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EXTRA (Oct 14 2003 23:37 GMT) - ti ti titi ti titi ti titi ti tititi ti... CNN BREAKING NEWS China launches its first manned space mission, becoming third country to do so. A história da conquista do espaço hoje teve uma nova página escrita. O astronauta... |
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss: (Oct 14 2003 23:37 GMT) - US soldiers bulldoze farmers' crops:"US soldiers driving bulldozers, with jazz blaring from loudspeakers, have uprooted ancient groves of date palms as well as orange and lemon trees in central Iraq as part of a new policy of collective punishment of farmers who do not give information about guerrillas attacking US troops. The stumps of palm trees, some 70 years old, protrude from the brown earth scoured by the bulldozers beside the road at Dhuluaya, a small town 50 miles north of Baghdad. Local women were yesterday busily bundling together the branches of the uprooted orange and lemon trees and carrying then back to their homes for firewood. Nusayef Jassim, one of 32 farmers who saw their fruit trees destroyed, said: |
Jakeneck
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score 1 for medical marijuana (Oct 14 2003 23:37 GMT) - the supreme court today refused to hear a federal case against doctors who prescribe medical marijuana to their patients, upholding an appeals court decision which says that prohibition on such behavior violates doctor's free speech rights. |
Starjewel
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Jesus, they've essentially shut down Cranberry (Oct 14 2003 23:37 GMT) - and closed off the Interstate exits and major roads thanks to the horrible storm taking out part of the mall. I barely made it home in time to get ready for the Eddie Izzard show... woulda sucked to drive down... |
Starjewel
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Jesus, they've essentially shut down ... (Oct 14 2003 23:37 GMT) - Jesus, they've essentially shut down Cranberry, and closed off the Interstate exits and major roads thanks to the horrible storm taking out part of the mall. I barely made it home in time to get ready for the Eddie Izzard... |
Axis of Greeblie
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Blog #134 (Oct 14 2003 23:36 GMT) - I'm result number 134 for the word blog on Google Search! WOW! I told you Google loves me! PS: The Puppy Killer is not even in the top 300!! |
Werblog
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Weblog best practices (Oct 14 2003 23:36 GMT) - Mena Trott: "As we work on Movable Type, we want to integrate what we've learned during the past year of TypePad development. We believe that for comments and TrackBacks to be most efficient, they should be embedded within the page that contains the original weblog post." |
Baseball Musings
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Jeter D (Oct 14 2003 23:35 GMT) - Derek Jeter finally makes a nice play at shortstop. He dove to his left, kept his eye on the ball, made a strong but wide throw to Johnson who tagged the runner. We should see that more often from Derek.... |
Boston Sports Blog
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Staring into the Abyss... Comrade Stalinbrenner... (Oct 14 2003 23:35 GMT) - Staring into the Abyss... Comrade Stalinbrenner's Merry Band of Miscreants 4 Red Sox 2 It pains me to admit it: New York deserves their lead. They have been the better team to this point. If the Red Sox are serious about winning this series, the |
evhead
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Misunderstanding Micropayments - Scott McCloud (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - "Shirky?s 'epochal change' is real enough. Free content is here to stay, file-sharing is here to stay, and any attempt to completely wipe out either is doomed to failure (as it should be). But that in no way precludes the co-existence of markets based on the desires of willing sellers and willing buyers. To proclaim without a hint of doubt that such a market will never exist for low cost digital content contradicts everything we know about the Web? |
European Public Health Alliance
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Two new reports on health care in the EU (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - "Health as a growth factor: a comparative analysis" A study by the Institute for Health Systems Research at the University of Linz (Austria) commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women in cooperation with the Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the EU (HOPE) has been published on September 2003. The study titled "Health as a grouwth factor: a comparative analysis", is a pilot study of Austrian scientist which compares France and Austria, considering health care (...) |
European Public Health Alliance
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1st alcohol policy conference in the context of a larger Europe (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - Conference: "bridging the gap", 16-19 June 2004 Warsaw Presented by Eurocare, in collaboration with the European Commission, the World Health Organisation, the European Youth Forum, the European Cultural Foundation & the Polish State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems, and in partnership with NGOs and government departments from 27 European countries. Aim of Conference? To bridge the gap between scientifically based evidence, the possible and the practical in the process (...) |
European Public Health Alliance
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Premature departure from the nursing profession in Europe (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - The Nurses Early Exit Study (NEXT) interim findings on why nurses are leaving the profession. A seminar was hosted by the Scandinavian SALTSA group in Brussels on October 7th on why so many nurses across Europe are leaving the profession early. The SALTSA research programme runs in collaboration with the Swedish National Institute for Working Life (NIWL) and the Swedish confederations of employees. The speakers identified a number of reasons including: low pay problems (... |
European Public Health Alliance
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UN's report says that governments are failing to invest in education and health (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - Young people, especially in the developing world, are being short-changed because continuing under-investment in their health and education is stripping them of prospects for their future, says a report from the United Nations. "The State of World Population 2003" report by UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) focuses on the need for greater investments to protect the human rights and well-being of young people. This includes greater investments in education, and in health, (...) |
Memetank
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Buy This Book! (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - This is War by Georg Bush, as Told to Dr ParsonsOne of the funniest books I've ever seen, despite it's all too serious subject: the current US president's child-like approach to world peace/war. Drawn in kids felt-tip style with shockingly... |
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Radio UserLand Messages
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Upstreaming suddenly stopped (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - recently (in the last 10 days) upstreaming has stopped, I am getting the following error Can't upstream because "Can't evaluate the expression because the name "baseUpstreamFolder" hasn't been defined." Any thoughts Sam D |
Baseball Musings
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Trot K's (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - Nice comeback by Wells. He falls behind Nixon 3-0 to start the 7th, then comes back to strike him out.... |
AllAfrica News: West Africa Business
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Labour Leaders Arrested (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - LAGOS-SECURITY agents yesterday in Abuja arrested seven Labour activists while attempting to enforce the N34 per litre price of petrol at Marcon Filling Station at Jabi in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Their arrest came against the background of a hint dropped yesterday in Ibadan by Gov. Adamu Abdullahi of Nasarawa State that new prices of petroleum products may be decided by stakeholders comprising state governors, organised labour and marketers at a meeting in Abuja on Thursday. |
AllAfrica News: West Africa Business
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Libya's Blood Money Moves to Revive Oil Industry (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - SOME are already labelling it the dawn of a new era - Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's personal perestroika. Others refer to Libya's decision to apologise to the United Nations for the Lockerbie bombing as little more than a cynical long-term investment designed solely to reap the huge financial rewards that open trading with the West, particularly that which the United States will bring. |
AllAfrica News: West Africa Business
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NSE Faults Bid to Acquire BIAO Shares in Afribank (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - THE Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has kicked against the acquisition of BIAO shares in Afribank Nigeria Plc by a core investor as being planned by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), saying the present management is capable of taking the bank to a lofty height. Director-General of the NSE, Dr. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, who was summoned by the National Assembly on the controversial ownership of BIAO shares in Afribank Nigeria Plc said there was no need for a core investor in Afribank. She said the BPE should allow the present management to buy the 34 per cent BIAO shares. |
AllAfrica News: West Africa Business
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BPE Advertises Refineries (Oct 14 2003 23:34 GMT) - The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) yesterday released invitations for expression of interest by prospective strategic investors in the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), the Port Harcourt Refining Complex (PHRCI and II) and the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC). |
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