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Koenigsegg To Build 700 HP Four Door, Prototype To Debut At Geneva [Koenigsegg Sedan] (Jalopnik)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

If the Porsche Panamera and the Aston Martin Rapide aren't exclusive or fast enough for you, wait until the Geneva Motor Show next spring. A report from Car Middle East claims the mad men over at Koenigsegg are planning a four-door, all carbon fiber, 700 HP super sedan to make those others look like photo- chopped liver. The report also claims the car is planned to hit the showroom in 2010,...

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International Experts Meet In Geneva for the World Cancer Congress, 27 to 31 August 2008 (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:30:00 GMT

-- There are more than 11 million new cases and close to 8 million deaths worldwide per year due to cancer. -- By 2030, ...

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ABC's "Extreme Makeover" in Geneva - Monday's Scoop (ChatzWorld - A World of Chat)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:46:59 GMT

A team from ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" woke up the Hill family in Geneva on Monday morning with a surprise knock at door, followed by a...

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Wifi totem in Geneva (pasta and vinegar)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:27:29 GMT

Totem to reveal the presence of open wifi in Geneva. A basic urban item of architecture to reveal the presence of invisible radiowaves. With the gorgeous ((o)) symbol.

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Lake Geneva area schools take the low calorie route (GenevaLunch)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:53:52 GMT

Morges, Vaud, Switzerland (24 Heures, Fre) - State schools in the Lake Geneva region will open next week with bad...

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Thinking of visiting Geneva (Teknosis)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:17:09 GMT

There is a place in Europe that I would like to visit near France. In the 16th century this country was center of the Calvinist Reformation and it was around that time that it came to be known or called “Protestant Rome.” Can you guess what this place is? Geneva, Switzerland. I would very much enjoy checking out its history by physically visiting there and taking in the whole environment, museums...

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Theft ring bust: 22 arrested in Lake Geneva area (GenevaLunch)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:50:49 GMT

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Police Tuesday arrested 22 people, Moldavians and Russians, in Lausanne, Pully and Geneva, for a series...

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Russians breaking the Geneva Convention ? (Norfolk Blogger)

noreply@blogger.com (Norfolk Blogger) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:59:00 GMT

I was always under the impression that parading prisoners in a degrading way, showing them of for the sake of humiliation or putting them before TV cameras was against the terms of the Geneva convention. So why were the Russians parading Georgian soldiers ?

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China to cut car imports without offending the WTO (Gasgoo.com)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:37:40 GMT

... European Union and Canada argued that the tariff was against WTO rules. In July the WTO, based in Geneva, agreed.China may yet appeal. In the meantime, the government has found another way to reduce the flow of expensive automotive imports. On August 13th the government announced a new “green” tax that will come into effect on September 1st. The new tax is meant to reduce fuel consumption...

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Bolt set to cash in with race fees, gold bars (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:29:00 GMT

GENEVA (AP) - While Usain Bolt racks up the gold medals in Beijing, European track meet organizers are polishing the gold bars in anticipation of new ...

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Stillborn: 1989 BMW M5 convertible (Autoblog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:58:00 GMT

Filed under: Concept Cars , Time Warp , Convertibles , Geneva Motor Show , BMW Click above for hi-res gallery of the '89 BMW M5 cabrio These days BMW's M division is pretty busy, cranking out all manner of sport-tuned models in every form. You can get an M3 as a coupe, convertible or sedan, the M5 in sedan or wagon form, and the M6 as either a coupe or a convertible, in addition to M versions...

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Hamas Again Denies Red Cross Appeal to Visit Shalit (Yoni the Blogger)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:52:04 GMT

(IsraelNN.com) Red Cross officials met with Hamas leaders in another attempt to allow visitors to kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, as provided by the Geneva Convention. As in previous appeals, Hamas remained silent. Shalit was kidnapped more than two...

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Audi EVO S5: Audi testing 420-hp S5 variant (eGMCarTech)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:41:27 GMT

Audi is expected to give us some official word on the upcoming RS version of its ‘5′ range at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. However, the German automaker recently invited out a couple of...

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Bolt sets world records - Chappatte (GenevaLunch)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:03 GMT

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Ecma Technical Committee 39 (TC39) Coalesces on Future Direction Of Web Programming Language (Business Wire)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Ecma International Technical Committee 39 (TC39), a standards body that influences implementations such as JavaScript, JScript and ActionScript, has

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Koenigsegg developing 700bhp four-door (Autoblog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:57:00 GMT

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons , Geneva Motor Show , Supercars click above image for high-res gallery of the Koenigsegg CCX We've seen stretched out exotics before, but Koenigsegg is reportedly planning on producing a model with four doors right from the factory. Carbon-fiber saloons from the Swedish automaker have been undergoing testing for the past two years, with the new model set to be debut in...

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SpicyIP Tidbit:TK in the Hindu Kush (SPICY IP)

noreply@blogger.com (Aysha Shaukat) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:33:00 GMT

TK(traditional knowledge) has been quite an attention grabber the last few months-from hotch potch state legislations that threaten to reawaken the bygone era of the License Raj, to high voltage discussions at the Green room in Geneva, TKs’ assumed centre stage. Making inroads into the mountainous terrains of the Hindu Kush, The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development(ICMOD)...

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The Koran is too big to flush (spEak You're bRanes)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:42:29 GMT

Before attempting the following question, please remember the following: Innocent until proven guilty is only for white people Torture is OK if you do it to really nasty people All prisons are five-star hotels and Cuba is the destination this summer. The Geneva Convention is all about road signs or something. Got those at the front of your mind? Good. [...]

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Mass drinking gives authorities a headache (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:50:00 GMT

Botellns mass open-air drinking sessions which originated in Spain are spreading through Switzerland. After Geneva, events are planned in Bern and Zurich. But the ...

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Where did verses come from (Better Bibles Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne McCarthy) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:03:00 GMT

Iyov has been posting on the Geneva Bible . This is the first English Bible to divide the text into the present versification. However, Iyov then writes, But even if the verse division was more of a hindrance than a help, a main achievement of the Geneva was translating from the original, for the first time in English, the major poetic books of the Bible. In those books, the verse division...

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