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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Lithuania

Lithuania stories: 2 news summaries

 Crocs Too Comfy 
 for Yom Kippur: Rabbi 

Sandals don't inflict sufficient suffering for holiday, religious leader rules

Sep 25, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Lithuanian rabbi has ruled that Crocs should not be worn during Yom Kippur because the sandals are too comfortable, Ynet news reports. Rabbi Elyashiv based his judgment on a prohibition against leather sandals, saying they were banned because they fail to provide an appropriate level of suffering for the... More »

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Judaism • Crocs • orthodoxy • Lithuania • rabbi • Yom Kippur

Analysis

Lithuania's Negative Energy Bad for Europe

Foot-dragging on nuke plant could force ugly bargain with Russia

Jun 20, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lithuanians "should be furious" with politicians who have backed the Baltic nation into a "potentially appalling" crisis of energy and policy, the Economist notes. As condition for its admission to the European Union, Lithuania promised to shutter its Ignalina nuclear power plant by 2009—and pols have made... More »

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Russia • nuclear power • European Union • missile bases • energy dependence • Economist • nuclear power plant • coal power • Lithuania

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