Archive for October, 2006

Moroccans cheer at World Trade Center Film

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Original Dutch at telegraaf.nl
Rotterdam - A group of Moroccan youths were recently removed from a viewing room of the Pathe Schouwburgplein movie theater in Rotterdam when they began loudly applauding during the film “World Trade Center”
They cheered at the moment that terrorists ploughed through the Twin Towers of New York in a hijacked passenger plane.
Several […]

China tells Kim not to carry out second nuclear test

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

China delivered a blunt message to North Korea yesterday when it told its leader, Kim Jong-il, that he must not proceed with a second nuclear weapons test.
After China’s state media suggested for the first time that Beijing might sever North Korea’s oil supplies, a move which could conceivably precipitate the collapse of Kim’s regime, a […]

Publishers sue Google over book search project

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

The Association of American Publishers has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the Internet company’s plans to scan and digitally distribute the text of major library collections would violate copyright protections.
The group filed suit after lengthy discussions with Google’s management about the company’s Print Library Project broke down, the AAP said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan foils coup plot

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

KARACHI - A plot to stage a coup against Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf soon […]

Apex plant fire forces evacuations

Friday, October 6th, 2006

APEX, N.C. — As many as 17,000
residents had been asked to evacuate by early Friday as firefighters
waited for daylight to battle a hazardous materials fire that shot
flames some 150 feet into the sky.
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