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2009-06-10 … Lisbon I campaign. Of course, the failure of Ganley to win a seat is the clearest victory. He had called for a recount (during his appearance on the BBC he made out as if the officials had spotted a problem and called for a recount rather than him being the one to demand it), and the result of this …
2009-06-08 … the elections not been a debate on European issues, but they haven't even been a good debate for national issues or any issues at all! Here's the BBC interview of the 3 main EP group leaders (Link). Note that the BBC interview them only after the result, and that the BBC is now parroting the myth …
2009-05-25 … Gesine Schwan for the second time (she was also the SPD candidate at the time of the last presidential election in 2004) by 613 votes to 503. The BBC call this a “slim margin”. Rubbish – it was actually an improvement on the last ballot, where Köhler only won by 604 votes to 580, an indication, I …
2009-05-24 The BBC has this article, reporting that the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee thinks that everyone, not just people who have access to the …
2009-05-12 … sweets for the children of West Berlin. And all the servicemen and civilians who helped keep hope alive when it seemed so remote. Video courtesy of BBC News: more about “Berlin Airlift remembered“, posted with vodpod
2009-05-10 To return to my habitual state of disgruntlement with the world, I came across the following news story on the BBC: the German government wants to start banning so-called ‘combat games’ like paintballing as a result of the recent shootings at the Albertville …
2009-05-07 … senior Cabinet ministers, which they’ve duly published in Friday’s edition. For good measure, other sources have the story too: Guido, Iain Dale, BBC News, Spectator Coffee House; and for better measure a related piece: Devil’s Kitchen. It’s a sign of how desensitised I’ve become to news of …
2009-04-28 … Harris, normally not one to fight on the same side of the barricade as your average libertarian, entirely agrees with him on this, however: FROM the BBC News website: I have absolutely no doubt it is. So why don’t they stand for election and find out if the people of this country would actually …
2009-04-23 … they are and will be about as likely to win the General Election next year as I am to win the X Factor. Even their cheery supporters at the BBC have turned on them: Daily Referendum has this clip of Nick Robinson trying to extract some sense from Alistair Darling. For anyone still vaguely in …
2009-04-22 … a wonderfully pleasant trip into town only to find that Labour have today decided to give up on any semblance of sensible economic judgment. The BBC has produced one of their usual at-a-glance pieces for the Budget, which I have no qualms in saying reads like an obituary for the UK economy, …
2009-04-21 The BBC has an article this morning about how the Sun is at the “quietest” level it has ever been for approximately the last 100 years. Apparently, we’re …
2009-04-20 The Times and BBC are trumpeting the news this morning that the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, will announce an ‘emergency Budget’ on Wednesday that will contain £15bn …
2009-04-17 … question being begged of “well, what are the alternatives?”, which in one fell swoop the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has answered with what the BBC are describing as “the clearest indication yet” of how the Conservatives will address the issue of the UK’s swelling current account deficit. I …
2009-01-12 O for goodness’ sake. A euphemistic approximation of my initial reaction when I saw this article on the BBC this morning. Apparently using the internet is now harmful to the environment – no, this isn’t another one of those stories about how our broadband …
2009-07-03 … there'll already be scope for an update. I suppose you could say that Hannan is reluctant to take a clear line himself: you'd expect that from a BBC journalist. You'd also expect to see (or at least, believe that you see) clear hints of what the author actually thinks. He's a closet Unionist, a …
2009-06-19 … for Sky to get back into the Scottish market in a serious fashion, and reports from SPL grounds on Soccer Saturday would be welcome. Similarly, the BBC might fancy getting a big draw to accompany their English Championship acquisition, particularly now Formula 1 looks like it's about to go belly up, …
2009-06-07 … to. 12:53 East Midlands: Con 2, Lab 1, UKIP 1, LD 1. Labour overtake UKIP, who lose a seat. The LibDems hold a seat and do not gain one, as the BBC report: the region simply loses an MEP. With the absence of Kilroy, the UKIP vote has collapsed, but the Labour vote has still fallen. 12:40 London: …
2009-06-26 … not plucked out within thirty seconds.” Even if the needle was removed, it would cause “cause disablement by collapse.” Media reports (including the BBC) claim that the chemical agent was mustard gas; this is extremely unlikely as the dose required would be much too high. Realistically, it would be …
2009-06-20 … care to label the pictures we use, explaining what they are of. However, on Wednesday 17 June we made a mistake in a picture caption published on BBC News online. In the story Obama refuses to ‘meddle’ in Iran, we mistakenly stated that a Getty agency picture of a pro-Ahmadinejad rally was a …
2008-02-28 … attacks on Israel, a new wave of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed four militants and left at least seventeen people dead overall, the BBC reports. PKK: A policy paper from the Washington Institute urges trilateral cooperation among Turkey, Iraq, and the United States. The paper says …
2008-02-27 … water supplies to over 200,000 people. Chinese officials also expressed concern that the Beijing Olympics this summer could bring water shortages (BBC), and a senior official called for cash benefits to provinces that divert water supplies to Beijing. South Korea: A Brookings analysis looks at …
2008-02-25 … that Raul has already said he will consult Fidel on critical policy matters. In the longer term, though, Cuba could move on a different course. The BBC notes that Raul Castro has assumed a more pragmatic image than his brother, particularly on economic concerns. Julia Sweig wrote last year that …
2008-02-21 … poses a serious obstacle to progress. A CFR.org Crisis Guide provides in-depth analysis of the conflict on the Korean peninsula. Dot Asia: The BBC reports on the “.asia” domain recently made available for people registering websites in Asian countries. The article says there has been …
2008-02-20 … Palestine Eyes Kosovo A senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine may unilaterally declare itself independent (BBC), as Kosovo did, if negotiations with Israel fail. The comments followed meetings between Abbas and Isreali Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Arab media …
2009-06-02 The BBC reports, as does South Korean media, that Kim Jong Un has been named successor to Kim Jong Il. I covered this story back in February, when he was …
2009-06-16 … Policies 06/04/09 An interview with former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Edward Djerejian VOA News Online US Bloggers Take On Iran's Elections 06/15/09 BBC News 'Mass opposition rally' in Tehran 06/16/09 Shots fired at huge Iran protest 06/15/09 Iran clamps down on foreign media: Bypassing Iran's …
2007-10-15 … the courage for the fight. In 1979 he fought Michael Ancram but, to his own devastation, narrowly lost. He took jobs teaching for the WEA and BBC TV for a while to support himself while waiting to get into parliament; at the BBC he met the feisty Sheena McDonald, with whom he had a long …
2006-11-05 … they tend to say ‘the situation is serious but not hopeless’ while we tend to say, ‘the situation is hopeless but not serious’”. Ian Hislop, BBC, Radio 4, 28th October, 2006. On Saturday morning, 28th October, the former ambassador to USA, Sir Christopher Meyer, presented a radio 4 programme …
2009-06-06 … around the entrance of the little grocery store near our house. I think I saw the CDU, the SPD, the FDP, the PDF, the FDR, the FBI and the BBC. Although I can’t vouch for all of those. My first encounter with German politics was actually at a similar table in front on the grocery store on …
2009-07-08 … the next election, with a Green Paper to be produced in the autumn. For all that, the media has been obsessed with the Michael Jackson funeral. The BBC (and others) have been running it wall-to-wall, matched in print by the celebrity-obsessed Telegraph, leaving coverage of the much more important …
2006-07-20 Well, news from New Zealand has made the BBC News website once again, and as usual it's an odd and faintly embarrassing story. It seems that's the only way we ever break international …
2006-06-03 … about. If the numbers being bandied about are anywhere near realistic, the USA would soon have the best gardens on the planet. Worth considering? BBC News has the full story. Tags: immigration; Zambia; weird news
2006-04-26 … As you would expect, the world's media are full of retrospectives, commentaries and reports about Chernobyl. Here are a few interesting ones: The BBC website today devotes an entire "In depth" section to Chernobyl, including an interesting On this day retrospective and a number of Where are they …
2006-04-24 Oh dear! The BBC news website has been hit by the shoddy headlining bug which plagues so many newspapers as well. From this article's headline we learn the extremely …
2006-04-21 … bit broke, wait for the Australians to show you how to fix it. They seem to be in much more of a hurry anyway. In case you're interested, in true BBC style, the BBC website has an entire feature section devoted to the Queen's birthday today. Tags: The Queen; birthday; monarchy; republic; New …
2006-04-12 Also on the front page of BBC News today is a story about the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard. Now, anyone who's been reading my blog since the early days already knows …
2006-04-11 … this is just some sort of last-ditch gambit designed to help him cling to power. From what I've seen of Berlusconi, my money would be on the latter. BBC News and Reuters have all the details. Tags: Italy politics
2006-04-10 … polls in Italy suggest that Silvio Berlusconi may well have been ousted in the general election. No results have bee confirmed as yet, but as the BBC reports: According to exit polls, centre-left leader Romano Prodi is on course to beat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. A Nexus poll shown on …
2006-03-25 … will send Mr Taylor straight to Sierra Leone to stand trial, once they have him in custody. Good news for justice, good news for human rights. BBC News and Reuters have all the details. Tags: Africa; Liberia; human rights; Nigeria; good news
2006-03-25 New Zealand has made the BBC News website once more, and as usual it's for something weird. This story details how a man was caught speeding in the NZ town of Papamoa. Nothing …
2008-05-08 … call "a silent tsunami of hunger"? (Video via Link TV - Sources: ABC News, U.S.; Deutche Welle, Germany; Hechos, El Salvador; Teletrece, Chile; BBC, U.K.; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; South Asia Newsline, India; KBS, Korea […] After watching the video, read additional media …
2009-07-07 … central bank. It's about trusting countries' economies […] BANK OF CHINA OFFICIAL TAKES BRITISH BAIT […] A Friday, June 26th slug published by the BBC, credits the clearly misinformed People's Bank of China's Zhou Xiaochuan with proposing that "An international monetary system dominated by a single …
2009-06-24 … fighting with each other to see who can offer the most hyperbolic denunciation of the vote and President Ahmadenijad's apparent victory. The BBC wins by publishing bald-faced lies about the supposed popular uprising which it is later forced to retract […] Ironically, Iran was also the …
2009-06-21 … his criticism on France, Germany and Britain -- advising them to "think twice before questioning the democratic process of the recent election […] BBC/VOA GUIDING UNREST […] Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman pins the blame for the recent post-election turmoil across the country on US and British …
2009-06-18 … ...Flashback: Washington's covert war inside Iran ...Flashback: Hersh reveals covert US ops in Iran ...Flashback: More covert war against Iran BBC caught in mass public deception ...Mideast press sees "real test" for regime ...Arabs largely silent on unrest ...World leaders condemn violence […] …
2009-06-25 … details of an amnesty package for militants who cease hostilities as part of efforts to end the unrest and save the crucial oil and gas industry." BBC reported last week that one militant leader took advantage of the amnesty offer--see Daily Sources 6/17 #9. Meanwhile, Medvedev's visit evidently …
2009-06-17 … to extend amnesty to those militants who lay down their weapons. "'If the government is sincere, we are ready to lay down our arms,' Mr Tom told the BBC's Network Africa program. 'If the government is not sincere, we will not lay down our arms and the struggle will continue.' President Yar'Adua first …
2009-06-16 … world, per Sue Pleming at Reuters. Folks at twitter are coloring their profiles green to show solidarity with the protesters in Iran. And so has the BBC--the front end of their website is now green. This may be in retaliation for the government blocking transmission from a satellite operated by BBC …
2009-06-13 … is not Tehran; Tehran is to Iran as New York City is to the US. And a primary locus of the 1978-9 revolution was […] Tehran.) We shall see. The BBC has footage of violent clashes in Tehran.
2007-07-03 From the BBC: The public believes the effects of global warming on the climate are not as bad as politicians and scientists claim, a poll has suggested. The …
2007-06-03 … of Nightmares”, the documentary film which asks the question “Did Johnny Mercer bring down the World Trade Center?” Originally broadcast on the BBC, a film version was shown at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, where it was widely praised. Drawing extensively on archival footage from the BBC …
2005-09-25 … and in shaping public policy. Since representation reflects their support, we might reasonably describe the process as democratic. 26/09/2005 - BBC News reports on the election. It appears parties from the right have won an overwhelming majority in the lower house, Sejm, a chamber using PR, …
2009-07-01 There’s a very interesting (if biased towards the nuclear industry) film on the BBC’s website about the decommissioning programme at the UK’s Sellafield nuclear facility. The work, as you’d expect, is complex and fraught with …
2009-03-26 … in Washing- ton claims […] enemy fire was not involved […] end […] Under the headline ` US Drone Crash In [Occupied] Pakistan `Accidental' ` BBC Online reports: ` It is the fifth such crash involving the spy planes […] Locals at Jacobabad, where US forces have been based for around [>] 18 …
2007-07-22 … In the name of democracy: When the Islamic Republic shot itself in foot Ten opposition televisions, accompanied by Voice of America, Radio Israel, BBC, etc were unable to carry out what the Islamic Republic television did to itself last night. What was shown clearly advocated for the American …
2007-06-27 BBC-At least one petrol station has been set on fire in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after the government announced fuel rationing for private …
2007-04-27 … Iranian on the Iranian regime's dress crackdown in Iran. Watch: An Iranian woman reacts to being detained and brutally forced into the police car (BBC News). Watch the full video on YouTube.
2009-07-03 … a major offensive against the Taliban in south Afghanistan's Helmand province. "Operation Strike of the Sword gets under way," according to today's BBC News. To quote further from the story: The US military says about 4,000 marines as well as 650 Afghan troops are involved, supported by Nato planes. …
2009-06-28 … Cameron’s teenage Shadow Cabinet of Etonians, nobodies and Etonian nobodies. This glaring fact, set alongside the fawning support which the Leftist BBC and Leftist Guardian now give Mr Cameron, should tell us all we need to know about the Tories. Don’t hold back, will you, Peter? Actually, the Hitch …
2009-06-21 … find Ahamdinejad an attractive candidate. Thirdly, the western media, which has been more or less openly campaigning for regime change. I know the BBC got caught out using a photo of a pro-Ahmadinejad rally and billing it as an opposition rally, but there’s more to it than that. There is the …
2009-06-23 … be verified independently. Clubs and tear gas Eyewitnesses said hundreds of riot police were used to drive the protesters from the square on Monday. BBC Persian TV received an e-mail from one person saying: “There are lots of people but they are scattered, and lots of police guards. They are firing …
2009-06-10 … He is thought to be in a tight race with his main rival, reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi. Two other candidates are standing. ‘Bottom of history’ The BBC’s John Leyne in Tehran says the crowds gathering in the capital in support of rival candidates sound more like boisterous football crowds than …
2009-06-15 BBC NEWS Shots have been fired during a massive rally in Iran against last week’s presidential election results, with reports saying one person was …
2009-06-03 … becoming president. Barack Obama’s goal is to improve perceptions of the US and to push for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, says BBC Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus. In the process he wants to make other US strategic goals in the region – like stability in Iraq and the …
2006-05-18 … native born French university graduates of North African origin is estimated by the BBC to be 26.5%, compared to white graduates’ 5%. According to BBC, “a French non-profit group said that after they sent identical curriculum vitaes (CVs) to French companies with European- and African or …
2009-06-30 … It means that since the abduction Hamas has been playing a cruel game!) That is What They were After. Long time PA diplomat Saeb Erekat told the BBC that the Palestinians are currently in a position of strength compared to Israel, thanks to the pressure Washington is putting on the Netanyahu …
2009-07-07 … lives in the same neighbourhood. “We have been given the men’s custody till the 17th,” Pervez Umrani, Superintendent of Police for Korangi, told the BBC. “We are having the DNA, finger prints and medical tests done on them. The girl’s autopsy has been done and DNA samples taken,” he said. “Once we …
2007-06-14 … bodies of previous Labour leaders”. He also thinks that, “politicians are more trustworthy than journalists, because they are more accountable.” The BBC website links to several opinions, including that of the Blair-hating Simon Jenkins. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Blair’s speech, with little …
2007-06-02 … our own judgement. It’s SO easy to criticise. Read Mr Blair’s Speech urging Africa to “choose the right path”. Blair’s Africa Legacy – Analysis by BBC correspondents of Blair’s record in four key areas: Sierra Leone, Darfur, Zimbabwe and Libya. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE G8G8 – From 6th June BRITAIN …
2009-05-15 … the abuse of expenses by MPs from all three of the major parties has clearly created a storm of public outrage and distrust. One only had to watch BBC’s Question Time last night to see the people of Grimsby fire a torrent of abuse at the Housing Minister, Margaret Beckett, Sir Menzies Campbell and …
2009-05-04 … something. Here, as soon as a Scottish couple, fresh from their Cancun honeymoon were named as the first Britons to have contracted swine flu the BBC reporter proclaimed “this is it, now it could really explode”. The following day the tabloids announced ‘killer flu is here!’ (the Express) and …
2009-07-04 … Miguel Insulza was told the court’s position was “irreversible” when he met its president for two hours in the capital Tegulcigalpa. By now even the BBC is saying The new leadership enjoys the support of a substantial proportion of the population and says it stands for democracy, our correspondent …
2009-07-05 … unanimously agree a motion condemning racism, but maybe more profitable to ask the practical questions. Going by the NICEM statement quoted by the BBC, they were as unimpressed as I was. That was Monday. On Tuesday, our esteemed representatives were back to the normal knockabout while discussing …
2009-07-03 … the Netherlands, China, and Germany. He has been interviewed for broadcast media and documentaries -- including Frontline, the History Channel, the BBC, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and PBS -- and has been the focus of print media worldwide. Even those that fail to grasp the Jesuit …
2009-01-24 … strained throughout much of the Church's recent history, especially because of Pope Pius's passive stance towards the Holocaust in World War II, the BBC's Greg Morsbach reports. The latest move by Pope Benedict is likely to add to those strains. Bishop Richard Williamson recently told Swedish TV: "I …
2009-07-04 … said that authorities were seizing satellite dishes to prevent citizens from seeing news broadcast from overseas. Iranian officials have blamed the BBC, Voice of America and other news channels for fomenting unrest on behalf of Western governments. “While most of the world’s attention is focused on …
2009-06-23 … have been able to organize despite a government clampdown on the Internet and cell phones. The government has blocked certain Web sites, such as BBC Farsi, Facebook, Twitter and several pro-Mousavi sites that are vital conduits for Iranians to tell the world about protests and violence. Other …
2009-06-16 … gallery, it was certain that whatever damning allegations Mousavi would hurl at him would be treated by the Western media as gospel. Once CNN, the BBC and other Western media outlets began to broadcast Mousavi’s charges of electoral fraud, the allegations quickly assumed the status of incontestable …
2008-06-24 … rings bells and countries that would want to invest in Zimbabwe are being very cautious. And we are being dragged through the mud every day on CNN, BBC, Sky News, and they are saying to these potential investors ‘your investments will not be safe in Zimbabwe, the British farmers have lost their …
2008-05-20 … Times (UK), July 1, 2007. 19. AFP, November 21, 2007. 20. The Guardian (UK), November 18, 2007. 21. The Independent (UK), September 20, 2008. 22. BBC, September 30, 2000. 23. The New York Times, May 5, 2007. 24. Times Online, March 5, 2006. 25. The New York Times, April 9, 2007. 26. The Guardian …
2007-11-23 … 22nd 2007] Enders returned to a familiar theme, the vulnerability of the European company to the continued weakness of the American dollar. The BBC has been presenting the story as Airbus fearing ‘weak-dollar death’ “The dollar’s rapid decline is life-threatening for Airbus [and]has gone beyond …
2007-07-16 … the Toulouse headquarters of the company, reporting to the CEO of EADS. He will be supported by Fabrice Brégier as COO of Airbus. According to the BBC, The French joint chief executive Louis Gallois will take sole charge at EADS while his German co-head Tom Enders gets the top job at Airbus. EADS’ …
2007-05-28 … would have been in there with his political opponents (which, as they say, can be found in, as well as outside, his own Party). According to The BBC Nearly 200 MPs, including the leaders of both main opposition parties, have backed calls for nurses to get a full 2.5% pay increase this year. …
2009-03-14 … to Breakfast on Five Live, bringing you discussion and debate on issues important to you Hello, this is Nicky Campbell, and you are listening to the BBC’s breakfast show on BBC Five Live, on April 1st 2009 Today we will be discussing the importance of phone-in programmes like this one. Do they play a …
2007-12-17 … ‘The England Coach needs to be English’. The BBC as viewspaper? A somewhat disturbing illustration of how news is fabricated can be found in the BBC treatment of the appointment. In the absence of a direct interview (for the moment), producing a news story requires a certain amount of creative …
2007-09-27 … the Bush administration began making plans for Iraq’s oil industry “within weeks” of Bush taking office in January 2001. In an interview with the BBC’s Newsnight program, which aired on March 17, 2005, he referred to his participation in secret meetings in California, Washington, and the Middle …
2009-03-19 … the headlines, but those in respect of which the concern is there, felt in the lives of millions of people who don’t have access to CNN, or the BBC, but only because they don’t have access to the basic freedoms that we enjoy. My final lesson in leadership, well I think it was Harry Truman that …
2008-06-26 … rings bells and countries that would want to invest in Zimbabwe are being very cautious. And we are being dragged through the mud every day on CNN, BBC, Sky News, and they are saying to these potential investors ‘your investments will not be safe in Zimbabwe, the British farmers have lost their …
2008-12-08 … global warming as poppycock. The truth is, I didn’t think wind farms were an effective means of alternative energy, so I said so. Back then, at the BBC you had to toe the line, and I wasn’t doing that. At that point, I was still making loads of TV programs and I was enjoying it greatly. Then I …
2005-11-26 Who would have thought they play rugby in Madagascar? The BBC reports they do, and they are good enough to beat a reasonable level South African side, which means they are not too bad. Given their location, it …
2009-06-24 … opposition group Mujahedin Khalq may be responsible for the killing, the L.A. Times reported. Her fiancé, Caspian Makan, said in an interview with BBC Persian that she had not supported any candidate in the allegedly fraudulent elections. Neda wanted “freedom for all,” he said. Click here to read …
2009-06-30 … of the protests, the Iranians know that the U.S. government doesn’t control CNN’s coverage. But Tehran takes a slightly different view of the BBC. The Iranians saw the depiction of the demonstrations as a democratic uprising against a repressive regime as a deliberate attempt by British …
2009-06-23 … Ahmadinejad, who felt the ruling clerical elite had betrayed the revolution with their personal excesses. And there also was the small faction the BBC and CNN kept focusing on — the demonstrators in the streets who want to dramatically liberalize the Islamic republic. This faction never stood a …
2009-06-19 … Tehran university a statement to the nation. He said: “”There is 11 million votes difference,” and concluded: “How can one rig 11 million votes?” (BBC) In his prayer he demonstrated his support for “reelected” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and made clear that differences concerning the election …
2009-06-28 … voiceless in the besieged Gaza Strip for a number of publications and news programs ranging from The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs to the BBC and, Morgenbladet in Norway as well as Democracy Now! These stories exposed a carefully-crafted fiction continuing control and exploitation of …
2009-04-22 BBC According to the BBC, the upcoming election is the most competitive since 1994, assuming you use a loose definition of "competitive". The ANC got …
2009-07-08 … Michael Jackson’s funeral (which gave Cranmer his highest ever number of visitors in one day) raises so many religio-political issues, not least the BBC’s coverage of the event which was, in the end, as Christian in its expression as America gets – with Baptist pastors, gospel choirs, Bible readings …
2009-06-24 … that David Cameron must emulate Rowan Williams by growing a beard and prancing around on the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge, but Mark Thompson, the BBC's director-general, must be made aware that the corporation’s pathological anti-Christian liberal-leftist bias must end. It is reported that the …
2008-11-21 … […] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6607757.stm US and EU agree 'single market' BBC News April 30, 2007 The United States and the European Union have signed up to a new transatlantic economic partnership at a summit in Washington. …
2009-06-23 … up and down the land. But, if the Equality and Human Rights Commission has a problem with a whites-only party, you have to ask, why doesn't the BBC?
2009-06-17 … which is hardly something to boast about... plus I'm still not going to buy a car. Still, now the BA stands for Bugger All wages, I saw on the BBC breakfast news the glowing mannequins discussing this with a psychologist and some bloke off the TV show Dragons Den (who, apparently worried about …
2009-06-05 … his death his trouser was removed to see if Bhutto had a “un-cut” penis to prove his “hinduness”, it was photographed and filmed for state record [BBC] This whole project is being conducted to end war against Islamism. By bringing penises into politics what our establishment is doing amounts to …
2009-04-12 … had the revolutionary potential. A call for Wheel Jam strike was given by Balochistan National Party [M] and Baloch National Front. According to BBC the wheel jam strike was a success. Surprising development which took place that Pashtun base Islamic fundamentalist Party of Molana …
2009-06-13 … informative article - 27 Nations, One Election - on those elections, calling them "the biggest transnational elections in history". Take a look. The BBC has a country by country analysis of the election results and we show below the fairly final but still officially provisional EU Election Results …
2009-05-27 … statements, Bob Crow has had a clearly internationalist approach – for example, saying that ‘We want a workers’ Europe, not the bosses’ EU’, on the BBC’s Daily politics show. “‘No to the EU, Yes to Democracy’ has a vital role to play in offering an alternative to nationalism. In one sense, it is …
2007-09-15 … former German and Ottoman colonies after World War I. After the Great War, the world's first large-scale international broadcasting network, the BBC, was created. In 1924 the country's Labour movement, which had been gaining strength since the late 1890s, formed the first Labour government. …
2008-09-13 … I'll be staying in Europe for an additional two weeks. I received an extension through the RIAS Berlin Commission to intern at either Reuters and/or BBC. My studies there will begin on Monday September 29th and be completed Thursday October 9, 2008 before I head back home on the 10th. Last night was …
2009-06-12 … across the board by 10% to meet their 2011 spending targets. This created a predictable storm. I waited for Labour to refute this foul canard. The BBC News however presented a piece pointing out that, if interest rates and inflation are reduced from the spending figures and the NHS left untouched, …
2009-05-31 Two things occur to me today to include in my post, the first associated with BBC political editor, Nick Robinson, and the second former Home Secretary tipped for a possible return after the June reshuffle,David Blunkett. Nick …
2009-05-23 … and the old and new political and economic aristocracies are overdue for a reform and revolution. If you live abroad and missed the lot this BBC summary gives you all you need to know: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7840678.stm
2009-04-30 … is that swine flu is now an inter human flu, not requiring pigs to be a carrier. It is hence a human flu now. However part of the issue and the BBC acknowledged this too, is that the pig industry is heavily affected (people not buying their produce) and politicians, including in the EU are …
2009-04-13 … composer who wrote the following piece had an English mother and an African father, with the answer being Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Even though the BBC is to be congratulated to include this composer, the way this question was put has some colonial remainders in it, by equalling England with all of …
2009-01-27 Some have asked me for my position on the DEC-BBC debacle. My position is easy and clear. I believe that the DEC could have easily avoided the problem, by either from the outset having a different …
2009-07-01 … Israeli waters.” Arraf called the intervention a “premeditated attack” and “a clear violation of international law.” Despite the fact, as the BBC reported the British Government spokeperson said that they would be concerned if British Citizens were arrested in international waters, and despite …
2009-06-24 … are twenty-one of them. Some of them have atmospheres and climate features. The BBC has the story. Can you see the speck in Saturine sky? Watch the BBC's Audio Slideshow: Splendour of Saturn *
2009-06-18 … a noble mission, much like soldiers sent to fight wars mostly against civilian populations in smashed outposts such as Iraq and Afghanistan. The BBC provides a profile of the Basij milita force Large demonstrations do not look good, because people get the sense that the regime cannot control them …
2008-03-20 … it is worth going back and watching the film again to see that he did indeed give a great performance. There are many obituaries of him online. The BBC has an adequate one here.
2008-06-16 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7453560.stm Ireland rejects EU reform treaty BBC News June 13, 2008 Voters in the Irish Republic have rejected the European Union's Lisbon treaty in a vote by 53.4% to 46.6%. The poll is a major …
2009-07-08 … to Gaza’s rocket attacks and accused (falsely) of recklessly or wilfully killing huge numbers of Palestinian civilians, particularly children, the BBC conducted an interview which shone out like a diamond on a dunghill in those dark and bigoted days. It was with Colonel Richard Kemp, formerly both …
2009-07-07 I read this tweet from Daran Hill from the 'One Wales, Two Years' conference yesterday during BBC political editor Vaughan Roderick's presentation there: if tories get more seats than plaid in 2011, that will lead to a continuation of One Wales …
2009-07-06 … China says 140 died in Uighur rioting (smh.com.au) Urumqi in lockdown after Uighurs riot (The Australian) Scores killed in China protests (BBC) Scores dead in Xinjiang riot (Al Jazeera)
2009-07-01 … Prince of Wales, and manages to put a lightweight Lembit in his place to boot in what was largely a superficial 'debate'on the matter. Indeed, the BBC programme A Prince for Wales? could just as well have been titled The Dummy's Guide to the Prince of Wales. A poll by Beaufort commissioned for the …
2009-01-13 … affairs reporter, BBC NewsYoung people who join gangs could face banning orders to control their movements and prevent gun and knife crime, the BBC has learned.Home Secretary Jacqui Smith wants anti-gang injunctions, following a legal battle over a similar move last year.Birmingham City Council …
2009-01-13 … Hayden understood.”I’m paid to get runs and when you are short of runs then you have to start asking questions,” he saidThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation Source: news.bbc.co.uk Germany agrees 50bn euro stimulus Germany’s coalition government has agreed …
2009-01-13 … of rabbits and rodents will involve dropping poisoned bait around the island. It is due to start next yearThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation Source: news.bbc.co.uk Dream job It’s being billed as “the best job in the world” – six months …
2009-01-13 … for businesses worth up to 500bn euros but its use has been limited due to strict conditions attached to taking the moneyThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation UN chief wants Gaza conflict halt The UN secretary general has implored Israel and Palestinian …
2009-01-13 … later, at least 42 people were killed when a fire broke out aboard a ferry from Jakarta to Bangka island off SumatraThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation Source: news.bbc.co.uk Ministers offer tough schools pay Good teachers are to be offered 10,000 in …
2009-01-13 … why fast food operators should take more of an interest in what happens to their packaging once it leaves their premises.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation House sales ‘continuing to fall’ Property sales fell even further in December, according to the …
2009-01-13 … that private sector firms would see their capacity for recovery hindered when the UK came out of economic crisis he saidThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation Obama to meet Mexican president Mexico’s violent drugs war, immigration and trade are set to …
2009-01-13 … a TV drama, is again shortlisted for the accolade.Elsewhere, Dames Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins both receive nominations for their performances in BBC TV serial Cranford.Pierce Brosnan, Sandra Bullock and High School Musical star Zac Efron are among the actors lined up to present awards at Sunday’s …
2009-01-13 … agents in the East Midlands reported the strongest showing, selling an average of 15 homes in the last three months of 2008This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation Source: news.bbc.co.uk End of post .
2009-01-13 … heart attacks and strokes.He added: “The government is already preparing for the pressures of an ageing population.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation End of post .
2009-05-04 … solution, with young people at the heart of implementing change." This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. How can we avoid a swine flu pandemic? The World Health Organization says countries …
2009-05-04 … is waning.So says Tom Siebel, hi-tech veteran and founder of Siebel Systems. "I think Silicon Valley has been toppled from its pedestal," he told BBC News. "I think information technology is much less important in the global picture today than it was even 10-20 years ago." Mr Siebel makes his …
2009-05-04 … they are 18. Pauline Makoni, operations manager for the Anthony Nolan Trust, said young, healthy donors are always needed.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Lithium in water ‘curbs …
2009-05-04 … comparatively speaking and increased incidence of depression."This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Source: Girl, 10, burned at tanning salon A 10-year-old girl has suffered burns over …
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