Topic: War and Peace - on June 20, 2010 at 10:21:00 AM CEST
Der Alchemist der Nazis
Er machte Sand zu Gold und Wasser zu Benzin - jedenfalls behauptete er das. In den Dreißigern narrte der Erfinder Heinz Kurschildgen mit abstrusen Versprechen Millionäre, Geschäftsleute und Politiker - bis hin zu Heinrich Himmler. Und log sich damit fast um Kopf und Kragen.
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Topic: War and Peace - on June 8, 2010 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe
Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned.
SPC Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, was stationed at Forward Operating Base Hammer, 40 miles east of Baghdad, where he was arrested nearly two weeks ago by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. A family member says he’s being held in custody in Kuwait, and has not been formally charged.
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Topic: War and Peace - on November 14, 2009 at 12:48:00 PM CET
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Topic: War and Peace - on October 11, 2009 at 10:54:00 AM CEST
San Francisco Fleet Week
The Blue Angels performance was cancelled today due to fog and clounds. They are scheduled to fly Sundat at 3p.m., weather permitting.
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Topic: War and Peace - on July 12, 2009 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
The World’s First Projectile Taser
Weapons manufacturers don't typically enjoy boasting about a shotgun's non-killing power, unless that manufacturer is Taser International. But even as the leading name in "less-lethal" released a new stun cartridge for 12-gauge shotguns with a range of over 100 feet, some journalists point out that safety and field tests have yet to disclose public results.
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Topic: War and Peace - on July 6, 2009 at 2:15:00 PM CEST
Remixed Messages
A blunt slogan and a simple image: these basic elements of persuasion, protest, propaganda or making a point have been used in tandem and to great effect for as long as anyone reading this has been alive. Presumably, these messages have always been received in a variety of ways. But these days, it seems, when a slogan and an image reach a significant audience, that’s not the end of the process. In fact it’s just the beginning.
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Topic: War and Peace - on June 1, 2009 at 1:53:00 PM CEST
Iraqi boy meets girl . . . bombs house
It goes like this: Boy meets girl. They exchange glances and text messages, the limit of respectable courting here. Then boy asks girl’s father for her hand. Dad turns him down. Boy goes to girl’s house and plants a bomb out front.
The authorities call it a “love I.E.D.,” or improvised explosive device, and it is not just an isolated case. Capt. Nabil Abdul Hussein of the Iraqi national police said that six had exploded in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad alone in the past year.
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Topic: War and Peace - on May 18, 2009 at 12:46:00 PM CEST
Pirate Hunting: A Man's Cruise
I've found a Somali cruise package that departs from Sawakin (in the Sudan) and docks at Bagamoya (in Tanzania). The Cost is a bit high @ 800 per person double occupancy but I didn't find that offensive. What I found enticing is that the cruise company is encouraging people to bring their 'High powered weapons' along on the cruise. If you don't have weapons you can rent them right there on the boat. They claim to have a master gunsmith on board and will have reloading parties every afternoon. The cruise lasts from 4-8 days and nights and costs a maximum of $3200 per person double occupancy (4 days). All the boat does is sail up and down the coast of Somalia waiting to get hijacked by pirates. Here are some of the costs and claims associated with the package.
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Topic: War and Peace - on April 28, 2009 at 11:56:00 AM CEST
BA-BOOM: This Vase Is The Bomb, Son!
Can you believe that's actually the title I used? Me neither. Maybe I'll come back and change it later (read: I won't). So, A Peaceful Bomb Vase is a flower depository designed by Owen & Cloud to look like a bomb.
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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: War and Peace - on November 30, 2008 at 1:07:32 PM CET
Seven Mumbai gunmen are from 'Leeds and Hartlepool'
Seven of the terrorists who brought carnage to Mumbai are British, Indian government sources claimed yesterday.
They said two British-born Pakistanis are under arrest. And another five suspects are said to have been born and raised here.
Two of the seven are from Leeds, one is from Bradford and one from Hartlepool, the sources claimed. All are aged between 20 and 26.
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Topic: War and Peace - on September 24, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
How 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho
On April 26, 2008, the BBC Alabama arrived in Longview, Wash., carrying 6,700 tons of Kuwaiti sand. The sand had become contaminated with depleted uranium when U.S. military vehicles and munitions caught fire at Doha Army base in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. The depleted uranium was being repatriated. The sand was a gift of the Kuwaiti government.
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