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Love Parade Tragedy

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Love Parade, “The art of Love” in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010 has turned into a tragedy, 19 killed. According to the police, the overcrowdedness in the tunnel promoted many to try to climb up an emergency stairway. But some of them fell into the crowd and sparked panic, which made the dangerous situation get out of control.

Eyewitnesses in the tunnel said they felt being strongly pushed from behind, while the road ahead was firmly blocked.

“People kept trying to get into the tunnel for about 10 minutes, then they realized what happened and turned back,” one eyewitness named Udo Sandhoefer told reporters.

Another eyewitness saw carnage in the tunnel. “There are bodies lying all around on the ground…It reminds me of war.”

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British Tourists as Nuns

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Seventeen British tourists, all men and ranging in ages, had been arrested on the southern Greek island of Crete for insulting the Catholic church after they dressed themselves in nun costumes and lingerie.

They were led into the courtroom still dressed in their nun costumes to face charges of causing a scandal by provocative acts and misrepresenting a uniform.

They had been in police custody since their arrest in the early hours of Sunday morning, a resort popular with young tourists and notorious for rowdy and drunken behavior during the summer.

Finally British tourists have escaped punishment but it seams that they could not escape a shame.

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