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Carlinhos Brown – is a mainstay of modern Brazilian music. A talented songwriter, gifted percussionist and wizard in the studio, he has written for and produced a constellation of Brazilian singers including...Shiv Malik ordered to hand police source material for terrorism book
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MP calls for mass squirrel cull
I have yet to photograph a red squirrel.I am not convinced that culling grey squirrels will solve the current problem and I would much prefer to see other solutions such as supplying red squirrels with additional... Obama to Forgo Public Funds for Election Campaign
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"Just had this official press release through from Sony. Check it out below….Remarkable Sales Achieved In Only 10 Years And 4 Months Since The Original Gran Turismo Launched In 1997.Tokyo, May 9, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that the... Shasta’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence :: Oblate Spheroid
"Dotting a rocky plain north of Mount Lassen, 42 radio antennas are cocked like ears toward the sky, being readied for an expanded hunt for life beyond Earth. The Allen Telescope Array is slowly coming together as... Chunnel makes first ever profit
Here’s an interesting item from Euronews from yesterday, seems that at long last the chunnel has turned a profit! Eurotunnel, the operator of the underwater train tunnel linking Britain to continental Europe, has... How a Film Triggered a Global Panic
"How a Film Triggered a Global Panic By Henryk M. Broder It is the kind of stunt that has many fearing the worst: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders plans to release a film about Islam. Politicians worldwide are...Cult of celebrity 'is harming children'
As Western society grows increasingly obsessed with celebrity culture, many are worried about the effect on young people and their aspirations for the future."The cult of celebrity is producing a generation that...Ron Paul Admits 'Conventional Defeat'
Ron Paul is getting out of the race."In a message posted on YouTube on Thursday, Representative Ron Paul acknowledged that he would not be able to win the Republican presidential nomination. “Though victory in the conventional political sense is not available in the...The “Ow” starts now - 100 reasons not to upgrade to Windows Vista (part 1)
"Windows Vista. Basically paying $239 or $399 to buy Direct X 10, and some design and fixes to IE on top of Windows XP. That is $399 in the era of the ‘$100 laptop’ (admittedly the $100 is a goal, estimates currently lying at around $160). Windows Vista is a step by...Leicester School 10/10 OFSTED Report
Leicester City Education Authority is ranked one of the worst in England but one School is bucking the trend becoming one of only 1% of schools across the country to get a rating of 'outstanding' from government inspectors. "A secondary school has become the first-ever...UK: Racial profiling encouraged
"How bad must it be in Britain for a senior police officer, the President of the National Black Police Association, no less, to be calling for a dramatic increase in the use of a policy which amounts to racial profiling? The story from Guardian UK: " Speaking at the...Faslane 365 days on: 1,110 arrests and £5m bill for policing protest
"IT HAS lasted a year, cost police and taxpayers £5 million and has resulted in 1,110 arrests. But the wider impact of the Faslane 365 protests on Britain's commitment to the Trident nuclear weapons system and its...
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