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Post by Geburah on Aug 31, 2010 18:34:58 GMT -5
www.croatiantimes.com/index.php?id=4059German Eurofighter transports sweet mustard to Croatia Croatian Times Sausage-noshing German ambassadors used a 67 million GBP Eurofighter warplane to fly emergency supplies of mustard to a VIP party. Diplomats in Croatia wanted to serve traditional white bangers at the bash to celebrate Germany's 60 years as a democracy but couldn't get the right mustard anywhere locally. So they called in air support from the Luftwaffe who sent pilot Norbert Biehler with a case of the special sweet mustard for the party, reports Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List. Now the extravagant use of military funds in under investigation in Germany. "It's difficult to see how they can justify the expense," said one Berlin political source. The Bavarian white sausage is regarded as the ultimate in German cuisine and there is even a 64-page best selling book devoted to the proper way to eat the delicacy including how to serve the special sweet mustard that accompanies it and what beer to drink.
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Post by Geburah on Nov 1, 2010 15:09:44 GMT -5
www.theindychannel.com/news/25539273/detail.htmlUnemployment Offices To Add Armed Guards INDIANAPOLIS -- Armed security guards will be on hand at 36 unemployment offices around Indiana in what state officials said is a step to improve safety and make branch security more consistent. (...) any questions?
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Post by Geburah on Apr 4, 2011 16:04:13 GMT -5
In Israel, Time for Peace Offer May Run Out www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/world/middleeast/03mideast.html?_r=1“We are facing a diplomatic-political tsunami that the majority of the public is unaware of and that will peak in September,” said Ehud Barak, Israel’s defense minister, at a conference in Tel Aviv last month. “It is a very dangerous situation, one that requires action.”
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Post by Geburah on Jul 6, 2011 2:36:30 GMT -5
Who defaults first: Greece or the US? www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14025485Will the US government default on its debt before Greece does? The fact that I can even pose the question tells you we live in peculiar times.
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Post by Geburah on Oct 22, 2011 19:06:15 GMT -5
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