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QuophyBlogeur [Fr] writes about the proliferation of street vendors in Burkina Faso who sell unregulated, sometimes fake or poisonous medicines.
Yuri Mamchur of Russia Blog mentions the 12th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum as he writes about Roman Abramovich’s boat, which has “attracted more tourists than centuries-old cathedrals and museums.”
Pestiside.hu writes about the plans of the Islamic Cultural Association of Hungary to acquire the rights to operate the Castle of Szigetvár (”occupied by the Turks after a one-month siege in 1566″), renovate it and establish a Turkish cultural and educational center there.
The beatroot guestblogs at Polandian about drinking in public - in Poland and the U.K.
Tips on “how to have a Polish party” - at Polandian: “4. Start cooking at least six months before party is due to begin.”
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...