SYDNEY — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was named "un-Australian of the Year" by a men's magazine on Monday for publishing thousands of leaked US diplomatic cables on his whistleblowing site. Australian-born Assange edged out God, Denmark's Princess Mary and Prime...
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New Delhi: BARC founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and in other parts of the world. Abed’s...
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Guinness, Ireland's most famous beer, is celebrating it's 250th anniversary. The founder of the brewery, Arthur Guinness, signed a 9,000-year lease on the brewery at St. James's Gate in Dublin on Sept. 24, 1759...
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"A Florida journalist plans to fight sex trafficking one "tweet" at a time by using the social networking site Twitter to mobilize 9,000 people to give $9 on Sept. 9. Diana Scimone, founder of Born to Fly...
The world has rected with sadness to the news of Eunice Kennedy Shriver's death on Tuesday morning. Kennedy Shriver is remembered as a sister, wife, mother, grandmother and humanitarian. Some of the reactions to her death follow. "Michelle and I were deeply saddened to learn...
Tim Berners-Lee continues to champion a free internet. His latest appeal should concern all who wish to see the internet protected from enclosure and abuse by for profit vested interests. The fact that...
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I write for Associated Content.com, this morning I recieved a message from another producer.William Edward Thomas. William sent me this link "Incarceration of Black Men is New Slavery". He is the National...
" Every 20th person in Pakistan is suffering from eye diseases and there is a pressing need to rescue people from this menace, says Lt Gen (retired) Jahandad Khan, founder and president of Al Shifa Trust, an eye hospital. He says there were 1.7 million blind in Pakistan...
Youngsters try to convince Grandma in Florida " Got Bubbies living in Florida? (That's a Yiddish term for grandmothers.) Or any other crucial swing state for that matter? If so, you are qualified for this...
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Asia's longest serving political leader is facing the prospect of losing his job as the President of the Maldives. The Indian Ocean tourist paradise is having its first taste of democracy with multi-party elections being held to choose a president for the next five years. The...
"by Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-PicayuneWednesday October 01, 2008, 8:34 PM Since Hurricane Katrina, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has fought to make sure that displaced New Orleanians...
"According to CBC: The federal New Democrats have lost a candidate over a very public love of cannabis. The NDP has confirmed that Dana Larsen submitted his resignation to the party’s provincial campaign manager. Party spokesman Brad Lavigne said information came to light...
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Sergey Brin, Google co founder, launched a personal blog earlier today on BlogSpot, opening with a post about the difference between his blog, too, and Google. The next post followed a minute later recounting his...
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***10/7/08 BBC Radio tribute
"A radio tribute entitled 'Remember A Day: Richard Wright In His Own Words' runs on BBC Radio 2 in the UK this Saturday, 11th October, at 7.00 PM. Including his last ever radio...
Prior to being shut down by authorities, British bit torrent site OiNK was an amazing place to discover and share new music. But despite its file-sharing modus operandi, it's surprising to learn that the site's...
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