Alex Massie reports that: "This time, perhaps even the lawyers have gone too far. It's hard to recall, even in the long history of appalling gagging orders, a more disgraceful injunction than this." He then goes...
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Germany's most popular magazine for women, Brigitte, will no longer feature professional models on its pages. Instead, it will use images of "real life" women. Brigitte's editor-in-chief Andreas Lebert told the Guardian that the magazine will stop using skinny models from the...
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Torture and killing of innocent Iraqi gays and lesbians has reached a critical state, and Iraqi militia have found an efficient way to target innocent gays - the Internet -, with no intervention from the Iraqi or...
""As a paper we do believe in effective self-regulation and we don't want a privacy law. When it comes to effective self- regulation, it seems to me it can only work if newspaper groups are truthful and open with the regulators.""What many don't understand is that the UK...
There are times when I don't know where to begin - whether it be a matter of disgust or simple amazement at the business practices in the UK.The linked story simply blows my mind - for more than one reason but mostly that - because of fleeting privacy laws - no action has...
" US President Barack Obama has praised the opposition candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election. Mr Obama said Mir Hossein Mousavi had captured the imagination of groups in Iran that were interested in...
Indiana University professor of Iranian Studies and specialist on Iranian history and religions, Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy, thinks the situation is very grave for the Iranian people. " "I think the situation is...
..." The Guardian obtained this footage of Ian Tomlinson at a G20 protest in London shortly before he died. It shows Tomlinson, who was not part of the demonstration, being assaulted from behind and pushed to the...
Latest reports coming from Bangladesh says that at least 12 college students and teachers returning from a picnic were killed as a bus carrying them fell into a 300-feet gorge in southeastern Bangladesh. " At least nine people were killed and over 35 were injured when a...
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If you're going to Northern Voice in Vancouver next month you may want to check out a panel I'm on with some smart, local news people. Here is the roster in case you were interested. " Panel topic Established...
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"French president Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged nearly $780 million in emergency aid for his country’s troubled newspaper industry. In addition to his pledge of €600m ($779 million), Sarkozy has promised that...
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As we reflect on the past eight years of government in the U.S., the Bush administration's irresponsible and highly questionable approach to environmental policy remains one of the most striking aspects of...
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"They killed Hemant Karkare, chief of the police anti-terrorist squad in Mumbai, to send a message that you cannot investigate the Mossad-RSS angle by Amaresh Misra November 27, 2008 The Wisdom Fund MUMBAI, INDIA 4:00AM — Mumbai is under attack. People and forces...
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BEFORE THE ATTACKS: The drama started weeks before the terrorist attacks - at a Jewish residential complex In Mumbai run by the Chabad-Lubavitch ultra-orthodox movement. From CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)...
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