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Right-Wing Site Drudge Report Tries to Make Obama Look bad, Asking, "How Low Will he go?" After Showing Picture of President Bowing in Respect to Japanese EmperorDrudgereport uses title of piece "How low will he go?" on front of site, with picture of President Obama bowing to Japanese emperor, in attempt to show a respectful, intelligent president as weak.
Sarkozy defends ambitious son facing criticism
President Nicolas Sarkozy has come to the defense of his son, denying in an interview made public Thursday that he is behind the 23-year-old's much-criticized bid for a high-profile job.
- Conservapedia rewriting the Bible to remove the "Liberal Bias".
Per Conservapedia: Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations. There are three sources of errors in conveying biblical meaning:
- Texas televangelist Benny Hinn refused entry to Britain
An American Christian preacher has been turned away from Britain, leaving thousands of people stranded at an evangelical rally in London this weekend.
- Rare parrot humps BBC cameraman's head (video)
When Stephen Fry goes in search of the rare kakapo - "the old night parrot of New Zealand" - he finds himself privy to an unusual mating ritual which is "one of the funniest things he has ever seen".
Christian right aims to change history lessons in Texas schools
Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:35 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The Christian right is making a fresh push to force religion onto the school curriculum in Texas with the state's education board about to consider recommendations that children be taught that there would be no United States if it had not been for God.
There is a happy ending to our fantasy of a fair society
Seeded on Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:36 AM EDT (The Times)
It's now harder to move class in Britain than in any other developed country except the United States, and yet 69% believe that there are enough opportunities for anyone to get on in life if they really want to.
Japan taps forex reserves to each crunch
Seeded on Tue Mar 3, 2009 6:58 AM EST (FT.com)
The Japanese government is to use part of its nearly $1,000bn in foreign exchange reserves to provide loans to Japanese companies operating in overseas markets in a further step to prevent tight credit conditions from stifling business activity.
The politics of bollocks (re: Obama)
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 1:23 PM EST (New Statesman Contents)
Far from "shutting down the CIA's secret prison network", Obama's executive orders actually give the CIA authority to carry out renditions, abductions and transfers of prisoners in secret without threat of legal obstruction.
Big Brother only wants to help you
Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:36 AM EST (The Times)
One CCTV headquarters is pretty much like another. I have seen a few. Big Brother may be watching us, but he doesn't seem very interested. Usually you will find a couple of uniformed operatives flicking from camera to camera.
Malaysian clerics issue fatwa against yoga
Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:34 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)
Malaysia's top Islamic body fresh from banning tomboys has issued an edict that prohibits Muslims from practicing yoga, saying that elements of Hinduism in the ancient Indian exercise could corrupt them.
Preparing for the first blue president
Seeded on Tue Nov 4, 2008 8:42 AM EST (FT.com)
The diehards of red and blue America seem to deny each other's legitimacy. This denial is there in the suggestion of Sarah Palin, Mr McCain's running mate, that she represents the "real" America.
Armenia and Azerbaijan seek peace accord
Seeded on Tue Nov 4, 2008 8:32 AM EST (FT.com)
Western diplomats said the war in August between Russia and Georgia over Georgia's separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia appeared to have given impetus to diplomatic efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Britain to crack down on exports from Israeli settlements
Seeded on Mon Nov 3, 2008 9:53 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)
Britain is taking the lead in pressing the EU to curb imports from Israeli producers in the occupied West Bank as a practical step towards halting the steady increase in the construction of Jewish settlements.
The Atlas of the Real World
Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:36 AM EDT (Telegraph)
The Atlas of the Real World uses software to depict the nations of the world, not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance on a range of subjects. Here, we select a series of travel- and news-related maps.
The GOP Peddles Economic Snake Oil
Seeded on Thu Oct 9, 2008 8:44 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Conservative misrule, prompted by conservative disdain for government, proves that government cannot be trusted -- and that the only answer is to elect another round of government-denouncing conservatives.
American vs. British teeth
Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:38 PM EDT (BBC News)
"US teeth are sometimes whiter than it is physically possible to get in nature - there is a new reality out there.
Obama fights to overcome prickly image in vital debate
Seeded on Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:02 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
The stakes are especially high for Senator Obama, whose prickliness and long-windedness make him an easy target for his rival. John McCain has a well-deserved reputation for slamming his opponents while tap-dancing his way out of tricky situations.
Damien Hirst is the world's most expensive living artist
Seeded on Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:21 AM EDT (Mirror.co.uk)
With a £311million fortune, he's richer than Posh and Becks and Simon Cowell combined.
Notes on a small island: The things that really make Britain great
Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:03 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
From rolling hills to rolling cheeses, morris dancing to readers' wives, our nation has a host of endearing pecularities to celebrate. In an extract from his new book, Iain Aitch takes stock of the sights and sounds that truly make us who we are
Should Muslim world be voting for Turkey?
Seeded on Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:42 PM EDT ()
I warn any reader now that the headline (which is the original) doesn't appear to actually have any relevance to the linked article, which I've decided to link just for the weird nature of the whole piece.
Lib Dems : Super-strength Clegg
Seeded on Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:31 PM EDT (BBC)
If you thought you knew what the Liberal Democrats stand for, think again. That was the single, simple and relentless message that ran right through this conference and the leader's speech.
UK digs deep for secrets of cosmos
Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 10:09 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
At the bottom of Britain's deepest mine, scientists are putting their finishing touches to a device that could solve one of astronomy's most baffling mysteries: the location of the universe's missing matter.
Evil in the US elections
Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:13 AM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
I could only shake my head in bewilderment, as I listened to the interviews Rick Warren, a Baptist pastor, conducted with Barack Obama and John McCain, the US presidential candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively. Most absurd during the two-hour special …
The EU can strengthen Turkish secularism
Seeded on Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:59 AM EDT (FT.com)
Turkish secularists have become rather reclusive. They shy away from European forums. In the rare contacts with senior Europeans, they have a tendency to hold their counterparts responsible for most ills in the world and prefer to lecture them rather than to engage with them.
Pigeon devotees murdering falcons
Seeded on Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:54 AM EDT (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Wildlife investigators found that roller pigeon club members had killed as many as 2,000 hawks and falcons annually, according to court documents.
Man 'used teen's head as bowling ball'
Seeded on Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:47 AM EDT (Australian News Network)
In his opening address, Mr Meredith told the jury several witnesses would testify that they overheard Jones and Roughan boasting about the killing.
Corporate love for communism
Seeded on Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:05 PM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)
New labor laws are making it harder for employers to cheat their workers out of their wages and benefits. Many American businesses that do their manufacturing in China had warned against those laws.
The polls are poor, the news is bad. Is there any way back for Gordon Brown?
Seeded on Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:15 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
In the current, semi-feverish atmosphere, there are daily reports of apocalyptic scenarios ranging from the dramatic removal of Gordon Brown to the virtual wipe-out of Labour as a political force at the next election.
Meet the new Obama, master of the U-turn
Seeded on Tue Jul 1, 2008 8:34 AM EDT ()
Last week Barack Obama also took issue with a different judgment by the Supreme Court, which had struck down the State of Louisiana's law authorising the death penalty for the rape of a child.
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