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• Libya One Year Later

  

  Turmoil still rages as ex-rebel fighters roam the streets Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Teacher Beats Student in Rap Battle: Mark Grist Versus MC Blizzard

  

  MC Blizzard: "I'm gonna get rid of Mark like when Germany brought the euro in." Dead Poets Society this ain’t. This video has been making the internet rounds... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 CURRENT, HUMOR, VIRAL

• The Recruiting Officer’s Bawdy Exuberance Recruits Critics to Its Cause

  

  Poster for The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar. George Farquhar’s late Restoration comedy, The Recruiting Officer (1706), opens Josie Rourke’s stint as artisti... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Kim Jong-il’s 70th Birthday Celebrated in Style

  

  The new statue of Kim Jong-il. Photocredit: BBC video.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17037162 Roll out the rogue state barrels, it’s Kim Jong-il’s 70th... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Choose Your Own Ending: New Novel Lets Readers Take Control

  

  Caroline Smailes's new, ebook only novel, 99 Reasons Why, lets readers influence the ending. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Acta is Refused by the Bulgarians; but is It Really Such a Draconian Treaty?

  

  The anti-piracy treaty Acta loses another supporter in Europe. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Deadly Airborne Bird Flu Virus Research Raises Bioterror Fears

  

  Researchers have found a way to make bird flu even more deadly. Which is nice. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, HEALTH

• Are Actors Too Posh? Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Others Were at Private...

  

  Eddie Redmayne, Old Etonian, in Birdsong. The acting profession is notoriously hard to get into – you need a lot of talent, for one thing. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Iran Under Sanctions and Under Pressure as Israel Accuses Tehran of Terror...

  

  The Israeli army Israel has accused Iran of orchestrating a state-sponsored terror campaign after a series of attacks in Georgia, India and Thailand. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 'This Means War' Makes Critics Cry: 'This Means War!'

  

  The action-packed rom-com is scoring low with the critics Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Multiple Grammy Winner Adele is Not ‘f*cking Off’ After All

  

  Adele Photo credit: Karen Blue, http://flic.kr/p/558MKS British singer Adele has delighted her adoring fans by revealing she has no plans to take a five-year... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• UK Unemployment is the Largest Since 1995; but is It All That Bad?

  

  A job center. Photocredit: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1215041 Uh oh. Unemployment in the United Kingdom has risen by 48,000 to 2.67 million – the worst... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Coalition’s Alcohol Strategy: David Cameron Mulls US-style Drunk Tanks, Minimum...

  

  David Cameron is determined to tackle booze Britain. Is minimum alcohol pricing the best way to tackle alcohol abuse? Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 FOOD & DRINK, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gotye, the Youtube Sensation, Releases Making Mirrors: But is He Better Live?

  

  Gotye, in his much-watched YouTube video for his single, Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye (pronounced, according to The Independent, “goaty-eh”) has, with... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Poll Puts Rick Santorum Ahead of Mitt Romney in the Republican Presidential...

  

  Mitt Romney faces a battle against surging Rick Santorum in 'must-win' Michigan primary Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Returns, as Brash and Day-glo as Ever

  

  More cocktail than woman? Still from the new series of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Lock up your sons, roll out the taffeta, lay in a couple of tons of sequins and... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• China’s Heir Apparent Leader Xi Jinping’s Visit to US Prompts Examination of...

  

  Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (r) chats with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen. Photo credit: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Xi... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Far from Kim Jong Un’s Warm Palace: Escape from North Korea

  

  The Tumen River. Photo credit: Tony Yoo, bonza-is-free.blogspot.com “I remember as a kid regularly seeing dead bodies float down the river here,” my guide, Mr... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Apple iPad 3 Set to Launch March 7 2012

  

  The Apple fanboy rumour mill is going into overdrive as multiple reports say that the iPad 3 will be launched March 7. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 CURRENT, GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Waterskiing on Snow: World’s Most Dangerous Sport?

  

  Would you let a car drag you through the snow at breakneck speed? Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 OUTDOORS, SNOW