10. mars 2004

Headline of the Day "House Takes Up 'Cheeseburger Bill'" (Fox News) 11:44:54 PM    comment []  trackback []

Salvation Army left out of will Mullah Krekar's lawyer Brynjar Meling (picture) has cost the Norwegian branch of the Salvation Army one million kroner (US$ 142,500). A man had intended to give the Salvation Army a million in his will, but decided to snub the organisation when he learned that Meling was a member. This blog has been following the Mullah Krekar case. 9:38:21 PM    comment []  trackback []

"Just say no" still doesn't work A study has found that teenagers who pledge not to have sex before marriage are just as likely to catch sexually transmitted diseases (STD) as those who never make such a pledge. 5:15:33 PM    comment []  trackback []

Israel considered preemptive attack on Pakistan in the 70s According to recently declassified US documents, Israel in 1979 considered making a preemptive attack on nuclear facilities in Pakistan to prevent the country from becoming a nuclear power. The Carter administration was worried about China aiding Pakistan to become a nuclear power to catch up with its neighbour India. Israel was cooperating with India in assessing the threat. Most of the released documents are still censored, so the exact nature of the considered attacks is unknown. Israel never followed through on the proposed plans to end Pakistan's nuclear ambitions. However, on June 7, 1981, Israeli jets attacked and completely destroyed a French-built nuclear reactor in Iraq to put an end to Saddam Hussein's ambitions of obtaining nuclear weapons. 3:28:23 PM    comment []  trackback []

University president accused of plagiarism We've heard about university students plagiarising papers from the Net. Now Richard C. Judd, president of the Central Connecticut State University, faces accusations of having plagiarised newspaper articles and other sources in an op-ed printed in a local newspaper. Stupid! Somebody, somewhere is going to find out if you plagiarised other people's work and have it printed in a newspaper. 1:47:17 PM    comment []  trackback []

The Mars bunny Playboy was first on Mars. 1:12:31 PM    comment []  trackback []

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