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Groups jointly representing publishing, music, writing and film are presenting to MPs the cases of individuals affected by piracyWith the race now on to turn last week's digital economy bill into UK law, pro-copyright groups (Read More)
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President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to transfer the remains of the writer Albert Camus to one of the most hallowed burial places in France, but the plan has run into opposition from the Nobel laureate's son, who does not think hi (Read More)
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CANBERRA, Australia — A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Senate inquiry into the religion.Belfast-born Stephen McBride, 35, flew from the west (Read More)
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The fairness of Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe's skin makes her patronising lyric all the more problematic for black EgyptiansHaifa Wehbe, a popular Lebanese pop singer, has always been a controversial figure. The queen of a rel (Read More)
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BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec. 6 runoff election, partial results showed Monday, in a race key to helping the country emerge from a political and econ (Read More)
Lifehack.org:
This is not a post about teaching, but teaching is what I do and what I know best, and this post is about thinking about what we do.People often wonder if I find it frustrating to be a university instructor. I teach topics th (Read More)
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Cherie's were shallow, Blunkett's risible and Campbell's partial. But the memoirs we are most looking forward to from the New Labour cabinet have be those of Lord MandelsonAfter the battle of the polls, the battle of the book (Read More)
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers plucked a woman from choppy waters Monday, some 25 hours after she jumped from a crowded ferry that sank in a storm off Indonesia's Sumatra island. At least 29 people drowned and 20 others were m (Read More)
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The latest issue of Vanity Fair carries a good piece by Christopher Hitchens on the posthumous success of the Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson.The Larsson Millennium trilogy is a must-read for journalists, despite it being (Read More)
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The former vice-presidential candidate's campaign stylist has finally thrown some light on the 'wardrobegate' affairNow that Going Rogue is out, is it any clearer how Sarah Palin managed to spend $150,000 on clothes during t (Read More)
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Broadcasters are taking the safe option by commissioning literary adaptations that guarantee an audience"In these difficult times there's a little more security in adapting a book than in commissioning an original script," sa (Read More)
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President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to transfer the remains of the writer Albert Camus to one of the most hallowed burial places in France, but the plan has run into opposition from the Nobel laureate’s son.
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Margaret Atwood's Blind AssassinSometimes I write down an excerpt from a book I’m reading, and in reading Margaret Atwood’s Blind Assassin, I feel like typing out the whole book on my blog.Of course, I can’t do that, so here’ (Read More)
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The readers' editor on... flouting rules and flaunting styleI must watch what I say. Half a dozen readers took me to task over a rash statement in last week's column about the misuse of "cannot underestimate", when "cannot ov (Read More)
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Hard cash, not increased 'profile', is what drives the likes of Joe Bugner and Jimmy White to share the jungle with celebrity orbsRoy Harper wrote a lovely elegiac song called When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, lamentin (Read More)
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Astronomer Stuart Clark joins us in the studio to look at the latest thinking about the effects of variations in solar activity on the Earth's climate. Dark matter gets a mention too. Over the coming days he will be conductin (Read More)
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It's cute and it's cuddly. And in 30 years, campaigners say, the koala will be extinct. But this emblematic animal has a curious history – and its fate is mired in politicsWhen south-eastern Australia was consumed by bushfire (Read More)
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Bawdy farce involving Tom Jones's penis becomes a multiplex sensationThe Hollywood blockbusters 2012 and A Christmas Carol are playing to respectable audiences Merthyr Tydfil's Vue multiplex, entertaining fans with their mult (Read More)
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Project, DublinSecrets are washed up on the tide in Abbie Spallen's new play, in which a vigil for a drowned man becomes a truth-telling ordeal. In a coastal village in Northern Ireland, three local women reluctantly join art (Read More)