Archive for Lipiec, 2007

 

Fugitive ‘may kill again’

When American murderer Andrew Cunanan shot himself in the head after a cross-country, three-month long killing spree in July 1997, the Miami police chief announced: “Tonight, all across the nation, our citizens can stand down and breathe a sigh of relief.

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Lord of the ‘Ring

Nick Mason knows all about dexterity. He is the human metronome that guides Pink Floyd, the world’s biggest prog rock band, through marathon sets at Earls Court or Madison Square Garden that include single songs half an hour long.

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Hamilton fastest at the Nuerburgring

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton showed no signs of being slowed by a weekend bout of flu when he set the pace in Friday’s first free practice for the European Grand Prix.

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Raikkonen could roar back into F1 championship contention

It’s been a Formula One season of many firsts, much of them signed Lewis Hamilton.

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Brazil rescuers pull only bodies from plane wreck

Rescue workers in Brazil pulled charred bodies from smoking wreckage and damaged buildings on Wednesday after about 200 people were killed in the countrya s worst air disaster.

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Storm kills 15, floods cities in southwest China

Fifteen people have been killed in southwest China in a 16-hour thunder storm that caused serious flooding and brought air, road and rail traffic to a halt, state media said on Wednesday.

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Leaving Canada isn’t what it used to be

If you are like me you’ve just planned the trip of a lifetime. You’ve got your plane tickets, your Lonely Planet and you’ve even got someone to take care of your plants/kids/pets. But then you find out you are just missing one thing: your passport.

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2008 Scion xB — Boxy trumps foxy

I suppose others have a more highly refined sense of aesthetics, but I just can’t get behind the debate over the old vs.

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The bomb hunters

An idea born in Vancouver as a way for police to track serial killers and rapists is expected soon to help Canadian soldiers combat Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

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AIDS myths persist despite widespread information campaigns

Urban legends about HIV/AIDS continue to circulate among young male Canadian adults, including the untrue story about a man using a syringe filled with infected blood to randomly infect people with the disease, a newly released government report reveals.

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