"EU wants to collect terrorism related information on the Internet"

Portugal wants to create a common lexicon made up of a set of keywords in different European languages. It seems to be very concerned with the tech-slang of hackers, "such as for instance the use of the letter z in the end of words by the hacker community (passwordz, gamez, crackz, softwarez)." The ignorance of such mechanisms makes it, according to the document, "an extremely hard task to achieve good results in the research".

"Coalition to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide"

Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.

"Yahoo - Swedish maids Protest Porn in Hotels"

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A group of Swedish chambermaids are seeking protection from male hotel customers who become ''over-excited'' after watching pornography on television.
In an article published in Saturday's Aftonbladet daily, the group, members of the Swedish Hotel Workers Federation, called for the maids to be given alarms to use in case of attack.
``Chambermaids are always having to come face to face with over-excited guests watching porn movies,'' they said, demanding the maids be allowed to work in pairs.

"Excite - Man pleads guilty to first beastality case in Hong Kong"

The court heard that the man, who is married with a teenage daughter, was caught having sex with the dog in a public toilet in Hunghom district at midnight on January 25. Police had followed him after he aroused suspicion by wandering around in his pyjamas.
The magistrate in the case delayed sentencing until April 5 for background and psychiatric reports. The man faces a maximum fine of 50,000 Hong Kong dollars ($A10,5600) and up to 10 years in jail.

"CNNfn - Twinkie Shortage Looms"

A Philadelphia bakery was shut down after pickets appeared Monday, and Teamsters planned to set up pickets in Buffalo, N.Y., as well. A New York City bakery also was shut down over the weekend. "It's a wave that's going to go right across the country," said Richard Volpe, director for the union in the United States and Canada.
The strike began Wednesday with 1,400 Teamsters in New England who were upset because Interstate Bakeries Corp. declined to abide by arbitration rulings surrounding the company's only New England plant in Biddeford, Maine.

"CNN - School uses Backstreet boys as Torture

At night, pop music is played loudly in hopes of ``making life a little more uncomfortable,'' said Jane Stirling, a manager in the university's public affairs office, on Wednesday.
``This is probably the first time the Backstreet Boys have been deliberately used as a form of sleep deprivation torture,'' the National Post newspaper quoted protester Sonia Singh as saying.
``The university is willing to talk to the students, but not while they are inappropriately occupying someone's office,'' Stirling said.

"Yahoo - Feature-Sex-Change victim recalls life as a girl"

TORONTO (Reuters) - Brenda Reimer was an awkward child, who did not engage in girlish activities and was mercilessly teased by schoolmates for her gunslinger stride and lack of interest in boys.
Doctors told her that her discomfort was due to a passing phase of ``tomboyishness.''
What they didn't tell her was that she had in fact been born ``Bruce'' and had been subjected to gender reassignment surgery at 18 months, 10 months after doctors botched a circumcision and destroyed most of his penis.