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• Occupy Wall Street: Will the Global Movement Burn Brighter Or Fade Away?

  

  Occupy London. Photo credit: Neil Cummings, http://flic.kr/p/awim5Z From humble beginnings, Occupy Wall Street has grown into a global movement. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Amy Winehouse’s Posthumous Album and Single: Early Response from the Critics is...

  

  Amy Winehouse. Photo credit: nuflicks/frank hommel via Flickr Amy Winehouse’s hotly-anticipated posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, is set for release... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SOCIETY

• Iran Lashes out at ‘Ineffective’ Sanctions

  

  Financial & petrochemical sectors the tarets of new sanctions Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Occupy UC Davis: Top Seven Pepper Spray Cop Memes

  

  Police heavy-handiness in breaking up Occupy movement sit-in camps in America has shocked and saddened observers and radicalised others to join the movement. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Was Occupy Right All Along? Report Hits out at Disparity Between Top Earners...

  

  Money: In the wrong hands? Photo credit: Laura Amalthya High executive salaries are “corrosive” to the British economy, according to a new report. The... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Chelsea FC in Crisis: Is It (already) Time for Manager Andre Villas-Boas to Get...

  

  Andres Villas-Boas is unveiled as Chelsea manager. Photo credit: The Sport Review http://www.flickr.com/photos/67482226@N02/6144390163/sizes/m/in/photostream/... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Killing II: Sarah Lund (and Her Fairisle Jumper) is Back

  

  The Killing II Slow-burning Danish detective series The Killing (Forbrydelsen) was a surprise hit around the world and prompted a bigger budgeted US remake. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Captured Trying to Flee Libya, Questions Raised Over Fair...

  

  Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: Arrested Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been captured in Libya. The son of deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was detained while... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• X Factor Movie Week Sees ‘boring’ Craig Colton Sent Home After Deadlock Vote

  

  Rihanna: Now with added clothes Another X Factor, another chance to watch someone’s dreams being crushed on live television. It was Craig Colton’s turn to die... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Hollywood Player David Beckham Wins MLS Cup, What Will He Do Next?

  

  David Beckham is 36 but he's not ready to hang up his boots. Will he stay at LA Galaxy or fall for Paris Saint Germain's advances? Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, FOOTBALL, SPORTS

• Congressional ‘super Committee’ Fails to Reach Agreement on Budget Deficit...

  

  The so-called super committee of Democrats and Republicans has failed in its task to trim $1.2 trillion from the US deficit. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mariano Rajoy and His People’s Party Storm to Victory in Spain, Financial Woes...

  

  Spain's new prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. Photo credit: Partido Popular de Cantabria, http://flic.kr/p/9pEtHo The conservative People’s Party (PP) has swept... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Arab Spring: Tahrir Square All Over Again

  

  Hosni Mubarak may be gone but Egypt's transition to democracy is proving far from smooth. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Immortals: Sex, Violence and Silly Hats

  

  There is no canon in Greek myth. They’re fluid, and The Immortals has moulded something of its own out of them, bearing no resemblance whatsoever to hardly any... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Future is Now: Jetpacks Are Real and Going on Sale

  

  Boba Fett. Photo credit: Ken FAger, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfagerdotcom/4328713400/ Want to be awesome? If so and you’ve got $100,000 to spare, then... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 CURRENT, GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Philosphy in the Boardroom: Jobs, Gates and Pope

  

  A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 CURRENT, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY, TECH

• Europe’s Future: Cameron and Merkel Meet as the Pain in Spain Triggers Market Woe

  

  The persistent aches and pains of the eurozone augur a deeper European illness, a crisis not just of financial proportions, but of existential ones as well. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Snowtown

  

  Lucas Pittaway as Jamie in Snowtown. Promotional still. Snowtown, directed by Justin Kurzel, is the director’s debut film. It’s about the most notorious serial... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Homicide Detectives Re-open Investigation into Natalie Wood’s Death, 30 Years...

  

  Natalie Wood. Photo credit: Marxchivist, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom1231 Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are re-openin... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 CELEB, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Occupy London, Portland, Los Angeles: Is This a Moral Mission, Or is It Time to...

  

  Tents in front of St Paul's Cathedral, London. Photocredit: stevecadman http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecadman/6303272137/sizes/z/in/photostream/ Occupy Wall... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY