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  „He saw the television coverage and decided to depict Bin Laden as Satan for the fresco in the Defence Ministry's Orthodox chapel in the western city of Timisoara. "I was working on the images for 'Descent into Hell', when I saw the terrorist attacks on the America, and people were saying it was the apocalypse and Hell on earth," the newspaper Evenimentul Zilei quoted him as saying. In the painting, Osama Bin Laden carries the Devil's fork and is riding an airplane through the flames of Hell towards the World Trade Center - the main target of the 11 September hijackers.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_2106000/ 2106403.stm - Cached

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BBC News | Hurricane Mitch | Coffee crops hit by hurricane BBC News | Hurricane Mitch | Coffee crops hit by hurricane

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  „Are you sure you're really ready to discover the inner you? Take this quiz to find out how to match your order from the coffee cart with your personality.“

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