30 Aug 2005
Superbugs found in British chickens Significant numbers of chickens sold in British shops are infected with antibiotic-resistant “superbugs”. In a survey commissioned by the BBC, more than half of the chickens examined were infected with a form of E. coli that was resistant to at least one antibiotic. The Health Protection Agency scientits also found

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30 Aug 2005
The weatherproof Vidstone is available with a 7-, 15- or 22 inch screen and fits into a pre-cut slot on a tombstone or mausoleum. It’s solar-powered “serenity panel” features a slideshow of the deceased accompanied by music.

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30 Aug 2005
The BBC’s TV channels could be made available on the internet according to a story on its website. The proposed plan would include a simulcast of BBC One or BBC Two, letting UK viewers see programmes on the web at the same time as they go out on TV. Proposals to make clips available on

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30 Aug 2005
You may or may not realize that I can probably find out where you live, if not by simply typing phonebook:your name & city, then by spending ten or fifteen minutes Googlizing your life. But what happens when you Google the CEO of Google? Well… “

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29 Aug 2005
Russia and China have staged joint war games for the first time in their history. The eight-day excercise, which involved around 10,000 military personnel and large numbers of ships, submarines and aircraft, began in Vladivostok and ended in the Shandong Peninsula. According to Chinese Maj-Gen Peng Guanglian, its purpose was to “frighten the three evil

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