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| Compiled on May 11, 2015, 06:28 PM CET |
| SYRIA'S MERCENARIES The Afghans Fighting Assad's War Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and is forced to rely on mercenaries in his ongoing battle against rebels. Many of his foreign fighters come from Afghanistan -- men like Murad, who is now being held in Aleppo as a prisoner-of-war. |
| FORMER GERMAN NFL PLAYER 'American Football Is Like a Nuclear Explosion' Patrick Venzke was the first German national in the NFL, but he says he paid a high price both physically and psychologically. His case raises questions not only about the neurological problems linked with American football but also about a culture he describes as Darwinism run riot. |
