Death of a donkey

Death of a donkey

S Fischer usanne by the "Institute for War and Peace Reporting," is from Iraq, young journalists. These include the usual tasks, such as important to distinguish from what is not. Thus a group of journalism students receive a report on the bombing of a school, killing three people and a donkey, on paper, should be placed in an appropriate order. One student sat all the way up the report of the death of the donkey. On the demand astonished, she said: "Oh, you know, people die here every day in attacks. But that a donkey is killed, that's unusual. "... Incredibly How large must the suffering in a country where people ...

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Plague the Internet? Man, man ...

Plague the Internet? Man, man ...

A bout of that video that shows Saddam's execution, I will not talk a lot - it has been written enough in the mainstream media and blogs. Another thing I noticed in this context, however: With brisk hand are camera phones and video sites demonized in that context. In the Süddeutsche about Stefan Cornelius speaks of the "Internet Disease". That is - with all due respect - ridiculous and stupid. With equal justice we might then write in a traffic accident of the "beast car" - a style that is expected at the newspaper with the large letters, but not in other media should let it go. - In the same context, writes the Berlin ...

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Prevented lighters

Prevented lighters

T he idea of politicians are - if any - devoured. Perhaps puzzling. In any case confused. This is already standard for the German politicians, who curbs but occasionally, when journalists are nearby, and he worried that he will be recognized in his hometown. Still very much more so but for the European representatives of the strange profession, as most can be sure, neither the television to be recognized in their home. *) Is the only way to explain it, that they brought a "Regulation concerning the placing of child-resistant lighters" on the market of 25 Member States. It describes in detail not only that lighters ...

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A spoonful of confidence

A spoonful of confidence

1946 appeared on Broadway, the farmer's daughter Annie Oakley of Ohio, brandished a gun and beat the sniper Frank Butler (physically and mentally). For this, she sang "All you can do, I can do much better" *. Aside from the fact that I do not like the brandishing of guns, but you have to say: self-confident, the young woman. She knows not only what they want (the Frank), but it also dares to achieve their goals. A portion of this confidence many of us probably would do quite well. By that I mean not the sanctimonious suggestions of Dale Carnegie and the puppet theater of (former) motivation coaches like this Juergen Hoeller. If you want to train themselves against compulsive ...

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We Feed the World - with or against their will

We Feed the World - with or against their will

2 0:12 clock: Grandma Mary is stirred. A thin African child darts in the news between political elections and gasoline tax over the screen. A child who lacks food and water. - 10:25 clock, Sparkasse Bochum: Grandma Mary transfers of their pension 50 € too thin to a charity. - 11:24 clock: Mr. Gardner puts a new patent on the file that has to do with any production process for grain. The company, working for Mr. Gardner is one of those five food groups that have divided the world market. Mr. Gardner knows that that patent will be jointly responsible for the perishing in hundreds of thousands of agricultural livelihoods in developing countries. - ...

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