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High-tech snooping for bin Laden |
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Topic: Current Events |
12:07 am EST, Mar 5, 2004 |
] U.S. forces searching for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ] along the mountainous border between Pakistan and ] Afghanistan will soon implement high-tech surveillance ] tactics in the region, enabling them to monitor the area ] 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CNN has learned. And why was this not done two years ago? Do you not think that he would do whatever possible to avoid anything electronic or heat. He lives under a rock in a mountain. He sleeps with earth worms. Maybe one day he will sleep with fishes or be eaten by earth worms! High-tech snooping for bin Laden |
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Aristide says U.S. deposed him in 'coup d'etat' |
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Topic: Current Events |
10:38 pm EST, Mar 1, 2004 |
] Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told CNN Monday ] he was forced to leave Haiti in a "coup d'etat" by the ] United States. "I was told that to avoid bloodshed I'd ] better leave," he said in an interview on CNN. The Bush ] administration vigorously denied earlier reports that ] Aristide was kidnapped by U.S. troops. So all those Haitian rebels are on the CIA bankroll? Right......... Haitie is such a strategic country for the US to take over, you know. Im sure that North Korea is shaking in there boots right now at the coup d'etat that Bush pulled off in Haitie. Aristide says U.S. deposed him in 'coup d'etat' |
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Moon-sized diamond found in space |
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Topic: Current Events |
1:17 pm EST, Feb 19, 2004 |
] The biggest ever diamond has been found floating in ] space. The gem, estimated at close to 10 billion trillion ] trillion carats, is at the core of a dead star (BPM ] 37093) - a crystallised white dwarf. ] Our own Sun will become a white dwarf when it dies 5 billion ] years from now, having first expanded to engulf almost everything ] in the solar system. Two billion years after that, the core will ] crystallise, leaving a giant diamond in its place How romantic is that! Moon-sized diamond found in space |
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Playboy wants Wal-Mart women |
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Topic: Current Events |
5:35 pm EDT, Sep 15, 2003 |
you're a female cashier or a corporate officer at Wal-Mart, age 18 and over, and you're not afraid to shed your inhibitions in front of the camera, Playboy wants you. Playboy wants Wal-Mart women |
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Burning Man: Woman dies when run over by 'art car' |
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Topic: Current Events |
7:02 pm EDT, Aug 31, 2003 |
A woman riding an "art car" at the counterculture Burning Man festival died when she accidentally fell under the vehicle's wheels, authorities said. --- The acid must had fallen off the dash board... Burning Man: Woman dies when run over by 'art car' |
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No One Makes it to Burning Man Festival |
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Topic: Current Events |
3:12 pm EDT, Aug 30, 2003 |
GERLACH, NV—The Burning Man festival, a prominent artistic and countercultural event that draws tens of thousands of people to the Nevada desert annually, is in danger of cancellation this week because "no one had their shit together enough to even make it," organizers said Tuesday. "Jesus Christ, this is pathetic," said event coordinator Ethan Moon as he angrily gestured toward the empty Black Rock Desert basin expanse, known as the playa. "We've been promoting this thing all year. You can't start panhandling quarters for gas the week before the festival and expect to make it here in time, man." No One Makes it to Burning Man Festival |
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Powell: U.S. to Examine Measures Against Syria |
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Topic: Current Events |
12:57 pm EDT, Apr 14, 2003 |
] We say to him (President Bush) that Syria has no chemical ] weapons and that the only chemical, biological and ] nuclear weapons in the region are in Israel, which is ] threatening its neighbors and occupying their land," ] Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Buthaina Shaaban told ] Reuters. d0h!@# Powell: U.S. to Examine Measures Against Syria |
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'Al-Jazeera' more popular than 'sex' |
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Topic: Current Events |
11:16 am EST, Apr 4, 2003 |
] The Web portal Lycos reported that "Al-Jazeera" and ] variant spellings became its top search term last week, ] with three times more searches than "sex." 'Al-Jazeera' more popular than 'sex' |
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Afghanistan bombing intensifies after firefight - Apr. 3, 2003 |
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Topic: Current Events |
11:13 am EST, Apr 4, 2003 |
] An intense air campaign was under way Thursday near ] southern Afghanistan's Tor Ghar Mountains after forces ] believed to belong to the Taliban opened fire on a U.S. ] Special Forces unit and an Afghan militia force, ] according to a U.S coalition statement. ] ] The battle started Wednesday afternoon when about 40 ] anti-coalition troops began shooting at U.S. and Afghan ] soldiers. ] ] Special Forces radioed for air support, which arrived and ] dropped 35,000 pounds of munition during the night. We spend so much money to take out tents and caves. Afghanistan bombing intensifies after firefight - Apr. 3, 2003 |
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