Slowdecline
369 Karma Points
I like to write about politics and history hopefully you might find some of it interesting.
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Grisly Crime: German Crematorium Employees Stole Gold Fillings from the Dead - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News view story
13 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.spiegel.de/internation...)
A court in Germany has convicted six former employees of a Nuremberg crematorium for collecting and selling gold fillings taken from the dead. The men made a profit of Â135,000 by selling the precious metal.
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Military threat posed by North Korea persists, South says view story
8 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/...)
The military threat presented by North Korea has not diminished despite early steps ordered by Pyongyang to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons program, the South Korean defense minister said Wednesday
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Militants make fresh gains in northwest Pakistan view story
14 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.co...)
He also cited repeated interference in government by a hostile judiciary. The militants' advance into Swat was one of the key factors, indicating that rebels are branching out into new areas from their traditional base in Afghanistan
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TODAY'S EDITORIAL: Abominable Footprints-Editorial-Opinion-The Times of India view story
17 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.co...)
Earlier, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report cautioned that human activity-induced climate change is causing high global temperatures that would adversely impact developing countries the most
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Legal Lunacy: Brits Vote on Most Absurd Laws - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News view story
11 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.spiegel.de/internation...)
Mince pie and postage stamps don't sound like particularly nefarious items. But use them improperly and you could be considered an outlaw in the United Kingdom.
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Hammered Happenings: Drunk Driver Destroys Own House - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News view story
14 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.spiegel.de/internation...)
A plastered German man seems to have forgotten that he didn't have a garage. He repeatedly crashed his Citroen into the side of his home -- destroying most of the house.
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The United States’ new backyard, by Alain Gresh view story
17 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://mondediplo.com/2007/11/03m...)
When the US decided that its backyard would in future be a greater Middle East – from Pakistan to Morocco – it imagined that it could rearrange the region to suit itself. The results have been disastrous and will be long-lasting
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Nick Bollea charged in August crash - Bay News 9 view story
12 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.baynews9.com/content/3...)
Nick Bollea was arrested Wednesday on charges stemming from the Aug. 26 crash in Clearwater that left a passenger in his car critically injured. Bollea is the 17-year-old son of famed wrestler Hulk Hogan
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The World from Berlin: 'Today's Pakistan Is the Result of Yesterday's American Foreign Policy' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE view story
11 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.spiegel.de/internation...)
As Pakistan teeters on the verge of chaos, the West looks on nervously and prays that the country's nuclear weapons don't fall into the wrong hands. German commentators feel that the West -- and the US in particular -- share part of the blame for the mess
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Private equity is on the prowl, by Ignacio Ramonet view story
11 votes- Submitted by Slowdecline
- 11 months ago
- (http://mondediplo.com/2007/11/01l...)
While critics of the economic horrors of globalisation argue, a new and even more brutal form of capitalism is in action. The new vultures are private equity companies, predatory investment funds with vast amounts of capital at their disposal and an enorm

