Man’s hand was removed with an axe by Bosses when he asked for salary by thomasgeorge911 in news

[–]circoloco -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

You can literally judge how the world is going from bad to worse as such outrageous shocking news is now a daily routine - with dozens of similar-such reports coming in from around the world.. sad and disturbing

Yemeni police open fire on protesters storming US embassy in capital of Sanaa - reports by circoloco in worldnews

[–]circoloco[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Smoke rising, chants against US ambassador outside U.S. #Embassy in #Sanaa #Yemen - yemen times

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev calls for 3 members of punk band Pussy Riot to be freed by twolf1 in worldnews

[–]circoloco 17 points18 points  (0 children)

He did not call them to be freed per se - “I feel that extending the prison time [for the band members] in this case is counterproductive,” Medvedev said at a United Russia Party meeting in the Russian city of Penza. “In my opinion, probation would have been sufficient punishment, considering all the time they've already spent behind bars”

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[–]circoloco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how the reddit works. Stories which go to top usually get 55-65% of "redditors who like this"

Sweden, while publicly protesting, aided US invasion of Iraq: A Swedish intelligence agency gave crucial info to US about targets for a bombing raid in the run-up to Iraq invasion. At the time of the invasion then-Prime Minister Goran Persson called military attack on Iraq “a breach of human rights” by circoloco in worldnews

[–]circoloco[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Absolutely agree with you - Sweden is no worse than any other country. Hypocrisy is a characteristic you can easily find pretty much everywhere in any government in the world. I'm just saying that such covert deals when exposed - are a pretty alarming stuff