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Spam experiment overloads inboxes
Some 50 people from around the world were invited to surf unprotected for a month
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Abbey pulls last 100% mortgages
The Abbey bank is withdrawing the last 100% mortgage deals currently available to UK borrowers.
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What's in a Facebook name?
Social-networking site Facebook bans members with names such as Lord, Gay and Beta, deeming them "illegitimate".
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Lunar dust 'may harm astronauts'
Scientists investigate the possible threat posed to astronauts' health from inhaling lunar dust.
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God. Who knows?
With religion increasingly polarised, is there any benefit in not knowing if there's a higher power? One man - an ex-vicar - explains why agnosticism is his creed.
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What happens when police kill?
New research into how armed police react in the highly charged seconds before pulling a trigger has exonerated many of blame in the US. Now it's being investigated by British police.
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Planets have scientists buzzing
A new wide-field sky survey known as SuperWasp discovers two planets orbiting far-distant stars.
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France rescues Normandy landmark
France launches a project to remove silt from around Mont Saint-Michel and make it an island again.
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The Magazine Monitor
The Monitor is the home for some of our most popular features, including your letters, Punorama, the caption competition, and 10 Things.
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The Magazine Monitor
The Monitor is the home for some of our most popular features, including your letters, Punorama, the caption competition, and 10 Things.
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Blogs tell human cost of Katrina
Weblogs and audio diaries online are telling the stories behind the headlines as the US struggles to recover after Hurricane Katrina.
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The problem with eyewitnesses
The aftermath of the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting shows that eyewitness testimony is not always reliable.
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AI developed for Mars explorers
An "intelligent", wearable computer system, being developed to help astronauts search for life on Mars, undergoes a second field trial.
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Spain stands by immigrant amnesty
Spain's three-month amnesty for illegal immigrants drew criticism, but it also seems to have given a false impression of hope to potential immigrants.
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World's press bids farewell to Pope
Newspapers around the world pay tribute to Pope John Paul II.
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Microsoft's spam plan rejected
Internet engineers are unhappy with Microsoft's plans for tracing where e-mails come from.
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10 things the Google ethics committee could discuss
It has been reported that Google has an internal ethics committee to debate the impact of changes it makes to the way it searches websites. So what sort of things might it discuss?
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Chemical warning over troops' kit
Kit shortages would have meant "severe" consequences if UK troops had faced an Iraqi chemical attack, say MPs.
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TV-style adverts arrive on web
Net users may have to get used to watching TV ads between web pages, if trials currently under way are successful.
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In pictures: Bolivia protesters celebrate
Images from Bolivia where protesters are celebrating the resignation of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
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