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27 Jun 2010 09:59

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World: Understatement: The G20 protests have gotten out of control

  • 412 number of total arrests as a result of the G20 summit
  • 300+ of those arrests came yesterday alone (whoa) source
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26 Jun 2010 15:51

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World: Jón Gnarr: Reykjavik, Iceland’s comedy mayor serious about his job

  • Just because something is funny doesn’t mean it isn’t serious.
  • Reykjavik, Iceland mayor Jón Gnarr • Regarding the numerous silly campaign promises he made prior to his election. See, Gnarr won election as mayor last month on the strength of a comedy party with a hilarious campaign video set to the tune of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best.” Now, with the Best Party in office, he was unwilling to form a coalition government with any other party unless they had watched every season of “The Wire.” And the free towels? Yeah, he got those taken care of. source
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25 Jun 2010 12:46

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World: Wow. Bloggers a pretty common target of imprisonment

  • 120 online journalists are currently in jail over blogging source
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23 Jun 2010 20:56

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World: Australian Prime Minister < Migrant Female Redhead upstart

  • Conan O’Brien has a new doppelganger. Julia Gillard, who replaced Kevin Rudd as Australian prime minister just a little while ago, is one of the Labor Party’s leading lights, and might have a better chance of winning in an election. And she’s not even from Australia! She was originally born in Wales, just like all the truly awesome people out there. (We’re not Welsh.) source
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23 Jun 2010 11:14

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World: Who thinks Israel’s flotilla raid was a bad idea? Raise your hand

  • 13 European countries, including Turkey, raised their hands source
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23 Jun 2010 10:15

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World: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tries to save his job

  • cause Julia Gillard, a member of the prime minister’s party, said she was going to challenge Kevin Rudd’s Labor party leadership.
  • reaction Rudd held a late-night press conference where he forced the issue – the party will hold a leadership vote on Thursday. source
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21 Jun 2010 10:10

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World: Joran Van der Sloot: Oh wait, I didn’t do it after all! Hahaha

  • Dude’s had a history of being unreliable with confessions. So, let’s see – she was in your room when it happened, there’s all sorts of insane evidence suggesting you killed her, you’re currently in custody, yet you’re going to rescind your confession. Yeah, let’s see how that one works out for you, buddy. source
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20 Jun 2010 20:38

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World: Currently missing, feared dead: A bunch of mining executives

  • 11 people were on the plane that went missing over Cameroon
  • eight were mining executives, six for Sundance Resources
  • one was a billionaire, Aussie mining magnate Ken Talbot source
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20 Jun 2010 10:43

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World: A suicide bomber nails one of Iraq’s main financial sectors

  • 26 people were killed in the bombing of the Trade Bank of Iraq
  • 53 people were injured in the second bank attack in a week source
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19 Jun 2010 14:22

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World: What’s BP CEO Tony Hayward doing this weekend? Riding a yacht

Dude’s gonna get his life back, no matter how terrible the PR disaster is going to be for his company. He wants it back so much it hurts. source
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