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The Trail:
By Garance Franke-Ruta The reigning queen of daytime talk, Oprah Winfrey, will tape an interview with President Obama in the White House next week, White House sources confirmed. Winfrey was an early and strong supporter of t (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Society:
The ex-governor with nearly 20 years in the prison service tells Erwin James why becoming chief executive of Nacro is not a move by the crime reduction charity to run jails but to influence government penal policyIn all my ex (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Welfare reform should recognise that harnessing people's desire to work is more effective than the threat of jail or povertyLiving on benefits is tough. Tony McNulty, former employment minister, admitted to Radio 5 Live earli (Read More)
The Phoenix PHLOG:
Someday soon, political strategists will look back on the 2008 presidential campaign the way NASA scientists sigh at the Apollo moon landing -- as an example of a way that fighting a big, idealistic fight demanded a period o (Read More)
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Campaign 2008
The Guardian:
This segregation based on sexuality is just as reprehensible as a legal apartheid based on raceA straight couple in London, Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, have been had their request for a civil partnership turned down by I (Read More)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
The vehicle in which Mahima Chaudhary was campaigning near Dhanbad was stoned on Monday. (Read More)
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The Guardian:
Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle refused partnership by London council because UK law bans opposite-sex civil unionsA couple who want to become the first heterosexuals in Britain to have a civil partnership said they would beg (Read More)
Open Left - Front Page:
I was a little surprised to read Susie Madrak writing about Joe Sestak's potential conflicts with other Senators as a negative:It's a legitimate question since, as Howard Dean pointed out, the Senate is a gentlemen's club and (Read More)
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Campaign 2008
Huffington Post:
An airplane engine humming crescendos in the background as polar bears drop out of the sky, slam to the ground and meet their bloody deaths. At first you may be wondering, why am I being subjected to this brutal imagery? It' (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
There was no evidence of conspiracy among climate scientists in the leaked emails – so why was the University of East Anglia's response so pathetic?The lay public, when presented with confusing data and competing arguments ab (Read More)
Hyderabad-Cities-The Times of India:
Campaigning ended for the first Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections set to be held on Monday. (Read More)
The Guardian:
A flu pandemic in Ukraine that has triggered a nationwide panic is worsening this weekend with up to 400 deaths already reported.The arrival of the virus, suspected by the World Health Organisation to be swine flu but possibl (Read More)
The Guardian:
New skills could be included in literacy lessonsPrimary school children should be taught to understand the "language" of advertisers and spin doctors to stop them becoming too susceptible to sophisticated campaigns, it has be (Read More)
The Guardian:
How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be d (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Aaron Cohen travels the world, rescuing girls sold into prostitution. He tells Carole Cadwalladr why he does it – and how a suburban kid turned heroin addict became a human rights campaignerI don't know where to even start w (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Reading manager Brendan Rodgers watched his side claim their first home win since January, as the Royals beat Blackpool 2-1, and then proclaimed that the feeling was like "winning the World Cup".While Rodgers may have to stre (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The Cartoons that Shook the World, by Jytte Klausen (Yale, £20)In what deserves to become the definitive account of the Danish cartoon controversy of 2005-6, none of the major actors comes out looking too good. Certainly not (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxesIf someone held the patent for the word "nice" they would make a fortune today: the only thing anyone can find (Read More)
The Economist:
Kevin Rudd says sorry for a past evilCEREMONIES in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra are typically attended by visiting royals, heads of state and other dignitaries. On November 16th several hundred ordinary, mid (Read More)
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