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.< 3:37:20 PM  >Concorde in emergency landing. An Air France Concorde makes an emergency landing in Nova Scotia, Canada, after developing engine problems. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 3:31:15 PM >"US concern as Iranian-backed troops enter Iraq" [Daypop Top 40] 'Iranian officials insist that force's role in the north is defensive but its presence will exacerbate the concerns of the US and especially the Arab world that military intervention in Iraq will lead to a permanent disintegration of the country. Through inserting a proxy force, Iran is underlining that it cannot be ignored in future discussions over Iraq's make-up.' .< 3:27:20 PM >Cargo ships 'may contain Iraqi weapons'. World: US and British intelligence are tracking three cargo ships suspected of carrying Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. [Guardian Unlimited] 'Whitehall sources suggested the reports of Iraqi weapons on cargo ships were unfounded.' .< 3:24:20 PM >Leave Iraq, Foreign Office tells Britons. UK: Foreign Office warns Britons to leave Iraq immediately because of 'increasing tension in the region and the risk of terrorist action'. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 3:23:42 PM >Wired: "Not a week goes by where some plane emergency-lands, somebody gets yanked off the plane for whatever reason, and for what? Paranoia has gripped this nation." [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] .< 3:20:24 PM >Rivals of Microsoft File Antitrust Complaint in Europe. An alliance of technology companies filed a new complaint with European antitrust regulators about Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. [New York Times: Technology] .< 3:17:34 PM >Sri Lanka crush Canada. Sri Lanka race to victory after bowling out Canada for 36, the lowest-ever one-day score. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Ouch. A bit of a downer after the surprising win over Bangladesh. Reading the article describing the game gave me a chuckle. I understood nothing! This is not a sport we Canucks now much (anything?) about. .< 3:12:00 PM >Pastor aided Rwanda genocide. A 78-year-old clergyman is the first Rwandan church leader to be found guilty of genocide by the UN tribunal. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 3:10:01 PM >News media harden anti-US stance. Media: Global TV coverage is turning against the US, with attitudes towards the Bush administration at an all-time low in December. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 11:31:36 AM >UN countries speak out against war 
The opposition to the U.S. and Britain's planned war on Iraq continued at the United Nations on Tuesday, with dozens of countries saying they oppose a war. [CBC News] .< 11:29:27 AM >Russian decree to help orchestras comes into effectMusician's salaries could increase up to ten-fold [Gramophone - News] .< 11:27:55 AM >Control click selection for Google search in Safari 0.60. In the new version of Safari, I just noticed that if you highlight any text and control- (or right-) click on it, you can choose to search Google for the term that is selected. [macosxhints] .< 11:26:32 AM >Switch applications while dragging items. I don't know if everyone knows this, but I've recently realized that the drag and drop system in OS X is much more clever than I gave it credit. [macosxhints] Way cool. What a wonderful UI. Read this one. .< 11:17:28 AM >For Sale: A Piece of Mac History. A rare Apple I computer -- one of the first 200 machines built in the 1970s by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs -- hits the online auction block on Friday. Organizers hope to bring in at least $16,000, even though it doesn't work. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] .< 11:12:20 AM >Color management for digital photography. Even if you don't use a Mac, this Apple-sponsored tutorial on color management for digital photography is interesting for anyone... [PlaybackTime] .< 11:12:08 AM >Wired News: Are You Scared Stupid? Do Tell 'Forno's own pick for the stupidest security award: The U.S. National Homeland Security Advisory System. "It sounds nifty, but no matter what the alert level, the only thing we're told in the public is 'stay alert, report suspicious things, but please live your lives normally,'" Forno said. "Well, duh. We don't need an increased advisory level to remind us that, and spawn the media blitz about what it means, what to buy, etc., etc., etc." ' .< 11:04:56 AM >Bono named for Nobel Peace Prize 'The governor of the U.S. state of Illinois who spared all inmates on death row, Pope John Paul, a Cuban dissident and Irish rock star Bono are among a near-record 150 nominees for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.' .< 12:58:40 AM >Ambiguity Is a Guest at a Readers' Evening. In "Poems Not Fit for the White House," poets like Sharon Olds expressed their opposition to an attack on Iraq. [New York Times: Arts] .< 12:57:53 AM >Fujifilm Finepix F700 - SuperCCD SR. Pre-PMA 2003: Fujifilm has today announced the new Finepix F700, the first Fujifilm digital camera to utilize the new high dynamic range SuperCCD SR sensor. The camera has a three times optical zoom lens and a... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] .< 12:49:00 AM >Globe and Mail: Foreign torturers enjoy the good life in Florida 'He is one of hundreds of accused torturers, executioners and other serious human-rights abusers from foreign countries who live freely in the United States' But they're gonna go bomb the crap out of Baghdad 'cause a bad man lives there. .< 12:02:32 AM >Globe and Mail: On the road to losing the peace 'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.' |
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