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Always wondered why Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was in like every classical music CD. This tribute helps explain: bit.ly/LaHJXP #opera about 5 hours ago via web
@YeghisheK Cool! Let me know when you finish. I started over 1 yr. ago, but am still on chapter 10 or so... 10:20 AM May 30th via web in reply to YeghisheK
cfarivar Reuters: EU to take hard line on German resistance to data storage reut.rs/M7nNK8 @falkvinge @liberationtech @arstechnica @shantrs 8:08 AM May 30th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by ShantRS and 1 other
50,000 German holidays to Greece canceled in 10 days gu.com/p/37q39/tw via @guardian #austerity 6:51 AM May 27th via Tweet Button
Colorful, on-the-ground view of Baku during #Eurovision bit.ly/KRO4e4 via @FP_Magazine #ESC 6:05 AM May 27th via web
@MtngGrlsOnMetro Dog circus is right, my friend. Dog circus is right... 5:34 AM May 27th via web in reply to MtngGrlsOnMetro
Speaking of "Ulysses," does Dreyer in Nabokov's "King, Queen, Knave" remind anyone of Bloom? Wait, nevermind... 5:25 AM May 27th via web
There's a "Joyce app" ?!? RT @UlyssesSeen Want to support this really great Joyce app and... fb.me/1xXnu1RUx 5:22 AM May 27th via web
Gunning for German weapons maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann: 25k eu for tips leading to shareholders' convictions bit.ly/JPhFVA 1:52 PM May 25th via web
Neil Armstrong Finally Breaks His Silence to Talk About Moon | PRI's The World theworld.org/2012/05/neil-a… 1:43 PM May 25th via Tweet Button
Anybody know if Armenia will make good on #Eurovision TV black-out threat? bit.ly/L2tdDC #ESC #Baku 1:33 PM May 25th via web
About (at least?) 30 Azeri opposition protesters arrested on day 2 of #Eurovision bit.ly/LiNEfD #ESC #Baku 1:31 PM May 25th via web
European Parliament calls on Azerbaijan to end protest crackdown during #Eurovision bit.ly/KRkKEj #ESC #Baku 1:30 PM May 25th via web
Estonian president offers Armenia help on resolving Nagorno-Karabakh bit.ly/Lfzrwp h/t @cfarivar #Artsakh #Caucasus 6:58 AM May 23rd via web
TheLocalGermany Study: net replacing drugs as youth habit: Young people are getting hooked on the internet more than drugs, a ne... bit.ly/Mn3hBP 4:42 AM May 23rd via twitterfeed Retweeted by ShantRS and 2 others
BBCWorld UK Supreme Court will announce on 30 May whether #Wikileaks founder Julian #Assange should be extradited to Sweden bbc.in/KNlo1M 4:42 AM May 23rd via BBC News Retweeted by ShantRS and 76 others
dfrontiers Was Pakistan's decision to block Twitter over blasphemy, or a trial run for more severe blocks? bit.ly/Ky9IjZ 4:33 AM May 23rd via web Retweeted by ShantRS
@nyoiraq Thanks for the notice. New website looks great! Best of luck in the UK 3:24 AM May 23rd via web in reply to nyoiraq
“One of the biggest violations of data protection laws that we had ever seen" - German official on Google #StreetView: nyti.ms/MmLZVn 3:22 AM May 23rd via web
newsfromitaly New re-hashed #Berlusconi party might be called "We are Italy" bit.ly/LCmToU #Itl #Italy #news 3:18 AM May 23rd via UberSocial for BlackBerry Retweeted by ShantRS

Name Shant Shahrigian
Location Bonn, Germany
Bio Freelance radio and online reporter (mostly) focusing on European politics, sci/tech, and places they overlap. ...Ecrasez l'infâme!