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UFO Crashes Through Roof of New Zealand Home
2008-04-19 22:20:00
An unidentified flying object has smashed through the roof of a family's home in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand . The projectile smashed into the lounge room of the home, while the the person who lived there was in another room.It was first believed the UFO fell off a plane, but the Civil Aviation Authority said that couldn't be the case, after an engineer studied the UFO. They concluded that "we don't know what it's from".The object is 11cm long and 4.5cm wide. It weighs about a kilogram. The CAA said: "It's not the kind of thing you'd want to put into space because it's too heavy. So it's a bit mysterious." Police are investigating. Source: www.stuff.co.nz
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Ron Paul Slams Federal Reserve For Destabilizing The World By Printing Mone
2008-04-19 22:15:00
US congressman Ron Paul has launched a scathing attack against the US Federal Reserve , which the Congressman claims is printing money in order to manipulate interest rates and undermine workers wages and old people’s savings.Paul, one of the few politicians with an insight into fiat money wrote "The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal Reserve currency devaluation."The Texan congressman went on to write in his column that the Federal Reserve “is the strangest, most dangerous advantage ever placed in the hands of a special privileged class by any Government that ever existed." Source: www.lankabusinessonline.com
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Israeli Soldiers Admit “Reign of Terror� on Civilians
2008-04-19 22:14:00
An organization known as Breaking the Silence will publish tomorrow testimonies from 39 people who served in the Israeli army which paint a picture of a “reign of terror� brought upon the Palestinian civilians living in Hebron and other areas .The testimonials describe random beatings by Israeli soldiers as well as theft, murder and intimidation of the civilian population in an effort by the NGO "to force Israeli society to address the reality which it created".Among the disturbing testimony to be published are accounts of torturing children and their parents by placing loaded pistols in the mouths of children and threatening to kill them as their parents watch in horror. Source: www.independent.co.uk
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London Smells Like %$#@
2008-04-19 22:13:00
A stiff breeze blows across the European continent, bringing with it the smell of manure from Dutch farms. Dutch farmers, banned from spreading the stinky stuff during winter, are spreading it 'en masse', trying to rid themselves of over-supply.The manure maneuver is going to leave a foul smell in the noses of London ers for a couple more days until the wind direction changes. According to the Met Office, the scent is worse that usual due to stagnant winds which let the aroma build up.London newspapers have dubbed the phenomenon 'Le Stink.' A National Farmers Union spokesman said if UK leaders go ahead with a similar idea to ban winter-time manure spreading, the UK has nothing to look forward to but more smelly days. Source: www.cnn.com

An Anti-CNN Website brought to you by The Chinese
2008-04-19 22:11:00
An Anti -CNN Website brought to you by The Chinese Chinese students have accused CNN of deception by reporting news which have been contorted, labeling CNN as 'the world's leader of liars' and as a result have launched a websited called anti-cnn.comThe launch of the website comes at a time when the Chinese govt have accused the western media of bias on the reporting in the troubled Tibetan province.The students have apparently circulated an open letter which states that China is a peace loving nation and must rise up against the "Western Goebbels' Nazi media". Source: news.sbs.com.au

Wal-Mart Corporate Executives Gone Wild -- Videos for Sale
2008-04-12 15:58:00
In 2006, Wal-Mart abruptly ended a handshake deal with Flagler Productions, a video production company that recorded Wal-Mart's corporate meetings. The cancellation of the verbal agreement caused Flagler to lay off most of its employees.Now, Flagler is offering three decades worth of Wal-Mart meetings for sale on video, featuring everything from tough talk bashing unions to Wal-Mart executives dressed up as women.Perhaps ironically, Wal-Mart is defending itself in a lawsuit that alleges that Wal-Mart discriminated against women in its management promotion policies. Wal-Mart says it doesn't think there will be much interest in the videos. Source: www.abcnews.go.com
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Man Found Using Live Missile as an Anvil
2008-04-12 15:57:00
Romania: Firefighters have intervened after a farmer from Puieni village was seen using a 122mm missile he dug up in his garden several months ago as an anvil to work scythes and hoes on.Explosive specialists from the army were called in to deal with the missile. They pronounced it still active, saying that if it had detonated the explosion would have endangered his neighbours too. It was destroyed using a controlled explosion."We've had many problems because of these unexploded bombs which have been in the ground since the Second World War but this is really crazy. How can you hit a bomb with the hammer? It could have exploded any time," said a fire department spokesman. Source: www.ananova.com
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A True AMERICAN Hero is Born
2008-04-12 15:52:00
Olympic Torch bearer and McArthur Genius Award recipient, Majora Carter, expressed her American civil rights by pulling a Tibetan flag from her sleeve and was immediately set upon by Chinese paramilitary police and San Francisco police.Her Chinese escort grabbed the flag from her and San Francisco police officers pushed her into the crowd. Said Carter, "As a civil rights activist in this country, I could not have these privileges and not use them."Fellow torch bearer Richard Doran, FDNY said, “"I think she dishonored herself and her family." Carter responded, "It would be more disgusting not exercising my constitutional right", adding that her deceased parents would have been "thrilled". Source: www.nydailynews.com
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'The Simpsons' Removed by Venezuelan TV
2008-04-09 03:32:00
A Venezuelan TV channel has yanked an 11:00am showing of "The Simpsons " off the air because it may be inappropriate for children. After receiving numerous complaints from viewers, the program was pulled Friday. Taking its place: "Baywatch Hawaii."The TV station reportedly pulled the program after worrying that the series at that hour could violate national regulations prohibiting "messages that go against the whole education of boys, girls and adolescents." Put in place by Hugo Chavez."We are hoping it will continue to have a good rating, because 'The Simpsons' worked very well - so much so that it had the highest levels of viewership for that morning timetable in the history of the channel," G.M. German Perez Nahin commented. Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Wikileaks Leaks Scientology Secrets
2008-04-09 03:31:00
Wikileaks has "leaked" some of Scientology 's top secret bibles and is not backing down from threats coming from lawyers. Instead of taking down the documents, they instead told the world that it has been verified.Some of the drills L Ron Hubbard says will reach OT1 is:2) Note several large and small female bodies until you have a cognition. Note it down.3) Note several large and several small male bodies until you have a cognition. Note it down.Scientology attorneys are claiming that the works are copyrighted while Wikileaks say that they have free speech on their side. If the February case against Wikileaks is a predictor the information is here to stay. Source: www.theregister.co.uk
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Eight Teens Charged with Attacking Girl for YouTube Video
2008-04-09 03:05:00
Eight teenagers have been arrested in Lakeland, FL. on charges that they beat another teen so they could post the video on YouTube. Victoria Lindsay was attacked by six teenage girls when she arrived at a friend's home. Two boys stood as watch outsAll eight suspects are charged with battery and false imprisonment. Additionally three of the girls who forced Lindsay into a car will be charged with kidnapping. Sheriff Judd has asked to have all be charged as adults although only one is age 18.While Lindsay was liked among her friends, and was an honor student, she also had a history of anger problems. Following their arrests the girls joked in the holding cell about missing cheerleading practice and not going to the beach anytime soon. Source: www.theledger.com
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Clinton Senior Strategist Leaves Over Colombia Controversy
2008-04-08 03:44:00
Pollster and senior strategist Mark Penn has left Hillary Clinton 's campaign after it was revealed that he met Colombia n officials to help promote a free trade arrangement that is opposed by the Senator.The Clinton campaign manager said Penn will still provide polling and advice, but that he "asked to give up his role as chief strategist." The turnover comes as Clinton finds herself in a position where she almost certainly cannot win the primaries.The Clinton campaign will likely try instead to convince roughly 800 superdelegates to support her in spite of the popular vote. A John Edwards campaign spokesman said that "Penn's campaign strategy was not working" and Clinton has paid the price. Source: news.yahoo.com
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Students Arrested After Machete Rampage in Sydney
2008-04-08 03:42:00
Five youths have been arrested following a baseball bat and machete rampage at a high school in a Sydney high school. Perhaps miraculously, just two students were hospitalised and another 18 suffered minor injuries.The incident happened just as school was starting for the day, and the faculty initiated a lockdown, meaning students were held inside their classrooms. The group of five smashed windows and damaged other equipment.A spokesperson of the local New South Wales police said of the injured that: "Some were assaulted by the group and others received injuries from the flying glass." One of those hospitalised was a teacher who tried to stop the group. Source: news.bbc.co.uk
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Brewery Boss Gives Up Mercedes for Environment
2008-04-08 03:39:00
The Cornish chief of St. Austell Brewery has swapped his Mercedes Benz for a Smart car in a bid to save the environment. The brewery has pledged to reduce its carbon footprint by third in the next five years.James Staughton said: "We're proud to be doing our part in protecting the unique and beautiful environment of this part of the world and we hope others will join us in making this extra effort."St. Austell Brewery owns 168 hotels and pubs across the UK, and employs 1,000 people. Source: www.autowired.co.uk
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Uribe Criticizes Obama
2008-04-07 03:18:00
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has slammed U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama for opposing Colombia Free Trade Agreement on the grounds of Colombian violence against labor union members.Obama said he would oppose the deals “because the violence against unions in Colombia would make a mockery of the very labor protections that we have insisted be included in these kinds of agreements."The administration wants Congress to approve the agreements and further cement the South American country's preferential trade status with the United States. Source: ap.google.com

Internet is Dead. Welcome to 'The Grid'
2008-04-07 03:15:00
This summer, on the 'Red Button Day', scientists will turn on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), and also open The Grid which can send data online 10,000 times faster than current standards. Movies can be downloaded in 5 seconds, for example.Scientists began developing The Grid several when they realized the jaw-dropping annual amount of info collected from LHC can't be stored locally. A small academic network has already been in use by researchers to design drugs to fight malaria.The Grid, according to experts, will transmit holographic data, revolutionize business, and lead to 'Cloud Computing'- where users store all data online. The LHC is expected to reveal secrets about the Higgs boson particle which gives matter mass. Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Olympic Charade Goes On ...While fearless Protestor Attempts to grasp the T
2008-04-07 03:13:00
Sir Steve Redgrave started by passing the torch, where 80 sport and performers will continue on the 31 mile run from Wembley to the O2 Arena. Three arrests occurred as the torch arrived at a bus to carry the torch, within seconds.Nick Cleg Lib Dem Leader urged PM Brown not to accept his role in receiving the flame until China communicates with the Dalai Lama. Voicing how he felt he expressed Browns partaking in this, was just "wholly inappropriate".He continued by pointing out the reality how human rights have been continually abused. Dame Kelly Holmes will end the run before lighting the torch in front of 5,000 onlookers. This has high lighted the Chinese Olympic s but not in the way they would Source: news.bbc.co.uk
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Man Accidently Shoots Himself while Robbing a 'Would-Be' Robber
2008-04-07 02:51:00
Roland Scott, while staring down a shotgun in West Baltimore, decided to fight back. Scott, producing a fake replica handgun, wrestled the shotgun away from the would be robber.Then while standing the middle of Laurens Street, ordered the robber to strip. Scott then proceeded to relieve him of $800 and began demanding for his cellphone before he beats him to death.In the ensuing 'pistol whipping' with the shotgun, the shotgun accidentally went off hitting Scott in the stomach killing him. The 'robber' then fled and was later arrested at the hospital. No charges were filed after 2 witnesses corroborated the events. Source: www.baltimoresun.com
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Germans Court Martialed After Making Sausages With Human Blood
2008-03-05 02:21:00
Germany: Two air force sergeants based at Fürstenfeldbruck with an "interest in cookery" are to be court martialed after making Blotwurst sausages using breadcrumbs, onions, spices, bacon - and their own blood.The pair were reportedly trying to increase the scale of their productions and had asked for blood donations from other servicemen and their families. Pictures of the cooking process were posted online by one of the two.The pair were only caught when another soldier approached military officials and said, "I have been asked to give blood for sausage-making and I want to know if this is against regulations." Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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"Saturate-Desaturate" Process Darkens Obama in Clinton Attack Ad
2008-03-05 02:20:00
Internet Clinton critics are accusing them of deliberately darkening an image of Barack Obama in their latest attack ad. Shown on the popular website DailyKos are identical images of the same picture with one having an obviously darker tone.According to Jay Carson, a Clinton spokesman, the darkening was a result of a common production technique known as "saturation-desaturation". Mr. Carson said both campaigns use this technique and no hidden agenda was behind the Clintons doing so.Bloggers have compared the Clinton's darkening of Obama's picture to Time Magazine doing the same thing with an image of OJ Simpson after his murder arrest in 1994. There have been no statements pertaining to the allegations from the Obama camp. Source: elections.foxnews.com
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Rape posted on YouTube
2008-03-05 02:19:00
A 25 year old mother was raped in her London home last November in front of her two children. The event was recorded on one of the offending parties cell phone.The video has since been removed, but some have called for better screening from YouTube in response. This would be difficult as the site reports 10 hours of video uploaded every minute.Three teenagers have been questioned by police about the attack. Source: www.news.com.au
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15-Month-Old Beheaded in Supermarket by His Uncle
2008-03-05 02:17:00
Saudia Arabia: According to the Arab News a 25-year-old Syrian man has beheaded his baby nephew in a supermarket over a dispute with his sister and her husband, the parents of the child.The 15-month-old boy was killed in front of his mother and other shoppers. The mother required hospital treatment after fainting. According to a police spokesperson "he chopped off the boy's head in front of the mother to get back at her."Punishment may not fall far from the crime in this case as murder is a capital offence in Saudi Arabia. The preferred method of execution for criminals in the conservative Muslim nation is beheading. Source: www.news.com.au
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Hot Wheels Model Car Expected to Sell for £70,000
2008-03-05 02:13:00
The most expensive Hot Wheels model has been shown to the public for the first time at the American Toy Fair in New York.The 1:5 scale model has been cast in white gold and adorned with more than 2,700 diamonds while the under side of the model is lined with both white and black diamonds.The model was crafter by Jason Arasheben of Beverly Hills and will be auctioned for charity. It has been valued at in or around £70,000. Source: www.topgear.com
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Snowflakes Full of Bacteria
2008-03-04 02:50:00
Researchers with LSU along with Montana and France, have recently found that the snowflakes your catching on your tounge are filled with bacteria. Their results were published Feb 29th in the Journal of Science.After examining several global locations, the team has found that the snow filled bacteria is most prevelant in France, although it's been located all over the world. The research can potentially reduce the droughts from Montana to Africa.The bacteria, however, is not only helpful , but has been found to sicken and kill plants by freezing injury in plants, which can result in horrible economic effects. Source: www.boston.com
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Google Gives Homeless Free Voicemail
2008-03-04 02:49:00
Google has donated every single homeless person in the city of San Francisco, a Free Voicemail number. The number is a permanent number that sounds like any other voicemail which will help with job interviews and family contact.Google did this so the homeless people of San Francisco can get back on their feet. Mayor Gavin Newsom says Google wants to "empower the people". There's no catch, it's just a local number owned by the user says google."How do you communicate as a homeless individual? " Newsom asked. "How do you expect your life to turn around if you can't even get information or if someone can't even get in touch with you?" Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
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Chavez Calls Colombia “The Israel of Latin America�
2008-03-04 02:47:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called Colombia the “Israel of South America� due to its US backed attacks on militants.Venezuela's embassy in Bogota has been closed and tanks moved onto the Colombian –Venezuelan border while Chavez has warned Uribe "We aren't going to permit Colombia to become the Israel of these lands. ... Uribe, we aren't going to permit you."Tensions in South America have been heightened since a recent Colombian attack on FARC forces inside Ecuador which killed a top FARC leader. source: www.haaretz.com
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Kenyan Court Could Call for Clinton to Cough Up Some Cattle
2008-03-04 02:30:00
Kenyan elders are expected to hold a traditional court hearing in order to judge whether Hillary Clinton should be fined for her alleged use of pictures of Barack Obama in traditional Somali attire in the U.S. presidential campaign.A large number of Kenyans believe Mrs. Clinton did so in order to portray Obama as a terrorist and in the process portrays all Muslims as a threat.The court could decide to impose a fine on Mrs. Clinton of goats, camels, or cattle. Source: www.ibnlive.com
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Youtube Removes “Bus Surfers� For Fear of Copycats
2008-03-02 16:37:00
Videos of Welsh teenagers have been removed from popular video sharing site youtube for fear others will try to perform the stunts known as “bus surfing�.The video was recorded by passers-by who filmed the teens clinging on to the back of a moving bus and the stunts have been denounced before in 2000 by bus operator Reading Buses who said the practice was widespread. Source: www.breitbart.com
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EU Joins Gaza Outcry Says Isreili Action “Contrary to International Lawâ€
2008-03-02 16:36:00
The European Community has joined the UN in it’s condemnation of the recent military action and ongoing fighting between Israel and Palestinians fighters in the Gaza stripThe EU issued a statement urging Israel to halt its military activities saying that the actions being taken by Israel are “contrary to international law�.Like the UN the EU statement also deplored rocket fire from Gaza “The Presidency rejects collective punishment of the people of Gaza. We are deeply worried about the suffering of the civilian population on (the) Israeli and Palestinian side" it said. Source: www.breakingnews.ie
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Dad Shoots Motorcyclist Dead That Followed His Daughters Home
2008-03-02 16:32:00
Georgia: 45-year-old Bogart resident Richard Harold Gear has been charged with murder after shooting 21-year-old motorcyclist Bryan Joseph Mough to death, for following his daughters back to their house after they left a department store.Gear got a call from his 17-year-old and 19-year-old daughters telling him what was happening. He was standing with a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol in the driveway when they arrived. Mough was shot in the back when he came by a second time.The girls said they left at the same time as Mough, who cut them off, and that "There is evidence of a collision between Mough's motorcycle and the vehicle operated by Gear's daughters," said Berry. Security video shows no contact prior to the chase. Source: www.ajc.com
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