/ is there someone thinking about a really special christmas gift ?

Conspiracy theories abound over theft of Auschwitz sign @ haaretz.com

Auschwitz’s sign of death and defiance@news.bbc.co.uk @ news.bbc.co.uk

Sign Over Auschwitz Gate Is Stolen @ nytimes.com

Peu de mots résument aussi bien des siècles de combats qu’« émancipation ». Si, au propre, il s’applique aux mineurs déclarés majeurs, au figuré il recouvre toutes les formes d’affranchissement — esclaves, masses exploitées, femmes dominées, minorités opprimées, peuples colonisés… Libérer l’être humain de ce qui l’empêche de s’épanouir, voilà ce dont ont rêvé des millions d’hommes et de femmes au fil de l’histoire. (…)

Every year, millions of people suffer as a result of the irresponsible arms trade
In some countries people are still put to death by firing squads.
A clear link exists between firearms and the death penalty and you can help break it >>>

Russian pullout from Georgia ‘followed criticism on Facebook’
Political analysts were still reeling last night following the disclosure by sources within the Kremlin that Russia had only “buckled under pressure” when reviewing group membership statistics on the social networking website Facebook.

Doctors may soon have a new diagnostic tool in their kit bags

Everyone knows industry needs oil. Now people are worrying about water, too

Les « bidouilleurs » de la société de l’information
Défendre les citoyens contre les technologies menaçant leur vie privée, ou protéger la sécurité de systèmes informatiques pour le compte des militaires ? Dans un monde chaque jour plus technique, les compétences des hackers restent rarement inemployées…
Links: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2008/09/MANACH/16226

If you feel like wasting some time: Shrinking the Nissan GT-R

Stupid White Men :

- Stiffer Sentence Sought for White Supremacist

More info about stupid white men (French)
- Coup de folie meurtrier d’un jeune Indien fasciné par Hitler
- L’Amérique néonazie ignorée depuis le 11 septembre

- Pharm Aid
Genetically altered corn, banned for health reasons, pops up in U.S. aid shipments to Guatemala
StarLink, a type of genetically altered corn that generates its very own built-in pesticide was found in parcels of the world food Program (WFP) of the United Nations bound for Guatemala.

- Chronic Arsenic Poisoning:
History, Study and Remediation
New solutions for the water poisoned with arsenic. Simple and cheap technologies could -now- solve the problem.
Water & Sanitation at the MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering
Susan Murcott, Lecturer
Arsenic Biosand Water Filter for Rural Nepal
Household water treatment

- Winning the wine war
Could DNA help the fight to keep bottle labels honest?

- Things grow better with Coke
Coca-Cola can draw 5 lakh litres of water daily
Coke vs People: The Heat is On in Plachimada
Does Coca-Cola really make a good pesticide?

- DOSSIER : MAIN BASSE SUR L’EAU DES VILLES
- Oubliez l’OPEP, voici les exportateurs d’eau potable