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What will they decide to do with North Korea?

Mon, 25 May 2009 11:07:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What action, if any, will be taken against North Korea?

I suspect the DPRK are trying to test America and South Korea following the death of their ex-president.

Clip Source: en.wikinews.org

North Korea's official news agency is reporting that the country's government has carried out a "successful" test of a nuclear weapon. Yonhap News Agency in South Korea also reports the possible test.

South Korean officials have called an emergency meeting to discuss the event. Russia is convening an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Japan's government has set up a special task force at the crisis management center in the prime minister's official residence.

Tags: korea, north korea, nuclear weapons, war

Israel realise 'There must be another way'

Sun, 17 May 2009 10:02:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Lets home this happens.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be prepared to endorse a peace process leading to an independent Palestinian state, his defence minister has said.

Tags: israel, palestine

I'm tired of expenses

Fri, 15 May 2009 23:23:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Not all MPs are greedy and newspapers point out some really trivial things and make them a big deal.

Clip Source: www.birminghammail.net

CLARE Short today insisted “I am straight as a die” after she was accused of claiming thousands of pounds she was not entitled to from House of Commons expenses.

But she said: “This is not a scandal. It is a genuine mistake.

Details of the £8,000 over-payment emerged when her expenses claims were published by a national newspaper.

“I repaid the money because the fees office pointed out the error.”

Ms Short said she had always given the House of Commons fees office full details of her mortgage arrangements, and she believed they should have spotted the error sooner.

UK introduces guilty until proven innocent approach

Tue, 05 May 2009 07:36:21 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

She said a "presumption in favour of exclusion" was being introduced which meant that in future it would be up to the individual concerned to prove they would not "stir up tension" in the UK.

Tags: law, uk

Angels & Demons damaged by church?

Mon, 04 May 2009 20:27:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I simply suspect the Roman Catholic Church were unhappy with this book, like the Da Vinci Code, making people think fiction is fact.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Director Ron Howard has accused the Vatican of trying to hamper the filming of his new movie, Angels & Demons, starring Tom Hanks.

A Vatican spokesman said the director's claims were purely a publicity stunt.

Tags: angels & demons, catholicism, christianity, films, movies, ron howard, tom hanks

Discrimination or an over-reaction?

Sun, 03 May 2009 13:49:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Were the Egyptian government trying to discriminate against Christian farmers or just over-reacting?

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Pig farmers have clashed with police in Cairo as they try to stop their animals being taken for slaughter, reports say.

UN health experts have criticised the move as unnecessary and a mistake.

The authorities are carrying out a mass pig cull in what they at first said was a precaution against swine flu but now describe as a general health measure.

Pig-farming and consumption is limited to Egypt's Christian minority, estimated at 10% of the population.

Tags: christianity, discrimination, egypt, h1n1, swine flu

Iran executes woman despite order not to

Sat, 02 May 2009 12:47:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wonder if Iran will prosecute the prison officials for murder if the Head of the Judiciary (who I presume to be some sort of judge) issued a stay.

Or do you think it was officially sanctioned so Iran didn't have to deal with human rights groups?

Clip Source: www.amnesty.org

Delara Darabi was executed despite her having been given a two-month stay of execution by the Head of the Judiciary on 19 April.

"This indicates that even decisions by the Head of the Judiciary carry no weight and are disregarded in the provinces," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui.

Tags: amnesty international, capital punishment, delera darabi, execution, iran

Who's the greatest monarch?

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:17:32 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

PERSONAL QUALITIES

GLOBAL IMPACT

LEGACY

The monarchy debate takes place at English Heritage's Festival of History at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, on August 11 and 12.

Tags: monarcy, uk, history

PFI schools risky say MPs

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:08:45 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

PFI school rebuilding risky - MPs

The Commons Education Committee says there are risks linked to the method chosen to fund half the £45bn rebuild - the private finance initiative (PFI).

Three PFI schools are closing because of a lack of pupils, but councils are still contracted to pay the bills.

Tags: politics, education, uk

55 reasons you shouldn’t use the Wikipedia

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:18:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Humourous post about Wikipedia!

Clip Source: joeanderson.co.uk

55 reasons you shouldn’t use the Wikipedia

Clip Source: joeanderson.co.uk

The Wikipedia’s like Britannica… but for Commies.

Your history lecturer doesn’t like it

It’s free (gratis). The Britannica costs infinitely more and therefore must be better!

It keeps asking for a donation. Just like a beggar. Why doesn’t it go and get itself a job?!

Jimbo’s cheating on Google

In Communist China, you don’t read the Wikipedia, it’s blocked

Tags: wikipedia, wiki, humour, humor, funny

British Councillor weds Bin Laden's son

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:55:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: LOL!

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Councillor weds Bin Laden's son

Jane met Bin Laden's son while horse riding around the Pyramids

"He talked about his childhood, his life with his father of course as every son would talk about his father."

Omar, who is Bin Laden's fourth eldest son, is currently working as a scrap metal dealer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, while his new bride applies for a visa so he can visit Britain.

Jane Felix-Browne, from Moulton, near Northwich, married Omar Osama Bin Laden, 27, after romance blossomed during a holiday in Egypt.

However, she insisted that her new husband has had no contact with his father since 2000.

Tags: bin laden, terrorism, oddly enough

Happy birthday, your majesty

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:42:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's the Queen's official birthday

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Thousands of spectators watched as the Queen marked her official birthday with Trooping the Colour.

Tags: england, britain, uk, queen, queen elizabeth ii

Iraq even less safe

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:42:02 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The search is continuing for a British computer expert and his four bodyguards who were seized last month from a building belonging to the Iraqi finance ministry by men in police uniform.

The uniformed kidnappers of Baghdad

In fact, militia infiltration is believed to be such that no one walks anywhere in the Green Zone for fear of being snatched off the street

Tags: iraq, iraq war

The Death of Web 2.0

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:26:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A post which compares the amount various start-ups were purchased for.

Clip Source: joeanderson.co.uk

YouTube bought by Google

Price: US$1,650,000,000 - Date: October/November 2006

MySpace bought by News Corp

Price: US$580,000,000 - Date: July 2005

CBS buys last.fm

Price: US$280,000,000 (GB£142,000,000) - Date: May 2007

Flickr bought by Yahoo!

Price: Unknown - Date: March 2005

eBay stumbles upon StumbleUpon

Price: US$75,000,000 - Date: May 2007

del.icio.us bought by Yahoo!

Price: Unknown: CNN reported it was likely to be between US$15,000,000 and US$20,000,000 - Date: December 2005

Yahoo! acquires MyBlogLog

Price: US$10,000,000 - Date: January 2007

The traditional media and the first wave of Internet start-ups are scared. Unfortunately, instead of hiring innovators they simply decide to buy innovator’s websites!

eBay acquires Skype

Price: At least US$2,600,000,000, which is more than 5 times the GDP of the Caribbean island of Grenada! - Date: September 2005

Web 2.0: bought by 1.0 and strangled down.

Tags: web 2.0

Klingon :)

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:12:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Found this on a blog written in Klingon: I guess nuqDaq Dab Santa Claus means Where does Santa Claus live?

nuqDaq means where; and I can't get a translation for Dab.

Clip Source: bologh.blogspot.com

nuqDaq Dab Santa Claus? puq jIHtaHvIS qanaDa Dab reH 'e' vIHar. vIQummeH Quvvam vISov:

Tags: klingon