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- The stopwatch-sized device by Cyberonics, is surgically inserted in the chest, where a wire runs up to wrap around a nerve in the neck.. |
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- In which the New York Times columnist Paul Krugman declares: No question: John Ashcroft is the worst attorney general in history. Come on, Paul, let's not mince words. Details here.... |
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- The website of Good News and Crossway, publishers of the ESV, is now done in CSS and Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, with a clean, clear... |
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No Respect (Jun 15 2004 23:32 GMT) - The Bush Administration gives no respect to the Border Patrol, those who work on the front lines of our domestic security apparatus. Previously the President made his "guest worker" proposal that sent illegal immigration attempts way up, which made their work harder. That was more than bad enough. Now, though, the little things are demoralizing them further. Having unfiorms that bear the tag "Made in Mexico" bothers some of these men, says the Washington Times: |
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- In a telephone interview with the New York Times June 11, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States repeatedly has pressed the Sudanese government to end support for the militias that have forced hundreds of thousands of black Sudanese from their homes in the western region of Darfur and to open up the region to international assistance agencies. |
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- Will Collect 10,000 Signatures by end of June; Calls on Secretary of State Powell to Name the Genocide, Support Immediate Intervention |
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- The United States government has pledged to throw its weight behind Ethiopia's efforts to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the embassy in the capital, Addis Ababa, said on Monday. |
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- The coordinator of the National Centre for Phytogenetics Resources (CNRF), Elizabeth Matus, affirmed today in Luanda, that the World Food Programme can acquire natural products from SADC countries instead of genetically modified foods. |
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- The Human Rights Watch For Women and Children is demanding compensation from the United States of America and the United Nations if they can not ensure that those who committed crimes against humanity in Liberia and the Mano River basin are brought to justice so as to discourage the culture of impunity. |
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- COLONEL Muammar Gadhafi, the Libyan leader, was once described by Judy Swallow, the BBC Newshour broadcaster, as "the self-appointed regional policeman." |
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- THE Zambia Flying Doctors Services (ZFDS) has received computers worth over US$8,000 from the Rotary International to facilitate easier communication with its rural clinics. |
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- Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is gunning to join five other African nations to win the right to direct flights to the United States of America to boost trade between the two countries, officials have said. |
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- Last week, Dr. Richard Anane, Minister of Roads and Transport was in parliament to answer a simple question on what his ministry is doing about traffic jams and other traffic problems in the country. |
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- The US government is considering whether the mass displacements and killings in western Sudan's Darfur region constitute genocide, according to US Secretary of State Colin Powell. |
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- Two UN agencies on Monday welcomed a decision by the "Group of Eight" (G8) most industrialised countries to form a global consortium for the development of an effective HIV/AIDS vaccine. |
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- Just ahead of a major United Nations conference on trade and development, a senior UN official has issued a call for action to reinforce recent economic progress in the world's poor nations. |
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- Newmont Mining Corporation would begin full-scale mining in the third quarter of next year. |
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- The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Raymond Osafo Djan, has announced that the Kwahu South District Assembly spent 12.4 billion cedis to finance a number of development projects last year. |
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- A UNITED STATES (US) trade representative says there will be no immediate extension to the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) facility until Congress approves. |
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- President Yoweri Museveni has won a prestigious American award, his press office said in a statement yesterday. Museveni was honoured with the Golden Plate Award by the Academy of Achievements Foundation based in Washington DC. |
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- Mr. Jacob K. Adorkor, Tema Port Operations Manager has disclosed that a number of importers from Ghana's landlocked neighbours have decided to use the Tema Port, as corridor for their goods in transit to their various countries. |
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- Determined to ensure the socio-economic transformation of rural areas in Bauchi State, Governor Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu has disclosed his intention to provide electricity for 250 more communities before the end of 2007. |
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- President Yoweri Museveni could not have had a better audience to demand more access to the markets of developed countries. He told leaders of the world's richest countries, Thursday, that fairer trade relations with them were the solution to Africa's backwardness. |
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- Angola's Ambassador to Canada Miguel Nzau Puna, over the weekend in Ottawa, called on the Angolan community for unity, avoiding activities that incite disunion. |
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- Internal Affairs Minister, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has approved the redeployment of 25 comptrollers of the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS). |
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- President Olusegun Oba-sanjo yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital held a closed door meeting with the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Oyebade Lipede where his economic reforms agenda was said to have been discussed. |
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- The inauguration on Sunday of an exhibition of African art, dance and painting topped Angolans celebrations in New York of the African Child Day, June 16, states a press note. |
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- A mother of three and grandmother of seven, Mary Wilson looks not more than 35 years old. One of the three members of The Supremes came to Gaborone on a three-day visit to Botswana to talk with students in Lobatse, and make her premier live performance at Maitisong on Friday. |
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- Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group yesterday said the reason President Olusegun Obasanjo has not banned the much condemned fuel importation was because there were some powerful cartel behind the practice which his government cannot look in the face. |
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- The National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) requires between $5 billion and $10 billion to raise power generation from the current level of 4000mw to 10,000 mw, the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said. |
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- Six Members of Parliament are returning to Nairobi, today, after expressing criticism of the US travel advisory directly to the Bush Administration, in Washington. |
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- The list of Hollywood stars jetting into the Mother City for film shoots is getting bigger and better - Oscar winners Nicolas Cage and Sean Penn will be filming new movies in Cape Town. |
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- He's not only good behind the camera but in front of it too. |
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- THE LONG term solution to backwardness in Africa is improved and fairer trade with the industrialised world, said President Museveni while on a working visit to the United States of America last week. |
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- FLORIZELLE Liser, the assistant U.S trade representative for Africa has hailed Uganda's efforts in attracting investors who have increased the country's trade with the U.S, but warned that there is need to observe the stated criteria to avoid being knocked off the list of beneficiaries. |
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- Shell Petroleum Develop-ment Company (SPDC), said yesterday that it had no plans to dump onshore operations in Nigeria. It also affirmed that it was fully committed to peace in the Niger Delta region, saying this would be of benefit to all stakeholders. |
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- Sunny Weather ---> Balmy Evenings ---> Pub Gardens ---> Drinking Lots ---> Scampi Fries ---> Dieting ---> Improved Figure ---> More Confidence ---> One Night Stand ---> Sexually Transmitted Diseases! |
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Wire Hang (Jun 15 2004 23:31 GMT) - Jet Packs are great. Unfortunately, they have some major design flaws which explains why they have never really taken off*. For a start, they're tricky to handle, then there are the flames belting out mere inches from your arse. This goes some way to explain why wire hanging has become so popular with the kids. Once you've invested in your grappling hook, there are no running costs... |
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Titty Ho! (Jun 15 2004 23:31 GMT) - With all the power of the internet at our disposal, what do we end up doing with it? Puerile stuff like search for places with rude names that are close to us. "Heh... you used to live at Butthole Lane, but you farted so much you got evicted, and now you live at Foul End." [ad infinitum] Thanks Lal, you've sank to our wavelength [2] comments. |
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- Tonight's match sees Sweden* square up with Bulgaria**. Shall I stay in and watch that, or shall I spend some time outside watching some faster paced action? *Sweden have not won any of their last four European Championship matches. **Bulgaria's only previous appearance was in 1996 when they were eliminated in the group phase.*** ***Isn't my knowledge on European footy really good? |
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- yeah. two friends of mine have a band, used to be called Mormon Slaughter Corpse, not anymore, dont know the name now. anyway. ive been friends with them for 2 years, and Chad (bassist) just walked up and said "yeah man, your gonna be our second vocalist". |
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- strange land was a twisted ass movie!arnie with a guitar looks funny! |
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- Quelle solitude De mourir Sans certitude D'être au moins Une particule De vie Un point minuscule Utile à quelqu'un... |
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- GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network servers (e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in clients to authenticate against servers. GNU SASL contains a library (libgsasl), a command line utility (gsasl) to access the library from the shell, and a manual. |
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- Introduction to Flash and PHP by Neil Webb. Neil Webb has just announced at The Definitive List the first part of "a series of tutorials looking at using PHP and Flash". You can post your questions at The Definitive List... |
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- PREAMPLIFICATORE A PEDALE 3 Canali. Perfetto!!!! |
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robbed (Jun 15 2004 23:30 GMT) - Soldier who |
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