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Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
2:05 pm EST, Mar 5, 2003 |
] - A looming war in Iraq is bad news for most automakers ] -- unless the car you are trying to sell can withstand ] armor-piercing bullets, grenade blasts and gas attacks. ] ] In a sealed room at the back of BMW's stand at the Geneva ] auto show, potential buyers are shown around what looks ] like a standard 7-series executive saloon, ] distinguishable only to the trained eye by its toughened ] glass and wider tires. ] ] The car is the latest offering in the exclusive but ] growing high security market, whose customers are mostly ] government officials, high-ranking industrialists and pop ] stars. ] ] German security officials have rated the car "B6/B7," ] meaning the vehicle can withstand fire from weapons as ] powerful as an M16 or Kalashnikov AK47 rifle. Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage |
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Pope Urges World to Avoid Conflict in Iraq (washingtonpost.com) |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
1:53 pm EST, Mar 5, 2003 |
] VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Believers of different religions ] around the world put their differences aside on Wednesday ] to heed Pope John Paul's call for a day of prayer and ] fasting against war in Iraq. ] ] From Rome to Rwanda, from Buenos Aires to Berlin, ] faithful of all colors adhered to the pope's invitation ] to make this Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a day ] of peace Pope Urges World to Avoid Conflict in Iraq (washingtonpost.com) |
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Small web server mounted on a dead fly! |
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Topic: Technology |
1:49 pm EST, Mar 5, 2003 |
One dead fly with one microprocessor implanted into the fly body. The chip is a fully operational web server on the internet, and enables online viewers to enter and exit the fly corpse. Small web server mounted on a dead fly! |
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Protestors gather at Crossgates Mall |
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Topic: War on Terrorism |
1:42 pm EST, Mar 5, 2003 |
] Protestors gather at Crossgates Mall ] ] Upset over arrest of man with peace T-shirt GUILDERLAND, ] N.Y., March 5 - Protestors descended on Crossgates Mall ] Wednesday. Members of Capital Region peace groups entered ] the mall with clothing bearing peace messages. They are ] upset by the story of Stephen Downs of Selkirk. Downs was ] arrested for trespassing Monday night when he wouldn't ] leave the mall after he refused to remove his T-shirt ] bearing a peace message. Protestors gather at Crossgates Mall |
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CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Girl writes essay in text message talk |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
4:48 am EST, Mar 4, 2003 |
] A teenager's in trouble after writing her entire English ] essay in text messages. ] ] The 13-year-old's teacher said she couldn't understand a ] word of what the girl had written. ] ] Her essay started: ] ] "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his ] GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc." CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Girl writes essay in text message talk |
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Kansas City Star | 03/04/2003 | Experts think al-Qaida official will break without being tortured |
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Topic: Miscellaneous |
4:46 am EST, Mar 4, 2003 |
] WASHINGTON - The interrogation of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, ] the alleged architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, is ] likely to stop just short of torture, U.S. intelligence ] experts said Monday. ] ] The man who boasted about dispatching suicide bombers and ] hijackers on missions of mass murder might cave in ] without much pressure, they added. I wonder if this guy really did everything he claims? Kansas City Star | 03/04/2003 | Experts think al-Qaida official will break without being tortured |
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Newsday.com - U.S. to Seek U.N. Vote on Iraq Next Week |
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Topic: Current Events |
4:45 am EST, Mar 4, 2003 |
] UNITED NATIONS -- The United States plans to push for a ] vote next week on its resolution authorizing war in Iraq ] even as some U.N. Security Council members are seeking a ] compromise that could delay any military action. ] ] ] Despite intensive lobbying at the United Nations and in ] capitals around the world, the United States still hasn't ] found the nine council votes it needs to get its ] resolution adopted. Newsday.com - U.S. to Seek U.N. Vote on Iraq Next Week |
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Topic: Technology |
4:43 am EST, Mar 4, 2003 |
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