Topic: SECURITY - on October 21, 2013 at 5:07:00 PM CEST
NSA-Spionage: Mexiko fordert Aufklärung über US-Bespitzelungen
Die NSA hat nach SPIEGEL-Informationen das Handy des mexikanischen Präsidenten geknackt und sein Rechnernetz ausspioniert. Auf die neuen Enthüllungen reagiert die Regierung empört. Das Vorgehen sei "inakzeptabel und illegal".
Washington/Mexiko-Stadt - Die mexikanische Regierung zeigt sich nach neuen NSA-Enthüllungen entsetzt über das Ausmaß der Spionage gegen den Präsidenten Enrique Peña Nieto. Sie verlangt nach einem aktuellen SPIEGEL-Bericht Aufklärung: Die Regierung werde von den US-Behörden "so schnell wie möglich" Antworten verlangen, so das Außenministerium. Zwischen Verbündeten dürfe es solche Aktivitäten nicht geben. Das Vorgehen der NSA sei "inakzeptabel und illegal".
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 21, 2013 at 3:29:00 PM CEST
Where You Can Get High in the Netherlands - Dutch Coffeeshop Tourist Tolerance Map
The laws about smoking cannabis in the Netherlands can be quite hard to understand. Cannabis is actually illegal in the country however possession of less than 5 grams of cannabis is decriminalized. A recent smoking ban also means it is illegal to smoke in public places.
Coffeeshops however were able to negotiate an exemption to the smoking ban so, as the situation stands, you can't smoke a cigarette in a cafe but you can smoke a joint in a coffeeshop. At least you can if you are Dutch. If you aren't Dutch things aren't that simple.
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 21, 2013 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
Beautiful Timelapse - Helsingborg, Sweden
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 21, 2013 at 3:00:00 PM CEST
Uruguay to legalize, harvest and sell Marijuana at one dollar per gram
The government of Uruguay sets to one dollar the price of a gram of marijuana, which the state will harvest and sell when parliament passes a law promoted by the government of Jose Mujica. This law seeks to combat drug trafficking in the country.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 21, 2013 at 2:59:00 PM CEST
Seattle thrift store finds 2.5 pounds of marijuana in donation bin
Despite the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington, Seattle police want to remind everyone that thrift stores can't resell donated bags of pot.
The department released a lighthearted press release on Friday to remind the public of the rules after employees at a thrift store in North Seattle found a large bag of marijuana in the donation bin.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 21, 2013 at 2:58:00 PM CEST
US spy agency 'taped millions of French calls'
France said on Monday it would "immediately" summon the US ambassador in Paris to respond to the "shocking" claims in Le Monde newspaper on Monday that the US NSA spy agency secretly recorded millions of phone calls made in France. Le Monde cited documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 21, 2013 at 2:55:00 PM CEST
How Belfast got stuck in to make artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada's Wish come true
Around 30,000 wooden pegs, 2,000 tonnes of soil, 2,000 tonnes of sand, plus grass, stones, string, and lots of elbow grease has gone into Wish – the UK and Ireland's largest land art portrait.
Located in the Titanic Quarter of the city, the portrait based on a photograph of an anonymous six-year-old Belfast girl, is best seen by helicopter, drone or when on a plane arriving into the city.
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