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Notting Hill Carnival 2009

Around a million people attend the annual Notting Hill Carnival over two days. The streets vibrate to the sounds of Soca, Calypso and Reggae and the air is filled with the smell of cooking food from the...

opinion by Mrsmission4 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Shepard Fairey Inspired MLK Dream T-shirt

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Martin Luther King Jr Was Conservative Republican

This is the part they forgot to mention in Civics class through out the south. Martin was a conservative ,many young people today do not know this little known fact about the charismatic civil rights leader.Martin...

opinion by 7434be | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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2012 Olympic legacy "vehicle" revealed

For the London 2012 Olympic Games we were not offered any sort of referendum: It came inclusive on the electoral slate of all of the three mainstream parties in our first-past-the-post system - heralded by some as...

opinion by dowdinsk | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Oligarch buys London newspaper for a quid

I do wonder what the details of the financial wheelings and dealers are, but it appears the London Evening Standard has gone for a song, for a stated purchase price of one pound (1UKP). From Hackney and TheGuardian's über-blogger Dave Hill - Alexander Lebedev completes...

created by dowdinsk | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Model falls to death after learning boyfriend was married

A model in Manchester may have thrown herself from a building after learning her boyfriend was married. The cause of Sahar Daftary's death is still being investigated" Sahar Daftary, 24, from London, fell from one of the 17-storey NV Buildings in Salford Quays over the...

created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Protesters Shake Shoes at U.S. Embassy in London -Photo-01

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Protesters shake shoes at U.S. Embassy in London

Updated at: 0154 PST, Saturday, December 20, 2008 LONDON: Protesters are shaking their shoes at the U.S. Embassy in London in a show of support for a jailed Iraqi journalist who threw his own footwear...