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28 Jul 2011 14:13

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World: if you think Breivik was alone in his thinking, you’re wrong

  • Mr. Breivik managed to commit two terrorist attacks in a single afternoon. But the hatred and contempt from which he drew his deranged determination were shared with many others throughout the international right-wing blogosphere.
  • Joshua Gaarder, author of “Sophie’s World,” and Thomas Hyland Erickson, professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo • In a New York Times opinion piece emphasizing the right-wing blogosphere’s influential nature — especially in terms of the Norway terror attacks, perpetrated by a man with ties to the right-wing in Norway. Plenty of people on the Internet are bigots in an extreme sense, extreme enough to encourage behavior like Breivik’s. It’s a sad and scary truth, but it’s one that needs to be taken seriously — no man works alone. He may have been a lone wolf in his actions, but he certainly wasn’t alone in his thinking. source
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28 Jul 2011 11:28

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World: Battles in Somalia over trying to get aid to the people that need it

  • 6 killed in a contentious battle to keep the aid flowing in Somalia source
  • » Militant group al-Shabab won’t allow UN aid: With millions of people prevented from receiving necessary aid in a region of the world that really needs it, African Union and Somali government officials have been forced to fight to gain ground against the al-Qaeda-tied group. Could you imagine leaders denying help to the people in their control when they absolutely need it? We couldn’t, but this is the instability that Somalia currently knows.
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27 Jul 2011 21:34

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World: Somali aid begins to trickle in, but honestly, they need a flood

  • ten number of tons of emergency food delivered to Somalia earlier today
  • 3,500 number of children that can be fed with the food for one month source
  • » A drop in a chaotic bucket: With millions reportedly affected by widespread famine and political factors preventing aid from getting to over 2 million people, a lot more has to be done to ensure the health and safety of many affected by the historic drought currently hitting Africa. The World Food Program estimates that as many as 11.3 people in the region need aid. Fortunately, world organizations like the European Union are starting to chip in more money.
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25 Jul 2011 23:33

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World: Iran to pull the plug on the Internet in two years’ time

  • 2 years until Iranians get their Internet revoked source
  • » Although only 11% of Iran’s citizens use the Internet, Iranian officials have nonetheless decided that within the next two years, all Internet access in the country will be restricted to a state-controlled intranet. Which is to say there will be no Internet access in Iran. (Note from editor: This story is a little old. So as not to be giving you completely outdated information, we’ll point out that officials plan to roll out tests of their “National Internet” starting next month.)
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25 Jul 2011 12:39

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World: DSK accuser Nafissatou Diallo grants interview, reveals her name

  • Weathering the public eye: This is a worthwhile little roundup on news (which we mentioned earlier) that the hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape, who’s now revealed her name to be Nafissatou Diallo, is speaking publicly about her charges. Something this video also touches on that’s an overlooked (in the relative sense) aspect of Strauss-Kahn’s legal troubles — he’s not just facing down one accuser. French writer Tristane Banon has also accused him of attempted rape, during an interview she conducted with him back in 2002, and French prosecutors have started a preliminary inquiry into the matter. source
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25 Jul 2011 10:12

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World: Good news for long-stranded American student Amanda Knox

  • DNA on two key pieces of evidence no longer link her to the attack that turned her life upside down. DNA evidence on the suggested murder weapon and a bra strap was not a positive match with any of the suspects, according to independent DNA experts. Furthermore, the experts suggest that investigators broke numerous protocols when gathering the evidence — putting it in paper bags instead of plastic, and wiping down evidence as they gathered it, doing the opposite of the protocol the experts described. This is a major victory for Knox, who was jailed on that seemingly-faulty evidence. source
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25 Jul 2011 09:50

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World: Why the judge in the Norway shooting should keep the hearing closed

  • It is clear that there is concrete information that a public hearing with the suspect present could quickly lead to an extraordinary and very difficult situation in terms of the investigation and security.
  • Judge Kim Heer • Explaining why he chose not to allow the hearing for Norway suspect Anders Behring Breivik to be publicized. To put it simply, we’re 100% behind this idea. Breivik basically did what he did to promote his controversial views, and by closing off the hearing, you prevent those views from getting a voice that carries further. That’s why he wanted to speak in public. He wanted the world to hear what he had to say. A good move on the Norwegian judge’s part all around. source
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22 Jul 2011 12:21

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World: Large explosions in Oslo deadly, could’ve been much worse

  • We heard two loud bangs and then we saw this yellow smoke coming from the government buildings. There was construction around there, so we thought it was a building being torn down. Of course I’m scared, because Norway is such a neutral country.
  •  18-year-old ferry boat worker Jeppe Bucher • Describing what he felt after finding about large explosions in Norway that killed at least one person and injuring several others. The explosion happened near a number of government buildings. Fortunately the explosion occurred while many people were on vacation — meaning that the situation could’ve been much deadlier during a different part of the year. Still, though … source
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21 Jul 2011 14:59

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World: Deceased Hitler deputy’s grave site removed over neo-Nazi pilgrimage concerns

  • Hitler deputy Rudolf Hess exhumed: The remains of Rudolf Hess, a former Hitler deputy, have been exhumed from his grave site in Wunsiedel, Germany. His grave had became something of a pilgrimage destination for neo-Nazis over the years, which caused a lot of understandable angst amongst Wunsiedel’s residents — the Lutheran church ultimately asked Hess’ family to allow them to remove the remains and site when they applied for a 20-year extension on the plot. Hess’ remains are to be cremated and scattered at sea, and the headstone that marked his grave will be destroyed. source
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21 Jul 2011 14:26

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World: Bill Gates wants to bring some big changes to the toilet

  • No innovation in the past 200 years has done more to save lives and improve health than the sanitation revolution triggered by invention of the toilet. But it did not go far enough. It only reached one-third of the world. What we need are new approaches. New ideas. In short, we need to reinvent the toilet.
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation global development program president Sylvia Mathews Burwell • Offering two things: One, an opportunity for toilet humor (we’ll pass), and two, an honest argument by Bill Gates’ group that perhaps the sanitation industry hasn’t gone far enough in the third world. So they want to figure out a way to take a device which the first world has taken for granted and improve its weaknesses, so that it works without a nearby sanitation mechanism, it’s cheap and human waste is treated and somehow recycled or changed into a form which is harmless and doesn’t spread disease. He has the money to do it, guys — let’s just hope there aren’t any blue screens of death that hit when you have to go. source
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