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• When Terrorists Hide

  
  Gunfighter: A Modern Warrior's Life — Authority: 424
  Recently, over at The Huffington Post, there was an article about a Yemeni airstrike that killed at least one suspected major Al Qaeda leader.  This airstrike, according to the article, was carried out by Yemeni forces, using American and Saudi intelligence to back it up. The article claims that nearly thirty people ...
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• Moulty!

  
  The HeldenFiles Online — Authority: 128
  The Barbarians were one of the more curious bands to come out of the 60s, but they had their moments, including as part of "The T.A.M.I. Show," which I posted about not long ago because it is finally coming to DVD. Moulty of the Barbarians dropped a note in the comments section. So, for those of you tuning in late, ...
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• Short Arm. Short Shrift. Good Riddance.

  
  Green and Gold Rugby THE Aussie Rugby Blog for fans of Australia and the Wallabies — Authority: 134
  No more experimentation Gareth There are not many occasions where I’d agree with Stephen Jones, The Times doyen of rugby writers, but this is one of them. The ELV ’short arm’ sanctions were not adopted by the IRB this season after a vociferous campaign by the northern unions and journo fellow travellers ...
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• G&GR Wallaby Tries of the Decade #4

  
  Green and Gold Rugby THE Aussie Rugby Blog for fans of Australia and the Wallabies — Authority: 134
  Ahhh memories. I am a bit of a believer in the Recency Factor when it comes to many things, but particularly when it comes to sporting memories. The Recency Factor is basically that you (or is it just I?) tend to overlook events or players that have happened more recently than others. So players that are long ...
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• 1895’s OTHER time travel book: The British Barbarians, by Grant Allen—free at Gutenberg and Manybooks.net

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 656
  H.G. Wells didn’t have time travel lit all to himself in 1895 when he published The Time Machine . A prolific Canadian-born writer named Grant Allen , also known for his mysteries, came out with The British Barbarians . Copycat? No. Allen’s work is in some ways even the opposite of Wells’. Instead of the ...
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• Keith Richards: A Rock & Roll Birthday Tribute

  
  Rock and Roll Guru — Authority: 138
  Happy Birthday, Keef! No one in their right mind would have bet you’d live to see your 66th birthday, but we’re thrilled you made it. In this video I just had to tell one of the most wildly bizarre concert experiences I’ve had…and I’ve had a bunch, folks. Enjoy the video and have fun!
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• Car bomb hits house of Pakistani politician, 20 killed (Third Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Islamabad, Dec 15 (DPA) At least 20 people were killed and more than 50 injured Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near the residence of a minister in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, officials said.The blast in Dera Ghazi Khan town demolished the house of Dost Mohammad Khosa, the provincial minister for local ...
  2 weeks ago

• Car bomb hits house of Pakistani politician, 15 killed (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Islamabad, Dec 15 (DPA) At least 15 people were killed and more than 30 injured Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near the residence of a minister in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, officials said.The blast in Dera Ghazi Khan town demolished the house of Dost Mohammad Khosa, the provincial minister for local ...
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• Wallaby Blind Side Flanker of the Decade

  
  Green and Gold Rugby THE Aussie Rugby Blog for fans of Australia and the Wallabies — Authority: 134
  He was Samo player! The Blind Side Flanker position has been an interesting one for Australia, not only over the last decade, but in the last few decades. Whereas we’ve usually gone for out and out poachers at Open Side; Strong running Number 8s; Ball playing inside centres, and big kicking fullbacks, we don’t ...
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• Wallaby Open Side Flanker of the Decade

  
  Green and Gold Rugby THE Aussie Rugby Blog for fans of Australia and the Wallabies — Authority: 134
  Pocock - the future or the now? Wow. Only five players have worn the Number 7 Wallaby jersey in the last 123 tests.  That’s quite a record.  It is the same sort of record as scrum half and in both scenarios the position is dominated by a test centurion. The list of Open Side Flankers for the decade, and their ...
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• Neal Adams’ Savage Tales Starring Conan, Ka-Zar, and Zabu, Too!

  
  Giant Size Marvel Comics — Authority: 117
  One of my favorite Marvel magazines of all time was Savage Tales #2, featuring Barry Smiths Red Nails adaption.  I blogged about that giant-size wonder earlier this year.  Apparently Red Nails made Savage Tales a hit, and editor Roy Thomas commissioned Neal Adams to do three covers that would spin the magazine ...
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• Video: Baa Baa’s black sheep shaggers

  
  Green and Gold Rugby THE Aussie Rugby Blog for fans of Australia and the Wallabies — Authority: 134
  
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• Barbarians lead way as players start to reclaim game

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 964
  Old-style build-up and fine performance by invitation club against New Zealand encourages players to reclaim the game.
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• Ai Weiwei: “To use art is not enough”

  
  NEWSgrist - where spin is art — Authority: 114
  Ai Wei Wei photographed in Beijing last week, with the scars of his ordeal clearly visible. via The Art newspaper : “To use art is not enough” Ai Weiwei on the reasons writing, blogging and tweeting on politics matters By Chris Gill | From Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition , 3 Dec 09 ...
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• Habana hat-trick steers Barbarians to victory over NZ

  
  SA Rugby Blog - Springboks - SA Rugby - Super 14 — Authority: 103
  Springbok winger Bryan Habana scored a hat-trick of tries to steer the Barbarians to a 25 - 18 victory over the All Blacks at Twickenham on Saturday for only the second time in 10 attempts. New Zealand had rested most of their first-choice players against a strong Barbarian side but will nevertheless be ...
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• Barbarians 25-18 New Zealand

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Barbarians 25-18 New Zealand For only the second time, the Barbarians beat the All Blacks. The last match in which that happened, in Cardiff in 1973, is part of rugby folklore. This result will not live nearly so long in the memory. For New Zealand, the match was an afterthought, a postscript to an autumn tour in ...
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• Barbarians success should be used as a template for a World Cup evolution

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 459
  Imagine the contest of the World Cup winning team to play one additional final game in the tournament: the victors taking on a Rest of the World team the following week. All the best players from the World Cup would be voted on and form a team to then play the winners of the World Cup. We have seen the success of ...
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• A poor 2009 rugby season ends on a higher note

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 459
  61,551 fans saw the All Blacks get beaten by the Barbarians (with 7 South Africans and four Australians giving the side some flair and toughness) by 25 – 18. For all the complaints about ‘what’s wrong with rugby’ this festival match drew a crowd four times bigger than the London rugby league Test between ...
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• Nick Mallett shows Barbarians how to win by playing positive rugby

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 964
  Nick Mallett, who guided the Barbarians to victory over New Zealand, believes the malaise gripping Test rugby can be blamed on the pressure on coaches to win.
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• Baa Baas Habana sinks arrogant All Blacks

  
  Green and Gold Rugby THE Aussie Rugby Blog for fans of Australia and the Wallabies — Authority: 134
  Line & length. Gladstone Small? Barbarians 25 All Blacks 18 You get what you deserve when you treat a game like this as a ‘development’ match and turn up with your 2nd XV expecting to easily roll a scratch Baa Baas side. It wasn’t always like this. The history of All Blacks v Barbarians end of tour ...
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