Dutch teen sets sail on solo world trip
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A 14-year-old Dutch sailor departed in secrecy from Portugal Saturday on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, avoiding the media because her manager said she didn't want the attention. Laura Dekker said goodbye to her father and friends at an undisclosed Portuguese port enroute to Spain's Canary Islands or Portugal's Madeira Island despite almost windless conditions in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal, according to manager Peter Klarenbeek. (...) The attempt has been criticized by Dutch child protection authorities who questioned the wisdom of a child risking the world's oceans alone....
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
Arrests Continue in Indonesia
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SNIPPET: "This past Sunday, six terrorists were captured in Medan, North Sumatra province, by Indonesia's counter-terrorist unit, Special Detachment 88. All were thought to be linked to a paramilitary camp in Aceh that was raided in February and two of them, Pandu Wicaksono Widyan Putro and Bayu Sena, were said to be tied to the twin hotel bombings in Jakarta last July." SNIPPET: "Special Detachment 88 will likely continue its raids in and around Aceh to round up those camp members that have thus far evaded the police dragnet."
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
Obama was suspected target of Indonesian jihadists: expert
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(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who is due to visit Indonesia in June, was one of several suspected targets of Indonesian militants captured in police raids recently, an expert on militants said on Friday.
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
The top ten male solo artists EVER
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OK. So which male artists NOT associated with duo, group etc would make your top 10. Here's mine..in no particular order..Non opera please!
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
Iraqi Air Force 70th Squadron flying solo
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Col. Sami Saeed (right), commander of the Iraqi Air Force’s 70th Squadron, conducts preflight checks on a CH2000 surveillance plane during training on Contingency Operating Base Basrah, Nov. 19. Photo by Spc. Samuel Soza, 367th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. COB BASRAH — Reaching a critical training milestone, the Iraqi Air Force’s (IqAF) 70th Squadron is now conducting its own training from beginning to end, ushering in an era of independence it has worked toward so diligently. The goal has always been to create a sustainable training squadron that can effectively transition new recruits into operational missions and put the protection...
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
Setback for British 'hacker' in US extradition fight
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LONDON — A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Friday refused permission to appeal to the new Supreme Court in London against his extradition to the United States. The High Court had turned down Gary McKinnon's extradition challenges and on Friday refused him leave to appeal, ruling that that his case did not raise "points of law of general public importance" -- a prerequisite of being able to pursue a cause in the Supreme Court. The 43-year-old could spend life in prison if convicted by a US court of gaining access to...
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
Pacifist Hacker "was looking for evidence of UFOs"
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A Wood Green man accused of being the "world's biggest computer hacker" caused $700,000 dollars worth of damage after hacking his way into 97 of the US Government's most secure computers, a court heard. Unemployed engineer Gary McKinnon allegedly used software available on the internet to break into systems at the at the Pentagon, NASA, US Army, US Navy and US Air force. The US Army Military District of Washington network had to be shut down at one stage amid fears the hacking was the work of the al-Qaeda terror network. McKinnon claims he was searching for evidence that the...
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
'Military computer hacker' faces extradition to US
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A British man appeared in court today over allegations that he hacked into the US military computer system causing damage worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.Gary McKinnon, 39, faces extradition to the US over claims that he accessed 97 government computers over a one-year period. District judge Christopher Pratt granted him bail to reappear for an extradition hearing on July 27.He was ordered to provide £5,000 security, report to his local police station, not to apply for any international travel documents and not to use any computer equipment allowing him to access the internet as bail conditions. "On one instance,...
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
Gunfire, blast in anti-terror raid (Indonesia)
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An explosion and gunfire rocked a besieged village house in Solo, Central Java where counterterrorism forces hunted Thursday for suspects in twin suicide bombings in the capital in July, witnesses and officials said. Police cordoned off a neighborhood late Wednesday in a suburb of Solo, a stronghold for hardline Islamist groups, and shots rang out through the night, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said. An explosion went off around daybreak Thursday and an ambulance was seen driving away. Police had said a special forces operation was unfolding, but declined to give details. They could not be reached to...
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
Country Hymn - Rock of Ages
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I like to say right up front that I am not a good singer but I do and enjoy singing hymns to others. Please click and check out Revski's singing, Rock of Ages. As my wonderful mother would say, thanks a million. Revski
Published on Thursday 9th of September 2010 07:32:51 PM
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"We have met the enemy, and they are ours": message sent by Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812 announcing US victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
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