washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns:
Tonight, 32 young Americans will win Rhodes Scholarships. Their tenures at Oxford are funded by the legacy of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, a man whose life would not be honored today were it not for his vision that y (Read More)
Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune:
BEIJING (AP) -- A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 11 people and trapping another 128, central government authorities said.
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The Age World Headlines:
A gas explosion has torn through a coal mine in northern China, killing 11 people and trapping another 128, central government authorities have said. (Read More)
Travel Pod:
Jump to the full entry & travel map Phnom Penh, CambodiaUp early again (really beginning to resent early mornings) to get the boat to Phnom Penh. we travelled through the (Read More)
Fox News:
A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and trapping another 114 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said. (Read More)
The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines:
A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has trapped 139 miners and injured an unknown number of people but there were no immediate reports of any deaths. (Read More)
Kotaku:
There are some out there who believe that during the recent wave of Xbox Live bannings, Microsoft kicked as many as one million people off their online service. It's a belief Microsoft execs do not subscribe to. "We didn't re (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
RALEIGH, N.C. � The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political gra (Read More)
MSNBC:
Officials report the arrest of dozens of people who barricaded themselves in a building on the University of California campus at Berkeley to protest an increase in student fees and budget cuts.
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guardian.co.uk: The Guardian newspaper: Editorials & reply:
Marcel Berlins (16 November) is right that police cautions should not be used for serious offences. The Law Society continues to be very concerned about this deliberate practice by the Ministry of Justice. But if there is to (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
The Guidelines: random notes from pop cultureThere are copious strings to 50 Cent's platinum bow. As well as being a rapper, self-help guru and inspiration to many, he's an actor and videogame voiceover artiste. Recently adde (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
Social networking sends $15,000 shocker inspired by Fawlty Towers into box-office hall of fameThere is nothing remotely scary about the beige library in the Soho Hotel. It's calm, quiet, bland. Yet towards the end of a low-ke (Read More)
www.msnbc.msn.com:
A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed 11 people, trapped 128 and injured an unknown number, authorities say.
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The Guardian:
The newly appointed Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is making the search for a chief executive his number one priorityThe newly appointed Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is understood to be keen to appoint a chief executive w (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
High-octane drama of polar bears tumbling to a bloody death may leave viewers feeling manipulated by propagandaThe high-pitched whine of a low-flying jet engine fills the air as the camera tracks across images of shimmering g (Read More)
SF Gate:
Viewers of the movie "Planet 51," opening in theaters this weekend, will first see "Live Music," a computer-generated short that is a collaboration of 51 animators from 17 countries who were brought together on Facebook. And (Read More)