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Katie Couric Has `Sarah Palin Moment` Interviewing Ahmadinejad

During a Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin last year, Couric asked Palin what newspapers she read. Couric was celebrated for finding Palin out for her ignorance of the news when Sarah Palin could not name a...

German Zoo Changes Name of Primate

Yesterday, we had lunch with my in-laws, who hate Obama. They fear him as I feared the Bush/Cheney presidency. My unemployed husband mentioned that he was tired of being unemployed, which sent the in-laws into an Obama tirade. John and I both lost jobs during the Bush years....

Marwa Sherbini Cairo Funeral: Thousands Remember Headscarf Martyr

Thousands of Egyptians attended the funeral of Marwa Sherbini in Cairo today, July 6, 2009. The 31-year-old 'headscarf martyr' was stabbed to death last week in a German courtroom, where Axel W, the attacker, was...

Obama calls for renewed efforts of a two state solution

President Obama called for a redoubling of efforts to create a two state solution, stating "the moment is now for us to act." Obama was visiting Dresden earlier on Friday.  He stated that peace could not be...

Obama calls for renewed efforts of a two state solution

President Obama called for a redoubling of efforts to create a two state solution, stating "the moment is now for us to act." Obama was visiting Dresden earlier on Friday.  He stated that peace could not be...

German students assist Jal Sansthan workers with hi-tech equipment in Mussoorie

The German technology will be used in uttraklhand to detect the leakage in the drinking water pipeline.   " MUSOORIE, 13 Nov: Rene Rother and Marcel Gossman from University of Applied Sciences, Dresden,...

The not-so-healthy whole wheat bread

                A recent study published by a researcher at the University of Guelph finds that the type of bread we eat in the mornings...

"I Shook Hands With Li" says Teen Who Bought the Bus Beheader's Laptop

It has been revealed that a Manitoba teenager shook hands with Greyhound Bus maniac Vince Li just hours before Li's heinous alleged crime.  "He seemed a straight, regular guy" the teen said.   " ...

RI among 41 countries applying for inclusion in UNESCO's heritage list

Indonesia's properties which are inscribed on the World Heritage list are Borobudur Temple, Prmabanan Temple, Sangiran Early Man Site, Komodo National Park, Lorentz National Park, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of...

Hipster traveling tips from The Strokes, Sonic Youth, the Stars and more

Oddly, a slew of indie bands have contributed material to a new travel guide. I'm guessing it will probably garner the usual ruckus from the indie sellout police, but I bet it'd be interesting. Who wouldn't want to know where Thurston Moore changes his dollars into...

Police end Dresden tree sit-in

Something tells  me this isn't going to go away..."DRESDEN, Germany - German police broke through a blockade of activists and felled a 200-year-old beech tree on Tuesday to clear the way for a new bridge over the Elbe river that is opposed by environmentalists and...

Unesco to decide heritage sites [TEST]

This is a test of the highlight tool, but that doesn't mean that it can't be a newsworthy article..."The UN's cultural organisation Unesco is meeting in New Zealand to discuss which sites to add to the list of...

"Lustful" ostrich traumatized by fireworks

Three teenagers who set off holiday fireworks in eastern Germany could be fined by...an ostrich farmer. Yes, an ostrich farmer, whose prize male, Gustav, was allegedly rendered temporarily unable to perform by the...

People Love German Christmas Markets

I had never heard of the Christmas Markets in Germany.  Apparently millions of people from around the world travel there this time of year in-order to share in the festivities. With some 2,500 markets across...

Light at the end of the tunnel

Dresden's magnificent train station has been restored to its prewar glory - by a British architect. Steve Rose on the project that brought out Norman Foster's sensitive side. The gleaming new pair of...

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