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• Recession is even worse than feared: Chancellor predicts steepest slump ever

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 641
  The recession is proving even deeper than feared, Alistair Darling will admit in next months Pre-Budget report. The Chancellor will forecast the steepest annual slump since modern records began. WRH permalink
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• Peers to get £3,000 pay rise in new plan to help restore public confidence after expenses scandal

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 641
  Peers will get a £3,000-a-year pay rise simply for turning up at the House of Lords. They will be paid a £200 daily flat fee for attending debates or committees under a review of their allowances. But critics warned this would allow unscrupulous members to clock in and clear off without doing a full days work, as ...
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• Ukulele Festival of Great Britain: Friday Links

  
  Ukulele Hunt — Authority: 131
  The Ukulele Festival of Great Britain is going to take place in Cheltenham on 19th and 20th June next year. The bill is rumored to include GUGUG, Uke Box and Ukulelezaza. And staying in Great Britain, Jake Shimabukuro will be performing with Bette Midler at this year’s Royal Variety Performance . John ...
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• Letter from Europe: Russia Plays by Its Own Rules in Murder Case

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  The anniversary this week of Alexander V. Litvinenkos death recalled the much broader themes evoked by his killing: justice, impunity and international accountability in modern Russia.
  6 hours ago

• Trends: The Union Jack

  
  Hatch: The Design Public Blog — Authority: 425
  While I’m thankful that our forefathers got rid of those pesky British taxes that didn’t have representation and all, I am always a sucker for a Union Jack. I think my favorite use of it lately was the quilts featured on Man Shops World by Becky Oldfield. Here are a few more dreamy shots of the U.K.’s flag ...
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• World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Artifacts’ Value Is Higher

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  The British Museum says the largest Anglo-Saxon gold and silver hoard ever found has been valued at more than $5.4 million after initial evaluations put the value at roughly a quarter of that.
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• Just in case you have no idea what this is about…it boils down to “look smart, dress smart, talk and walk smart”.

  
  Funny Emails — Authority: 145
  The young people laughed when the ATM asked them if they required “some moolah for ya sky rocket”. The machine, in Spitalfields, was one of five Cockney cash dispensers from East London to Barnet that began dispensing “moolah” yesterday morning.Bank Machine, which runs 2,500 ATMs across the country, was aiming ...
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• iTunes tagging comes to London iPod nano owners: a European first

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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  Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities — Authority: 427
  A Matter of Loaf and Death: Big Trouble at the Mill A Matter of Loaf and Death is an award-winning, delightful clay-animated short film directed by Nick Clark , a four-time Academy Award-winning English filmmaker of stop-motion animation.  The film, starring the much-loved duo Wallace and his faithful dog ...
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• US Colleges Teach Anti-Israel, Pro-Iran Courses Thanks to Alavi

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 619
  An Iranian front organization is donating huge sums to American academic institutions who employ pro-Iran, anti-Israel professors and speakers, according to back-to-back reports by the New York Post and New York Times . Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been donated to the prestigious Columbia ...
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• THE ANATOMY OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 579
  THE ANATOMY OF AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION By Greg Evensen November 21, 2009 NewsWithViews.com The term revolution is defined as sudden change. Sometimes it is subtle and sometimes it is violent. It can manifest itself through unrelenting ...
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• Lloyds Plans Britains Biggest Rights Offering

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  The troubled British lender plans to raise $22.3 billion to keep the government from taking a controlling stake.
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• Britain Opens Inquiry Into Iraq War, After Years of Delay

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 152
  The inquiry, expected to last 18 months, will see the testimony of powerful figures involved in Britain’s decision to join the war, a move which stirred deep opposition in Britain and in Europe.
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• Rogue cops not limited to US – look at UK

  
  SocraticGadfly — Authority: 442
  Supposedly, British cops have been arresting people just to add their DNA to national database. Orwell is turning over in his grave. There is no god and I am his prophet.
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• Human trafficking in the Midwest

  
  New World Order University Forum — Authority: 123
  The Guardian has a controversial article on forced labour and rape in the American Midwest. Leading to the question, are organized criminal gangs engaged in large-scale human trafficking in the United States? Related story: Child trafficking in India. We are convinced there is a lot of trafficking going on ...
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• UK: Muslim who threatened to kill his wife and cut out her tongue gets community service, no jail

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 619
  Giving out the wrong message. Absurd Britannia Alert: "Spared jail, the forced marriage case father who told wife: Ill cut out your tongue," by James Tozer in the Daily Mail , November 19 A muslim who threatened to kill his wife and cut out her tongue after she blocked an arranged marriage for their ...
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• World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Inquiry on Parliament Members

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  Scotland Yard said it had referred the cases of four members of Parliament to prosecutors after an investigation into lavish expense claims.
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• Iraq war inquiry wont quiz Gordon Brown: A travesty if PM escapes probe, critics claim

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 641
  Gordon Brown looks like escaping a public grilling by the Iraq war inquiry - avoiding the risk of giving potentially embarrassing testimony before the General Election. Government insiders said there was no expectation the Prime Minister would be called to give evidence about his role in the build-up to the ...
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• The DNA snatchers: Police arresting innocents just to grab genetic details for Big Brother database

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 641
  Police are arresting innocent people in order to get their hands on as many DNA samples as possible, senior Government advisers revealed last night. The Human Genetics Commission said the Big Brother tactic was creating a spiral of suspicion among the public. WRH permalink
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• Modernity – an end to male-run faiths and honour crimes

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 619
  by Joan Smith When demonstrators gathered in London yesterday to protest against sharia, the Archbishop of Canterbury was otherwise engaged with the Pope. Its almost two years since Rowan Williams caused an outcry when he suggested that recognising aspects of sharia would help social cohesion, and, every day, ...
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