Topic: STRANGE - on November 29, 2009 at 1:04:00 PM CET
Swiss vote to ban new minarets too close for comfort
A threatening image dominates Switzerland’s streets in the form of a dark woman dressed in a Muslim niqab veil, looming over a Swiss flag covered with missile-like minarets with a call to vote “yes” in a referendum on Sunday to ban minarets on mosques here. The posters clearly seek to tap into the concerns of the country’s traditionally Christian majority about increased immigration from Muslim countries.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 28, 2009 at 1:22:00 PM CET
The Amazing World of Coca-Cola
One of the largest corporations on the planet, not to mention the world's largest beverage company, Coca-Cola is a brand unto itself. Selling one of the most popular drinks ever, Coca-Cola could easily rest of its laurels, but the company is constantly evolving and transforming itself.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 27, 2009 at 1:25:00 PM CET
A JEALOUS mum has been quizzed by cops - for allegedly ripping out her lover's testicles.
Helen Hodge, 34, was accused of mangling Billy Duncan's privates with her bare hands after accusing him of cheating on her.
Traumatised Billy, 49, was rushed to hospital where doctors carried out emergency surgery to save his maimed wedding tackle.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 23, 2009 at 10:05:00 AM CET
Darwin 1st edition found on toilet bookshelf
An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.
Christie's auction house said Sunday the book - one of around 1,250 copies first printed in 1859 - had been on a toilet bookshelf at a family's home in Oxford.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 20, 2009 at 11:47:00 AM CET
High rider trims his hedge
Two Cambridge mates say they may turn their unusual method of trimming hedges into a business, after they suspended a ride-on mower from a crane to do the job.
"This is how the Waikato boys mow a hedge," the ride-on mower operator told the Waikato Times.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 15, 2009 at 12:12:00 PM CET
Eine Zensur findet doch statt
Das man es unter Politikern mit dem Artikel 5 unserer Verfassung nicht so genau nimmt wissen wir ja.
Zensursula will ja nicht nur mit der KiPo-Keule die Internetzensur durch die Hintertür einführen. Sie hat ja auch schon mal versucht ein Kinderbuch zu zensieren, weil es ihr nicht religös genug war – WTF!?!.
Die neue Regierung zeigt auch gleich mal das ihre Lippenbekenntnisse gegen Zensur eben nur das sind – ein Lippenbekenntniss. Da man mit Begleittexten einer Ausstellung im Deutschen Historischen Museum nicht zufrieden war hat man diese kurzerhand – vor der Eröffnung – entfernen lassen. Die Ausstellung um die es geht ist – wie schon gesagt – im Deutschen Historischen Museum in Berlin zu sehen. Der Titel lautet Fremde? Bilder von den Anderen in Deutschland und Frankreich seit 1871. Es geht thematisch um die Entstehung und Wirkung von Fremdbildern in Deutschland und Frankreich, seit 1871 – bis heute.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 14, 2009 at 12:37:00 PM CET
Briton 'tried to smuggle 1,000 live spiders out of Brazil on aeroplane'
Brazilian police have arrested a English man who checked in for an international flight with 1000 live spiders in his luggage at Rio?s Tom Jobim International Airport in Brazil.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 12, 2009 at 10:27:00 AM CET
Missing Canadian teenager survives three days on ice floe
A Canadian teenager has been rescued unharmed, apart from minor frostbite, after drifting for almost three days on an ice floe together with two polar bear cubs and the carcass of their mother which he shot in self defence.
The 17-year-old, who was named locally as Jupi Nakoolak, was suffering from hypothermia after the temperature fell below -15C, but was otherwise well, conscious and speaking to his rescuers, who crawled across ice floes to reach him.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 10, 2009 at 3:33:00 PM CET
Teenager trapped on iceberg with three polar bears
A teenager has been dramatically rescued after becoming trapped on an ice floe with three polar bears.
The Canadian, named locally as Jupi Nakoolak, was discovered drifting in the Arctic sea after he had embarked on a hunting expedition with his 67-year-old uncle.
It is understood they got into trouble when one of their snowmobiles broke down.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 7, 2009 at 11:57:00 AM CET
Das Leben des Seltsamen
Claude Shannon war Pionier des Computerzeitalters - und genialer Heimwerker. Eine Ausstellung in Paderborn zeigt erstmals in Deutschland seine skurrilen Apparate.
Sein Aufstieg begann mit einem erotischen Fiasko. Zunächst wollte seine erste Ehefrau in dem Eigenbrötler noch einen "sehr süßen Kerl" erkannt haben. Rasch wurde ihr jedoch jene Eigenschaft gewahr, die ihren Gatten sein ganzes Leben lang auszeichnete: Am liebsten verbarrikadierte sich der Sonderling in der eigenen Wohnung, um vor allem an Schaltern, Motoren und Kondensatoren herumzufummeln. Irritiert nahm die Schöne Reißaus.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 2, 2009 at 11:53:00 AM CET
Blind am Abgrund
The film will be presented at the 21. International Mountain & Adventure Filmfestival Graz 2009, which is going to take place from the 11th to the 14th of November in Graz (Austria). This production has been selected for the competition for the Grand Prix Graz and the Alpine Camera in Gold.
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 28, 2009 at 9:42:00 AM CET
Man charged after getting puppy drunk on vodka
According to authorities, 28-year-old Jared Levi Colony of Iowa City was looking after the dog on behalf of its owner for about half an hour. While the owner was gone, Colony poured some flavoured vodka into the dog's bowl, and encouraged it to drink.
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