Word: ostalgia
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...coal mine in central Henan province continued to rise, with 77 confirmed fatalities and hopes fading of finding any of the 71 missing alive. China's mining industry is notoriously dangerous; 4,153 miners were killed in the first nine months of this year. MEANWHILE IN BRITAIN? Ostalgia Calls Trabant fan Graham Goodall is seeking a new home for 40 of the 49 cars he keeps in the grounds of his home in a picturesque village in northern England. Goodall said he fell in love with the East German icon - whose engine has only five moving parts...
...that in Bisky's Brandenburg, where the stylish Dagmar Enkelmann is the leading PDS candidate, it is expected to win more seats than any other party. More than two-thirds of PDS members are over 60, filled with nostalgia for the old East German regime. In fact, a worrisome "ostalgia" infects both east and west. According to a new survey in Stern magazine, 24% of voters in western Germany would like to see the Berlin Wall put back up. Bisky says his party's appeal can move west: "I want a socialist party in the Federal Republic of Germany...