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• Pop Star Turned President? Singer Youssou N’Dour Runs for Election in Senegal

  

  Youssou N'Dour performing at the "Deine Stimme Gegen Armut" (Your Voice Against Poverty) concert in Rostock, Germany on June 7th, 2007. Photo credit: U2005,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jersey Shore Returns for Season 5; but is It Time to End It All?

  

  Are you sick of GTL and the duck phone? Do you even know what those phrases mean? Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Democracy in Burma? West Must Continue Pressure, Says Hague

  

  Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader in Burma, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague. Photocredit: http://www.youtube.com/watch? Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Is 2012 the Year of the Taliban? Islamists Insurgents to Open Office in Qatar

  

  With the Taliban opening an office - and lines of communication - is peace in Afghanistan likely? Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Do We Know About the New Star Trek Film? Benedict Cumberbatch to Play a...

  

  Benedict Cumberbatch: From Sherlock to space villain? Photocredit: publicity still Star Trek 2 is almost upon us. Almost: it’s still in pre-production. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Google Downgrades Itself in Search Results After Paying for Blog Posts...

  

  Storm clouds over Google HQ. Photo credit: Stuck in Customs Google was left rather red-faced on Wednesday after being caught breaking its own rules on “sponsore... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Diane Abbott in Twitter Race Row: So is She Really Racist?

  

  Diane Abbott, at the center of a racism row. Photocredit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcr1GeGaFsc Diane Abbott, the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Mark Zuckerberg’s Demands on Holiday in South America: Reasonable Or Ridiculous?

  

  One of Zuckerberg's private photos, which were exposed last year; now his holiday is under similar exposure Mark Zuckerberg, the 27-year-old billionaire CEO of... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 BUSINESS, CELEB, CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Commission on Assisted Dying Report: Should Doctors Be Allowed to Help Terminall...

  

  Assisted dying campaigner and Alzheimer's sufferer Terry Pratchett at a book signing with a young fan. Photo credit: firepile Doctors should be allowed to help... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 HEALTH, SOCIETY

• ABC’s Drag Comedy Work It Worst Sitcom of 2012 – Already

  

  Work It: These are men. No, really. Photo credit: ABC We have a winner: ABC’s new cross-dressing “comedy”, Work It, is not only the worst sitcom of 2012 – and... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Flypaper’s Top 135 EPs of 2011 – and What You’ll Be Listening to in 2012

  

  Photo credit: Imelda, http://www.flickr.com/photos/imelda/6630512817/ I am the proud CEO of Flypaper Media, a London-based music management company... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• High Court Judge Announces Plans for Marriage Foundation to Halt Divorce

  

  'Mend it - don't end it,' says Sir Paul Coleridge. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, FAMILY, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIETY

• The iPad 3: Smarter, Faster, Sleeker – Or Will It Just Have a Better Camera?

  

  The world's computers are abuzz again with rumours about the iPad 3; but are they to be believed? Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Sherlock Holmes: Sexy Or Sexist? Or Both?

  

  Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes: Brain and brawn? Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s pipe-smoking detective, is with us more than ever these days. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Mitt Romney Edges Rick Santorum in Iowa Caucus

  

  Coming second: Rick Santorum. Photo credit: Michael Righi Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has won the Iowa caucus – but only just. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hurrah! Reasons to Be Cheerful in 2012 – as Well as the Diamond Jubilee, of...

  

  Her Maj is happy - should we be too? Photocredit: PA 2011 was the year in which there was enough news to last for a decade – nay, perhaps even a century. There... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Alien Cathouse: Las Vegan Brothel Baron to Open Alien Sex Den for Men Seeking ou...

  Prostitute's calling cards on a Las Vegas post. Photo credit: Jorge Quinteros For men who dream of paying for sex with aliens, help is finally at hand. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• It’s My Visa and I’ll Cry If I Want To: The Day I Got Chucked out of Iran

  

  Modern life in Iran. Photo credit: Gabrielle Jackson It was not a good day to have PMT. And maybe, had I know the consequences, I might have been able to contro... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Stephen Lawrence Murder: Gary Dobson and David Norris Sentenced, Has the Case...

  

  The Metropolitan Police: Lessons learned? Photo credit: Chris Brown, http://flic.kr/p/6bPcyZ The conviction of Gary Dobson and David Norris of the racist... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Year in Social Media: Revolutions to Riots, Cyber-bullying to...

  

  Facebook: Still on top. Photo credit: Dave Rutt http://flic.kr/p/4kNMVu It’s been quite a year for social media: Sites such as Twitter and Facebook have been... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY