It was challenged by six women who either sell sex aids or said they need them for sexual gratification.

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"Our models of the Fomalhaut disc suggest that a planet similar in mass to Saturn is creating a wake or trail of dust. The gravity of the planet creates points near its orbit called "resonances", where comets get trapped. When two comets collide, they release a shower of dust that we see as a bright spot in the disc."

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Enacted in 1897, the law allowed females aged 15 to 34 to be jailed for "incorrigibility" for such behaviour as public drunkenness, promiscuity or pregnancy out of wedlock.

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Moxon, a welder, told police he believed he and Natalie Scott, 21, were involved in an internet game and she had been sent to kill him.

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"This is a little bit of game playing, saying this is a very important speech but at the same time not taking the next step and asking the networks" to carry it, the news suit continued. "Clinton never did this, Bush [senior] never did this; they never said, 'This is an important national speech but we're not asking you for time.' "

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Takahashi confirmed data transmission through the body is possible at broadband speeds. Attached to a PDA, the device reportedly developed can transmit weak electrical signals using human bodies as circuits instead of wire.

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Asked by a reporter if it was a "kick in the leg" at Washington, Berge said: "Yes, the answer is an unconditional 'yes."' On Friday, Carter declined to comment on Iraq.

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Faced with a motion calling on Ottawa to share its budgetary surplus with the provinces, Mr. Chrétien had said, "We control our expenses better than the provincial government, which continues to open supposed Quebec embassies all over the place in the world."

Mr. Landry said, "I formally ask the Prime Minister of Canada to apologize for the contemptuous behaviour towards the Quebec nation," adding that Mr. Chrétien built his political career by attacking Quebec.

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Hospital staff working in the emergency ward sent her to the waiting room. There were 20 other people waiting for admission to emergency.

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Bypassing protection technologies that prevent copying would be forbidden, although private individuals could still make copies if the end result is used only privately. Consumers could also legally avert the regional coding of current DVD players, and take their players to repair shops that can remove the coding.

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According to Mr Short, lemons could be used as a contraceptive by soaking a piece of cotton wool in the juice and inserting it into the vagina before sex.

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Bernard H. Ridder Jr., a former St. Paul Pioneer Press publisher who helped create Knight Ridder, the nation's second-largest newspaper group, died Thursday. He was 85 and died in San Mateo, Calif., of complications from a stroke.

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Outside the Board of Foreign Trade where the negotiation was held, dozens of college students protested against the U.S. demand, shouting ``Knowledge can't be monopolised.''

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While continuing to battle California's clean-car goals, carmakers say the legitimate market demand for low-emission cars will be met with gas-electric hybrids and, eventually, hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles. Only Toyota still offers an all-electric car, the RAV4-EV, to U.S. consumers -- and expects to sell only 200 or 300 this year.

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