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• Charlie Hebdo in New Cartoon Controversy After Office Bombing

  

  Charlie Hebdo poster in Paris. Photo credit: Paul Baker, http://flic.kr/p/6ovpFTCharlie Hebdo has published a cartoon of a Muslim man kissing a male cartoonist ... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Home Secretary Theresa May in Dock Over Border Relaxation Scheme

  

  Scandal at the border. Photo credit: UK Home Office. Home Secretary Theresa May is in the unenviable position this week of having to explain why she gave, as... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Herman Cain Accuser Sharon Bialek Goes Public, GOP Candidate to Hold Press...

  

  The Republican candidate was rising in the polls - will new allegations of sexual harassment send him tumbling back down? Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Iran Close Nuclear Bomb, IAEA Report Says; Iran Says Still ‘no Proof’

  

  An IAEA report due out this week claims that Iran is getting close to achieving a nuclear weapon; Iran is indifferent, but is war in the works? Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dr Conrad Murray Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter

  

  Tributes to Michael Jackson. Photo credit: Buridan, http://flic.kr/p/6B4P6K Dr Conrad Murray has been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 CELEB, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Markets Roil on Rumours of Berlusconi’s Leaving – and Rebound on Hopes That He...

  

  Rumours that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would be resigning cheered markets slightly, but it looks like he won't be going down without a fight. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The X Factor: ‘Fix Factor’ Allegations as Frankie Cocozza Survives Public Vote

  

  Gary Barlow: Not smiling any more. Photo credit: vagueonthehow, http://flic.kr/p/9P83FsLast night’s X Factor double elimination saw the show’s favorite (read:... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SOCIETY

• ‘Downton Abbey’ Ends with a Death, a Secret Wedding and an Arrest; and Maybe a...

  

  The cast of Downton Abbey. Promotional poster.The second series of Downton Abbey has drawn to a close. So what have we learned?Lavinia’s terribly convenient... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Greek PM Papandreou Out, Unity Deal in – but Would a Euro Collapse Be Best?

  

  Police and protesters in Syntagma Square, Athens. Photo credit: Endiaferon, http://www.flickr.com/photos/endiaferon/5880876808/Greek Prime Minister George... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Thousands of Supporters Send Money to Pay Chinese Artist’s Tax Bill

  

  Ai Weiwei, exhibition poster. Photo credit: sanfanmedia.com, http://flic.kr/p/7nNE4vThousands of people are donating money to pay Chinese artist and political... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• M5 Crash Kills Seven, Injures 51 – Will This Affect Government Decision Over...

  

  M5 motorway. Photo credit: Andy Welsher, http://flic.kr/p/6taVY3The M5 motorway crash that left seven people dead and 51 injured may have been caused by... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• New Anonymous Documentary We Are Legion Promises New Look at Hacktivist...

  

  An Anonymous member? Photo Credit: Stian Eikeland http://www.flickr.com/photos/stianeikeland/3696386615/sizes/m/in/photostream/Anonymous, the headless... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Oklahoma Earthquake Causes Mass Bird, Bug Flight, Apocalyptic Terror

  

  The moment when birds and bugs took flight at the Oklahoma earthquake. Photo credit: National Weather Service, Norman, Ok. The things to watch out for in... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Google’s ‘do a Barrel Roll’ Sends the ‘net into a Spin

  

  Type ‘do a barrel roll’ into Google, and you might just get a big surprise… Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• BA Parent Company IAG Gobbles up BMI, Snags More Heathrow Slots for BA

  

  BA in BMI bid. International Airlines Group, parent company of British Airways and Iberia, announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to buy British... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• British Riots: Young People Looking for ‘buzz’, Report Claims

  

  Riots on the streets of Tottenham. Photo credit: Nico Hogg, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/6018692165/ Young people involved in the violent,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Lindsay Lohan is Jailed (Again)- Timeline of Her Misdemeanors

  

  Lindsay Lohan in court. Photo credit: the fixer http://www.flickr.com/photos/fixersphotos/6307733041/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Troubled 25-year-old starlet Lindsa... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Après Moi, Le Default’

  

  Fighting off critics: Greek PM George Papandreou. Photo credit: World Economic Forum, http://flic.kr/p/9dzUhzThe decision by Greek Prime Minister George... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• New Bond Film ‘Skyfall’: Will It Be All Talk and No Action in Oscar Bid? Plus,...

  

  Daniel Craig is back as Bond; the fan world rejoices! Photo credit: Massimo Pedrazzini, Image.netIt’s official: Bond is back. After months of speculation and... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Downton Abbey: Third Series Commissioned. But Has It “jumped the Shark”?

  

  The cast of Downton Abbey. Promotional poster.Downton Abbey, the award-garlanded television series by Julian Fellowes, is now as familiar and comforting as a cu... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO