BBC apologises, Ugandan Parliament debates anti-gay bill today

After defending, then ditching a controversial Uganda gay execution poll, the BBC has apologized after complaints about yesterday's on-line debate which asked "Should homosexuals face execution?" The BBC ditched...
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BBC apologises, Ugandan Parliament debates anti-gay bill today

After defending, then ditching a controversial Uganda gay execution poll, the BBC has apologized after complaints about yesterday's on-line debate which asked "Should homosexuals face execution?" The BBC ditched...

A "third tier" to UK policing

News 15 12 2009: A "third tier" to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />UK policing. Under the Home Office Community Safety Accreditation Scheme local authorities or private companies are given limited powers such as handing out on-the-spot fines for offences for disorder,...

Digital Britain

Digital Britain - A provider of jobs today at the expense of jobs tomorrow once completed. A life of tomorrowness in which digitality serves to monitor others in collecting inner revenue while its Gov remain...

Mod - Minister Mr Davies

MP's expenses deny expenditure as to Kit in the field.

BBC Defends, Ditches Controversial Uganda Gay Execution Poll

After initially defending a controversial poll which asked readers "Should homosexuals face execution?" in Uganda, the BBC ditched the poll after coming under fire from gay rights groups, and replaced it with a...

The expense confusion of MP QUENTIN DAVIES

News 15 12 2009: MP Quentin Davies laughs off the bell tower expense claim. The first letter accompanying his Fees Office invoice expressed: "an exceptional and very high (though very essential) repair bill which takes my claim to more than the annual limit". As to Mr...

Mr Blair – An elected “New Labour” liar towards his own Nation

Only truths can now serve to remedy the “spin” exhaulted by New Labour over the Iraq War yet many questions still linger which remain unanswered as to untruths regarding words such as “terrorism“ stemming from the US and BUSH to which it has costed UK taxpayers...

UK – What boundaries separate Standards on Education and Justice?

13 12 2009 Ed Balls announces tighter changes to his Computer Database paedophile Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) after National Anger forced him to seek further official backing towards his intentions that anyone having any connections to a child(ren) be registered because...

'Wiki Dad' Leroy Smith Uses Wikipedia To Help His Wife Give Birth

Leroy Smith, 29, used a Wikipedia page with instructions on how to deliver a baby to help his wife give birth. The couple living in Leytonstone, East London, was waiting for midwife to arrive when Smith's wife Emma went into labour. Smith followed Wikipedia instructions on...

If you've done nothing wrong, you have everything to worry about

Another, albeit fundamental one. Something that should be said, and said again, and again and a gain. If you really feel that if you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear - you are a fool of the highest order. This is one area where we all should come together -...

Who believes who?

Spin creates many paths yet insufficient for directions needed

UK Budget – National Insurance

09 12 2009 Mr Darling raises National Insurance in pre-Budget report although the point at which National Insurance starts will be raised so that no-one earning less than £20,000 will pay it. 10 12 2009 Mr Darling wanted to impose a VAT rise above 17.5% in his pre-budget...

Nepal: Polity for Peace

Nepal: Polity for Peace   Krishna Hari Pushkar   The article deals with the political dilemmas of ongoing peace and constitution building process of Nepal and it provides possible ways out of the topsy-turvydom. It...

Sri Lanka project wins BBC World Challenge '09

"Sri Lanka project wins BBC World Challenge '09 A project nominated from Sri Lanka has won the first place in the BBC World Challenge '09 with a record breaking number of votes, the organizers announced today. ...

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