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diff --git a/content/static/images/mime/document.png b/content/static/images/mime/document.png
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diff --git a/content/static/images/mime/image.png b/content/static/images/mime/image.png
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diff --git a/content/static/images/mime/text.png b/content/static/images/mime/text.png
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diff --git a/content/static/images/mime/video.png b/content/static/images/mime/video.png
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diff --git a/content/static/style/default.css b/content/static/style/default.css
index 8d12ee8d8..e3b0337b9 100644
--- a/content/static/style/default.css
+++ b/content/static/style/default.css
@@ -411,6 +411,43 @@ table.calendar tr td ul {
   margin: 0px;
 }
 
+/* -- MIME Icons -- */
+/* Icons from the Tango Project, http://art.gnome.org/themes/icon/1150 */
+/* CSS Idea by Tigion, http://blog.tigion.de/2007/06/28/link-indication-der-kompromiss-des-linkbildes/ */
+a.mime:before {
+  padding-right: 0.3em;
+  content: url(../images/mime/text.png);
+  text-align: right;
+  vertical-align: middle;
+}
+a[href$=".pdf"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/document.png);
+}
+a[href$=".mp3"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/audio.png);
+}
+a[href$=".ogg"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/audio.png);
+}
+a[href$=".png"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/image.png);
+}
+a[href$=".gif"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/image.png);
+}
+a[href$=".jpg"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/image.png);
+}
+a[href$=".avi"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/video.png);
+}
+a[href$=".mpg"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/video.png);
+}
+a[href$=".mov"].mime:before {
+  content: url(../images/mime/video.png);
+}
+
 /* -- Search Engine -- */
 div.search div.estform {
   margin: 0.8em 1.0em; padding: 0em 1.0em;
diff --git a/xsl/xhtml.xsl b/xsl/xhtml.xsl
index bf893c96f..8c90cbdf4 100644
--- a/xsl/xhtml.xsl
+++ b/xsl/xhtml.xsl
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ div#akct a#akpeel:hover {
   <xsl:template match="resource" mode="resources-in-news">
     <li>
       <!-- MIME-Type ist nützlich z.B. für ftp:// URLs -->
-      <a href="{@url}" type="{@type}">
+      <a href="{@url}" type="{@type}" class="mime">
         <xsl:choose>
           <xsl:when test="@title"><xsl:value-of select="@title"/></xsl:when>
           <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="@url"/></xsl:otherwise>
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ div#akct a#akpeel:hover {
   <xsl:template match="resource/alternative" mode="resources-in-news">
     <li>
       <!-- MIME-Type ist nützlich z.B. für ftp:// URLs -->
-      <a href="{@url}" type="{@type}">
+      <a href="{@url}" type="{@type}" class="mime">
         <xsl:choose>
           <xsl:when test="../@title"><xsl:value-of select="../@title"/></xsl:when>
           <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="@url"/></xsl:otherwise>