
Neues vom bastelonkel
Today the folded paper
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Topic: - on December 21, 2003 at 12:19:00 AM CET
Censored 2004: The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003
#1: The Neoconservative Plan for Global Dominance #2: Homeland Security Threatens Civil Liberty #3: US Illegally Removes Pages from Iraq U.N. Report #4: Rumsfeld's Plan to Provoke Terrorists #5: The Effort to Make Unions Disappear #6: Closing Access to Information Technology
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 20, 2003 at 5:57:00 PM CET
Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi
Coke seeks growth overseas; rival targets snack foods With the North American soft drink market saturated, both Coke and Pepsi are focusing now on other areas to grow their businesses. Coke is targeting international growth; Pepsi is growing its snack business. And both are going head-to-head in the rapidly expanding bottled-water business.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 20, 2003 at 3:25:00 PM CET
An odd year for an odd world
Australian offbeat stories for 2003
Every year, thousands of news stories get overlooked, lost beneath the welter of major international events.
They are, for the most part, simple matters with a human dimension, not involving world leaders, war or other political upheaval, stories which illustrate the extraordinary in the everyday, the amusing, absurd, outlandish and the downright bizarre occurrences which can befall any of us.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 20, 2003 at 2:44:00 PM CET
Germans pick "old Europe" as phrase of year
"Old Europe" -- a term U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld used to disparage Germany and France for resisting war in Iraq (news - web sites) -- has been named phrase of the year in Germany by a panel of language experts.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 20, 2003 at 2:39:00 PM CET
Happy horrordays
Suwanee neighbors play pin the kitsch on each other They ambush by moonlight, pieces of passe plastic their weaponry.
Unsuspecting homeowners -- cozied up in their abodes and wrapped in holiday revelry -- haven't a clue of the impending invasion. Electrical cords whip quickly across their lawns, unsightly shapes gather and a frightening formation takes shape in the cold.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 20, 2003 at 1:58:47 PM CET
G-strings ultimate cool symbol among Chinese youth
G-strings have emerged as one of the ultimate symbols of "cool" among China's increasingly sophisticated youngsters, a survey shows. "G-strings are cool," public relations company Hill and Knowlton said in a statement. "They empower sexual freedom and choice."
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