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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/73617186-84E0-4DCE-BF2F-36BD532D2170/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Djiezes/">Djiezes</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/53596/" title="http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/53596/">www.the-scientist.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">we've asked some of the best known science bloggers to nominate some of their favorite blogs.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Djiezes/512/D57BD89B-27E3-416E-9A2A-BA278C4027CE.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Abel Pharmboy</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> <A href="http://scienceblogs.com/terrasig"><B>Terra Sigillata</B> </A> </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://scienceblogs.com/insolence">Respectful Insolence</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.corante.com/pipeline">In The Pipeline</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/">Adventures in Ethics and Science</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Djiezes/512/5E2D47C6-EED1-4BD3-B5AF-D0F8B137C78A.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Bora Zivkovic (a.k.a. Coturnix) <BR /> <A href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/">A Blog Around The Clock</A></B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">I have listed some of my favorites (most but not all life-science) <A href="http://wiki.blogtogether.org/blogtogether/show/Science+bloggers">here</A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://sunaddict86.blogspot.com/">Pondering Pikaia</A> <BR /> <A href="http://anteriorcommissure.blogspot.com">Anterior Comissure</A> <BR /><DIV> <A href="http://laelaps.wordpress.com">Laelaps</A></DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Djiezes/512/54323B42-B5F7-4215-810F-944AFA439F7C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Carl Zimmer <BR /> <A href="http://scienceblogs.com/loom/">The Loom</A></B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula"> Pharyngula</A>: </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://blog.sciam.com/">Scientific American</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com">Tree of Life</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Djiezes/512/5EB48B47-2FEA-4BEE-8123-23F89DD80737.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Ed Silverman <BR /> <A href="http://www.pharmalot.com/">Pharmalot</A></B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/">PharmaGossip</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/">The Health Blog from the <I>Wall Street Journal</I></A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/">KevinMD</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Djiezes/512/E74EC32B-C491-4B7E-8108-C763D138814A.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Newamul Khan (a.k.a. Razib) <BR /> <A href="http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/">Gene Expression</A></B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://scienceblogs.com/mixingmemory">Mixing Memory</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://scienceblogs.com/evolgen">Evolgen</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://johnhawks.net/weblog">John Hawks</A>: </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Djiezes/512/52273813-988D-4BBB-8869-1103547C2021.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>PZ Myers <BR /> <A href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/">Pharyngula</A></B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://sandwalk.blogspot.com">Sandwalk</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://faultline.org">Creek Running North</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://endogenousretrovirus.blogspot.com">ERV</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">long list <A href="http://pharyngula.org/blogroll.php">here</A>,</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Djiezes/512/767C7BFE-F6B3-4681-BC00-9268F58804CA.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Attila Csordas <BR /> <A href="http://pimm.wordpress.com/">Partial Immortalization</A> </B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://ouroboros.wordpress.com"> Ouroboros</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.scienceblogs.com/transcript"> Daily Transcript</A>: </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://blogs.nature.com/wp/nascent">Nascent</A>: </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://blogs.nature.com/nautilus"> Nautilus</A>: </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://www.nature.com/stemcells/index.html">The Niche</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://radar.oreilly.com">O'Reilly Radar</A>: </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A href="http://makezine.com"> Make</A>:</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060703/full/442009a.html</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">http://www.lulu.com/content/631016</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TABLE border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD><A href="http://www.the-scientist.com/forum/addcomment/53596"><IMG src="http://images.the-scientist.com/content/images/news/918-6.jpg" /></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="\"small\""> <A href="http://www.the-scientist.com/forum/addcomment/53596/">Comment on this news story</A> </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">blogging</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/blog/" rel="tag">blog</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/blogs/" rel="tag">blogs</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/list/" rel="tag">list</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/science/" rel="tag">science</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/scienceblog/" rel="tag">scienceblog</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/rss/" rel="tag">rss</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/links/" rel="tag">links</a></div>http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/53596/Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:20:58 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/488209B8-463B-4A8F-AF56-48A7FDD6EDF8/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mona/">mona</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> ......i can't believe "paris hilton" is actually one of the pre-set tags on clipmarks. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/28/1182624046104.html?from=top5" title="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/28/1182624046104.html?from=top5">www.smh.com.au</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><HEADLINE _moz-userdefined="">News anchor loses it over Paris story</HEADLINE></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mona/512/70CA4E17-8A6B-4E05-B91E-47396482620C.jpg" alt="Not telling it as it is ... Mika Brzezinski." /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>An American newsreader has refused to talk about Paris Hilton's release from jail - instead shredding, ripping up and attempting to set on fire copies of the story.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"No, I hate this story and I don't think it should be our lead ... My producer Andy Jones is not listening to me. He's put it as the lead," she said as she took a fellow anchor's cigarette lighter and tried to burn the script.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/paris+hilton/" rel="tag">paris hilton</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hype/" rel="tag">hype</a></div>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/28/1182624046104.html?from=top5Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:17:20 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F0209529-5723-45AF-8B95-445A1DD56E75/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mona/">mona</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> the Have I Got News For You team in top form!!!<img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/icons/smilies/grin.gif" alt="" /> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmSawdPhzCM" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmSawdPhzCM">www.youtube.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1 id="video_title">Have I got news for you Pot Noodles</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div>[Video]</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/uk/" rel="tag">uk</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/tv+show/" rel="tag">tv show</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/funny/" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">comedy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/humour/" rel="tag">humour</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hilarious/" rel="tag">hilarious</a></div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmSawdPhzCMWed, 06 Jun 2007 15:33:25 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4AAAD222-5C1C-4C66-994E-B0806D1F7BD6/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mona/">mona</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6621319.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6621319.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="sh"> Native American DNA found in UK </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>DNA testing has uncovered British descendents of Native Americans brought to the UK centuries ago as slaves, translators or tribal representatives.</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">Genetic analysis turned up two white British women with a DNA signature characteristic of American Indians. </FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">An Oxford scientist said it was extremely unusual to find these DNA lineages in Britons with no previous knowledge of Native American ancestry. </FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mona/512/4522A29D-8725-49A1-B673-5D6FFDACF988.jpg" alt="The Isherwoods, Doreen Isherwood" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="cap">Doreen (left) with daughter Rebecca and granddaughter Anais</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">The chartered physiotherapist studied for a degree at the University of North Carolina, but had no idea she possessed Native American ancestors. She said she came from a long line of Lancashire cotton weavers. </FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">Anne Hall, who works as a private educational tutor, commented: "I was thrilled to bits. It was a very pleasant surprise. To have Native American blood is very exotic." </FONT></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/uk/" rel="tag">uk</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/america/" rel="tag">america</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/american/" rel="tag">american</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/ancestry/" rel="tag">ancestry</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/dna/" rel="tag">dna</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/genes/" rel="tag">genes</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/genetics/" rel="tag">genetics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/surprise/" rel="tag">surprise</a></div>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6621319.stmFri, 04 May 2007 17:13:53 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B102573C-A93B-4DC3-8657-D0661CCEB87A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/ddszczupak/">ddszczupak</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Highly reccomended <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.businesshackers.com/2007/01/09/5-very-good-but-not-very-popular-economic-websites-you-should-absolutely-visit/" title="http://www.businesshackers.com/2007/01/09/5-very-good-but-not-very-popular-economic-websites-you-should-absolutely-visit/">www.businesshackers.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3 class="posth3"><A href="http://www.businesshackers.com/2007/01/09/5-very-good-but-not-very-popular-economic-websites-you-should-absolutely-visit/">5 very good but not very popular economic websites you should absolutely visit…</A></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>If you are one of those people who get’s up in the morning and reads the first page of the WSJ and believes he/she knows everything is happening in the world STOP READING.<BR /> If you are curious to know about high quality sources of economic news and data have a look at those websites:</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>This is actually a portal… an economic portal with a number of topics covered in it… News come from all over the world. There are articles about almost everything and from hundreds of different sources. It goes without saying that this is one of our favorite website even though it is not enough to find long articles or articles with comments and opinions. Anyway if you want to be up to data visit it.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/ddszczupak/512/08876A7B-F015-478C-9A0F-0AB26128B5D2.jpg" alt="clipboard34.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>2. <A href="http://www.worldpress.org/">http://www.worldpress.org/ </A> Businesshackers’ mark: 7/10</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>No that’s not the Wordpress you are thinking about. It covers news mainly news from developing countries and to some extent can can be considered an alternative to biased newspapers from all over the world. It allows to add your own links. Businesshackers.com was included as well. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><IMG alt="clipboard54.jpg" src="http://www.businesshackers.tanihost.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/clipboard54.jpg" id="image304" /></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>3. <A href="http://www.rtable.net/index/rt/economics/recent/">http://www.rtable.net/index/rt/economics/recent/</A><BR /> Businesshackers’ mark: 9/10</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Economics roundtable is a review of economic websites that publish long academic papers and articles. It is a good source of articles when you have time to analyse issues in detail or you really want to improve your economic knowledge. The quality of articles is enough to forget the bad graphics of the website. In a nutshell, “content is the king”.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>This is sth that Digg users will really appreciate. It allows readers to vote and add articles. The main topic is finance but you can find a business site as well. It is highly selective for submitted articles and it should reflect what the opinion of readers is. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>4.<A href="http://www.wikio.com/finance"> http://www.wikio.com/finance</A><BR /> Businesshackers’ mark: 8/10</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/ddszczupak/512/A9727EEA-2996-4A5F-AD2A-9D8BC211F26D.jpg" alt="clipboard4.jpg" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/.investments/" rel="tag">.investments</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/applications/" rel="tag">applications</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/business/" rel="tag">business</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/businesshackers/" rel="tag">businesshackers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/businesshackers.com/" rel="tag">businesshackers.com</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/businessmen/" rel="tag">businessmen</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/digg/" rel="tag">digg</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/economy/" rel="tag">economy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/euro/" rel="tag">euro</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/euros/" rel="tag">euros</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hefner/" rel="tag">hefner</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/internet/" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/investments/" rel="tag">investments</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/italia/" rel="tag">italia</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/italy/" rel="tag">italy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/krugman/" rel="tag">krugman</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/money/" rel="tag">money</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/movement/" rel="tag">movement</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/network/" rel="tag">network</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/playboy/" rel="tag">playboy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/pictures/" rel="tag">pictures</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/political/" rel="tag">political</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/politics/" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/profits/" rel="tag">profits</a></div>http://www.businesshackers.com/2007/01/09/5-very-good-but-not-very-popular-economic-websites-you-should-absolutely-visit/Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:52:58 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/36DC4B28-9CB5-493A-A48B-3C01A80DE102/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mona/">mona</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6178671.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6178671.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD colspan="3"> <DIV class="mxb"> <DIV class="sh"> Viewers fooled by 'Belgium split' </DIV> </DIV> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><B>Belgians reacted with widespread alarm to news that their country had been split in two - before finding out they had been spoofed.</B></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/mona/512/4E418408-18AD-4B3E-8CA3-6DCF4017A6B6.jpg" alt="An RTBF reporter" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="cap">RTBF reporters kept up the spoof for nearly two hours </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">The Belgian public television station RTBF ran a bogus report saying the Dutch-speaking half of the nation had declared independence. </FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">Later it said Wednesday night's programme was meant to stir up debate. </FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> <FONT size="2">It appears to have succeeded. Thousands of people made panicked calls to the station and politicians complained. </FONT></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> <FONT size="2">"It's very bad Orson Welles, in very poor taste," said a spokesman for Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, referring to the famous director's 1938 radio adaptation of War of the Worlds. That spoof fooled many Americans into believing Martians had invaded. </FONT></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">"In the current context, it's irresponsible for a public television channel to announce the end of Belgium as a reality presented by genuine journalists," he added. </FONT></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> <FONT size="2">"We obviously scared many people - maybe more than we expected," he said. </FONT></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><FONT size="2">Some politicians were in on the joke, contributing interviews to the programme with their reactions to the "news". But others were not amused. </FONT></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/belgium/" rel="tag">belgium</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/politics/" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/factions/" rel="tag">factions</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/prank/" rel="tag">prank</a></div>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6178671.stmSun, 17 Dec 2006 12:57:54 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/02C32B3B-C26B-44DE-860C-3843A5FB20E8/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mona/">mona</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6190772.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6190772.stm">news.bbc.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="sh"> 'Pregnant' man fined in SA court </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="416" valign="top"> <FONT size="2"> <B>A South African man has been fined $140 for taking a week off work, telling his employers he was pregnant.</B> </FONT><P> <FONT size="2">Charles Sibindana, 27, stole a certificate from a clinic during his pregnant girlfriend's checkup, a court near Johannesburg heard. </FONT></P><P> <FONT size="2">He then added his own details to the note and submitted it and took seven days off work, seemingly unaware that only women consult gynaecologists. </FONT></P><P> <FONT size="2">His employers became suspicious and investigated the matter. </FONT></P><P><DIV> <FONT size="2">On passing sentence Magistrate Bruno Van Eeden warned Mr Sibindana "not to walk around faking sick letters from gynaecologists" as if he was pregnant, the South African Press Association news agency reported. </FONT> </DIV><BR clear="all" /> </P><DIV class="mvtb"><TABLE width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR> <TD width="213"><A target="Mailer" class="epl" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6190772.stm"> <IMG width="17" vspace="0" hspace="3" height="11" border="0" align="left" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/email.gif" alt="" /> E-mail this to a friend </A></TD> <TD width="203"><A target="Printer" class="epl" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6190772.stm"> <IMG width="17" vspace="0" hspace="3" height="11" border="0" align="left" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/print.gif" alt="" /> Printable version </A></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class="mvtb"> </DIV><BR /> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><TD width="416" valign="top"> <FONT size="2"> <B>A South African man has been fined $140 for taking a week off work, telling his employers he was pregnant.</B> </FONT><P> <FONT size="2">Charles Sibindana, 27, stole a certificate from a clinic during his pregnant girlfriend's checkup, a court near Johannesburg heard. </FONT></P><P> <FONT size="2">He then added his own details to the note and submitted it and took seven days off work, seemingly unaware that only women consult gynaecologists. </FONT></P><P> <FONT size="2">His employers became suspicious and investigated the matter. </FONT></P><P><DIV> <FONT size="2">On passing sentence Magistrate Bruno Van Eeden warned Mr Sibindana "not to walk around faking sick letters from gynaecologists" as if he was pregnant, the South African Press Association news agency reported. </FONT> </DIV><BR clear="all" /> </P><DIV class="mvtb"><TABLE width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR> <TD width="213"><A target="Mailer" class="epl" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6190772.stm"> <IMG width="17" vspace="0" hspace="3" height="11" border="0" align="left" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/email.gif" alt="" /> E-mail this to a friend </A></TD> <TD width="203"><A target="Printer" class="epl" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6190772.stm"> <IMG width="17" vspace="0" hspace="3" height="11" border="0" align="left" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/print.gif" alt="" /> Printable version </A></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV class="mvtb"> </DIV><BR /> </TD></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/funny/" rel="tag">funny</a></div>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6190772.stmWed, 06 Dec 2006 00:51:33 GMT