ALMATY (Reuters) - "A British comedian who uses a boorish, sexist and racist Kazakh alter ego called Borat to poke fun at interviewees has responded to a legal threat from the Kazakh authorities by satirically welcoming the move.
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"'Since 2003 ... Kazakhstan is as civilized as any other country in the world," he said on his website, www.borat.kz.

"Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hat and age of consent has been raised to eight years old."  
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From Yahoo news service: "A former Canadian Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau has joined forces with three Non-governmental organizations to ask the Parliament of Canada to hold public hearings on Exopolitics -- relations with  
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From WorldNetDaily: "U.S. Border Patrol agents were backed down this week by armed men, dressed in what appeared to be Mexican military uniforms and carrying military weapons, who seized a captured dump truck filled with marijuana from the U.S. agents and dragged it across the border into Mexico with a bulldozer.
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According to Hudspeth County Chief Deputy Mike Doyal, the dump truck driver returned with armed men, some of whom drove "official looking vehicles with overhead lights." Some of those armed, Doyal told the El Paso Times, appeared to be Mexican soldiers in uniform with military weapons."  
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From Yahoo News: "TULSA, Okla. - A preacher who was punched in the face during a church service met with his alleged assailant, saying he wanted to pray for him.

The Rev. Billy Joe Daugherty said Tuesday that Steven Wayne Rogers showed no remorse and offered no apology during their meeting at the Tulsa Jail.

"He said he'd do whatever he wants, to whomever he wants, whenever he wants," Daugherty said.

Rogers, 50, was identified as the man who came forward during an altar call near the end of Sunday's Victory Christian Center service, motioned for Daugherty to approach and then hit Daugherty twice, opening a cut above Daugherty's eye that required two stitches."  
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From Ananova: "Residents of a Romanian town have asked the mayor to act after an invasion of owls.

People from Suceava, in Suceava county, say hundreds of owls have nested in trees in the town."  
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Check out the video at SmashMyXBox.com 

"TOKYO (Reuters) - A giant white radish that won the hearts of a Japanese town by valiantly growing through the urban asphalt was in intensive care at a town hall in western Japan on Thursday after being slashed by an unknown assailant."  
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Male mice serenade potential mates with ultrasonic love songs, a study by US scientists has revealed.

The research adds mice to the exclusive club of mammals that can sing, which has until now comprised only human beings, bats and cetaceans.  
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With much of the city's poor black population dispersed throughout the rest of the country, there has been a shortage of day laborers in New Orleans. High wages and signing bonuses are being offered for jobs that would have typically been only minimum wage before Katrina hit. This is what is luring Latinos (many of whom are illegal immigrants). According to an article by the LA Times, some are worried.  
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alternet | 1 Nov 2005 | Rachel Neumann

Endless Sunset
Traitor Congress Makes Patriot Act Permanent - No Debate
By Rachel Neumann


Rights & Liberties Editor at AlterNet
10-29-5

While you were...uh...distracted, Congress was quietly renewing every major provision of the Patriot Act.

Most of the provisions of the USA Patriot Act, including access to library records, were supposed to "sunset" this month, five years after the law's passing. Instead, both the House and the Senate have already voted to renew the entire act, with only minor revisions. While they're at it, they'd like to add some decidedly unpatriotic amendments to expand the death penalty.  
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"Border so out of control that government has to check own employees in "secure" facilities"

From NationalVanguard.org: "Camp Pendleton will be the next military base checked in San Diego County to be sure employees are in the United States legally, federal authorities said Thursday.

Michael Unzueta, acting special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's office in San Diego, said it will take four to six months for the review once it starts. " 
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Headset sends electricity through head, forcing wearer to move

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A company in Spokane, Wash., has developed a plant that releases text messages during the seven- to 10-day germination process that shows up on the plant's bud, according to a Local 6 News report.

The Amazing Message Plant was discovered by the president of Miracle Products and displays personalized words. 
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In the recent past, raging anti-gaming poster-boy Jack Thompson proposed to the public that if a video game was made displaying anti-gamers murdering people working in gaming stores, he would donate $10,000 to charity.

After an independent mod team decided to take on his challenge and come out with this game, Thompson backed out of his proposal saying it was just a "satirical idea that shouldn't have been taken so seriously."  
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