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2000/7/9

SNAFU in the Infowar Age: Trying to counteract Serbian computer viruses, NATO scientists created and accidentally released a virus which steals and leaks classified documents. This virus was responsible for sending a classified NATO document to a London publishing house, and has since resurfaced in the Czech ministry of defense. (Sunday Times)

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When Factory Records boss Tony Wilson was buried recently, his coffin was numbered FAC 501 , the last Factory catalogue number.

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2003/9/7

The Free Pauline Hanson campaign rolls on with vigils outside her prison , and her son releasing a song proclaiming her innocence. It makes one wonder what's next: a commemorative plate edition perhaps?