The Guardian:
"Twenty eight years and 91 days!" said the elated east Berliner I met walking up the Friedrichstrasse soon after the wall was breached. On the day the Berlin Wall went up, 13 August 1961, his parents had wanted to go to the cinema in west Berlin, but he, then aged 11, had been too tired. Next morning, they awoke to the soun (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Chancellor insists Obama administration's refusal to back a 'day-to-day financial transaction tax' does not mean an end to plansAlistair Darling today pledged that the Government would step up its fight for a new international tax on banking despite an initially frosty response to the plan from Washington.The chancellor sai (Read More)
New York Times:
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is linked to things like cancer, obesity, attention deficit disorder and genital abnormalities, and it’s been found in our food. (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
• House of Representatives passes bill by slim margin• Democrat waverers given concession on abortionBarack Obama enjoyed the biggest victory of his presidency so far as he saw the House of Representatives vote in a bill over the weekend that would mark the greatest extension in US health coverage since 1965.The House voted (Read More)
The Guardian:
The heady events in Berlin 20 years ago today had far more impact than the rise of IslamismToday is the real 9/11. This is not meant as a quibble about dates. Future historians will remember 9 November 1989 as far more significant than that terrifying day in September eight years ago. Countless long-forgotten events have be (Read More)
New York Times:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Sunday to spend more on health care and education and make it easier for foreign investors to take part in India’s $1.2 trillion economy.
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New York Times:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Sunday to spend more on health care and education and make it easier for foreign investors to take part in India’s $1.2 trillion economy. (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Is it possible to live without spending any cash whatsoever? After becoming disillusioned with consumer society, one man decided to give it a tryThe morning I finally decided to give up using cash, the whole world changed. It was the same day news broke about the banks' misbehaviour in the sub-prime mortgage market, so whe (Read More)
New York Times:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Sunday to spend more on health care and education and make it easier for foreign investors to take part in India’s $1.2 trillion economy.
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
Senior commanders say public not convinced British troops can succeed and that purpose of mission remains unclearGrowing frustration among Britain's most senior military commanders over the government's handling of the war in Afghanistan burst into the open today as they stepped up plans to restrict the number of areas in w (Read More)
The Guardian:
Although Muslims are some of the US's most loyal citizens, this terrible shooting will be used as evidence that they are innately un-AmericanThe Fort Hood shootings will likely reverberate across the media for weeks to come. In all likelihood, it will be logged as yet further evidence that the Muslims are a dangerous fifth (Read More)
The Guardian:
• 60 missing, and about 7,000 in shelters• Ida upgraded to category 2 hurricaneFloods and mud slides have killed 91 people, as heavy rains from Hurricane Ida hit El Salvador, the country's interior minister has said.Humberto Centeno said 60 people are still missing, and about 7,000 more are in shelters.He told reporters tha (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
• Remains of firework found behind front door• Tributes paid to woman who died after saving sonPolice in Cornwall todayappealed for more information after calling on the people involved in a firework-related house fire that killed a woman to "do the decent thing and come forward".Mary Fox, 59, died after helping her younges (Read More)
New York Times:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to spend more on health care and education and make it easier for foreign investors to participate in India’s $1.2 trillion economy.
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guardian.co.uk Society:
Channel 4 screens a drama about the hanging of Paul Gadd tonight, but we learn more from trying to understand criminals than from killing themChannel 4 stages a televisual hanging tonight in The Execution of Gary Glitter. Here, a lawyer who has represented paedophiles explains why it is better to seek understanding.One of m (Read More)