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...generation ago. Indeed, the neighboring train station was bombed to smithereens by American warplanes in 1972. For years after the war, "decadent" rock and pop music was only played behind closed doors. And as recently as 10 years ago, the few bars to be found were shut down at midnight by ubiquitous police...
...Taseer No Vote GERMANY The governing Social Democratic Party decided not to hold a national referendum on the proposed new European Union constitution. The parliament will vote on the document instead. Stubbing Them Out ITALY Police in Naples handed out the first €27 no-smoking fine just past midnight on Jan. 10, minutes after the introduction of a nationwide ban on lighting up in public places. The ban prevents Italy's estimated 14 million smokers from puffing in cafés, restaurants and offices unless there is a separate smoking room. Bar and restaurant owners in Bulgaria - where nearly...
...library workers who ride it. When Brown University extended the hours of its Rockefeller Library, it found that it could do so by keeping just one security guard and two student clerks working until the library’s new 2 a.m. closing—most employees leave at midnight...
...mosques and schools. Most of the refugees are still using rivers for washing their dishes and bathing--a recipe for cholera and typhoid. As the advance teams uncover unsanitary conditions in the camps, they report them to MSF water and sanitation units working in the area. "We work until midnight every day at the earliest, but we're always running behind," says Moens. "We just don't have the time or people to be everywhere...
During these late hours, one security guard and two student workers staff the library, and most library employees leave by midnight, according to Florence Doksansky, Brown’s interim university library director...