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Reddit on April 7, 2012

This archive preserves Reddit's front page from April 7, 2012, featuring news, politics, sports, science, pictures, and memes.

Saturday, Apr. 7th 2012

News on 4/7/12

Big brother will be watching you: "In an unprecedented step that will see Britain adopt the same kind of surveillance as China and Iran, police and intelligence officers are to be handed powers to monitor people’s messages online."
r/worldnews · maxwellhill · 2101 pts
In St. Petersburg, Russia, two men were arrested on Thursday for holding up a sign reading "Homosexuality Is Normal." It marks the first arrests on the strength of the city's new law against disseminating information on homosexuality.
r/worldnews · sinnnnner · 1756 pts
'War on drugs' has failed, say Latin American leaders - Watershed summit will admit that prohibition has failed, and call for more nuanced and liberalised tactics
r/worldnews · JB_UK · 1610 pts
90% of the 200,000 to 400,000 prostitutes working in Spain are doing so against their will.
r/worldnews · IRSgimli · 841 pts
The man who allowed 1600 hectares of carbon-rich peat forest & orangutan habitat to be razed & turned into a palm oil plantation now says his decision was ''morally wrong'' & claims he did it "as a wake-up call" - He's also running for reelection Monday in Indonesia
r/worldnews · anutensil · 793 pts
'It's a hell of a place to be,' says grandmother without a pilot's licence as she flies plane running out of fuel next to dead husband
r/news · DrJulianBashir · 689 pts
Licensed to spill | BIG oil companies, lead by BP, Total and Shell, have polluted the North Sea with 69 oil and chemical spillages over the last three months, the Sunday Herald can reveal.
r/worldnews · jack_alexander · 434 pts
NBC News has now fired the producer who was involved in the production of the misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida.
r/news · secaa23 · 414 pts

Politics on 4/7/12

Sports on 4/7/12

Pictures and Memes

Tree and sidewalk merge.

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Tree and sidewalk merge.

r/pics · 3k pts

Geneva, Switzerland - Junction of two rivers.

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Geneva, Switzerland - Junction of two rivers.

r/pics · 2k pts

My dad and I, our sophomore years in high school

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My dad and I, our sophomore years in high school

r/pics · 2k pts

Girlfriend and I accidentally made an egg that looked like outer space!

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Girlfriend and I accidentally made an egg that looked like outer space!

r/pics · 2k pts

Happened to me just the other day

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Happened to me just the other day

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

That Guy

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That Guy

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

Success Kid

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Success Kid

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

First Day on the Internet Kid

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First Day on the Internet Kid

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

Skating prof takes the day off

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Skating prof takes the day off

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

Eiffel Tower from below.

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Eiffel Tower from below.

r/pics · 2k pts

Excuse me. Could you please help those little ducklings?

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Excuse me. Could you please help those little ducklings?

r/pics · 2k pts

Melted clock in an abandoned school in Detroit, MI

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Melted clock in an abandoned school in Detroit, MI

r/pics · 2k pts

When I was in elementary school, this was the best week of the year.

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When I was in elementary school, this was the best week of the year.

r/pics · 2k pts

My friend lost his virginity last night...

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My friend lost his virginity last night...

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

I end up saying this in every traffic jam.

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I end up saying this in every traffic jam.

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

It has got to be some great cosmic joke.

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It has got to be some great cosmic joke.

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

At least they agree

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At least they agree

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts

Scumbag Stacy's full album (NSFW)

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Scumbag Stacy's full album (NSFW)

r/AdviceAnimals · 1k pts