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approved, featured "He regrets nothing. He wishes he had a chance to kill more people – bring France down to its knees" – that is how French Prosecutor Francois Molins described Mohammed Merah, a Muslim Frenchman, w
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Pangea Day
Pangea Day's fabulous line-up of thought-provoking, inspirational speakers produced no less stellar a collection of memorable quotes and priceless bits of wisdom. A small sampling of what we heard: "By sharing stories, we've started the process of turning strangers into friends." - Filmmaker Jehane Noujaim , TED Prize winner and founder of Pangea DayWikiLeaks released audio recordings of Perupetro Vice President Alberto Quimper and Romulo León Alegría, a prominent member of Garcia’s ruling Aprista party, discussing under-the-table payments conditioned on Discover Petroleum obtaining oil exploration concessions. According to the recordings, Quimper, Leon and Ernesto Arias-Schreiber, the legal representative of Discover in Peru, were to receive $10,000 monthly in exchange for steering lucrative oil contracts to the Norwegian oil exploration firm. The scandal, dubbed “petrogate,” led the government to suspend five joint exploration and development contracts recently awarded to Discover Petroleum and state-owned oil company Petroperu.
