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• Apple Critic Mike Daisey’s ‘fabrications’ About Firm’s Chinese iPad, iPhone...

  

  iPhone 4s. Photo credit: Brett Jordan http://flic.kr/p/awByzb Influential US radio show This American Life has retracted a programme critical of working... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Just How Good Are Wales’ Six Nations Grand Slam Winning Squad? Good Enough to...

  

  Wales scrum down versus France. Photo credit: Mattappleby Wales won their third Six Nations Grand Slam in eight years with a gritty 16-9 win over France at... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Occupy Wall Street Returns to Zuccotti Park and to the Mainstream Media

  

  October snow falls on OWS camp. Photo credit: David Shankbone, http://flic.kr/p/aA474V Here’s a headline we haven’t seen for a few months: Occupy Wall Street... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Occupy Wall Street Returns to Zucotti Park and to the Mainstream Media

  

  October snow falls on OWS camp. Photo credit: David Shankbone, http://flic.kr/p/aA474V Here’s a headline we haven’t seen for a few months: Occupy Wall Street... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• What Chancellor George Osborne Should Include in the 2012 Budget

  

  George Osborne and the Gladstone Budget box on Budget Day 2009. Photo credit: The Prime Minister's Office. As George Osborne prepares to announce his 2012 budge... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Republican Presidential Candidates Prepare for Illinois Contest as GOP Fears of ...

  

  Rick Santorum: The Republican presidential nominee for 2012? Photo credit: Michael Righi Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has scored a decisive... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Fabrice Muamba Remains in Critical Condition After Cardiac Arrest, Fans and...

  

  Players react as Fabrice Muamba is treated on the pitch at White Hart Lane. Photo credit: Crystian Cruz Bolton Wanderers’ 23-year-old footballer Fabrice Muamba... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Afghanistan Massacre Suspect Staff Sergeant Robert Bales Flown Back to US,...

  

  General David H. Petraeus (center) talks with US soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, in eastern Afghanistan. Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Bradle... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• San Pancho, a ‘wild’ Spring Break in Mexico Beyond Travel Advisories

  

  Another day comes to and end in San Pancho, Mexico “Come, sit down, just relax and enjoy. Isn’t it beautiful? If the world is coming to an end, let it be this... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Nazi-looted Art Must Be Returned

  A German federal court last week made a fair decision on a highly emotional issue, mandating the return of Nazi-looted art to its rightful owners. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• ‘We Will Not Be a Colony,’ Delacres Hungary’s Viktor Orban

  

  Hungary PM Viktor Orban. Photo credit: OECD Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s remarks in Budapest on Thursday, March 15 were a model for “How to Make a... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Paddington Bear Voted the Nation’s Favourite Animated Character: Who Would You...

  

  The bronze statue of Paddington Bear at Paddington Station by Marcus Cornish. Photocredit: Caro's lines http://www.flickr.com/photos/caroslines/3742658310/... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT

• Rowan Williams, the ‘reluctant’ Archbishop of Canterbury, Steps Down After 10...

  

  Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams announced Friday that he is stepping down at the end of this year. What kind of legacy does he leave? And who's tipped t... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 CURRENT, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Mesmerises the Critics

  

  The murder suspect in Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Publicity still. Once upon a Time in Anatolia, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a crime procedural that take... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Film Review: We Bought A Zoo is Too Sweet for Its Own Good

  

  We Bought A Zoo For certain fans of contemporary cinema, any rendition of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” immediately transports us to a sun-kissed tour bus trundlin... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Assad Emails: Harley Street Cardiologist Advised President About Spinning...

  

  Protesters in a Galilee town tread on a poster of Assad as HItler. Photocredit: Freedom House The cache of emails between President Bashar al-Assad of Syria... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Giant Spaceship Seen Next to Sun! AGAIN! Er… Well, Not Really

  

  The massive alien spaceship refuelling! Or not. Whoah! Are aliens visiting us – again? Well, no. Remember the spaceship that turned out the be a trick of the... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 ASTRONOMY, CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• The Sacking of Bo Xilai: What the Chinese Leadership Shake-up Says About the...

  

  Bo Xilai, man of the people? In the most sensational political scandal to rock China in this century, prominent and polemic politician Bo Xilai was sacked from... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Goldman Sachs Muppetgate: The Fall-out Continues

  

  In wake of open letter, commentators have begun investigating Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS, SOCIETY

• Gay Marriages Are Made in Heaven

  

  Novelist Amanda Craig cheers every time she sees a gay couple in the papers. Until she remembers that the reason why they're still newsworthy is they're still... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 CURRENT, LGBTQ, SOCIETY