The Guardian:
An increasing number of female jihadis are being recruited and trained to blow themselves up in the name of Islam. Alissa J Rubin visits an Iraqi jail to find out what makes young women turn themselves into killing machinesI (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)
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Author : Stuart ClarkeWhen you need a good band for weddings you can find them easily by using the online search engines such as Google and Yahoo The search engines will provide you with a great many interesting link results (Read More)
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Author : amitmsp sharanLiterature is the soul of the wit The best source of literature can be now found in blogs The growing trend of blogmania is slowly sweeping the netizens Every person aspires to have a blog as a platf (Read More)
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Never mind the soul-searching panels, the well-meaning initiatives, or the Fempire. According to a new report, the situation for women in Hollywood is actually worsening. Also, guess which has more women writers on staff: 24 (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
I can visualise Alan Ross's expression – ineffably polite, but just failing to disguise his displeasure at being called anyone's hero. Perhaps "exemplar" would be a better word, given that he was the first writer I properly c (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Frances Leviston is charmed by a vision of northern England in a debut collection"O collapser of delicate moods and arch lyrical poignancies! / damper of youthful enthusiasms! / user of out-of-date prophylactic sheaths!" The (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
'I felt that the only thing I was on earth to do was to write'A couple of months ago Mavis Gallant had a dream. A messenger came to the door carrying a cardboard box with a lid on it. On top was written "Mavis Gallant" in big (Read More)
The Guardian:
Swedish soprano whose perceptive singing and vivid acting made her a great heroine in operas by Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and JanacekOne of the most perceptive and admired sopranos of the postwar era, Elisabeth Söderström, (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Another nasty decision for Nice this week, as the health service's rationing agency turned down Nexavar, which treats liver cancer. Everyone agrees it provides extra months, but it will not be administered – except to the ric (Read More)
The Guardian:
French football fans are red-faced over Les Bleus' World Cup qualification at the expense of Ireland"What does it mean to be French?" mused a jocular Jean-Michel Aphatie on primetime television shortly before his national sid (Read More)
Variety.com:
TV News: Ordinary folks do extraordinary things -- Covering global wars, the antagonistic Washington political fray and the ongoing health-care crisis can wear on a cabler's soul.
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Huffington Post:
This is not for you if you're one of those people who thinks about the upcoming holidays with your family and considers how very lucky you are to have each other.This is for the people who think of the holidays with their fam (Read More)
Mashable!:
The Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition, our annual contest highlighting the very best the web has to offer, is entering its final round. The 70,000+ nominees have been narrowed down to just 5 finalists per category, and y (Read More)
New York Times:
A lingering cold has one positive side effect: having a reason to explore chicken soup in a variety of ethnic cuisines, and finding all of them delicious.
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Author : Eric MeisterAre you ready for your next match-three app purchase? Seriously? These days you can browse the App Store without tripping over four or five of these match-three games So, no one is arguing that the iT (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
It's no coincidence this waggy-tailed underdog yarn from Sri Lanka puts you in mind of The Full Monty: it's the directorial debut of that film's producer, Uberto Pasolini. And not only does it share the skeleton of a plot wit (Read More)
Skype Journal:
Guest post by Howard Chang, AmperorDirect, Houston, Texas. I received the new Point 2 View (P2V) USB camera sample from IPEVO recently. The P2V is indeed designed with interesting concepts. The most eye-catching part is the (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Science:
From as far back as discovery of fire, science has made us anxious. We must harness fear's power, not be consumed by itNo sooner was it announced that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organisation for Nuclear R (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
This 1966 drama ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to entertaining as well as educating. Pity they didn't let Thomas More be more scatalogical than saintlyDirector: Fred ZinnemannEntertainment grade: BHistory grade: (Read More)