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• Five Reasons Why Facebook is Good For Your Soul

  
  Gauravonomics Blog on Social Media and Social Change — Authority: 471
  I just came off a panel discussion with writers Greg Atwan and Tom Hodgkinson on BBC World’s ‘World Have Your Say’ talk show . The topic: does Facebook improve our lives? The discussion touched upon several topics. We discussed how governments, businesses and individuals can use Facebook in good, bad and ...
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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  5 days ago

• War costs for Afghanistan; Helmand dam project halted; CIA “black sites” in Lithuania

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 630
  Download audio file (aipodcast031.mp3) Download MP3 When you break down the cost of fighting the war in Afghanistan by US spending per American soldier on the ground, turns out it’s more than twice as expensive as the Iraq war. That’s what Todd Harrison at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary ...
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• Sir Bob Phillis dies aged 64

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Former BBC deputy director general and Guardian Media Group chief executive Bob Phillis has died after long battle with cancer Sir Bob Phillis, the former chief executive of Guardian Media Group and deputy director general of the BBC, died today aged 64. Phillis, who also served as chief executive of ITN and a board ...
  6 days ago

• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
  1 week ago

• BBC says its signal being jammed in Iran

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, Dec. 21 (ANI): The BBC has claimed that its Persian television signal was being jammed following the airing stories on the death of Iran’s top dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. The corporation said its service for Persian speakers began facing persistent interference on Sunday, ...
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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
  1 week ago

• Copenhagen summit final day: Anna Chen on BBC World TV

  
  Madam Miaow says ... — Authority: 491
  Anna Chen speaks on BBC World TV " World Have Your Say " on the final day of the Copenhagen climate conference, Friday 18th December 2009. What has Copenhagen achieved? Hosted by Ros Atkins. Also participating: Daniel Mittler — environmentalist and blogger Prabir Purkayasta — an energy analyst in Delhi Isaac ...
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• Omigod, if somehow someone nukes this annoying Copenhagen thing NOW, the only “experienced” “leaders” left will be Silvio Berlusconi and Dick Cheney.

  
  kryz — Authority: 526
  Yuck. [IMG: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuujceYDzk1qzqsn4.jpg][IMG: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuuja5RZUI1qzqsn4.png]
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• December 19 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 553
  On December 19: 1154   Henry II of England was crowned at Westminster Abbey . 1606  The Susan Constant , the Godspeed , and the Discovery  left England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia , the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. 1683   Philip V ...
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• BBC apologises for Should gays be executed? debate

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 692
  The director of the BBC World Service has apologised for the offence caused by a debate on its website yesterday asking readers to debate whether gays should be executed.
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• BBC apology for gay execution headline

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  BBC World Service director Peter Horrocks says forum headline too stark but debate on Ugandan policy crucial The director of the BBC World Service has apologised for any offence caused by the headline on its website talkboard post yesterday that asked "Should Homosexuals Face Execution?" In a statement published ...
  1 week ago

• BBC settles Trafigura libel case

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Apology and charity payout over allegations that Trafigura waste caused deaths is accompanied by combative BBC statement The BBC today made what it presented as a tactical climbdown in its libel battle with the oil trading company Trafigura. After negotiations with Trafigura director Eric de Turckheim this week, ...
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• Union attacks BBC over Should gay people be killed? talkboard post

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  NUJ criticises overly sensationalist post as World Service defends show for creating debate on proposed Ugandan law BBC news website asks: Should homosexuals face execution? The journalists union has attacked the BBC over the World Service online talkboard discussion that asked if homosexuals should be executed , ...
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• BBC news website asks users: Should homosexuals face execution?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Talkboard post seeks readers views ahead of interactive World Service programme Africa Have Your Say The BBC today asked users of its news website "Should homosexuals face execution?" on a talkboard discussion for a World Service programme for African listeners. Posted on the BBC News premoderated talkboard Have ...
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• Climate change concern at all-time high – except in China and the U.S.

  
  EnergyRefuge.com Blog — Authority: 118
  Image via Wikipedia A new survey conducted by Globescan found that “public concern about climate change is at its highest level” since the company began international tracking in 1998. The poll, carried out in conjunction with the BBC World Service poll, was conducted in 23 countries and listened to over ...
  2 weeks ago

• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bah Humbug! Holiday Movies So Cute I Could Puke

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 487
  I turn on television and the words “John Hughes,” “Chevy Chase,” “Tim Allen” and “Dan Aykroyd” pop up on the screen, my blood runs cold, my temples throb and I switch over to Fat Boy Hackeysack on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• What has India done to deserve Lindsay Lohan?

  
  Life and style: Lost in Showbiz blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 115
  The Mean Girls star is making BBC3 TV documentary on the subcontinent Styler, Pollard, Lohan, human trafficking – your week in glamour starts here. We begin with the aforementioned Lindsay Lohan, and news of a television commissioning decision so offensively thick that Lost in Showbiz can only assume it was a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Big FM ties up with BBC World Service

  
  Indiandth.com: Direct-To-Home, IPTV & Satellite Radio News — Authority: 140
  Anil Ambani Groups Big 92.7 FM announced on Wednesday that it has entered into an alliance with BBC World Service. The alliance will take BBCs entertainment updates across the 32 stations of the network. The alliance would feature Big BBC Minute, an hourly update of entertainment news. There would also be a weekly ...
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