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BBC World News, Apr 13, 2012

Syria ceasefire: Security forces 'fire at protesters'
BBC News
"We tried our best to reach Assi Square in order to show the worldthe truth about the regime - they are lying and will not allow us to have big, peaceful demonstrations," Mousab Hamadee, an activist in Hama, told the BBC. "As we approached Assi Square ...
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BBC News
Short film challenges 'scarred baddies' stereotype
BBC News
... Film Campaign, told BBC News. "And that portrayal sets up a moral judgement that extends to the wider world... to the playground, and to the job market." According to Changing Faces, one in every 111 people in the UK has a significant disfigurement...
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BBC News
Are you ready for the Olympics?
BBC News
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BBC News
David Cameron calls for Burma sanctions to be suspended
BBC News
"So we need to see interim measures, we need to see deadlines, we need to see benchmarks," she told BBC Radio 4's World at One. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Wai Hnin, from the Burma Campaign UK, told the BBC the recent...
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BBC News
Ruined life of Robert Hichens - 'the man who sank Titanic'
BBC News
By Sally Nancarrow BBC News, Surrey When Robert Hichens became a quartermaster on the Titanic he was at the peak of his career. But for the man steering the doomed liner when it hit an iceberg, the disaster would ruin his dreams and overshadow the rest ...
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BBC News
Reporters 'have to go in' to Syria - injured photographer
BBC News
You can watch the full interview on BBC World News on Monday 16 April at 03:30, 08:30, 15:30 and 20:30 GMT and on the BBCNews Channel on Monday 16 April at 04:30 BST and Tuesday 17 May at 00:30 BST. Watch recent episodes online (UK only) or subscribe ...
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BBC News
MPs warn over Foreign Office cuts
WalesOnline
After hearing evidence on the changes to the BBC World Service - which is set to be transferred from the FCO in 2014 - the committee welcomed the appointment of Lord Williams as International Trustee for the service. But the report said: "We maintain ...
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Today's media stories from the papers
The Guardian
P2 Price-fixing case could see cost of ebooks tumble. P10 Richard Littlejohn does BBC Salford schedule. P17 Scotland Yard's 'poor judgment' over job for News of the World girl. P18 Phone hacking lawyers to meet 9/11 advocate in US.
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The Guardian
UK & World News: Woman accuses ex of 'robbing her of the most precious things ...
Scottish Daily Record
In an interview with the BBC, Ms Nash said she thought she could change Jenkin but warned other victims of domestic violence to get out "before it is too late - it's not going to get better, it's going to get worse". She said she thought she could ...
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Grand National horse race has more than one winner
BBC News
By Bill Wilson Business reporter, BBC News With more than 150000 people expected to descend on Aintree for the Grand National racing festival, which began on Thursday, the horse-racing industry, bookmakers, sponsors and the Merseyside economy are all ...
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BBC News
News Corp. faces US phone hacking suits: Brit lawyer to initiate legal action ...
Chicago Tribune
"The News of the World had thousands of people they hacked. Some of them were in America at the time, either travelling or resident there," the lawyer told the BBC News Channel. Lewis added: "The scandal as it is is not just then confined to the United ...
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Essex superstar is spinning on The Voice
This is Total Essex
Brand new hit BBC One show, The Voice, whereby the four coaches sit with their back facing the performers, is proving to be a huge success. After much popularity in the US, the UK version with coaches Will.I.Am, Tom Jones, The Script's Danny O'Donoghue ...
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British hacking scandal may jolt US, lawyer says
San Francisco Chronicle
"The scandal is not just confined to the United Kingdom or UK companies," he told the BBC, "but this goes to the heartland of News Corp. and we will be looking at the involvement of the parent company and in terms of claims there and that is something ...
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How Rich Countries Spend Their Money
Motley Fool
Americans spend more of their income on housing, but they also live in some of the biggest houses in the world. BBC notes that the average home constructed since 2003 was 2300 square feet in the US, but just 818 square feet in the UK Furthermore, ...
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David Cameron meets Aung San Suu Kyi - live coverage
The Guardian (blog)
Your courage has been inspirational for people across the worldwho want to see democracy, freedom and human rights, he tells her. 11.53am: Pictures are starting to come in now of Cameron and Aung San Suu Kyi at her lakeside house. 11.50am: BBCNews ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Lansley comes under fire over plain cigarette packet plans
The Guardian
"Each year it (smoking) accounts for over 100000 deaths in the UKand one in two long-term smokers will die prematurely from a smoking disease." Legislation on plain packaging would be the latest in a series of measures against smoking including the ...
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The Guardian
Weekly International News Wrap: 'Battleship' Opens Early Abroad, Rupert...
Hollywood Reporter
In the UK, Daniel Radcliffe and Adele topped lists of rich young celebrities, while Simon Cowell's TV show feels ratings pressure from competitor The Voice. And while Russians lust for adaptations of foreign TV shows, an Australian network is bringing...
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Hollywood Reporter
The Rapid and Unlikely Rise of Scotland's Independence Movement
The Atlantic
Not enough of them are convinced that the country's oil wealth would be a reliable substitute for the financial subsidies that Scotland receives from the rest of the UK. But cultural changes are producing a far less risk-averse Scotland.
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The Atlantic
Cameron in historic Myanmar visit
Daily Star Online
BBC South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey, in Yangon, says although the UK has a reputation within the European Union as being among the most cautious about the recent changes in Myanmar, the pace of reform in the country is impossible to ignore.
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Daily Star Online
Genocide Victims Were Not Mere Numbers - Envoy
AllAfrica.com
Rwamucyo, was addressing members of the Rwandan Diaspora in the UK, British Government officials and members of Diplomatic Corps accredited to the United Kingdom, who gathered at Southwark Cathedral in London to commemorate the Genocide.
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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Charlize pines for her angel while promoting new film Prometheus
Daily Mail
Easier said than done. If there's no screening beforehand, I'll be at the world premiere in London on May 31. The picture opens in theUK on June 1 and so does another film Charlize is in called Snow White And The Huntsman.
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Daily Mail
This Day in Music: April 13th
Gibson
1974, Paul McCartney's Band on the Run, went to #1 on the US album charts. McCartney's third US #1, which went on to sell over 6 million copies world-wide. 1985, The Nashville Network began airing Grand Ole Opry Live. For more on this story, ...
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UK's Service Desk & IT Support Show now 97% sold out!
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Confirmed international participants to date include Celonis and OMNINET GmbH from Germany, USA-based ConnectWise/LabTech Software, EXIN from The Netherlands, and South African VirtuaCon. Whilst from the UK, exhibitors offering specialist training ...
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Exclusive: Beckham should be on Team GB football team, says hurdle champion ...
Insidethegames.biz
By David Gold April 13 - British hurdling champion and BBCpresenter Colin Jackson (pictured left) has supported David Beckham's chances of competing for Team GB in the football tournament at this summer's Olympic Games. Last year,World 400 metres ...
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Insidethegames.biz
North and South On the Brink of Catastrophic War
AllAfrica.com
Indeed, Kiir and the Southern Sudanese leadership stand accused by the UN, the AU, the EU, the UK, and the US of military aggression against northern Sudanese territory (see below). This is so even as all evidence---including that of UN observers from ...
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Judge allows CIA, FBI secrecy on rendition
Press TV
The judge's decision comes amid fresh reports of US-UKcooperation on the extraordinary rendition - the process whereby the government sends terror suspects off to the custody of authoritarian states to be tortured. Tony Lloyd, vice-chairman of the...
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Press TV
2012 Olivier winners announced this Sunday, join our Tweet team
WhatsOnStage.com
Winners of the 36th annual Olivier Awards (formerly the Laurence Olivier Awards), London's equivalent of the Tonys and the UK's most prestigious stage awards, are announced this Sunday evening, 15 April 2012, in a star-studded ceremony, ...
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Syria's Fragile Ceasefire Holding
THISDAY Live
Syrian state TV said a roadside bomb in the city of Aleppo had killed one person and wounded 24, reports the BBC. The opposition said three people had been killed in Idlib and Hama and there was "no evidence" of a significant withdrawal by Syrian ...
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HarperCollinsPublishers to Publish Official Tie-ins to The Hobbit: An ...
TheOneRing.net
Author, biographer and broadcaster Brian Sibley, who recently won the BBCAudio Drama Award for his dramatization of The History of Titus Groan, has returned to New Zealand to write the behind-the-scenes Official Movie Guides, while novelist and former ...
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Time 'to suspend' some sanctions: PM Cameron
Mizzima News
Cameron, according to the BBC, said it was right to respond to signs of change “with care,” adding: “All courses of action are full of risk, but I think this is the right step forward.” Previously, Cameron said he would support some lifting of ...
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Mizzima News
Spitting image for the 21st Century! There's a biting new TV satire without a ...
Daily Mail
Adele comes to us courtesy of the real Morgana, who is somewhere deep beneath several layers of plaster filler, flesh-coloured paint, industrial-strength cosmetics and a specially designed wig. Advances in prosthetic make-up have made it possible to ...
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Daily Mail
Lomax's Global Jukebox goes online
Irish Independent
For most of his lifetime, Lomax travelled around the US to the UK, Ireland, the Caribbean and mainland Europe archiving and recording folk music of theworld. He was the first man to capture Lead Belly, Muddy Waters and Woody Guthrie on tape.
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Murdoch Hacking Scandal Moves To US
Eurasia Review
The international hacking scandal that disrupted Rupert Murdoch's media empire and ended his trademark paper The News of the World is officially coming to America. A prominent British lawyer has confirmed he will be filing related charges in the US.
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Balancing act
C21Media
CCTV points to factual content coproduced with the BBC, such as Generation That Changed the Earth and Wild China. It also linked up with French company Kwanza Himalaya to make Gold Rush and is now working with UK commercial broadcaster ITV and Nat Geo ...
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C21Media
BBC News - US Navy F-18 crashes in residential Virginia
A US Navy F-18 jet crashes into an apartment building in a residential area of the town of ... One local resident, Robbie Miller, told BBC World: "I was at home in my ... Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17640618
BBC News - Homeless Iranian dogs head for better life in the US
bbc.co.uk navigation ... But animal lovers have found a legal way to bring some lucky canines ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17693030
BBC News - Syria demonstrator: 'The regime opened fire on us'
An activist tells the BBC that two people were killed and at least 25 people were wounded when security forces opened fire on ... bbc.co.uk navigation. News ...Play 'Criminal children' video dividing Mexico ... Play One-minute World News...
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BBC News - Sicilian volcano Mount Etna erupts again
BBC World's David Eades describes the Sicilian volcano's third eruption in a month. ... bbc.co.uk navigation ... Play 'Criminal children' video dividing Mexico... mom' US President Barack Obama in an interview with local news channel KCRG ...
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BBC News - Bear strays into US residential area
bbc.co.uk navigation. News · Sport ... Video · US Election 2012 ... Play One- minute ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17675083
BBC News - Clinton describes Bin Laden raid
bbc.co.uk navigation ... US Election 2012 ... In the video, Mrs Clinton describes the tense ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17682244
BBC News - Charles Manson refused parole in California
bbc.co.uk navigation ... Play One-minute World News ...Play Periodic table videos ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17686048
BBC News - Why online poker pros are sitting idle in Sin City
The BBC's Franz Strasser caught up with Mr Fellner in Las Vegas and spoke to experts about ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17631231
BBC News - South Korea's ruling party wins 'wafer thin' majority
bbc.co.uk navigation ... Lucy Williamson spoke to BBC World from Seoul. ... Watch Bear ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17686177
BBC News - Pupils praised for saving school bus
bbc.co.uk navigation ... Play 'Criminal children' video dividing Mexico ... than mom' US President Barack Obama in an interview with local news channel KCRG ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17666740
BBC News - Iran uncovers Israel-linked 'major terrorist group'
bbc.co.uk navigation ... In March, NBC News quoted two senior US officials as confirming that the assassinations of Iranian scientists had ... BBC WorldService ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17670095
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