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• As the iPhone 5 Launch Date Arrives, Apple Fans Prepare to Be Dazzled Or...

  

  Could this be what the new iPhone 5 looks like? Apple is due to launch the long-awaited iPhone 5 to the press later today. This will be the first launch oversee... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CURRENT, GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Apple iPhone 5 Launch: Will It Deliver on the Humongous Hype

  

  Could this be what the new iPhone 5 looks like? Apple is due to launch the long-awaited iPhone 5 to the press later today. This will be the first launch oversee... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Booker and Barosso Are Both Right; Inaction Will Lead to a Eurozone Crisis

  

  Flags at the European Parliament's Robert Schuman building. Photo credit: Tristam Sparks Christopher Booker’s column in The Sunday Telegraph entitled “The EU... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Nobel Prize Winner Ralph Steinman Dies Three Days Before Award Presentation

  

  Ralph Steinman - a great scientist, an untimely death. Photo credit: Rockefeller University In an unprecedented twist of events, a Nobel Prize will be awarded... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Amanda Knox is Free, but Questions Remain Over the Italian Justice System

  

  Amanda Knox at her appeal trial, November 24 2010 Amanda Knox has won her appeal against her conviction for the murder of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• What Vladimir Putin’s (inevitable) Recapture of the Presidency Means for...

  

  Vladimir Putin has ratcheted up his vice-like grip over Russian politics by announcing his intention to wrestle back the presidency next May. Is that bad news... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Amanda Knox Wins Appeal

  

  Amanda Knox American student Amanda Knox was cleared last night of the murder of her British flatmate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007. Knox, 24, was convicted in 200... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Ig Nobel Awards Recognise Surreal, Silly Science Discoveries Like Beetles’...

  

  Women or Beer? It's a hard life for beetles. Photo credit: smccann http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmike/274964991/ Beetles gettin’ jiggy with empty beer... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Arctic Ozone Layer Hole in Sudden Expansion

  

  Say your prayers and ready the evacuation rockets – there’s a new massive hole in the ozone layer. But is it our fault, and should we really be worried? Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• First Reflections on the ‘Kenyan Way’

  

  Masai tribesmen, Kenya. Photo credit: McMarcLouwes I have been a resident of Kenya for less than a week, and already the distinctions and anomalies of Kenyan... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT

• Top Five iPhone 5 Rumours

  

  Photo credit: twicepix, http://flic.kr/p/9rLzp8 The iPhone 5 is the most hotly anticipated launch since … well, since the launch of the other iPhones. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Top Five iPhone Five Rumours

  

  The iPhone 5 is expected to launch this week - or will it be the iPhone 4S? Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, GADGETS, TECH

• Just How Good is Fifa 12? ‘Brilliant’, Tweets Wayne Rooney

  

  FIFA 12, the latest in the hugely successful Electronic Arts Sports series, brings big changes to the football video game world, and has critics drooling. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, GAMING, SOCCER, SOCIETY, SPORTS, TECH

• David Cameron Says Sorry as Female Voters Turn on Tories

  

  David Cameron has apologised for making"sexist" remarks, but can he win back female voters? Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• David Cameron: I’m No Sexist

  

  David Cameron. Photo credit: Andrew Parsons British Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted he “screwed up” after making controversial comments to female MPs... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tip-top Tips on Buying Art at Frieze, and London’s Other Art Fairs

  

  Frieze Art Fair, 2006. Photo credit: CatFunt Autumn in London sees the art world kick into action, and a plethora of art fairs pop up almost every weekend – it’... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, CURRENT

• Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Alienated Young People Or Spoiled Brats?

  

  Wall Street protest march. Photo credit: Paul S, http://flic.kr/p/aqZJb2 The Occupy Wall Street protest movement is back in the headlines after New York police... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 700 Arrests Made During Occupy Wall St. Protest

  

  Wall Street protest march. Photo credit: Paul S, http://flic.kr/p/aqZJb2 The Occupy Wall Street protest movement is back in the headlines after New York police... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS, SOCIETY

• Occupy Wall Street Protests: What We Know

  

  An Occupy Wall Street protestor. Photo credit: _PaulS_ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kapkap/6189131120/sizes/m/in/photostream/ The Occupy Wall Street... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Top 5 Things We’ve Learned from the Occupy Wall Street Protests

  

  A protestor. Apparently he is 99 percent. Not 100 per cent then? Must be feeling peaky. Photocredit: _PaulS_ http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY