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You may have noticed in the news that during the last week at least four submarine cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Golf have broken or are experiencing technical problems. For example Guardian.co.uk, BBC.co.uk and Heise.de have reported about it. Unconfirmed sources even talk about up to 8-9 cut undersea cables.

The affected lines are vital to the Internet access of most countries in the Middle East. Due to the breakdown these countries have experienced serious disruptions in their means of communication which were still perceptible even in India. According to Heise.de the available bandwidth in India was reduced by about 60% of its original capacity.

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“Damit Sie nicht der nächste sind!”

Dieser Spruch ist im Umriss des Rentners zu lesen, der im Oktober 2007 in der Münchner U-Bahn niedergeschlagen wurde. Die entsprechenden Videoaufnahme wurden nun zu großformatigen Wahlplakten umfunktioniert, um für den OB Kandidaten der CSU Josef Schmid zu werben … nein, nicht NPD.

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Ist uns im deutschen Sprachgebrauch eigentlich noch der Unterschied zwischen Muslim/Moslem (Anhänger des Islam) und Islamist (Islamischer Fundamentalist) bewußt oder verwenden wir die Begriffe mittlerweile synonym?

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Ever wondered why American intelligence agencies stepped forward so abruptly at the beginning of December and released the information that there is no sudden threat from the Iranian nuclear program? (DNI)
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