Attack kills 16 police days before the Olympics

" URUMQI, China - In an audacious and deadly attack just days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, two men from a mainly Muslim ethnic group rammed a truck and hurled explosives at jogging policemen in China's restive far west Monday, killing 16. ...

BANKSY SUMS UP MODERN BRITAIN WITH ICONIC MURAL: 'ONE NATION UNDER CCTV'

"Folk hero Banksy has pulled off an audacious stunt to produce what is believed to be his biggest work yet in central London and again succeeds to put two fingers up to the authorities. His latest mural sums up...

Graffiti artist Banksy pulls off grandest stunt to date - despite being watch...

England's most famous graffiti artist has pulled off yet another fantastic stunt - right under the noses of the CCTV cameras. This latest work is believed to be his biggest yet and it's right in the middle of...

Microsoft challenges Google with audacious $44.6bn bid for rival Yahoo

Good god, the world is over....is the Vatican going to buy Google? "Microsoft, which came late to the internet advertising market, is offering Yahoo shareholders $31 a share in a combination of cash and its own...

In Memoriam: Michael Reardon

"In Memoriam: Michael Reardon Tragic news hit the climbing community yesterday when reports trickled in that famed solo climber Michael Reardon had been killed. Famous for his at-times audacious free-solos of hard climbs around the world (free soloists climb without ropes or...

Industry Report: Elite Plus - Posted by Michael Fomkin

"In the past five years, the business of model management has faced a series of catalysts which in themselves demand change. Primary among these catalysts has been the radical re-positioning executed by a flank of Holllywood talent managers, agents and publicists in their...

Top classics of 2006

"Two of Britain's biggest book publishers are locked in a battle for control of the lucrative literary classics market. Penguin is the leading classics publisher, with its familiar black or silver-spined series accounting for about 65% of all classics sold in the UK. But next...

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