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Powerful monopoly Since 1978, mining operator and self-proclaimed energy giant RWE – supported and subsidised by the German state – has been extracting and burning lignite coal, the dirtiest of all fossil fuels, in five power stations surrounding its three opencast mines in the Rhineland. |
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Death visited so often and so randomly in the early 1980s that those of us covering its aftermath found ourselves working to a macabre template aimed at securing facts and interviews from witnesses and those who had known the dead. As a reporter at the phenomenally successful Downtown Radio, I was.... |
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Last week, the minister of health Hon Nkaku Kabi declared that the Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial hospital is overcrowded. One of the reasons put forth by the minister as being behind the congestion at the national referral hospital is the high number of teenagers and young women who have been admitted after undergoing backstreet abortions. |
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Lawrence Central (2-3) at Center Grove (2-3) Kickoff: 7 p.m. Webcast: centergrovefootball.com. Recent history: The Trojans had won four straight meetings before the Bears claimed a 14-12 squeaker last year. Last week: Lawrence Central beat Pike, 34-7; Center Grove lost to North Central, 26-14. Sagarin ratings: Lawrence Central 86. |
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Late Late Show legend Gay Byrne has led tributes to former RTE star Bunny Carr, who died this week. The 91-year-old who was best-known for presenting popular game show Quicksilver from 1965 to 1981 with the catchphrase “Stop the lights”, passed away in Howth Hill Nursing Home in Dublin on Wednesday. |
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Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski says lawsuits are coming on the inland port because she believes the legislation that created it is unconstitutional. A Vernal detective walks a delicate line between enforcement and entrapment in sexual solicitation arrests. |
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Korean-American achieves dream of screening his film made in North Korea in the South By Jung Da-min Aspects of Joon Bai's life may resonate with many ethnic Koreans living overseas, in the United States in particular. Born in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province in North Korea, he fled to South Korea.... |
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In January 1976, two Italian priests were deported "for assisting squatters," said Youngblood. This prompted the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, Cardinal Julio Rosales, to say that the Catholic hierarchy will "'do everything within its power' to see that foreign priests were not denied due process. |
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On Sunday, Pope Francis will visit the Lithuanian Catholic priest's cell in what is now a museum in central Vilnius to pay tribute to those who challenged the Soviet regime. "When I was sitting in that cell deep underground, if someone had told me the pope would come here... that would have been incredible," Tamkevicius, now 79, told AFP. |
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The existence of special political indoctrination structures in the armed forces is an indispensable element of many authoritarian systems, something the armies of democratic states almost never possess. On July 30, the apparatus for indoctrinating military personnel returned to Russia. |
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Thirty-five years ago, Father Sigitas Tamkevicius was detained and repeatedly interrogated at a KGB prison for protesting Soviet religious discrimination. On Sunday, Pope Francis will visit the Lithuanian Catholic priest's cell in what is now a museum in central Vilnius to pay tribute to those who challenged the Soviet regime. |
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