Talking toilet orders German men to sit down (Reuters)

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Talking Toilet Orders Men to Sit Down
(Reuters)

Talking Toilet Orders Men to Sit Down
(Reuters) 05/20/2004 08:32 AM
Reuters - A German inventor who developed a gadget that berates men if they try to use the toilet standing up has sold more than 1.6 million devices, his business manager said on Tuesday.

"Talking Toilet" tells you to be tidy
(Reuters)

"Talking Toilet" tells you to be tidy
(Reuters) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - The good citizens of Amsterdam may now take counsel of talking toilets that expound on the perils of smoking or the futility of war and berate them on hygiene and cleanliness.

"A German inventor who developed a
gadget that berates men if they try to
use the toilet standing up has sold more
than 1.6 million devices."

"A German inventor who developed a
gadget that berates men if they try to
use the toilet standing up has sold more
than 1.6 million devices." 05/20/2004 02:30 AM

German Court Orders New Trial for 9/11
Suspect (washingtonpost.com)

German Court Orders New Trial for 9/11
Suspect (washingtonpost.com) 03/06/2004 02:06 AM
washingtonpost.com - BERLIN, March 4 -- A German appeals court on Thursday ordered a new trial for the only person to be convicted for a role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, saying the proceeding had been compromised by a U.S. refusal to provide access to a key witness.

CAE boosts year's military orders over
$500M with German maintenance work

CAE boosts year's military orders over
$500M with German maintenance work 04/19/2004 10:59 AM
National Post Apr 19 2004 3:42PM GMT

German Buys Rights to Communist East
German Emblem (Reuters)

German Buys Rights to Communist East
German Emblem (Reuters) 04/21/2004 10:02 AM
Reuters - A western German businessman who bought the rights to the official emblem of communist East Germany defended his move Tuesday, saying critics were jealous they hadn't thought of it before he did.

Woman gets burns from toilet (Reuters)

Woman gets burns from toilet (Reuters) 01/10/2004 03:48 AM
Reuters - A woman will require plastic surgery for serious burns after she sat on a New Zealand public toilet smeared with an unknown chemical, media reports.

Texas woman strikes oil in toilet
(Reuters)

Texas woman strikes oil in toilet
(Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - An East Texas woman struck oil a strange way when she came home to find her toilet gushing with the bubblin' crude.

Beijing to Step Up Public Toilet
Investment (Reuters)

Beijing to Step Up Public Toilet
Investment (Reuters) 08/03/2004 12:16 PM
Reuters - China's capital Beijing, trying to flush away its reputation for primitive public toilets, plans to boost investment to build more lavatories and keep them stocked with toilet paper, the China Daily said on Tuesday.

Blast blows roof off public toilet
(Reuters)

Blast blows roof off public toilet
(Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - An underground explosion has blown the roof off a public toilet in the Stoke-on-Trent.

Talking Trash... (Reuters)

Talking Trash... (Reuters) 04/26/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - Berlin has introduced five talking waste bins which say thank you in three different languages or scream "goal" to help promote a cleaner city.

Look Who's Talking at the Drive-Through
(Reuters)

Look Who's Talking at the Drive-Through
(Reuters) 03/14/2005 06:13 PM
Reuters - McDonald's Corp. wants to outsource your neighborhood drive-through. The world's largest fast-food chain said on Thursday it is looking into using remote call centers to take customer orders in an effort to improve service at its drive-throughs.

Talking Windows? (Reuters)

Talking Windows? (Reuters) 05/12/2004 11:08 AM
Reuters - Whispering shop windows will soon be exported to Germany by a small British company that says they will turn heads and draw customers into shops.

Last orders for Russian beer ads
(Reuters)

Last orders for Russian beer ads
(Reuters) 08/27/2004 02:00 PM
Reuters - A sweeping ban on beer advertising has become law in Russia in a move aimed at curbing Russians' vast alcohol intake and changing attitudes to a beverage which the country officially terms a soft drink.

EU, Microsoft Still Talking on Antitrust
Settlement (Reuters)

EU, Microsoft Still Talking on Antitrust
Settlement (Reuters) 01/26/2004 03:02 PM
Reuters - Contacts are continuing to seek a settlement to the European Commission's antitrust case against U.S. software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O), a source close to the case said on Monday.

Missing Serena orders her Uggs (Reuters)

Missing Serena orders her Uggs (Reuters) 01/17/2004 10:48 PM
Reuters - She cannot defend her Australian Open crown but Serena Williams's thoughts are still Down Under as she awaits delivery of one of the most unlikely fashion items of all time.

Apple Says It Has 100,000 Orders for
iPod Mini (Reuters)

Apple Says It Has 100,000 Orders for
iPod Mini (Reuters) 02/17/2004 02:22 PM
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O) said on Tuesday it has received 100,000 orders for its iPod mini digital music player, which goes on sale on Friday at Apple's retail outlets, its online store and through resellers.

Chirac orders plane detour for nap
(Reuters)

Chirac orders plane detour for nap
(Reuters) 09/09/2004 09:16 AM
Reuters - Determined to get a decent night's sleep, French President Jacques Chirac ordered his Airbus pilot to perform a 2,000-km (1,250-mile) time-killing tour of France before heading to Russia to see Vladimir Putin last week.

US Orders Probe of Air Travel Troubles
(Reuters)

US Orders Probe of Air Travel Troubles
(Reuters) 12/27/2004 05:32 PM
Reuters - U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said on Monday he was launching a probe of air travel disruptions over the Christmas holiday weekend at US Airways Group Inc. and Delta Air Line Inc.'s regional carrier Comair.

UK Orders BBC to Revamp Internet
Offerings (Reuters)

UK Orders BBC to Revamp Internet
Offerings (Reuters) 07/05/2004 07:52 AM
Reuters - The BBC has been ordered to revamp its online unit after a report found that some of its Internet offerings compete too closely with commercial Web sites.

Talking tombstones to bear message from
grave (Reuters)

Talking tombstones to bear message from
grave (Reuters) 07/07/2004 10:43 PM
Reuters - The dead could soon be speaking from the grave if an American inventor's plan becomes reality.

Talking Tombstones Bear a Message from
the Grave (Reuters)

Talking Tombstones Bear a Message from
the Grave (Reuters) 07/08/2004 12:31 PM
Reuters - The dead could soon be speaking from the grave if an American inventor's plan becomes reality.

N.Korea Crisis Talks End, Groups to Keep
Talking (Reuters)

N.Korea Crisis Talks End, Groups to Keep
Talking (Reuters) 05/14/2004 09:22 AM
Reuters - Six-way working group talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions ended in Beijing on Friday, snagged on the stark differences between North Korea and the United States, but with the parties agreeing to keep up the dialogue.

Web orders help send holiday orders up
29% at Vermont Teddy Bear Co

Web orders help send holiday orders up
29% at Vermont Teddy Bear Co 12/30/2004 09:56 PM
InternetRetailer.com Dec 31 2004 1:32AM GMT

Durables Orders Post Surprise Drop in
May (Reuters)

Durables Orders Post Surprise Drop in
May (Reuters) 06/24/2004 08:24 AM
Reuters - Orders for durable goods posted an unexpected decline in May and initial claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, the government said in separate reports on Thursday showing potential cracks in the U.S. economy's recovery.

SEC Orders Independent Mutual Fund
Chairs (Reuters)

SEC Orders Independent Mutual Fund
Chairs (Reuters) 06/23/2004 08:20 PM
Reuters - Mutual fund boards must have chairmen who are "independent" of fund portfolio managers, a deeply divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ruled on Wednesday, shaking the $7.4-trillion fund business.

Ultra runner orders fast food on the fly
(Reuters)

Ultra runner orders fast food on the fly
(Reuters) 03/24/2005 08:52 AM
Reuters - Pondering life on his 30th birthday and finding something lacking, Dean Karnazes staggered home from a night out drinking with friends, put on his gardening shoes and went for a run. A 30-mile (48-km) run. All night.

Amazon to Take Pre-Orders for Portable
Media Center (Reuters)

Amazon to Take Pre-Orders for Portable
Media Center (Reuters) 07/08/2004 11:48 PM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on Thursday that online Web shopping site Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O) will begin taking orders for Portable Media Centers, a new line of portable devices for listening to music and viewing video content.

North American Chip Equipment Orders Up
3 Percent (Reuters)

North American Chip Equipment Orders Up
3 Percent (Reuters) 07/19/2004 06:48 PM
Reuters - North American semiconductor capital equipment makers reported a 3 percent rise in orders in June from May levels, sustaining a run-up in business as chip makers upgraded and expanded factories, a U.S. trade group said on Monday.

Iraqi Cleric Orders Fighters to Leave
Najaf (Reuters)

Iraqi Cleric Orders Fighters to Leave
Najaf (Reuters) 06/16/2004 03:31 AM
Reuters - Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Wednesday told all members of his Mehdi Army militia who are not from Najaf to leave the holy city.

Prime Minister Orders Spanish Pullout
from Iraq (Reuters)

Prime Minister Orders Spanish Pullout
from Iraq (Reuters) 04/18/2004 01:36 PM
Reuters - Spain's new Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Sunday he had given orders for Spain's 1,300 troops in Iraq to be brought home as soon as possible.

Bush Orders Release of All National
Guard Files (Reuters)

Bush Orders Release of All National
Guard Files (Reuters) 02/13/2004 06:43 PM
Reuters - President Bush, trying to stamp out a political firestorm, ordered the release on Friday of all his National Guard files during the Vietnam War to answer election-year charges that he shirked his duty.

City Orders Horse Carriages to Fit 'Poo
Bags' (Reuters)

City Orders Horse Carriages to Fit 'Poo
Bags' (Reuters) 04/27/2004 11:50 AM
Reuters - Vienna has ordered its traditional carriage drivers to clean up their act and strap "poo bags" to their horses' backsides to prevent them from fouling the historic capital's pristine streets.

Indonesia Orders Pirates, Sea Terrorists
Shot on Sight (Reuters)

Indonesia Orders Pirates, Sea Terrorists
Shot on Sight (Reuters) 06/18/2004 11:26 AM
Reuters - Indonesia's naval chief has ordered his commanders to shoot dead armed terrorists or pirates operating in key waterways including the busy Strait of Malacca, which carries a third of world trade.

Abbas Orders More Security Reforms to
Fight Chaos (Reuters)

Abbas Orders More Security Reforms to
Fight Chaos (Reuters) 04/02/2005 03:20 PM
Reuters - Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of a top security chief on Saturday and ordered hundreds of Palestinian officers to retire in a bid to reform his forces and halt growing chaos, an official said.

Italian judge orders CIA team arrested
over kidnap (Reuters)

Italian judge orders CIA team arrested
over kidnap (Reuters) 06/24/2005 03:16 PM
Reuters - An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 people linked to the CIA for "kidnapping" an Egyptian terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt where he said he was tortured, judicial sources said on Friday.

Bush Orders Flag Tribute to Tsunami
Victims (Reuters)

Bush Orders Flag Tribute to Tsunami
Victims (Reuters) 01/01/2005 12:11 PM
Reuters - President Bush, seeking to bolster America's humanitarian image after the Asian tsunamis, called on Saturday for flags to be flown at half-staff next week to honor victims of the disaster.

German dogs get their own Lederhosen
(Reuters)

German dogs get their own Lederhosen
(Reuters) 06/16/2004 01:16 PM
Reuters - Dogs in the German state of Bavaria can now blend in with the local Alpine scenery wearing the same traditional attire worn by their owners -- lederhosen.

German caught having sex with doll
(Reuters)

German caught having sex with doll
(Reuters) 09/01/2004 09:27 AM
Reuters - A man caught having sex with a blow-up doll in a busy public shopping arcade had to be physically parted from his rubber lover and escorted away, police in Stuttgart say.
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