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• Phone Hacking: Number of Victims Soars; Murdochs in Family Therapy

  

  Patriarch Rupert Murdoch. Photocredit: World Economic Forum http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/3488040165/sizes/m/in/photostream/There seems to be... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Greek Tragedy: PM Papandreou Scraps Referendum in Bid to Avert Party Split,...

  

  Greek PM George Papandreou faces a confidence vote today that may not only determine his future, but that of the eurozone and Greece's place in it as well. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Philipp Stözl’s Young Goethe in Love: a Rom-com About One of the Founders of...

  

  Bad-boy Goethe has to run to his exams. Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Germany“When you find yourself, you’ll soon know how to live it,” the demon Mephistopheles... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Occupy Oakland Shuts Down Port, Besieges a Whole Foods, Clashes with Police

  

  Occupy Oakland clashed yesterday with police. Photo Credit: Oakland Local, http://www.flickr.com/photos/oaklandlocal/6233565728/sizes/l/in/photostream/The Occup... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• After G20 in Cannes, Greece Faces an Ultimatum: Stay in the Euro Or Go It Alone

  

  Euro leaders cut off Greek aid package until the deeply in debt nation decides whether it wants to be part of the eurozone or not. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Liz Jones Steals Sperm, Wants Baby

  

  Columnist Liz Jones, about to pounce. Photocredit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8t-QeQMpQYIs there nothing that Liz Jones won’t do? Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CELEB, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Chinese Unmanned Spaceship Docking Successful

  

  There's a new guy in town - spacetown, that is, as China flexes its galactic muscles and prepares to join the big guns. It's completed a difficult space... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Israel Considering Strike on Iran: Sabre-rattling Or the Real Thing?

  

  Natanz nuclear facility in Iran. Photo credit: Hamed SaberIsraeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is reportedly pushing for a military strike against Iran’s... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal

  

  Julian Assange, the white-haired founder of WikiLeaks, has lost his extradition appeal. Will he still hold the heroic status he once had? Or is he now just a... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Texas Judge Beats Disabled Daughter

  

  Still from the YouTube video of William Adams beating his daughter, Hillary. A judge in Texas is facing both a police investigation and the court of public... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby, Baby’: We Give You Five More Celebrities with Love...

  

  Never mind the angelic smile, Bieber could be a dad! Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kindofadraag/4581764953/ “So tell me, tell me are you gonna kiss... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 11/22/63: Stephen King Tries to Save JFK in New Time Travel Novel

  

  The Dallas County Administration Building, formerly the Texas School Book Depository, the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot JFK as he passed... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Controversial Urban Drama Refused Permission to Film in Hackney, Divides Critics

  

  Hackney-based drama Top Boy is causing controversy. Photo credit: Louisa Thomson, http://flic.kr/p/4JabnhTop Boy has certainly got the critics talking. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Archbishop of Canterbury Calls for Tobin Tax in Solidarity with Occupy Protester...

  

  Robin Hood. Photo credit: Brandon Weight, http://flic.kr/p/7p9zPKDavid Cameron has ruled out the possibility of a “Robin Hood tax” unless the measure is... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Are Adoption Guidelines Racist? National Adoption Week Highlights Bureaucratic...

  

  Tim Loughton, Children's Minister. Photocredit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on4TM2MDypgAdoption, it seems, is in a shameful state. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Japanese MP Drinks Fukushima Water: Top 5 Politicians’ Stunts

  

  As a Japanese MP bravely drinks water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, we look at 5 other brave - or silly - things that politicians have done in the nam... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Charlie Hebdo’s Offices Firebombed for Printing Cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed

  

  Another cover of the satirical French magazine Charlie HebdoFour years ago, in 2007, Charlie Hebdo decided to reproduce the controversial cartoons of the Prophe... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Greek Referendum Row Threatens to Topple PM George Papandreou’s Government as...

  

  The referendum could bring down the Greek government, destabilise financial markets and destroy the monetary union - but is it also a triumph for democracy? Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Iranian Footballers Banned for ‘immoral’ Butt Squeeze Goal Celebration

  

  Here's the butt-clenching moment. Photo credit: YouTube Anyone who has played football at even a thoroughly amateur level will know that it can be tremendously... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif Found Guilty in Pakistani Cricket Spot-fixing Trial

  

  G.Swann Bowls Salman Butt During the 3rd day of the final test at Lords (Thursday, 26 August 2010). England win by an innings and 225 runs. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 CURRENT, SPORTS