Wednesday 15 February 2012

It?s a dog! It?s a photo! It?s ? candy? (The Newsroom)

The Newsroom - Art student Joel Brochu clearly has a lot of time on his hands. Brochu created a startlingly life-like image of a beagle taking a bath made entirely out of ... sprinkles. Yes. The teeny-tiny candy sprinkles that most people put ?

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/yahoonewsroom/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20111130/od_yblog_newsroom/its-a-dog-its-a-photo-its-candy

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Mulcaire granted evidence appeal

The Supreme Court rules that it will decide whether private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal which journalists asked him to hack phones.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17041915

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Analysis - Thinking backwards, Merkel hits her stride

BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel has come under fire in Europe for failing to provide leadership in the euro zone crisis, but at home she is now riding a tidal wave of popularity that would make her fellow leaders envious.

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/uk-europe-merkel-idUKTRE81E1K820120215?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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Syria's Assad offers vote, tanks shell rebel areas

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered on Wednesday to hold multi-party elections within four months, while his troops assaulted city districts held by rebels trying to oust him.


Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/uk-syria-idUKL6E8C52E220120215?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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Apple may face iPad export ban in China trademark row

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese tech firm that claims it still owns the iPad trademark will seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc's computer tablets from China, which could deal a blow to the U.S. technology giant's sales worldwide.


Source: http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/435411/s/1ca373ce/l/0L0Sreuters0N0Carticle0C20A120C0A20C140Cus0Eapple0Eipad0EidUSTRE81D0AOE20A120A2140DfeedType0FRSS0GfeedName0FtechnologyNews/story01.htm

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When Dickens fell out with America

On his first visit to America in 1842, English novelist Charles Dickens was greeted like a modern rock star. But the trip soon turned sour, as Simon Watts reports.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-17017791

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Websites of exchanges Nasdaq, BATS hit in online attack

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Websites of exchange operators Nasdaq and BATS have been attacked by hackers over the last 24 hours, causing ongoing disruptions for those trying to use the sites, spokespersons for the companies said on Tuesday.


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Queen celebrates Charles Dickens' bicentenary at the Guildhall theatre


The Queen came face-to-face with an actress dressed as a distant relative today when she stepped out in London for a spot of culture.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101166/Queen-celebrates-Charles-Dickens-bicentenary-Guildhall-theatre.html?ITO=1490

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VIDEO: Community spirit 'has real value'

A new survey has revealed that a third of the UK population do not even know the names of the people living next door to them.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17038824

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Derrick Bird?s mother vows to write letters of comfort to bereaved

The elderly mother of Derrick Bird is determined to send letters of condolence to the families of each of her son?s 12 victims, it has emerged.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7150097.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084

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Man charged with keeping tiger skin and bones, elephant tusks

ALOR SETAR: A trader has been charged in a Sessions Court with keeping tiger skin and bones, elephant tusks and an antelope horn at his home.


Source: http://thestar.com.my.feedsportal.com/c/33048/f/534555/s/1ca7a67e/l/0Lthestar0N0Bmy0Cnews0Cstory0Basp0Dfile0F0C20A120C20C150Cnation0C20A120A2151130A590Gsec0Fnation/story01.htm

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Chimney-free Battersea "worth extra �470 million"

LONDON (Reuters) - London's decaying Battersea Power Station site would be worth an extra 470 million pounds to a developer who could demolish the protected landmark building itself, according to calculations done for Reuters by property consultancy EC Harris.


Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/uk-batterseapowerstation-idUKTRE81E0F120120215?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

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Bloody Sunday fees hit �100m, with 14 lawyers earning more than �1m

A total of �100 million, more than half the costs of the Bloody Sunday inquiry, established in 1998, has gone on legal fees.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7150200.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084

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Doctor secretly taped enjoying sex sessions with female patient is struck off


GP Simon Robinson, 44, was told he had 'exploited' Jill Tudor for his own 'sexual gratification' by conducting a 16-month affair with her at his surgery in Oswestry, Shropshire, and at her home.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101313/Doctor-secretly-taped-enjoying-sex-sessions-female-patient-struck-off.html?ITO=1490

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Anwar predicts GE sooner than expected

BANGKOK: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has predicted the next general election will to be held sooner than expected.


Source: http://thestar.com.my.feedsportal.com/c/33048/f/534555/s/1ca8329c/l/0Lthestar0N0Bmy0Cnews0Cstory0Basp0Dfile0F0C20A120C20C150Cnation0C20A120A2151350A570Gsec0Fnation/story01.htm

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Tuesday 14 February 2012

Sister wants pub bombings inquiry

A sister of one of the Birmingham pub bombings victims starts a petition to open a public inquiry into the attacks.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-birmingham-17029471

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BNP leader invited to meet Queen at Buckingham Palace garden party

Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, has been invited to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party hosted by the Queen, The Times has learnt.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7150070.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084

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Proxy adviser ISS slams Facebook share structure

(Reuters) - Facebook diminishes shareholder rights with its dual-class share structure and limits the accountability of its board of directors to investors, proxy advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services said on Monday.


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Bombing puts India's trade ties with Iran to the test

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's determination to pursue trade with Iran despite Western sanctions could be undermined as wary exporters back away from fresh deals after a bomb attack in New Delhi blamed on Tehran, a trade association chief said on Tuesday.


Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/uk-india-iran-idUKTRE81D0A820120214?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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Britain's luckiest soldier: Hero is saved from Taliban sniper twice in two days thanks to bullet-proof equipment


Father-of-two Lance Corporal Denis Larubi (pictured), from Belfast, survived being shot in his left shoulder after his �2,000 armoured vest stopped the bullet, suffering little more than a rip (circled).

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101123/Britains-luckiest-soldier-Hero-saved-Taliban-sniper-twice-days-thanks-bullet-proof-equipment.html?ITO=1490

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