April 2011
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"The Economist" To Halt Production For Month To... →
This post courtesy of our friends at The Onion.
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“In September Arizona shared several grams of sodium thiopental, a drug used in...”
– A shortage of drugs used in lethal injections has left American death chambers reliant on imports from Europe. Europeans are less than impressed.
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“In the 1991 Gulf war Iraq’s armed forces used American-made colour photocopiers...”
– “Back doors” are secret systems hidden in microchips which may be used to disable, betray or blow up the devices in which they are installed. They are on the minds of Western governments pondering whether to send weapons to rebels in Libya.
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“When Gertrude Janeway died in 2003, she was still getting a monthly cheque for...”
– A pension promise can be easy to make but expensive to keep. Our special report explains why governments are in such hot water.
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