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- Pierre Bordage - Dans ce roman, les légions de l'archange Michel, phalanges chrétiennes extrémistes originaires de Roumanie, ont pris le pouvoir en Occident. Elles mènent une chasse sans pitié contre les « oussamas », dans une Europe livrée au chaos. « Ce qui se passait dans les Balkans au (...) |
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Sur ordre (Dec 21 2004 23:49 GMT) - Tom Clancy - Un Boeing 747 s'écrase sur le Capitole, entraînant dans la mort le président, les membres du Sénat et de la Cour Suprême. Telle est la déclaration de guerre d'un dictateur islamiste au « Grand Satan » américain. Idéologiquement porteur d'une vision américaine de la géopolitique, (...) |
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SPAM (Dec 21 2004 23:49 GMT) - Judge awards ISP $1 billion in spam damages There are federal and state laws against SPAM. Other countries, such as the UK have anti-spam laws. Lawsuits are being filed. Microsoft, AOL and EarthLink have many of them in the hopper at any given time. Recently, a spammer was given a fine AND jail time. |
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- Slackhat has up for grabs: a Christmas theme which we hope suit your taste. Get it at: http://www. |
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- The Group Managing Di-rector of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engineer Funsho Kupolokun, has announced the disengagement of 2,355 workers of the corporation, just as he said that it will create about 50,000 new jobs over the next four years. |
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- TOTAL Upstream oil industry subsidiary in Nigeria, Elf petroleum Nigeria Limited has disclosed that construction of its N800 million, 440MW Egi Independent Power Plant (IPP) is on course for completion before the end of 2005. |
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- MART Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Network Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited that grants the company the right to participate with Network in the evaluation and development of the Qua Iboe Oil Field in Nigeria. |
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- CONFEREES at the just concluded 2004 Health Safety and Environment (HSE) International conference on the oil and gas industry in Nigeria have decried the current tense operating environment in the industry, noting that government has the capacity to address issues at stake. |
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- THE Federal Government has divested its holding in Nigerian Hotel limited. The hotels under it have been sold as well as other properties to private investors for over N3.95billion under the ongoing privatization exercise as part of measure to ensure that the hotels are upgraded to meet international standard. |
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- Authority of the Liberia Opportunities Industrialization Center (LOIC), has refuted claims by ex-combatants undergoing skill training at the institution that it received from the European Commission(EC) sustenance allowance of US$30.00 monthly for each of them. |
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- THE Government has designed a balanced and fully-financed budget, which has no financing gap. For the 2005 Budget, Government will not increase any existing tax rates, or introduce any new revenue measures. |
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- FRESH moves by the presidency and the National Assembly to agree on a new oil bench mark for the 2005 budget may have collapsed as both sides refused to shift ground at the weekend. |
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- GROUP Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Funso Kupolokun announced the sack of 2,355 workers in a renewed bid to reposition the oil outfit even as he hinted of a reduction in fuel prices. |
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- FIVE days to Christmas (December 25), transport fares to the Eastern and Northern parts of the country yesterday rose sharply. |
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- All private aerodromes, airstrips, heliports and helidecks in the country henceforth are to be licensed by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Ministry of Aviation has said. |
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- People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAS) have accused the Ministry of Labour and Productivity of politicising their plight by allowing the care and support programme, which it spear-headed since 2000, to die a natural death. |
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- In order to meet the N25 billion shares capital base deadline demanded by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from banks, the Wema Bank Plc is currently holding consultation with Lead and Fountain Banks for possible merger. |
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- The market turnover of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday rose by 36.5 per cent or 24.3 million ordinary shares. |
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- When the Supreme Court ruled on the suit brought before it by Lagos State challenging the federal government's withholding of funds meant for its councils, the two-pronged judgment was such that both parties claimed victory. The court had ruled that the president "has no power to suspend or withhold for any period whatsoever the allocation due to local governments in Lagos State." It also held that even when the Lagos State government had the power to make laws that could enable it create new local governments, the law cannot come into effect until the National Assembly amends the constitution to include the new ones. |
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- Contrary to what may have come to be generally believed of the National Housing Programme (NHP) of 1994-5, that the programme was a flop, the architect of that programme, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, said the programme never failed. |
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- A 19-member committee has been inaugurated by President Olusegun Obasanjo to effect the construction of the $550 million Nigeria Cultural Centre and Millennium Towers within 27 months beginning from January 2005. |
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- Rear-Admiral Francis Agbiti, 2nd accused officer in the on-going trial of three top Admirals in the Nigerian Navy yesterday denied allegations made against him by three witnesses concerning a signal released as a counter-directive for the custody of missing illegal oil-bunkering vessel, MT African Pride. |
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- As Labour and the Federal Government continue to play hide and seek over the implementation of the downstream deregulation policy, President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged senior employees in the oil industry to show back the programme and shun any industrial action in protest against it. |
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- Barcelona will be the new home to the 3GSM World Congress beginning in 2006, ending a ten-year stint in Cannes, France. Officials released a statement Tuesday that said the group needed more convention and conference space than its Cannes location could provide, making a move necessary. |
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- The New York Times writes about the competition that Internet Explorer is facing from the open-source web browser: Firefox 1.0 was released on Nov. 9. Just over a month later, the foundation celebrated a remarkable milestone: |
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- The consolidation in the software industry is starting to happen. After Oracle finally managed to acquire PeopleSoft, Symantec is set to buy Veritas. WSJ writes on the significance: Symantec Corp. agreed to acquire Veritas Software Corp. |
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- Knowledge@Wharton takes a closer look at the deal in the context of two trends: "the increasing commoditization of technology and the emergence of Chinese companies as global players." The article also looks at the view from China: Within China, the deal has both its critics and its supporters. Fang Zingdong, chairman of blogchina. |
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- The New York Times writes: Cable is taking audiences from the television networks. Telephone giants are losing business to the Internet. Wal-Mart has forced Toys "R" Us to consider exiting the toy business. From the goliaths of industry to the smallest of niche firms, American companies seem to be in the grip of unprecedented industrial upheaval. |
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- News.com reports on the fifth annual Votes, Bits & Bytes conference: The panelists said the most valuable lesson online campaigners may be able to garner from Web-based companies is that building a sense of trust remains at the center of winning loyalty from customers or political followers. To Tod Cohen, deputy general counsel for government relations at online auctioneer eBay, the reason why eBay has been so successful is linked inextricably to the morals expressed on the company's business card-size ideology outline. The values card, the brainchild of company founder Pierre Omidyar, includes reminders that people are generally good, that they usually treat others the way they wish to be treated, and that the company strives to foster an open, honest environment among its customers. |
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- The other big development of the year has been in offshoring and outsourcing. One look at the financial results and recruitment plans of the Indian companies in this space is enough to give an indication of the solidity of the growth that is happening. What’s interesting is that the bigger software companies seem to be growing faster (in percentage terms) than the mid-tier ones. Also, the global IT majors are stepping up their hiring in India. In IT-enabled services (business process outsourcing), companies are also starting to look beyond just call centre services. |
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- Oh boy. Me feeling really high. |
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- We have a good friend—I won’t “out” her here— |
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- For elderly addicts who often lack the physical strength to survive on the streets and are unwelcome at traditional retirement homes, Seniorenpand is a lifeline and there is a long waiting list for its seven rooms. "If it weren’t for this place, I would be dead and buried now," says Gert-Jan, who uses a walking frame to get around. "This is a real home for me. |
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- Author: Rain Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:21 am (GMT 1) Topic Replies: 3 I have a tube but he hates the stuff and I couldnt get it down him but the vet showed me how to do it an easier way so now there wont be a problem giving it to him once a week. |
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- The bonobo holds a simple message for peace in the human world yet they face extinction from mining, hunting and the bushmeat trade. While GW Bush, Saudi Royalty, Ariel Sharon and all their nuclear warhead supporters push humanity towards a final conflict holocaust, the bonobos peaceful lifestyle may never be known by humanity, that peace really is possible and needed for human survival.. |
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- U.S. Economic Expansion Projected to Continue in 2005Private, government economists view limited impact of oil prices21 December 2004By Andrzej ZwanieckiWashington File Staff WriterWashington -- The U.S. economy is expected to continue to grow at a solid pace in 2005 and be a major contributor to global growth, according to private and government economists. |
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- A NASA observatory discovers dozens of 'baby' galaxies in our midst. Scientists say the newborns could tell us a lot about our own aging Milky Way. By Amit Asaravala. |
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- Tuesday 21-Dec-04: 19:45 ga tech -5.5 syracuse Wednesday 22-Dec-04: 20: |
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- Som titlen antyder handler det om at lave frames gennemsigtige, hvilke metoder kan jeg benytte ? |
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- Bentley Launches AutoCAD Upgrade Programby Evan YaresPresidentThe Open Design AllianceDo AutoCAD users deserve better, or is Bentley’s indignation motivated by self-interest? Yes. In a recent article on www.cadcamnet.com , David Cohn called Bentley to task, saying that the upgrade program Bentley is offering to AutoCAD users "i... |
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- Are you getting e-mails requesting action from banks and stores that have no relationship with you? More than likely these are just mass-mailing phishing scams. They are attempting to get you to devulge your banking or credit card information so that they can go on a spending spree. The best tip to protect yourself from phishing scams is do not respond to a store or bank's e-mail request by clicking on the e-mail links. The e-mail link may take you to a phishing site that looks like your bank or favorite store, but it is phishing site. |
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