Posts Tagged ‘ News ’

You may, perhaps, have caught John Humphrys the other day as he savaged the latest Whitehall rain god. You will thus have heard him volubly alarmed at the prospect and threat of summer standpipes in the “cities of Britain”. But did you pause, look at a map of the south-east, and wonder: which cities?...
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Don’t agree? Please ask your wife, husband or significant other—in other words, the nearest typical consumer—to answer the following 7 questions: 1. Does viewing pop-up ads on your computer curl your toes in orgasmic delight? Yes or No? 2. Does a mailbox filled with junk mail cause your palms to itch and sweat with nervous anticipation? Yes or...
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The parents of a student last seen backpacking in Cambodia offered a £15,000 reward yesterday to help find their son. Eddie Gibson from Hove, East Sussex, was 19 when he went missing more than two years ago after dropping out of university. He turned up in Cambodia weeks later, but has not been seen since. His...
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As Arab television stations replayed pictures of bewildered and disoriented US prisoners of war on an endless loop, western broadcasters acceded to Pentagon requests to hold back until relatives of the soldiers had been informed. Al-Jazeera, the Arab channel that has become the curse of US military media managers, showed the footage as soon...
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America: where watching sport on television began and was perfected. In those soulless bars on the outskirts of bland towns, men would sit in a line at the bar drinking beer and watching sport; any sport; all sport. Drinking and watching and watching and drinking – and talking stupid. More often than not the...
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Free? It’s a deluding word in a deluded internet world. On the one hand, newspaper publishers are forming a queue around New York’s blocks to get expert advice on building pay walls around the precious words their writers pen. One the other hand, angry bloggers swear that the net is “free” and great corporations...
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What choice should you make while watching world news? CNN or BCC: which news channel is the best one? What are the things that you need while watching some good world news channel? In whatever business you are or what kind of industry you are operating in, you must have knowledge of the latest...
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The main evening news bulletin on the BBC is one of television’s most familiar fixtures: there are people who have watched it every night of their lives spent at home. But, in a foreign hotel, quite by accident, I discovered a whole new element of the show, unknown to most of its domestic audience. I...
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Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent research has concluded. Apparently, there is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organically produced food, UK researchers found. The Food Standards Agency who conducted the report said the results would help people make an...
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You may, perhaps, have caught John Humphrys the other day as he savaged the latest Whitehall rain god. You will thus have heard him volubly alarmed at the prospect and threat of summer standpipes in the “cities of Britain”. But did you pause, look at a map of the south-east, and wonder: which cities?...
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