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• Letters: Scottish ire

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The chairman of the Parole Board rightly states that the justice secretary should play no part in deciding whether terminally ill prisoners should be released on compassionate grounds ( Report , 18 November). Politicians are not involved in individual sentencing decisions and there should be no suggestion that ...
  15 hours ago

• Lotfi Raissi case: How false link to al-Qaida kept innocent Algerian in jail

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Special report: Address book was cited in court as reason 9/11 suspect should remain in custody Lotfi Raissi was on a running machine at his local gym in the suburbs west of London when he looked up to see footage of American Airlines Flight 11 crash into the World Trade Centres North Tower. Raissi, a 27-year-old ...
  16 hours ago

• Files show UK courts were misled over 9/11 suspect

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  British prosecutors failed to disclose crucial evidence to the courts in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks in a case that resulted in an innocent pilot being jailed for five months, previously unseen documents reveal. Lotfi Raissi, an Algerian living in the UK, was the first person in the world to ...
  16 hours ago

• Libel reform will liberate us all | Jo Glanville

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  Jack Straws move is welcome, but cosmetic surgery wont be enough to end this international embarrassment Jack Straws announcement at the weekend that he was committed to reforming libel law is a significant step forward in the campaign to tackle our infamous laws. Does it mark a sea change? The justice ministers ...
  21 hours ago

• Bioethanol production process. Three improvements. “With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast …”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 128
  Scientists from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have indicated the achievement of “… three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: ‘More ethanol, less acetate and elimination of the major by-product glycerol’”More from a Release dated November 20, sourced ...
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• Scientists achieve breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  Washington, November 22 (ANI): Researchers from Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands, achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material.Bioethanol is made by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae from sugars obtained from plant biomass. This microorganism also converts ...
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• Straw commits to libel reform

  
  Index on Censorship — Authority: 572
  The Justice Secretary is reported to have pledged to make English defamation laws fairer. Index on Censorship reports Jack Straw has acknowledged that English defamation laws “incentivise libel tourism” and has pledged to address curbs on the UK and international press. In a report in the Sunday Times, Straw ...
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• World largest cellulosic ethanol plant

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 427
  I received an email from enzyme producer Danisco announcing the start-up of one of the worlds first and largest cellulosic ethanol demonstration biorefineries located in Kalundborg, Denmark. The facility is a joint venture of DONG Energy and Inbicon . Daniscos enzyme business, Genencor, supplies the ...
  2 days ago

• How To Plan A Total Inclusive Cheap Vacation To Paradise Island

  
  Tourist Travel Guide — Authority: 146
  I you need to get away from it all, Paradise Island might be the perfect destination for an all-inclusive cheap holiday vacation. You could stay at the Paradise Island Harbour Resort where paradise is all about having fun and doing the things that make you happy. The cheap holiday package includes a private beach, ...
  2 days ago

• So Long / Brent Watanabe

  
  best of — Authority: 133
  Collage of So Long by Brent Watanabe (image via ) While bummed I wont be able to make it to Brent Watanabe s talk (7pm) at Jack Straw tonight, I love that Seattle has so much going on lately that we actually have to choose. Im a big fan of Brents work (like so many others ). Stack:Heap:Loop blew me away ...
  3 days ago

• Links for November 14th through November 19th

  
  Elemental — Authority: 413
  These are my links for November 14th through November 19th: Welcome to amazonails – Enerything you ever needed to know about straw bale building. Footprint » Common carbon language – "The ‘Common Carbon Metric’ will be piloted by the leading green building rating tools and made available to anyone ...
  3 days ago

• Straw Buyer Sentenced, Must Give Fraud Forums

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 540
  QUEENS—A 32-year-old Long Island woman who acted as a “straw buyer” to steal the Jamaica, Queens, residence of a 93-year-old Queens man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years’ probation, during which she must appear at mortgage fraud forums and educate people ...
  3 days ago

• Are Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth a Couple?

  
  CelebAmour — Authority: 421
  True Blood hottie Alexander Skarsgard and his Straw Dogs co-star Kate Bosworth both attended the GQ “Men Of The Year” party held at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont last night. Alex has denied that he’s currently dating anyone, though this past summer he was rumored to have been seeing his True Blood ...
  3 days ago

• A turning point for the constitution | Peter Facey

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  From Cromwell to Cameron, the system has been defined by the rot at its centre. Now at last people can see how deep it goes Whisper it, but there is something very silly indeed about the UKs famously uncodified constitution. Stuart Weir and Stuart Wilks-Heeg, with a bit of help from their friends, have attempted to ...
  4 days ago

• MTSU Professor Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme

  
  Mortgage Fraud Blog — Authority: 137
  Pamela Gail Holder has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme. Following a one-week jury trial in April 2009,  Dr. Holder  was found guilty of both bank and wire fraud charges. As previously reported on Mortgage Fraud Blog, Dr. Holder , a professor of ...
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• I’m the Greatest F—-r Here

  
  The Sample Gates — Authority: 134
  You don’t have to look far today to find people talking in plain language how America is the greatest nation in the world. Whether it’s the correspondents on MSNBC, Newt Gingrich, Fox News, it’s basically reiterated every time you turn on the TV, and how Obama, by trying to be diplomatic somehow doesn’t ...
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• When they ask you if it hurts, show ‘em your Poker Face.

  
  The Sample Gates — Authority: 134
  In yet another show of just how out of touch they are with the modern youth, MTV has shown how the Grammys will NOT nominate Lady Gaga for Best New Artist.  I mean, she all ready won the VMA award for the same,  because as MTV says -Few new artists in recent years have made [...]
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• If you can’t beat em, make your own dictionary!

  
  The Sample Gates — Authority: 134
  In case you’ve lived on a secluded island for the last couple of years, in which case, Hello! And how can I get there?, you have probably heard of Conservapedia, brainemptyshell project of Andrew Schlafly, son of historically unimportant right wing non figure Phyllis Schlafly, a woman unaware of the irony of a woman ...
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• Queens speech 2009: House of Lords reform bill

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Aims to complete the unfinished business of making the second chamber more democratic The House of Lords reform draft bill is designed to address what Jack Straw described over the summer as "the unfinished business" of making the second chamber more democratic. The government is expected to rely on the outcome of ...
  5 days ago

• Clinton smitten by ‘vibrant, vital, attractive and smart’ Miliband’s persona

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  London, Nov. 18 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has revealed her crush on British Foreign Secretary David Miliband who, according to her, is “vibrant, vital, attractive and smart.”Clinton gushed her appraisal during an interview with Vogue magazine. The interviewer added for good measure: “I got a ...
  5 days ago

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