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13 Oct 2010 11:07

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World: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chillin’ in Lebanon, gettin’ some love

“Yes yes, I know, you all love me for helping train Hezbollah. But you know what’d be really freaking great? If you loved me more! Bwahahahahaha I’m so awesome!” source
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12 Oct 2010 23:40

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World: Chilean miner rescue: Think the media coverage is a bit much?

  • Maybe we’re a bit sarcastic and all, but we almost feel like this rescue is getting the coverage it is because it’s a piece of red meat. We’re very happy to see the story slowly work its way towards an improbable ending, but we don’t like the way the media coverage is playing out. The is the kind of story that 24-hour news networks love, because it means ratings (especially if you’re CNN). But this? It’s like baby Jessica fell down the well all over again. source
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11 Oct 2010 21:53

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World: Sludge-o-rama: Hungary has their own BP! Complete with arrests!

  • €110k the amount the company behind the toxic sludge in Hungary has offered to victims of the disaster
  • €360 the amount that breaks down to per person affected – that seems pretty low, right?
  • €72M the amount Hungary wants the company to give for cleanup (around $100 million) source
  • » Hungary’s arresting mad: Zoltan Bakonyi, the executive director of the company behind the disaster, MAL, has been arrested for the incident, which the country wants his company to pay for, not taxpayers. His dad, Arpad Bakonyi, is a 30 percent shareholder in the company, and one of the richest people in the country. Which is to say that they can afford to clean up their mess. Hungary is also thinking of putting the company under state control to ensure that happens.
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11 Oct 2010 11:00

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World: When rescues go wrong: Linda Norgrove’s death accidental?

  • bad Linda Norgrove, a British aid worker being held hostage in Afghanistan, was killed on Friday during a failed rescue attempt.
  • worse U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron says that she may have been accidentally killed by her rescuers. Yikes. source
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11 Oct 2010 10:51

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World: Human rights violation: Nobel Peace laureate’s wife under house arrest

  • The precondition for sentence reduction or parole is an acknowledgement of your crime. If Xiaobo would do that, he wouldn’t have won the peace prize.
  • Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo’s lawyer, Shang Baojun • Regarding his client’s current status in prison. As crazy as the Chinese democracy fighter’s incarceration is, his wife’s status is nearly as bad. Liu Xia is currently under house arrest for simply being married to the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. While she was allowed to meet her husband briefly, she’s been blocked off from the outside world since Friday night. Chinese authorities also broke her mobile phone. Her only contact with other life forms right now? Twitter. source
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11 Oct 2010 10:19

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World: North Korea appears ready to expand its internet usage

  • 1,024 .kp domains are ready for use anytime source
  • » Expanded usage elsewhere: While North Korea is keeping a tight lid on internet usage within the country, many foreign reporters in the country this weekend noted that they could actually use the internet on THEIR OWN COMPUTERS. Before, they had to use officially designated computers to do that. (By the way, check out the design on this site. Epic.)
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10 Oct 2010 20:08

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World: Apparently not enough crap: Hungary expects more sludge

  • 8,000 people have been evacuated from Kolontar, Hungary in the wake of a massive toxic sludge leak
  • 500,000 more gallons of sludge could be on the way if a wall breaks; what’s the Hungarian word for “f**k”? source
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10 Oct 2010 10:09

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World: Can you guess where this protest pic was taken? (And why?)

Hint: It’s in an Eastern European country. And they’re protesting for reasons that would be considered hate speech in the U.S. – that enough? OK, click the link! Go! source
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10 Oct 2010 09:58

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World: North Korean heir apparent: Kim Jong-un looks friendly to us

  • Is it us, or does it seem like Kim Jong-un might perhaps be a little too nice for the job of being the heir apparent of North Korea? He doesn’t seem to have that unhinged, bloodthirsty look to him that his dad has. Fun fact, by the way: Kim Jong-il wasn’t born in North Korea. He’s technically Russian (specifically, Siberian) by birth. source
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09 Oct 2010 11:16

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World: Trapped Chilean miners reached, ready for their book deals

  • 65 days for the drill to reach the trapped miners (whew!) source
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