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9/11 suspects get laptop, no Net

Posted by okami

A military judge has ruled that Khalid Sheik Mohammed can have a laptop, but he won't be able to do much more than watch dvds, listen to music or play games. . .that's because he won't be given access to the internet. . .

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U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight - International Herald Tribune

Posted by okami from International Herald Tribune

STAR CITY, Russia: This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps. The Soviet Union trained its astronauts here to fight on the highest battlefield of the Cold War: space.

Yet these days, Star City is the place for America's hard-won orbital partnership with Russia, where astronauts train to fly aboard Soyuz spacecraft. And in two years, according to the Bush administration's plans, Star City will be the only place for sending astronauts from any nation to the International Space Station.

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European standoff over search engine data - International Herald Tribune

Posted by okami from International Herald Tribune

BERLIN: For more than a year, European data privacy officials have been battling with U.S. Internet search engines, trying to get them to conform to European restrictions on the storage of personal information gleaned from the Web.

Now, as the U.S. titans Google, Microsoft and Yahoo continue to retain personal data beyond the six-month time limit established this year by the European Commission, regulators say their patience is running thin.

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Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban

Posted by okami from Guardian UK

If the united States continues it's present policy of 'cross-border attacks' (ie, incursions) into western Pakistan from Afghanistan, they will be facing troubles in addition to retaliation from the Pakistani army. Tribal leaders of the western area swear that they will join the Taliban if the incursions and attacks continue. These leaders claim to represent half a million Pakistanis, all of whom would go to the Taliban if the US continues this policy.

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Since when are education and eloquence liabilities in a president?

Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues

Isn't it ludicrous even to ask such a question? Apparently not, in the presidential race of 2008...

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More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence

Posted by okami from Yahoo News!

Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes' career. Yet the "Theme from Shaft" was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes - who died Sunday at age 65 - was responsible.

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Culture, A Ubiquitous Biological Entity

Posted by fozapd from The Scientist

A fascinating look into culture, a basic biological entity. Culture - selected for survival of the genome.

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