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Journalism of Courage
Robocop to nab speedsters
TEL AVIV: With one of the highest car accident rates in the world, Israel has long been searching for a way to reduce the carnage on its roads. Now it may have found the answer. A high-tech new computer system is to be installed soon on Israeli roads to catch and punish the country8217;s notorious drivers without the touch of a policeman8217;s hand. According to the Ma8217;Ariv police, the system is based on the laying of sensors across roads.
Costly kick
LONDON: Brian Harvey, lead singer with the British boys band East 17, was fined 1,650 by a London court for kicking a photographer outside a nightclub. The 23-year-old millionaire was also ordered to pay 4,700 towards prosecution costs by the court yesterday. Harvey was accused of attacking a photographer who tried to take his pictures as he emerged drunk from a London nightspot.
Knighthood
WASHINGTON: Acknowledging that Americans are better at entertaining the troops than the British,Queen Elizabeth II is to give comedian Bob Hope an honorary knighthood. British Prime Minister Tony Blair broke the news to US President Bill Clinton during Thursday8217;s talks in Washington which included the possibility of military action against Iraq. Hope, 94, a British-born American citizen will not be able to use the title quot;Sirquot; which, for Britons, goes with a knighthood. Foreigners can use the initials of the award after their names, usually KBE for Knight of the British Empire.
Shoe pinch
MCALLEN TEXAS: Four Mexican citizens have been sent to prison for stealing 11,000 pairs of converse tennis shoes from a manufacturing plant. Joel Landin Alcarez, 32, and Juan Carlos Gonzalez, 21, pleaded guilty to the September 13 theft and were sentenced Wednesday to ten months in prison. Juan Manuel Gutierrez, 33, and Sergio Chavez, 32, pleaded guilty to knowing about the theft and concealing it from authorities and sentenced to six months.
Pluto Express
WASHINGTON: The planet inour solar system farthest from the sun is as bizarre as the story of its discovery in 1930. It immediately gave rise to an argument, which would often be rekindled: Is tiny Pluto really the long sought planet X? The US space agency, NASA, is preparing a Pluto Express for launch in 2003 or 2004.
