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: No ancient monuments were sabotaged during production of this bulletin.
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# Sabotage Feared At Popular Tourist Site. CUSCO, Peru (Reuters) Peru has
suspended train services to the ancient Inca mountain citadel Machu Picchu
until at least Sunday due to fears striking rail workers may have sabotag-
ed the line. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990827/10/odd-peru-tourists
: What cultural/sacred/alien sites would you like to sabotage? Does your be-
lief system promote sabotage? Are you driven by economics, politics, faith,
treachery, reason, mind-control rays, alien implants, me? Are tourists icky?
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@ Roundups Planned. At least 50,000 U.S. citizens are to be rounded up and
taken to concentration camps by the U.S. govt. in collusion with foreign
govts and bodies. This may take place sometime after or during September
9th through 13th, 1999. http://users.sedona.net/~redstone/text.htm
: Are you due to be rounded-up? Have you packed yet? Will you be doing the
rounding-up? Will you be eliminated later? Will anyone miss you? Why not?
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# Dino steps in cliff fall. (BBC) Fossil footprints from what may be a prev-
iously unknown species of dinosaur have been discovered in Yorkshire, UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_431000/431712.stm
@ Links: Dinorama: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama/
@ Dinosauria: http://wired.uvm.edu/~omegared/Dinosauria.html/Main.Menu.html
: Who's your favorite dinosaur? Are you a dinosaur? Are you unknown? Why? Do
you have a publicist yet? Have you been on TV? Do you leave tracks? Where??
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# ABO HEADS DEMAND COMPENSATION OF 'STOLEN GENERATIONS'. Aboriginal leaders
in Australia demanded the government to follow up its expression of regret
for its past treatment of Australia's indigenous people with cash compen-
sation. http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9908/29/australia.aborigines.ap/
: Were your ancestors, parents, siblings taken by gov't? Would you rather be
abducted by govt agents, private slavers, holy zealots, aliens, robots, me?
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# The First American? (BBC) A 12,000-year-old skull suggests the first Amer-
ican settlers came from Australia. Throw another bunny on the barby, mate:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_430000/430944.stm
@ Link - Early humans in North America:
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1980/2/80.02.07.x.html
: Are you human? Are you early? Are you Australian? Where/when is the first
Foster's brewery? Was a Foster's can found near the skull? Is that proof?
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@ Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce & Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled. "Prophecies have
come true in metaphorical events encompassing the resurrection of a King,
the return of Ra-Ta the priest and the uncovering of the Hall of Records.
= background information http://testament.org/testament/pguild.html
= photo of burned bushes http://testament.org/testament/c38.html
= photo of Egyptian pendant http://testament.org/testament/c27.html
= photo of a spirit http://testament.org/testament/c16.html
= photo of "aliens" http://testament.org/testament/c19.html
= photo of a "bigfoot" http://testament.org/testament/c50.html
: Have your favorite prophesies been fulfilled yet? Which ones? How many
end-of-time prophesies haven't been fulfilled yet? Will they ever? When??
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# Bride burning 'kills hundreds'. (BBC) Three-hundred Pakistani women are
burned to death each year because their husbands no longer want them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_431000/431607.stm
@ Link - UN Development Fund for Women: http://www.unifem.undp.org/
# And: Pakistan to probe rights abuses:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_426000/426115.stm
# Pakistan fails to condemn 'honour' killings
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_410000/410422.stm
: Have you burned a bride lately? If you're tired of her, why not give her
away or sell her instead of wasting her? Should she burn you instead? Why?
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Plot-O-Rama:
# NEW WACO PROBE COULD DELAY LAWSUIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT. A new federal probe
into the Waco incident, ordered by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, could
delay a lawsuit filed against the gov't by surviving Branch Davidians and
families of those killed. http://cnn.com/US/9908/27/waco.fbi/index.html
# Waco admission damages Reno. (BBC) US Attorney-General Janet Reno says
her credibility has been harmed by an FBI admission over the fatal fire
in 1993 at a besieged cult headquarters in Waco, Texas. Kicking butt:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_431000/431348.stm
# Army Unit Had Active Waco Role. DALLAS (Reuters) - A former CIA officer
said members of a secret Army unit played an active role in helping the
FBI in the final assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas,
in 1993. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990828/03/news-crime-davidians
# Texas Separatist Leader's Conviction Overturned. EL PASO, Texas (Reuters)
A Texas appeals court overturned convictions against the leader of the
separatist Republic of Texas militia group and a top aide, saying the
evidence against them was legally insufficient. Still jailed on other
charges: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990828/03/news-crime-separatist
# ATF REFERRALS DOWN. NEW YORK (ABC) Referrals for federal prosecutions by
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have declined sharply during
the Clinton administration, according to an analysis of government data.
Experts say the decline is due to shifts in policy and personnel.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/atf990826.html
: Is letting alcohol/tobacco/firearms violators burn easier than prosecuting
them? Should separatists, nutz, tobacco users be burnt? Do they smell bad??
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"Vanessa's vision of happiness was close to being marred by Winston's
unfortunate preference for canned dog food rather than for her meat
loaf, the recipe for which she had striven so long to perfect,
although it should be noted that he did go in for the better
brands and not that cheap stuff." --Hurley Daughtrey
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