New embarrassment for Berlusconi as latest 'sex tapes' are aired

" The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, faced further – and even more excruciating – embarrassment today when the weekly news magazine L'Espresso posted a recording on its website apparently made...

Astronomy Picture of the Day...16 July

"Explanation: These are galaxies of the Hercules Cluster, an archipelago of island universes a mere 500 million light-years away. Also known as Abell 2151, this cluster is loaded with gas and dust rich,...

Prison sentence for taking photos in UK

(source) A new law in the UK makes it an offence to take pictures of policemen or any other law enforcement officers. Civil libertarians say Gordon Brown's Britain is becoming like George Orwell's Big Brother...

s.76 Counter-Terrorism Act 2008: Photojournalism or Terrorism?

From today, a photojournalist taking photographs of police officers whilst documenting political dissent or public disorder on the streets of the UK may be deemed to have committed a criminal offence...

Miley Cyrus in trouble for racist photo

Miley Cyrus is in trouble yet again for posing for what could be seen as a racist photograph. The singer is seen posing with her boyfriend and some friends and some of them are making a gesture with their eyes that...

Nude photo of 20 year old Madonna sells for $37,500 at auction

The photo of a nude 20-year old Madonna has sold at Christie's for $37,500. It is not known who bought the photo.Previously:A nude photograph of a 20 year old Madonna will go up for auction next month at Christie's...

Bill Henson Porn Debate Goes International

Bill Henson Porn Debate Goes International A year ago I wrote a post on the controversy surrounding world renowned Australian photographer Bill Henson whose use of images of naked adolescent boys and girls made...

Viktor & Rolf Premieres Spring 2009 Online

Viktor & Rolf have broken the tradition of high fashion and moved their runway to the virtual world: the designers premiered their Spring 2009 collection online and made it available for everyone anyone to...

Blue whale photographed for the first time in Irish waters

A Blue Whale was photographed for the first time off of Ireland's County Kerry coast. Amaetuer whale-watcher Ivan O'Kelly didn't realize the importance of his snapshot until he sent the photograph into the...

NASA watches over South Ossetia

Two day's after Russian forces crossed the border into of Georgia, a Cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station took photographs of the South Ossetia region.  According to the ISS Daily...

Buy evidence of adultery on eBay

Under developmentRevenge is a drink best served Hot."CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover's underpants up for sale on the auction...

British treatment of asylum seekers never been worse

Diane Abbott has recently become more known for her  safe sofa media pundit role of late than for her championing of the underdog that she was once famous for so good to see her pushing on this abuse of...

Google, Get Offa My Street: Daily Mail

The Daily Mail has an article about Google Streets, with plenty of breathless language about privacy, though the article makes no reference to the surveillance culture in which the UK already lives."The internet...

Australia PM in new nude art row

The debate over the portrayal of children in the magazines are hotly debated in Australia and the current debate has got even Prime Minister involved. "A photograph of a nude six-year-old girl on the front cover of an Australian art magazine has re-ignited a row over the...

The Story Behind A NYT Zimbabwe Child Victim Photo--and Why You Won't See ...

This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...

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