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- Across the former Soviet Union, people lit candles, laid flowers and held demonstrations Monday to remember the 18th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. |
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- Russia on Monday gave $3 million worth of military aid to Kyrgyzstan -- a move underscoring Russia's increased military engagement in Central Asia. |
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- An explosion followed by a fire hit the Ochakovo refrigerated storage facility in southwestern Moscow on Sunday night, destroying one of the building's brick walls and releasing a cloud of ammonia into the air. |
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- German police said Monday that they have cracked a Russian prostitute smuggling ring in a series of overnight raids involving 200 officers in 15 locations throughout Germany. |
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- One U.S. soldier and eight Iraqi insurgents were killed in fierce fighting in the turbulent town of Fallujah on Monday, a U.S. military spokesman said. |
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- Militants attacked polling sites with gunfire, grenades and bombs Monday as Indians from tropical beaches to the Himalayas voted in a crucial third election round that could decide the fate of opposition leader Sonia Gandhi and her son, first-time candidate Rahul. |
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- Angry demonstrators emptied a garbage can on the car of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen on Sunday after he spoke in support of the anti-immigration British National Party. |
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- A Social Democrat has won the presidency over a conservative backed by right-wing firebrand Joerg Haider, giving a leftist the post of Austrian head of state for the first time in 31 years. |
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- Shiite insurgents fired at Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov's motorcade during a brief visit to Iraq, officials said Monday. They blamed Polish media reports for divulging Parvanov's presence to the insurgents. |
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- Pakistan's disgraced top nuclear scientist could be murdered to prevent him from revealing that he acted under government orders when selling nuclear secrets, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said in an interview. |
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- President Vladimir Putin took pen to paper Monday to tell the State Duma exactly what changes he would like to see made to a bill banning rallies in virtually any public place. |
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- TV News: BBC yakker jumps ship to keep 10 p.m. slot -- Commercial web ITV has poached one of the BBC's biggest stars -- chatshow host Michael Parkinson -- to a two-year exclusive deal. |
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- Film News: Rymin remains free pending appeal -- Lew Rywin, the Polish co-producer of "Schindler's List" and "The Pianist," was convicted Monday of fraud and sentenced to 30 months in prison in a bribery scandal that has fueled public anger about corruption in high places. |
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- TV News: Analog turnoff in 2010 is achievable, Beeb says -- The BBC hopes to extend its hold on free-to-air digital TV by backing a non-pay satellite option to cover the million or so homes that cannot receive digital terrestrial services. |
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- Film News: A record 5,000 pics submitted this year -- The 50th Intl. Short Film Festival at Oberhausen will be opened Wednesday by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. |
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My Hero.. (Apr 26 2004 23:17 GMT) - Today, just today, Angi closed two HUGE pieces of business for her company. (More than most cars - less than most houses) She's part-time, and much of the time she's working, she's also taking care of the cuddle monkey. When... |
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- More than 50 former diplomats have signed a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair, harshly criticizing his policy in the Middle East and calling on Britain to exert more influence over the United States. |
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- سلامتی با لاغری فرق دارد |
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- Today, Capcom released nine new screenshots of the recently announced sequel to Viewtiful Joe. The screenshots below reveal that both Joe and his girlfriend... |
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- Dan Tohatan added a new Neologism, Finition (n.). "The completion or ending of something. Example: "I didn't see the finition of that movie! |
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- Mena provided more information on the upcoming Movable Type 3.0. In fact, getting to this milestone was particularly difficult, for 3.0 will be the most significant release of Movable Type since we formed the corporation and accepted funding.Beta testing Movable... |
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- While I'm ranting about how the media is so quick to endorse bad science (see Chewing gum and memory below), something ought to be said about all the publicity given that recent study correlating TV-watching |
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- Singer Sam Phillips poses in New York's Central Park, in this July 20, 2001 file photo. Phillips' new album 'A Boot and a Shoe' was released by Nonesuch records. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, FIle) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, +singer +poses] |
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- Spain issues arrest warrants and photographs of new suspects over the Madrid bombings. |
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- This is the music unremembered from preexistence and oh the noise I'll fill you with how I will fill you. |
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Lektion (Apr 26 2004 23:15 GMT) - Merke: Auch bei seinem Palm sollte man regelmig Back-Ups machen, damit nicht alle Daten irgendwie verschwinden ... Verdammte Kacke ... |
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- Happy Monday to you all. today went really really fast. I can't believe I'm already home. I got to see the episode of HOSD where they interviewed Abner's girlfriend. It was great. |
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- The pioneer that helped popularize digital video recorders, allowing consumers to pause live TV and do instant replays, may become marginalized by other DVRs on the market. |
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- The pioneer that helped popularize digital video recorders, allowing consumers to pause live TV and do instant replays, may become marginalized by other DVRs on the market. |
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- by TChris The government's terrorism prosecution of Saudi graduate student Sami Omar Al-Hussayen (TalkLeft background here and here) has run into a snag. The government accuses Hussayen of supporting terrorism by maintaining websites. Judge Edward Lodge ruled today, however, that... |
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- The pioneer that helped popularize digital video recorders, allowing consumers to pause live TV and do instant replays, may become marginalized by other DVRs on the market. |
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- A thriving aftermarket lets iPod owners buy all sorts of accoutrements. From boom-box purses to snowboarder jackets with sleeve controls, iPodders are customizing and costumizing. |
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- A new General Accounting Office report says U.S. missile defense systems are being deployed before they're fully tested. The military says it's meeting an administration timeline, even though the tech is still being developed. |
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- A thriving aftermarket lets iPod owners buy all sorts of accoutrements. From boom-box purses to snowboarder jackets with sleeve controls, iPodders are customizing and costumizing. |
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- A new General Accounting Office report says U.S. missile defense systems are being deployed before they're fully tested. The military says it's meeting an administration timeline, even though the tech is still being developed. |
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- A thriving aftermarket lets iPod owners buy all sorts of accoutrements. From boom-box purses to snowboarder jackets with sleeve controls, iPodders are customizing and costumizing. |
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- A new General Accounting Office report says U.S. missile defense systems are being deployed before they're fully tested. The military says it's meeting an administration timeline, even though the tech is still being developed. |
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- For two-thirds of the country, the threat of West Nile virus has passed. But in the West, from Colorado to the California coast, health officials prepare to battle the mosquitoes that carry the disease. |
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- An experiment by the United Nations uses nuclear technology to attempt to eradicate the malaria mosquitoes that transmit the disease. The effort is aimed at helping Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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- For two-thirds of the country, the threat of West Nile virus has passed. But in the West, from Colorado to the California coast, health officials prepare to battle the mosquitoes that carry the disease. |
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- An experiment by the United Nations uses nuclear technology to attempt to eradicate the malaria mosquitoes that transmit the disease. The effort is aimed at helping Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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- For two-thirds of the country, the threat of West Nile virus has passed. But in the West, from Colorado to the California coast, health officials prepare to battle the mosquitoes that carry the disease. |
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