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• U.K. Government Launches Consultation on Role of New Consumer’s Champion

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 452
  Consumer Minister Kevin Brennan has launched a public consultation on the role and powers that will be given to a new champion of consumer rights, the ‘Consumer Advocate’, who will be tasked with ensuring UK consumers get a fairer deal in the future. This is the latest of a series of announcements by the ...
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• The Perfect Christmas Tree

  
  Foolocracy — Authority: 435
  The British town of Poole has designed its own Christmas tree using 2009 health and safety guidelines. There is no trunk to blow over, no needles to scratch the skin, no branches to break off, no decorations to fall off and no religous symbols to offend. Basically, it has a metal frame with artificial grass. ...
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• Allotment bar in Glasgow pays homage to Pong

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 786
  You know, the United Kingdom isnt a great place to go if you enjoy drinking. The folks there, they just arent big drinkers. Its difficult for them to find reasons to partake in the time-traveling powers of alcohol. Enter: Allotment , a new bar in the Glasgow area that offers thirsty patrons live performance art, ...
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• BBC Motion Gallery and Thought Equity Motion Partner for Technology and Sales

  
  Your Story — Authority: 592
  TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BBC Motion Gallery, the stock footage arm of BBC Worldwide, and Thought Equity Motion, a leader in digitizing, licensing, and delivering video content worl
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• BBC Motion Gallery and Thought Equity Motion Partner for Technology and Sales

  
  Your Story — Authority: 592
  TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BBC Motion Gallery, the stock footage arm of BBC Worldwide, and Thought Equity Motion, a leader in digitizing, licensing, and delivering video content worl
  4 hours ago

• Monster Employment Index Europe Data for November to Be Released Tuesday, December 8

  
  Your Story — Authority: 592
  LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Monster Employment Index Europe tracks online recruitment across the European Union, revealing worker demand across industry sectors, occupation group
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• UK cops still having problems with suspected terrorists carrying cameras

  
  Photography is Not a Crime — Authority: 531
  The face of a suspected terrorist (Daily Mail) By Carlos Miller It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which can only mean one thing. Terrorists are out to kill us. No, I’m not talking about the usual suspects who wage War on Christmas by wishing everybody Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. ...
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• UK Revelations Challenge Known Torture Narrative

  
  Invictus — Authority: 464
  Originally posted at Firedoglake The fight in a United Kingdom courtroom over secret documents related to the torture of former Guantanamo prisoner and rendition victim Binyam Mohamed has resulted in a striking new revelation, as reported by Mohameds attorney Clive Stafford Smith and British journalist Andy ...
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• London Expands Scheme to Cut Carbon From Public Buildings

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 452
  Hospitals, colleges and councils will be helped to cut energy use and save millions off their fuel bills under a major expansion of a climate change program announced today by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Just days before the start of the Copenhagen climate change summit, the Mayor visited a London fire station ...
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• Web giants unite against Digital Britain copyright plan

  
  TelcoNews.com - Telecom and VoIP Industry News — Authority: 142
  Some of the biggest names on the web have written to Peter Mandelson to express “grave concerns” about elements of the Digital Economy Bill. Facebook, Google, Yahoo and eBay object to a clause that they say could give government “unprecedented and sweeping powers” to amend copyright laws. “We urge you to ...
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• Conduit Expands Operations to Europe to Support Excellent Year of Growth

  
  Your Story — Authority: 592
  LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Conduit®, enabling web publishers to distribute their offerings directly and through its global network of publishers, today announced the opening of its
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• If socialized medicine is so great ....

  
  Cold Fusion Guy — Authority: 141
  Then explain this: U.K. Cancer Death Rate Is 38% Higher Than In U.S. Excerpt: As the Congress prepared to vote to let us enter the world of waits for doctors, waits for specialists, waits for testing and waits for surgery, radiation and chemo, we should pause to consider the relative records of the private ...
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• Will There Ever be a World Where We are Colour Blind?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  Racism in the European countries seems to differ from that of the United States and South Africa.  England practises the most acute and subtle kind of racism.  In other countries victims of racism know where they stand, and how to fight back against the portray-er of one of the most obscene and despicable ...
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• UK climate expert steps aside after hacked e-mails

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 710
  Source: Reuters * University of East Anglia to investigate hacked e-mails * Sceptics say undermines evidence of climate change * US EPA head says flap wont stop possible regulations (Adds U.S. reaction) ...
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• A Canadian Judge Did Say This

  
  Slaw — Authority: 610
  I came across this opening paragraph in a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Kripps v. Touche Ross & Co , 1991 CanLII 2261 . On December 4, 1990 this appeal was heard by three judges of this court. Judgment was reserved. In the course of drafting reasons for judgment it was discovered that two ...
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• Caribbean chafes at climate, tax havens raw deal

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 710
  Source: Reuters * Caribbean calls tax haven "grey list" discriminatory * States say tourism will suffer from "unfair" UK air tax * Tourism, finance are pillars of Caribbean economies * Both ...
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• Best of the Web: Carnival of travel and art

  
  Roaming Tales — Authority: 415
  Last week the theme was food and travel , this week I have focused on art. Exhibitions and museums Sydney. Dee at Babel at Bedlam says the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney is “venerable yet hip” . I know it well – it’s certainly a great place to check out Australian art and the main galleries are free. ...
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• The most dangerous domains on the web (Yahoo! Tech Advisors)

  
  Adam Dicker | Domain Expert — Authority: 162
  Every country has its own top-level domain — .uk for the United Kingdom, .de for Germany, .se for Sweden — but just as it is with physical international travel, visiting some of these locales with your computer is safer than others. Should you while away your web time in Eritrea (.er) or Haiti (.ht)? Good ...
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• In an car accident? Theres an app for that

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 666
  Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL) , iPhone , Technology Leave it to the lawyers to build a better mousetrap with an iPhone . In the United Kingdom, solicitors Bott & Co found a new question to which the answer is : "Theres an app for that." The Car Accident Assistant is the firms latest contribution to ...
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• US forces to transfer security to Afghans in July 2011

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 710
  Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Afghanistan will begin transferring control to Afghan security forces in July 2011, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday. U.S. President ...
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