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  Cartoons
and the globalisation of protests
BBC News: Just as
Dr Edward Lorenz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
asked in 1972: "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
set off a tornado in Texas?" (he originally mentioned a
seagull's w... |
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 Brown
calls for aid 'shock' fund
The Guardian:
Gordon Brown is pushing for a shake-up of the international
response to natural disasters amid growing concern about the
plight of earthquake victims in Pakistan. As the first
snowstorms of what has... |
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 Benazir
refuses to speak about trust fund
Dawn: ISLAMABAD:
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto refused to answer
questions in a Geneva court about a trust of which she was
allegedly a beneficiary when summoned by a Swiss judge on
charges... |
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Top Archived Stories
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 Globalizing
disparity
Asia
Times: By Haider Rizvi: NEW YORK - Despite unprecedented
economic growth in recent years, the rich have become richer
and the poor even poorer, says a new UN report that also s... |
 1998
Omagh bombing suspect ordered to stand trial
CBC
News: A judge in Belfast has ordered a suspected IRA militant
to stand trial for Northern Ireland's deadliest terrorist
attack, the 1998 car bombing of Omagh, Northe... |
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 Australia
ranks fourth in global aid efforts
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australia has been ranked
fourth in a list of 21 wealthy nations for its efforts to help
development in poor countries, the Centre for Global
Development (CGD), a US think tank, said. Denmark topped... |
 UK
HIV drug resistance increasing
BBC
News: The UK has some of the highest levels of resistance to
HIV medication in the world - and levels are increasing,
research suggests. A team from University College London warn
progress in cutting death... |
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 Bomber
video 'points to al-Qaeda'
BBC
News: Khan's statement and an accompanying one from al-Qaeda
number two Ayman al-Zawahri also link the bombs to British
foreign policy. Khan does not specifically mention Iraq...
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 China's
growth benefits world: UK experts
China
Daily: LONDON - The world benefits from the growth of China,
and receives no threat from it, some experts in London
commented on Thursday. China's exports to the world have c... |
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Sir Harry Lauder
is born on the 4th August 1870. An immensely popular
entertainer in his day, Lauder promotes an exaggerated
caricature of Scottish culture that nevertheless makes him a
fortune and earns him a knighthood. He even becomes the first
recording artist to sell a million records in the UK! For more
famous Scots
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Henry Duncan was
born on the 8th October in 1774 in a Manse in Lochrutton. He founded the first savings bank in his parish in Dumfriesshire. The bank was born out of his social conscience and made banking accessible to poorer members of society. Read more about personal finance here
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Today was a quiet day in the visit of George IV to Scotland
on the 19th August in 1822, the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since Charles II in 1650. George's visit saw the birth of the modern image of Scotland, orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott who had persuaded George that he had legitimate Jacobite lineage. Highland dress suddenly became immensely fashionable and lowlanders across Scotland rushed to discover highland ancestry so they could sport the suddenly trendy kilt in varieties of dashing new tartan.
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On this day, 20 November, in 1979, Anthony Blunt, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, was stripped of his knighthood after being exposed as the Fourth Man in the Burgess, Maclean and Philby spy scandal. To read more about the secret services click here |
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