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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>This is courtesy of the Associated Press.
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hackers Hit Aussie Gov't Web Site<BR><BR>SYDNEY,
Australia (AP) -- Computer hackers in<BR>Australia targeted the ruling party's
website for<BR>some mischievous re-wording, changing Australian<BR>premier John
Howard's title to ``Prime Minister for<BR>Pain, Suffering and Inequity,'' a
newspaper reported Tuesday.<BR><BR> The cyberspace pranksters also altered
Australian<BR>Treasurer Peter Costello's portfolio to ``Minister<BR>for the
Rich, Stomping the Poor and Wrecking the<BR>Economy,'' the Daily Telegraph
reported.<BR><BR>The ruling Liberal Party had restored the site's<BR>original
content by Tuesday morning following the<BR>assault by hackers
Monday.<BR><BR>Foreign Minister Alexander Downer was termed<BR>``Minister for
Foreign Humiliation.'' Downer's site<BR>was also linked to Disneyland.com,
while<BR>Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith became<BR>``Minister for
Destruction of Workplace Fairness,<BR>the Gestapo and Propaganda.''<BR><BR>Other
minister's names were linked to websites<BR>displaying explicit
pornography.<BR><BR>Australia's federal election will be held Oct.
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The ruling party is calling elections early
seeing as how the worse the economy gets, the more they'll be blamed. Howabout
some suggestions for new U.S. titles? Clinton - President of the United States
of Masturbation? Greenspan - His Royal Dominatrix. Rubin - Minister for the
Calming of Markets. Cohen - Minister of Pork and Distraction.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Peter</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>