One man’s delay is another’s final journey

Telegraph - A total of 194 people committed suicide by jumping in front of trains last year. Already in 2008 eight people have died on the line between London and Ipswich, adding to 12 who were killed on it last year, statistics which make the Essex rail route the transport equivalent of Bridgend.

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‘My Job Is to Show Josef Fritzl as a Human Being’

Spiegel - His client is the most famous prisoner in the world: Josef Fritzl, who is accused of keeping his daughter prisoner in a cellar for 24 years. But Fritzl’s lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, one of the best known defenders in Austria, sees the good in his client and wants to understand him.

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Police questions as Josef Fritzl clues suggest accomplice

Times - Pressure mounted on the Austrian authorities yesterday amid claims that bungling by police and local officials may have prolonged the agony of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was held in a dungeon and sexually abused by her father for almost a quarter of a century.

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Great evil took place in that cellar

Times by Alice Miles - But it’s important not to forget about all the other ills happening right under our noses

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Prolećna mrza i…gusari

B92 Blog by Jelica Greganović - Daklem, prva rečenica nadasve neobičnog saopštenja (a nisam ih malo neobičnih videla) glasi :«Slovenačko predsedništvo EU izražava zabrinutost i osuđuje nedavne gusarske napade…« Posle trećeg čitanja, oči su mi narasle na veličinu dobro nabujale repe, ali i dalje mi se činilo da to ipak…Dalje je sledilo da [...]

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If God Is Dead, Who Gets His House?

NY Magazine, by Sean McManus - The fastest-growing faith in America is no faith at all. And now some atheists think they need a church.

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Thousands queue to see corpse of Padre Pio

Independent - Twenty thousand pilgrims queued for hours for a glimpse of the body of St Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, with a mask ordered from the company that supplies Madame Tussauds covering the skull. The body of the most popular and controversial saint of modern times was put on [...]

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