Exotic Texas Ant - Paratrechina sp. near pubens

This is a scientific website trying to understand the newly discovered "Crazy Rasberry Ant" which is extraordinarily known for fouling electronic devices. It describes the ants features and is looking for a more thorough picture of the ant.

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'Crazy Rasberry ants' swarm houses, short out electronics in Texas

A yet not identified type of "new" ant turns out to be a big troublemaker in the Texas area of the US. Resistant to over-the-counter insecticides, they seem to be attracted by electronics and when arriving there killing the devices they find, e.g. computers & power outlets

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Erdogans Schulimport-Plan: Intrigieren gegen die Integration - Politik - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten

A reaction by Necla Kelek to Turkey's primeminister Erdogan, who proposed the idea to build turkish schools and universities in Germany to better integrate Turkish immigrants' children into society.

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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Bradford | Dog-lead goths 'hounded off bus'

A British bus firm considers two goths, one having his girlf-friend with him on a dog-leash, as a security risk for passengers.

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TP: Langsames Ertrinken

Der Artikel beschäftigt sich zum einen mit der öffentlichen Präsentation von sog. "Waterboarding" seitens politischer Sprecher, sowohl des deutschen Menschenrechtsbeauftragten Hr. Nooke sowie des neuen amerikanischen Justizministers Mr. Mukasey.

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History Illuminates the Rage of Muslims - New York Times

This article tries to find out possible ways to deal with iconoclasm in religions. The author tries to explain what the problem is with the controversial Danish scandal cartoons. If the site prompts you to login, try "spamcop" für user & pwd

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AlterNet: Haunted by Katrina

Report about a family who was forced to migrate to New York after the Katrina disaster. If you want to learn about the hardships involved, read this article, it gives a troubling first-hand impression of the catastrophes that still follow the hurricane.

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Assault on Network Neutrality

Industry White Papers Reveal Corporate Plans for the Broadband Internet Read About Deep Packet Inspection (plans by AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth)

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The End of the Internet?

The article is about plans of major US cable and telephone providers to regulate and monetise each and everything you can do on the Internet, including e.g. sending an e-mail, transforming the Internet in "private networks" where virtually nothing will be free anymore.....

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Rose-Colored Glasses - Is U2's Bono really helpful?

This article argues that Bono is not such a big social-worker as he and the media want to make us believe, e.g. the anti-AIDS campaign and Bono's newest project to "support" it.

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Post-Katrina Promises Unfulfilled

Nearly five months after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans, President Bush's lofty promises to rebuild the Gulf Coast have been frustrated by bureaucratic failures and competing priorities, a review of events since the hurricane shows.

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TP: Bombs on Iran?

Here you find a very good argumented article concerning why there will be a war on Iran, including well explained strategic positions and tactics. Discussion welcome!

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Katrina: White House Was Told Hurricane Posed Danger - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

As we all knew, the White House knew about the terrible consequences Katrina would bring to New Orleans. But did they help? No. Why not?

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AlterNet: War on Iraq: Is A Civil War in Iraq Inevitable?

Nice and detailed article about the different parties in Iraq struggling for power, why this is all the US government didn't wish for (and failed consequently). When you read this, think a minute of the big-mouthed threats from the US to military intervention in Iran.

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Rep. John Murtha In November: Army Is "Broken, Worn Out"... | The Huffington Post

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Ungefragte Meinungsäußerungen von Undankbaren (Du bist Deutschland)

Follow up: "Jean-Remy von Matt, in English please". This is a German article concerning the Du bist Deutschland / You are Germany campaign. Very good comment about commenting ;-) Article is in GERMAN only!

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A New Sense of Justice - Yesterday's heroes are today's villains

Summary: Explicitly about the American government and their ways of media manipulation exemplified with related NYTimes matters/articles, resulting in problems for democracy.

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Researchers achieve ability to let rat-brain-cells fly military jets

Only in German available!!!

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