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Reuters: Austria’s media compares erotic Jesus row to Mohammad caricature riots

Monday 7 April 2008 @ 1:34 pm

The source of the dispute, which Austrian media has dubbed Vienna’s version of the Mohammad caricature row, is a retrospective honoring Austria’s cherished artist Alfred Hrdlicka, who turned 80 earlier this year.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, Media Obfuscation, Oddity, Political Correctness, Politics, Skank Culture, media, psychology, religion

Vatican rejects anti-Islam accusation by bin Laden

Thursday 20 March 2008 @ 2:07 pm

The Vatican on Thursday rejected an accusation by Osama bin Laden that Pope Benedict XVI was leading a “new crusade” against Muslims, but Italian security officials were concerned about the threats contained in bin Laden’s latest audiotape message.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, Politics, religion, terrorism

Tense moment in China is diffused

Saturday 15 March 2008 @ 1:39 pm

BEIJING – Cool heads staved off a potential international incident involving uniformed Chinese security guards and – of all things – the autograph of nearly washed-up Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chan Ho Park.

Comments (0) | Posted in China, International Politics

US strikes Somali town, targets al-Qaida

Monday 3 March 2008 @ 1:27 pm

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military attacked a “known al-Qaida terrorist” in southern Somalia, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, terrorism, war

Ahmadinejad: US should leave Iraq

Monday 3 March 2008 @ 1:25 pm

BAGHDAD - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed U.S. accusations that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, Middle East

Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 1:24 pm

NSFW: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, completely insane, human nature, misconduct, outrage

Khmer Rouge torture chief expresses remorse over “Killing Fields”

Tuesday 26 February 2008 @ 1:34 pm

About 14,000 people — including a few foreigners accused of being CIA spies — went into the jail to be tortured into confessing to working against a regime deemed responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, crime + punishment, human nature

Ahmadinejad: Israel filthy bacteria

Wednesday 20 February 2008 @ 10:28 am

In yet another verbal attack against Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Jewish state a “filthy bacteria” whose sole purpose was to oppress the other nations of the region.

Comments (0) | Posted in International Politics, Iran

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