Paul Schäfer, founder of Colonia Dignidad, dies at 88

Sunday, April 25, 2010 Paul Schäfer died at 88 from cardiac-respiratory arrest on early Saturday morning in a Chilean prison hospital. Schäfer was the founder and former leader of Colonia Dignidad, an enclave used for torturing and exterminating political prisoners during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. Hr was convicted for sexually abusing 26 children for years, and […]

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Vz58 Rifle Evaluation}

Click Here To Know More About: Shipping Container Australia VZ58 Rifle Evaluation by Rifle Talker History Development of the weapon began in 1956; leading the project was ruler engineer assigned to the Construct Brno facility in the city of Brno. The example, recognized as the (“broom”), was designed to board room the intermediate Soviet 7.62x39mm […]

News briefs:May 27, 2010

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Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia

Saturday, February 11, 2012 Three nations in three continents have seen attention focused on high suicide rates this week. A study found Scotland’s suicide rate to be increasing away from neighbouring England, Russian press and politicians are examining the world’s third-highest teen suicide rate, and new figures showed increasing Aboriginal children’s suicides in Australia’s Northern […]

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Electronic voting disputed in France

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 In France, voting has traditionally been a low-tech experience: voters isolate themselves in a booth, put a pre-printed sheet of paper indicating their candidate of choice into an envelope. After officials verify the voter’s identity, the voter drops the envelope into the ballot box and signs the voting roll. French electoral […]

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