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- Fake police used in Bush visit - "Public servants were deliberately dressed up as police officers to bolster numbers during the visit to Canberra of President George W. Bush, it has been revealed. As F/A-18 Hornets and helicopters buzzed overhead, bureaucrats switched roles to be part of... Posted by abursey at 05:22 PM Iraq Business News |
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Zion 9 (Oct 29 2003 23:22 GMT) |
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Audi 80 GL (Oct 29 2003 23:22 GMT) - great, just great. |
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- Nice car shame it is built by Renault |
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- Comfortable and ultra practical all-around car |
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- A great getaway scorcher! |
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- A value for money work horse that looks the 4x4 part |
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- Check the winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto jackpot. |
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- A Lee Hughes goal in extra-time gives West Brom a 2-1 win over Newcastle at St James' Park. |
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- The draw for the fourth round of the Carling Cup pits Southampton against Portsmouth. |
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- ueber rugby in neuseeland: sueddeutsche. |
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- The left-of-center government has been in power for quite a while and has benefited royally from the fact that the conservative opposition has been hopelessly divided, a situation that is not expected to change anytime soon. That is the usual... |
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- Oct. 29 - A three-year study showed mixing the prescription drug Aricept with Vitamin E can help people hold onto their memories. |
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- Check out the Wyoming cookie cutter. |
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- The latest Treasure Annual Report shows that reported cases of Treasure can be expected to increase further with the expansion of the Portable Antiquities Scheme. From December there will be a network of Finds Liaison Officers across England and Wales actively working with finders to ensure the reporting of Treasure finds. A study in the latest Annual Report demonstrates that the presence of a Finds Liaison Officer can increase the number of finds reported as Treasure by up to five times. Arts Minister Estelle Morris said: "Once again this report demonstrates the success of the Treasure Act. |
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- My friend, and co-conspirator, John, has set forth some excellent common sense work rules. Go check them out. Oh, and are you giving him the linky-lovin' he deserves? C'mon folks, let's show him some lovin' over there. Believe me, he's worth the daily read. |
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- We had a visit today from the Bill and Myles Berkman, members of the family that provided the backing for Berkman Center. So I asked if I could take their picture, along with the faculty directors, with apologies to John Palfrey, who has a silly thing going on on his face. ";->" |
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- Further to yesterday's plan to obsolesce the CD and thereby cut the RIAA off at their source, I had a very generous contributor ask me to clarify this subscriber business. To tell... |
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- Over at corrente, tresy has a great post about fire, suppression, and disaster.... |
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- This is Ryan DeMotte with Wednesday's US Supreme Court news. Warren Richey of the Christian Science Monitor reports that the Supreme Court is considering a petition for cert involving the constitutionality of a completely secret trial. The secrecy was o |
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- From: Fresno Bee, CA - Oct 29, 2003 The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center Inc. will host a grand opening from 9 a.m. to 2 p. |
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- Rap mogul takes heat from labor groups who allege his Sean John clothing is made in sweatshops |
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- An insurance dispute over whether the destruction of the World Trade Center’s twin towers represented one or two terrorist attacks will go to mediation, both sides agreed Wednesday. |
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- Has the latest Harry Potter fantasy cast a spell of “Hogwarts headaches” on some of its most avid readers |
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- A new, easier-to-use blood thinner pill offers the first potential alternative in 50 years to warfarin, the standard treatment given to millions of people to prevent blood clots. |
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Daily Abuse (Oct 29 2003 23:20 GMT) - Unsere aktuelle Check-Liste aus der Abteilung "Gut, dass Kinder so haltbar sind":Beim Baden im kalten Wasser liegen lassenBeim Nagelknipsen in den Finger schneidenMangels frischer Waesche den vollgepissten Strampler anlassen Aber das nach Katharinas Auffassung groesste Vergehen: Seit heute hat Samuel einen Schnuller (^_^) |
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Tracking (Oct 29 2003 23:20 GMT) - Dank des Internets macht das Warten auf eine Bestellung gleich noch mal so viel Spass. Jedesmal wieder ertappe ich mich dabei, dass ich alle 5 Minuten die Tracking-Seite des zustaendigen Paketdienstes aufrufe, und nachschaue, wo mein Paket gerade ist ... Beispiel "Panther": 3.38pm Rancho Cordova, CA 12. |
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- Injured troops' survival rate up - "U.S. troops are more than twice as likely to survive combat wounds in Iraq than they have been in most wars over the past century, an analysis of the numbers of wounded and killed there shows..."... Posted by abursey at 05: |
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- Masses of information on stone tools and technology. |
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- How the Unions Killed a Dream - "In 1999, an unassuming Michigan road builder named Bob Thompson sold his construction company for $442 million, an amount he and his wife Ellen believed was far more than they needed for retirement. His first act, which received national attention,... Posted by abursey at 05:19 PM Iraq Business News |
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Clásicos (Oct 29 2003 23:19 GMT) - Excelente bitácora esta I Elada Oudepote Pethanei que entre otras cosas ofrece hoy una interesante reflexión sobre la cultura clásica y su desprecio en la educación actual (sólo un pequeño reparo: la ciencia también es cultura): |
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- (US) PHILADELPHIA -- After less than a day of deliberations, a jury convicted a South Philadelphia cocaine dealer Wednesday of the Halloween 2001 gangland-style killing of a onetime friend. He is already serving a 30-year federal sentence imposed this year for cocaine trafficking. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme1(55%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme8(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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- (US) In opening statements prosecutor Dave Callahan described the shootings saying the state would prove Daniels shot the two victims because she and Pritchard were involved in a love triangle with a local drug dealer. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(60%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) Methamphetamine was involved in all five cases and the people charged were all between the ages of 20 and 25.[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $drug_law(80%), $hallucinogen(100%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $amphetamines(100%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(95%)] |
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oh shit (Oct 29 2003 23:18 GMT) - I can't write, think, cry or laugh. I am broke. I mean, really. If you could see the dribble I'd... |
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- CalPundit notes the demise of the inept Iain Duncan-Smith as leader of Britain?s Conservative Party. Four or five years ago I would have recommended Chris... |
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- From: Peoria Journal Star, IL - Oct 29, 2003 Phil Luciano pluciano@pjstar.com Battered and broken, Vladimir Yarets still doesn't know how he ended up in the hospital. But Yarets, 62, is sure about one thing: If you fall off a... |
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- View Poll: Speaking of my Halloween party... |
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- I think I should have said A wildfire that started Wednesday morning west of Jamestown and has already spread to 500 acres and is forcing more evacuations. Wow. |
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- B&W is currently experiencing technical difficulties. Posting will be limited for a while. The technical difficulties are beyond the scope... |
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- Taking cue from Fox News' "utterly without merit" suit against Al Franken, National Review contributor Donald Luskin has sicc'ed his lawyers on liberal blogger Atrios, telling him to remove a... |
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- Da hat die Netzeitung mal einen Brüller ausgegraben: Die bayerische Tourismus-Marketingzentrale firmiert im Internet unter bayern.by im Internet, .by ist die Top-Level-Domain für Weißrussland, das Reich des kleinen Diktatoren Lukaschenko. Eine . |
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- Gestern habe ich endlich das Päckchen abgeholt und den Panther auf dem Powerbook installiert. Dauerte etwa eine Stunde und fünfzehn Minuten (mit X11 und allem Gedöns), und ging völlig problemlos. Alles funktioniert wie vorher, das ganze System ist ein wenig "zackiger" geworden, und das "Exposé" ist einfach nur geil. Man fragt sich wie man vorher ohne leben konnte. ; |
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- Dass ich das noch erleben darf ... Da solche Schlagzeilen über die Borussia so selten sind wird sie hier nun für die Ewigkeit dokumentiert. Wobei man aber fairerweise dabei sagen muß dass die Borussia aus Dortmund heute so gespielt hat wie... |
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