10/30/2009
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- Iraq wants to get into the nuclear club. Yeah, that’s right. Not Iran this time, Iraq. - Micheletti and Zelaya achieve an agreement for an exit to Honduras coup.- The EU gets an only strong voice against climate change. Well, sorta.- Israeli envoy to the UN says that the Human Rights council has give its back to the same values it defends. I think it’s something about Goldstone report, but not in the same way as everyone else aknowledges it.- Medvedev opposes to the rehabilitation of uncle Joe. Traitor! He should be executed…Did you like it? Share it...
10/30/2009
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When the other day the IDF uploaded in its twitter account this unusual tweet it surprised me. The entrance of more than a hundred trucks in a day PLUS fuel is not that common. Then, the office of Lieberman posted it again. In total, three similar posts in less than two days.Taking into account the usual cheapness of the Israelis when letting trucks crossing Erez, sending 300 in less than two days -more than double the usual- awoke something in me. There had to be something going on. That led me into the BBC, who was informing about the permission from Israeli authorities to get 130,000 tones of cement into Gaza. That was even weirdest. Was the...
10/30/2009
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Vampires. Those little suckers.See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.Did you like it? Share it...
10/30/2009
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Last 48 hours chaos reigned again in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the north, an attack on a UN guest house in the centric Sherpur neighbourhood of Kabul ended up with at least 13 casualties, six of them workers of the organization.The incident affected too several near embassies, among them the Spanish embassy, where some bullets got into the staff rooms. This is just another brick on the wall that makes more nervous American allies. Public opinions at home are more and more difficult to please. In the last NATO meeting, European members pledged to hang on there, but any increase of troops was took out of the table. “Guarantees of stability”,...
10/21/2009
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In the end, there will be a second round in Afghanistan. First one has been the slowest counting in the world. Two months, to be precise, since last 20th of August the Afghans voted. And yet, we don’t know for sure what will happen next.All the actors playing on the stage performed as it was expected from them in the big day. The UN even was standing besides Hamid Karzai until almost the very end, when they couldn’t cover anymore the fraud. Because it was huge. Almost a quarter of Karzai’s votes were finally declared null, and it looks like if they were still just a few of the total. In the end, this is all makeup. No one wanted a second round....
10/21/2009
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What happens when the Kenya Airways computers go down for several consecutive hours at Entebbe airport in Uganda?You board your flight with this rather ridiculous-looking piece of paper:Via Somewhere in Africa.Did you like it? Share it...
10/20/2009
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For the last few days I’ve been unable to update my blog. I am really sorry for that. A badass cold and work at the office –the one who actually pays the bills- kept me busy enough to do anything else. But here I am again.Thanks for stayi...
10/12/2009
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- NK tests five short range missiles and requests everybody to stay outta their Eastern territorial waters until the 20th. - SK presses the gas for the purchase of new jets.- The hardest decision for this year (after Obama's Nobel): Economics Nobel. And the one who messed the less was...- There is no small foe. - About to getting divorced? How sounds a trip to Malaysia?Did you like it? Share it...
10/12/2009
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This weekend has been tough for Pakistan. Tougher than usual, I mean. Several attacks resulted in the death of dozens of civilians. Probably the worst one was the suicide car bomber who targeted a market in Alpuri, near the Swat valley. At least 40 people died. The attack reminds us that the Swat valley is far from recovered. In fact, the TTP is still able to hit hard and spread quickly. That’s why some analysts are suggesting that however tempting might sound to overhand the control from American contractors to local ones, it is not a wise move for now.However, as tragic as 40 bodies can be, it’s even more worrying the sensation of insecurity...
10/12/2009
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A few months after the clashes in Tehran and Urumqi, first sentences to those detained then are now arisen. And they aren’t good news. In fact, nine people have been sentenced to death in the two countries. The motivation for both clashes was different, but the repression and the punishment don’t vary at all.In the country of the Ayatollahs, at least three people have been sentenced to death. High concerns surround these sentences, especially because is unsure how the testimonies that conducted to them were obtained. Amnesty International and other groups have asked for more transparency in the whole process -with little or no response from Tehran.The...
10/09/2009
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Nothing is easy when Iran gets in the middle of it. If last week we were told that Ahmadinejad was in fact a Jew, now Iran accuses the US and Saudi Arabia of kidnapping one of his most important scientists in his nuclear program. Let me express my doubts about the first -Ahmadinejad a Jew? Sure, like Hitler a gay- and my curiosity for the second issue…Here a video from Al Jazeera on it:Did you like it? Share it...
10/09/2009
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Like if anything else was necessary to elevate Obama to the heavens, now he has been awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. The coronation of his Highness Obama has had more to do with the canonization of a (laic) saint than with the recognition to his achievements. That’s why everybody is asking why. And why now.Because let’s face it. Obama may have promised a new world, but little of that has been unveiled for now. The White House has done small gestures to break with their precedent. It has been, for example, the first time the US has condemned a coup de état made by the right and the army in Latin America. Also, tortures and Guantanamo issues...
10/08/2009
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A compilation of newspapers' frontpages of the day after the big day in China. Red rules. Via GuerraEterna, via Danwei.Did you like it? Share it...
10/05/2009
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- Polling round: The Yes wins in Ireland. The Socialist Party wins in Greece. And Rio defeats Chicago, Madrid and Tokio in the race for the Olympics. - Should Roman Polanski be above the law?- While waiting for the 2009 Nobel Prizes, here are 2009 Ig Nobel Prizes.- Seriously, what's wrong with Asia? Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis...- Israel, in Honduras too? Unlikely.Did you like it? Share it...
10/01/2009
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We had already seen the Britons in action in Afghanistan. Now it’s time for the Marines. And for Obama’s worst nightmare: finally, he’s got a war on his own. Afghanistan is, finally, Obama’s war.Did you like it? Share it...
10/01/2009
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Via Danger Room.More photos here.Did you like it? Share it...
10/01/2009
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We already knew about Irish predilection for weird posters. These elections weren’t going to be different, and Coir has taken to the streets a whole bunch of colourful lies in posters. Sometimes, it’s difficult to distinguish them from the fake ones. Guess which ones are fake from these:SolutionFake: no. 1, 4, 5 and 7.Real: no. 2, 3 and 6In the Yes side there is some creativity too. Here is the poster Generation Yes organization -mostly formed by college graduates- has outside the Tripod club:Did you like it? Share it...
10/01/2009
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Tomorrow is the big day for Ireland, as it’s been sold by the two partisan sides of the battle being fought for almost two years now. Tomorrow, Irish voters will go -for the second time in 16 months- to the polls to decide either if they approve or not a referendum to amend the constitution and therefore, allow their government to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Stakes are at their highest.In June 2008, a first referendum was already placed and the answer then was a big “No”. A second vote was then placed to secure the approval of the text. This time, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has warned that there won’t be a third referendum if the voters decide again to...
Are you afraid? Well, this works in that way. First you do what scares you and it's later when you get the courage
10/30/2009
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