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- November 28th, 2009
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Journalism 101: No good news from Africa
In journalism, there is a sad, but inevitable adage that bad news is good news. Though many of us profess a penchant for positive, uplifting current events, audience statistics paint a very different…
- October 3rd, 2009
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, is a Jew
Oy! You spend your whole life trying to distance yourself from the Jewish faith. You give speech after speech calling for the abolition of that cursed Zionist state. You truly aspire to be the best a…
- October 2nd, 2009
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Has British Airways become a no-frills brand?
It won't surprise you that BA News, the internal newspaper "For the people of British Airways," is anything but shy about banging its namesake's drum. This obvious fact was underscored in a typicall…
- September 7th, 2009
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Airliner convictions underscore potency of threat
It took two trials and £35 million of taxpayers' money, but the successful conviction of three men who plotted to blow up transatlantic jets has brutally driven home the ongoing terror threat facing…
- August 23rd, 2009
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Pro-Israel lobby: Obama supports 'ethnic cleansing'
President Obama has come under fire from a hardline pro-Israel group in America which is accusing him of supporting "ethnic cleansing" of Jews. The Israel Project, which includes 20 members of Congres…
- August 22nd, 2009
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Oy vey! 90% of Palestinians 'have Jewish heritage'
It's just about the last thing either side of the Middle East conflict wants to hear – that Palestinian Arabs have Jewish blood pumping through their veins. With Arabs and Israelis spending the best…
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What mercy for Lockerbie victims?
As evidence of trade deals with Colonel Gaddafi emerge, Britain releases a Libyan mass murderer from jail on "compassionate grounds". But who gave mercy to the victims of Flight 103? The release of Ab…
- August 8th, 2009
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Communism: When you can't afford to wipe your ass
Cubans were left sitting uncomfortably this week after news that the Caribbean island is suffering from a chronic shortage of toilet paper. As is standard practice in the communist country, the price…
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The myth of the Islamification of Europe
An alarming Youtube video that has received more than ten million views is stirring up anxieties about the Islamification of Europe, but as this report shows much of its data appears to have been fabr…
- August 5th, 2009
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Tearing down the wall, in Baghdad
The giant concrete blast walls that for years defined Baghdad's landscape and softened the almost daily thud of indiscriminate suicide bombings are to be torn down, Iraqi military sources confirmed to…
- July 28th, 2009
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A young person's take on 'thriving local papers'
This week's Economist carried an interesting article about the recession-busting success of a select few local newspapers in Britain. It caught my eye not because of the familiar incisiveness of its m…
- June 14th, 2009
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Netanyahu piles on rhetoric in address to Arab world
Major policy speech peppered with overtures - but no change in tune over historic stumbling blocks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delivered an impassioned speech to the Arab world, cal…
- June 8th, 2009
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BNP mission statement praises immigration
With news of Nick Griffin's not-so-shocking election to the European parliament, it befalls the British public to take a long and hard look at precisely what the British National Party stands for. Of…
- June 6th, 2009
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British media too quick to write Brown's obituary
While the past 48 hours have undeniably been a low-point in Gordon Brown's career, they've also served as a timely reminder of just how shallow, dim-witted and self-serving our beloved media can be. I…
- May 27th, 2009
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- May 23rd, 2009
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Israel: Settlement expansion 'no obstacle to peace'
Middle East peace hopes were dealt a blow on Saturday when Israel's strategic affairs minister, Moshe Ya'alon, openly rebuffed calls by US president Barack Obama to stop expanding settlements. Mr Ya'a…
- May 20th, 2009
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NUJ abandons objectivity over BNP row
While the media was busy today ranting about an inconsequential decision to invite Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party (BNP), to Buckingham Palace, a far more pressing debate over the a…
- April 22nd, 2009
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Can America tweet its way to victory in Iraq?
In a country still wracked by daily terror attacks, you might think that technological wizardry would be the least of Iraq's concerns. Not so, however, according to a growing number of influential pol…
- April 20th, 2009
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US ‘didn’t torture’ Al Qaeda leader, 183 times
Suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was “not tortured” on 183 separate occasions in March 2003, according to a newly released memo from the Bush-era Justice Department. The declassifi…
- April 13th, 2009
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Somali pirates vow to kill US, French sailors
The Somali piracy saga took a dramatic new turn on Monday when hostage-takers angrily vowed to execute any future captives of American or French origin. Attacks off the Horn of Africa have become incr…
