Topic: POLITIK - on August 17, 2004 at 4:31:00 PM CEST
Saddam relatives applied for asylum in Sweden
While the US is hunting for close relatives of the ex-dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq, central family members have allegedly received political asylum in Sweden.
According to the Swedish paper Expressen, two of Saddam’s cousins are allegedly living in a Swedish city. An Iraqi intelligence source, the paper has been in contact with, states that both of cousins left from their hometown Tikrit to Jordan two years ago.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 17, 2004 at 12:02:00 PM CEST
Anarchists' Convention Debates Voting
A group of anarchists is taking an unusual step to make its political voice heard - going to the polls.
Anarchists generally pride themselves on their rejection of government and its authority. But a faction of them fed up with the war in Iraq say they plan to cast anti-Bush votes this fall.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 14, 2004 at 1:35:00 PM CEST
Barbie, the doll, is running for president
Barbie thinks she knows who can make a difference in this year's presidential race - girls - and she's the one who is going to represent them.
The Mattel doll has thrown her hat into the ring as the candidate of the Party of Girls! She unveiled her platform Thursday at the Toys "R" Us store in Times Square.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 14, 2004 at 9:11:00 AM CEST
New Schwarzenegger Marketing Assault: "Arnie" Urinal Cakes
Edgell's plans are to market new items, such as "Arnie" urinal cakes, urinal screens found in restrooms, and a "girlie man" Arnold bobblehead doll, featuring Schwarznegger wearing a dress, makeup, and lipstick.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 7, 2004 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
Dutch politicians consider toe-licking ban
The Dutch Labour party wants to pass a law making unsolicited toe-licking an offence after police were unable to prosecute a would-be Casanova with a taste for female toes, because he had committed no crime.
A police spokesman said on Friday that a man had been detained after women sunning themselves in Rotterdam's parks and beaches claimed he would sneak up on them and begin to lick their toes.
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 5, 2004 at 1:44:00 PM CEST
Why has Moore gone soft on the Democrats?
OKAY, WHO stole Michael Moore's brain? Why has one of the American left's most brilliant polemicists and satirists started cozying up to the Democratic party, which, if his past writings are to be believed, he loathes almost as much as the Republicans?
Why is the anti-war creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 ignoring the fact that on Iraq, the policies of Democratic nominee John Kerry are virtually identical to those of Republican President George Bush?
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Topic: POLITIK - on August 3, 2004 at 11:52:00 AM CEST
Schwarzenegger settles bobblehead lawsuit
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has settled a lawsuit against an Ohio firm that produces bobblehead dolls in his image.
The former Hollywood actor, who is fiercely protective of his image on the stump and on the screen, sued Ohio Discount Merchandise Inc. in April to halt production of the plastic dolls that featured a gun-toting Schwarzenegger in a business suit. Under the new agreement, Ohio Discount can produce Schwarzenegger-the-politician dolls - without the gun. The $19.99 US dolls will be available online, a statement from the company said.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 31, 2004 at 12:52:00 PM CEST
Bush Using Drugs to Control Depression, Erratic Behavior
President George W. Bush is taking powerful anti-depressant drugs to control his erratic behavior, depression and paranoia, Capitol Hill Blue has learned.
The prescription drugs, administered by Col. Richard J. Tubb, the White House physician, can impair the President’s mental faculties and decrease both his physical capabilities and his ability to respond to a crisis, administration aides admit privately.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 31, 2004 at 12:47:00 PM CEST
Dabbelju on Dope?
"Verschwörungstheoretiker" - so notierte der Ex-"Terrorzar" des Weißen Hauses, Richard Clarke, in seinem Buch "Against All Enemies" - "hängen gleichzeitig zwei einander widersprechenden Überzeugungen an: a) dass die US-Regierung so inkompetent ist, dass sie Erklärungen übersieht, die von Theoretikern enthüllt werden können, und b) dass die US-Regierung ein großes, saftiges Geheimnis für sich behalten kann. Die erste Überzeugung hat eine gewisse Berechtigung. Die zweite Vorstellung ist reine Fantasie."
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 28, 2004 at 12:12:00 PM CEST
Hair and Lip Politics
I can guarantee that if a pollster called me to ask which presidential candidate I find more kissable, I'd ask if this was a crank call, and even if it wasn't, I'd hang up. I'd assume that people who ask random strangers about their kissing preferences must assume the risk of a smack in the kisser. Perhaps that's one reason we leave such work to professionally trained pollsters.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 25, 2004 at 8:17:00 AM CEST
Pro-Bush Pizzeria Protests Democratic Convention
Halftime Pizza is located directly across the street from the FleetCenter in Boston, where the Democratic Convention will be held next week. Its owner, Mark Pasquale, is in trouble with the city for putting up a huge pro-Bush sign above his pizzeria.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 22, 2004 at 11:27:00 PM CEST
"Rasterfahndung" im Finanzministerium
Schwere Vorwürfe gegen Finanzminister Karl-Heinz Grasser kommen von der Personalvertretung im Finanzministerium und von der SPÖ. Wie der Chef der Finanzgewerkschaft, Klaus Platzer, der APA bestätigt, werden Finanzbeamte, etwa vor Beförderungen, seit einem dreiviertel Jahr einer Art "Rasterfahndung" unterzogen.
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