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- Leaders from 25 nations faced major disagreements Friday at a summit to draft a new constitution for a European Union that is opening up to new members from the former communist east and seeking to increase its influence in world affairs. |
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- Just read this article on BBC's technology news about Toshiba's new carbon-free ink that can be rubbed out with heat from a portable eraser machine. Now recycling paper will just be a case of removing the ink and using the paper again, clever! |
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- Pentagon Finds Halliburton Overcharged "The violations by a Halliburton Company subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown and Root, could involve "potentially tens of millions of dollars" in overcharging for fuel …" |
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- Iraq delays hand Cheney firm $1bn "The figures have emerged as the UK Government and contractors reacted with dismay to news this week that competitive tendering had again been pushed back to between 15 December and 17 January." |
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- Antiwar Nations Barred From Bids "Biden said that even as the Bush administration is asking for support from NATO members for peacekeeping efforts in Iraq, "we stick a finger in the eye of those whose help we have been seeking." |
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- Governor's About-Face is Immoral "His voice quivering with rage, Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn condemned Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers as "immoral" for contemplating a budget deal that shortchanges cities." |
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- Or not? Governor, Dems may be near budget deal ""It appears to me the deal we're working on is not going to engender much Republican support," Perata said" |
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- For another point of view on Der Gropenfuehrer's battle with the California state legislators read California Insider by Daniel Weintraub. |
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- Arenafootball2 team returning to Fresno Chung said he will own 49% of the af2 franchise, the [Tachi Yokut] tribe 51%, and that the two have a 50-50 management agreement …" |
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- FLU PACKS WALLOP "In the Bay Area, hospitals are stretched to the limit and doctors are flummoxed by the volume of influenza cases in this still-young flu season." |
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- Ex-Olympian has golden dreams for city "With an impish gap-toothed grin and attired in sneakers, frayed blue jeans, a Rams leather jacket and cap, Mark Cockerill greets a visitor to his cramped office space in a trailer parked outside the new Ice Sports Center of Bakersfield." |
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- TV News: Minority scribe employment up significantly Minority writers saw employment in primetime TV rise to 13% of all scripting slots last season from 10% in the previous one, according to stats released Thursday by the WGA West. |
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- TV News: CBS racks up perfect midseason record The Directors Guild of America has asserted that its campaign to ease the problem of late script delivery in episodic TV has started to pay off. |
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- Investigators found about a three-hour gap between the time a North Dakota college student disappeared and the time the suspect in the case arrived home, according to a search warrant unsealed Thursday. |
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- INCLUDE{"DocsDevTopicNote"} Feedback on RenderListPlugin I created this Plugin for an Engineering Portal we have at work. Navigating 35K TWiki pages can be a challenge ... |
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- [QUOTE][url="http://www. diamondtalk. com/forums/showthread. php? |
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- Of course - that makes sense. |
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para pinky (Dec 12 2003 03:00 GMT) - Grr, I could go and on about the events of yesterday - I'm still having trouble wrapping my head round the fact that -I've been reported?, -my blog's been examined by social services, -and some cunt is mean enough to... |
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unwired (Dec 12 2003 03:00 GMT) - I thought it might be useful to post a few notes on the process of getting connected to the CafeNET WLAN here in Wellington... |
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- The Inuit vs Bush administration (or make that the American people) case is announced at the climate talks taking place in Milan this week. The Inuit want to show they are not powerless victims, but remember Uncle Sam has 500 hundred years of genocide experience. The Arctic temperatures might no longer be close to zero — but the chance of victory for the Inuit sadly is. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Boston Globe Dec 11 2003 8:29PM ET... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - AP via ABCNEWS.com Dec 11 2003 9:23PM ET... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - San Francisco Chronicle Dec 11 2003 9:29PM ET... |
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