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5. september 2007
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Sweden's national football gear is considered racist, because it has a Swedish flag on it.
A school principal in southern Sweden has banned pupils from posing for class photos wearing national team shirts containing Swedish flags.
Since national flags may be perceived by some as xenophobic, eighth grade pupils in Karlshamn have been ordered to wear less inflammatory garb for a photo to be published in the school yearbook.
"Anybody looking at the photo could view it as a political demonstration," principal Pär Blondell from Strandskolan told news agency TT.
The headmaster added that some of the pupils have labelled the ruling "ridiculous".
The pupils, and their equally irate parents, are right.
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Yesterday, a terrorist plot against Denmark was discovered, and today German security forces foiled what could have been a large-scale terrorist attack.
Three men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning a "massive" attack on US facilities in the country, officials have said.
Federal prosecutor Monika Harms said the three had trained at camps in Pakistan and procured some 700kg (1,500lbs) of chemicals for explosives.
She said the accused had sought to target facilities visited by Americans, such as nightclubs, pubs or airports.
Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said the men had posed "an imminent threat".
Media reports said the men were planning attacks against a US military base in Ramstein and Frankfurt airport.
For or against the Iraq-war, cartoons or whatever, it appears Islamic extremists go for opportunity not particular policies. There are no western countries (indeed, no countries) they would not attack given any opportunity.
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Aircraft mechanics everywhere take note, as Nepal's state airline has sacrificed goats to the sky goddess Akash Bhairab to help fix an airplane.
The goats were sacrificed in front of the troublesome aircraft Sunday at Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu in accordance with Hindu traditions, an official said.
"The snag in the plane has now been fixed and the aircraft has resumed its flights," said Raju K.C., a senior airline official, without explaining what the problem had been.
Local media last week blamed the company's woes on an electrical fault.
Some people tend to say that such superstitions at least don't do any harm. Well, have you asked the goat about that?
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© Copyright 2007 Jan Haugland.
Last update: 01.10.2007; 17:25:29.
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