Topic: DRUGS - on March 26, 2009 at 1:10:00 PM CET
Mexico's drug war (34 photos total)
In December of 2006, Mexico's new President Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug cartels, reversing earlier government passiveness. Since then, the government has made some gains, but at a heavy price - gun battles, assasinations, kidnappings, fights between rival cartels, and reprisals have resulted in over 9,500 deaths since December 2006 - over 5,300 killed last year alone. President Barack Obama recently announced extra agents were being deployed to the border and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Mexico today to pursue a broad diplomatic agenda - overshadowed now by spiraling drug violence and fears of greater cross-border spillover. Officials on both sides of the border are committed to stopping the violence, and stemming the flow of drugs heading north and guns and cash heading south.
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Topic: War and Peace - on March 26, 2009 at 1:08:00 PM CET
Anti-Kriegs-Video von Amnesty International
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 26, 2009 at 1:06:00 PM CET
Downbeat Operatics - Interview mit Tosca
Tosca ist das gemeinsame Projekt von Richard Dorfmeister und Rupert Huber. Seit 1994 versüßen die beiden österreichischen Musiker unseren Alltag mit hervorragenden Downbeat- & Ambient-Alben. Im Frühjahr dieses Jahres erscheint auf !K7 Records ihr fünftes, „No Hassle“. Zu diesem Anlass trafen wir Richard und Rupert in Berlin und sprachen mit ihnen über Inspirationsquellen, Wiens Geräuschempfindlichkeit, die interkontinentale Zusammenarbeit, Musik damals und heute und natürlich ihr neues Album. Ach ja: Und was aus Kruder & Dorfmeister geworden ist auch.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 26, 2009 at 1:03:00 PM CET
Hendrix's acoustic Electric Ladyland for sale
A quarter-inch tape of Jimi Hendrix acoustic demos is to be auction in April.
The 14 songs - of Jimi and a single acoustic guitar - are demos that Hendrix made in 1968 in advance of recording his third album, Electric Ladyland. A few tracks include an unknown second musician playing harmonica.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on March 26, 2009 at 12:55:00 PM CET
Priests jailed for $8.6 million theft
Two Roman Catholic Church priests in the United States, were sentenced to prison for theft. They were convicted of stealing over US$8 million from St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach, Florida.
Retired Monsignor John A. Skehan and Reverend Francis B. Guinan were accused in 2006 of misappropriation of funds from the church collection plates and church bequests.
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Topic: SECURITY - on March 26, 2009 at 12:49:00 PM CET
Pentagon hacker Analyzer suspected of $10m cyberheist
Charges against notorious hacker-turned-suspected-cyber-fraudster Ehud Tenenbaum have expanded to include alleged fraud involving banks and credit card firms in both Canada and the US.
Ehud Tenenbaum (AKA The Analyzer), 29, was arrested in Canada last September on suspicion he conspired with others to hack into the systems of a financial service companies, before transferring funds into pre-paid debit card accounts under the control of a cyberfraud crew. The group subsequently cashed out these accounts, making an estimated $1.5m in the process.
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Topic: SECURITY - on March 26, 2009 at 12:44:00 PM CET
German Authorities Raid Home Looking For Wikileaks Info
In just a short while, Wikileaks has proven to be both an amazing resource to reveal useful information and a massive thorn in the side of those who wish that info wasn't revealed (this includes, by the way, Wikileaks itself, which had to deal with some of its own private info that was leaked as well.
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