1st April 2006 Archive
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China buys Google
April Fool Mu Shu Porked
The People's Republic of China has acquired a controlling stake in the United States' fastest growing technology company, Google. Google announced the transfer of 140m shares of Class B stock to a new entity owned by the Chinese Ministry of Information in typically forthright style. The news was disclosed in a Captcha graphic …
Bootnotes 1 Apr 2006, 04:24
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Bush preps historic Third Term - memo
April Fool It's war. It's a 'Continuity Presidency'
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the office of the White House Counsel are preparing a draft document laying out the President's wartime authority to remain in office past 2008, The Register has learned. The scheme is described as an emergency "continuity presidency," made necessary by the extraordinary circumstances and …
Business 1 Apr 2006, 10:33
