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• The Fox News Mole is Revealed – He’s Called Joe Muto

  

  The Fox News Mole - it's Joe Muto. Photocredit: Gawker The identity of the “Fox News Mole”, who provided a whistleblowing column for online magazine Gawker,... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• George Zimmerman Charged with Second-degree Murder in Trayvon Martin Shooting;...

  

  Trayvon Martin, slain Florida teenager. Six weeks after he shot and killed an unarmed black teenager and walked free, George Zimmerman is in jail. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• After Bo Xilai’s Purging, Chinese Politics Comes into the Limelight – and Will I...

  

  Bo Xilai. Photocredit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21427686@N03/6920111000/sizes/z/in/photostream/ When Neil Heywood, a British man based in Beijing, was... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Mark Zuckerberg on a Spending Spree After Facebook’s Billion-dollar...

  

  Facebook: On a spending spree? photo: Tax Credits Facebook’s acquisition of ‘hipster’ photo-sharing app Instagram has got the technorati speculating: what will... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIETY, TECH

• World Bank: Kim, Ocampo and Okonjo-Iweala in Running for Presidency in...

  

  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Photo credit: World Bank Photo Collection The race to be the next president of the World Bank is revving up. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Miss Universe Contest to Allow Transgender Women to Compete

  

  Miss Universe, the beauty contest, is to allow transgender women to compete. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, LGBTQ, SOCIETY

• Football Association Scores (another) Own Goal with Controversial Mario Balotell...

  

  Mario Balotelli (45) heads toward goal in a Manchester City versus Fulham FC game. Photo credit: ZawTowers The debate over the competence of Barclays Premier... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS

• Titanic: Is Cashing in on Tragedy a Bad Thing?

  

  Probably, but anyone & everyone is milking this cashcow Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Rick Santorum Suspends His Campaign for the Republican Presidential Nomination

  

  Incumbent Barack Obama set to face Mitt Romney in November presidential election. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Athens: A View from the Rubble

  

  Greek riot police ready and waiting at Syntagma Square, Athens, in February 2011. Photo credit: Mehran Khalili http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• George Zimmerman: Man Who Shot Trayvon Martin Sets up Website for Defence as...

  

  Trayvon Martin supporters at the Million Hoodie March. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/68146720@N05/7005067963 The real George Zimmerman has stood up... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Texts from Hillary: America’s Secretary of State Gets Her Own Meme

  

  Hillary Clinton: Fierce. Photo credit: LeadersSource: Herve Cortinat/OECD US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is used to being the butt of jokes – being... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Tehran Slams ‘hoax’ Statement Announcing Replacement of Internet with National...

  

  Internet censorship taken to the extreme? Photo credit: Wonderlane via flickr Iran is set to replace the internet with a national intranet service, according... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY, TECH

• ‘Hook-handed Cleric’ Abu Hamza Set to Face Terrorism Charges in the US

  

  US extradition: Just or unjust? Photo credit: James Cridland, http://flic.kr/p/8AqBAj Radical cleric Abu Hamza is set to be extradited to the US to face... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Violence Continues in Syria as UN-backed Ceasefire Deadline Approaches

  

  Protesting al-Assad's regime. Photo credit: Maggie Osama http://flic.kr/p/9Co1BJ The UN-imposed deadline for a ceasefire in Syria looks unlikely to be met as... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Does Joss Whedon-penned The Cabin in the Woods Reinvent the Horror Film Genre?

  

  The Cabin in the Woods Five All-American stereotypes head off to a backwoods cabin for a weekend away. Cue ominous etchings, a hidden diary and mysterious... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• An (un)Holy Saturday at Novikov Restaurant

  

  Novikov - a Russian owned Italian/Asian restaurant? A Russian-owned restaurant in London, serving Italian food in one dining room, and Asian food in the other? Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 CURRENT, DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, SOCIETY

• Will Facebook Destroy Instagram? Users of the ‘hipster’ App Fearful After...

  

  Social networking giant snaps up profitless start-up. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Titanic: The Battle to Preserve What Remains of the Famous, Doomed Ship

  

  Titanic, before its doomed voyage. Photo credit: Aidan McMichael http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidanmcmichael/5153563359/ Much has been made over the Easter... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Bill & Gabs’s Excellent Adventure in the South of Lebanon

  

  Fatayl - it's better than it looks. Photo credit: Gabrielle Jackson Mo is one of those expats who has just enough qualities of his new country and his old to... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY