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... By this time the TV presenters had realized that for the first time that the tsunamis were real and the style of presentation changed. The presenters sat up straight and the training went in to practice and they started giving out evacuation details and telling us exactly what areas and at exactly what times would be affected. People were shocked at how far the tsunamis came in but there was no panic, they were reporting things exactly as they happened and focussed on helping people get the right information to get to the safest places as quickly as possible....

A cross-border kerfuffle over a popular chocolate treat nearly cost a Winnipeg woman a $300 fine and saddled her with a bureaucratic headache. Lind Bird was recently stopped at the U.S. border and selected for a random search of her vehicle. She was warned she could have faced a fine after the customs official found — and seized — her $2 Kinder Surprise egg as illegal contraband. Bird learned U.S. authorities have banned the candy because they come with a plastic toy inside that could, if eaten, choke a small child. "It's just a chocolate egg," Bird said. "And they...

Excerpt: OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s defiant views on democracy and the environment have exploded together in one Parliament Hill uproar, as unelected Conservative senators killed a climate-change bill passed by a majority of elected MPs in the Commons. It is the second time in two weeks that Harper has chosen to do an end run around the Commons, his opponents say, after his announcement last week that there would be no chance for MPs to vote on his announced extension of Canada’s troop commitment in Afghanistan. Additionally, the death of the climate-change bill means that Canada will arrive emptyhanded at...

This new worm was rather interesting due to the message it drops on your hardrive. Didn't see it posted yet so thought to share. Its basicly a copy cat of Sasser. However it drops a file called 'cyclone.txt' on your C drive. Now I could not find the exact text of this message yet, maybe I'll let one of my test systems get inffected to find out what's in it. However, there is a slightly older worm that drops a text file of the same name, as shown in the picture below, so I wonder if it is the same...