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- When the group Reporters Without Borders was banned from the United Nations' ongoing "World Summit on the Information Society" in Geneva, it decided to broadcast its message to the delegates via a pirate radio station instead: Robert Menard, Secretary-General of the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders, told a news conference the service -- Radio Non Grata -- would put the organisation's point of view to delegates throughout the three-day conference. "We will also be broadcasting details of press freedom violations by many of the countries taking part in this meeting, like Tunisia and Zimbabwe," he declared. The gathering, the World Summit on the Information Society, was called by the United Nations in an effort to speed the spread of information technology and the use of the Internet to poorer countries. But critics from some human rights groups say it is a costly sham that will bring no benefit to ordinary people. |
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- A man who led police on a seven-mile chase before fatally shooting a state trooper last year was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. |
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- Jack Johnson, specifically the live concert you get for free from his site.... |
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- The Globe and Mail Toronto Raptors star Vince Carter leads the NBA in votes received after the first returns in... |
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- SI.com - NBA - - Thursday December 11, 2003 3:34PM 2. Did the Bulls get fleeced in trade with Raptors?... |
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- For the first time ever, 54 percent of all American are expected to go online to do some holiday shopping-related work: comparing prices, browsing, sending cards, purchasing gifts. According to the American Express Retail Index on Internet shopping, this is a sharp increase from 46 percent in 2002 and from 42 percent in 2001. |
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- When the bus was unloaded at the end of the day, all scattered -- every woman for herself -- to find sleeping space. One time three tried to share a bed, sleeping three across. I usually carried a thin mat, a sheet and a coat which, when doubled over, made a fine pillow. Often I and a few others slept on the verandah which, if one could stand the cold, afforded more space. Life on the road was a simple affair. |
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- To find a queen without a king They say she plays guitar and cries and sings Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn Tryin' to find a woman who's never been born Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams Telling myself it's not as hard as it seems - Led Zeppelin |
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- Norris' expense account |
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- On Sunday, Lovely Lane Methodist Church hopes to raise the roof as it gives thanks for its restored sanctuary and for those who've sacrificed to reach this milestone. |
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- Philanthropist's mother protects his legacy |
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- Drama is an uneasy mix of Mamet and 'Of Mice and Men' |
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- Ok Guys, now is the time with my new comments up and running I would like to find out 1. Is it working? 2. Do all these kind blogroll links mean that people are actually reading this garbage? (Ok, thanks for all those of you that email me I do realise |
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- Minor, semi-sexuality related posts in my personal weblog: Praise the Lord and pass the KY (pansexual politics) My love of feminine gay men: Sissyphilia Do you get homophobic weblog comments?... |
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- [IBM Novinky - Česká republika] - |
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- FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTT Val Prieto of Babalublog assured me that a pressure cooker was the tool for making great boliche, so naturally,... |
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- Nasdaq.com offers an interesting scorecard-like evaluation system called "Guru Analysis." It offers a mechanism scoring for every stock using 9 methodologies from well-known names like Peter Lynch, Benjamin Graham and alike. Below is how my holdings perform in gurus' eyes:... |
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- Senate Democrats protected working families by blocking a GOP spending bill that would have stripped overtime pay from as many as eight million workers. The bill was also bursting with pork barrel provisions that wasted taxpayer dollars -- provisions that Republicans have tried to jam through without debate. |
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- I'm not going to get into detail at this time but a very good friend of the 'network is in the hospital for the next few days recovering from an appendectomy. |
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- No great surprises yesterday as Michael Schumacher's F1 Ferrari was out sprinted by a jet powered Eurofighter Typhoon. The contest took place at an Italian airbase and pitted the pair head-to-head over 600m, 900m, and 1200m. Schumacher won the shortest distance but couldn't hold off the extra few thousand pounds... |
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- The oldest known fossil skeleton of an ancestor of modern marsupials has been unearthed in north-eastern China. The spectacular find is 50 million years older than the previous record holder, and helps to fill a key gap in the understanding of early mammal evolution. ¬> new scientist ¬ |
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