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BBC World News, Sep 06, 2011


Texas battles 'monster' wildfire
BBC News
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BBC News
US Open 2011 - day eight as it happened
BBC Sport
And don't forget to keep an eye on the BBC Sport website for reports and news from day eight at theUS Open. Thank you and goodnight. It's a gentle jog over the line for Djokovic as Dolgo shows little appetite for the fight. ...
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Uneasy questions
BBC News
By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News For years, Libyan and British intelligence were enemies. The legacy of Lockerbie and the supply of Semtex and weapons to the IRA ensured that. But 9/11 - as it did in so many areas - changed the...
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Heathrow £500m rail link proposal
BBC News
Tony Miles, who writes for Modern Railways magazine, told BBC Radio Wales the scheme would involve creating about five miles of new railway as well as amending some existing facilities but thinks a direct service from Wales is unlikely. ...
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BBC News
Olympic sport this week
BBC Sport
There was a surprise success for Great Britain in the non-Olympic downhill event, with Danny Hart winning the gold. BBC Sport produces this document for its talent and production staff and we thought you might enjoy it too.
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Philadelphia Orchestra looks ahead to London and BBC Proms | Philadelphia ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
How? "The subsidy through the BBC - 5.5 million pounds [almost $9 million] - is absolutely crucial. We take in 3.5 million pounds. . . . The subsidy allows us to keep quality high and ticket prices low." Pops programs - "Hooray for Hollywood" and "The ...
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Calories count
BBC News
By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News In a fast-paced world, demand for tasty, convenient food "to go" has spiralled. Fast-food outlets now feature on most High Streets across the UK. But before you stop to buy your next cup of Italian-inspired ...
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BBC News
What's with twagiarism and twirting?
BBC News
Former UK children's laureate and host of BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth Michael Rosen says it is a form of synaesthesia. "You might call this a sensory cluster. You also find it with 'sl-' and 'sw-' words." English has all manner of "sw-" words that ...
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BBC News
Confusion still swirls around BBC/Sky deal and what it will mean for viewers
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
By Tom Cary Formula One Last updated: September 5th, 2011 There has been a lot of talk this morning – and, indeed, over the weekend – regarding the BBC/Sky deal and what will/will not be shown by the BBC from next year. With just 10 race weekends live ...
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Lock of Napoleon's hair unearthed
BBC News
"It just goes to show that there are still hidden gems waiting to be discovered and our experts are still managing to thrill and excite the audience with their finds." The episode of Antiques Road Trip featuring Abbotsford is due to be screened on BBC ...
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9/11: beyond words
The Independent
The BBC and ITV screened rolling coverage all afternoon and evening, and 3 million people were still glued to their screens at midnight. 3519 Days that passed between the attacks and the killing of Osama bin Laden, on 1 May this year. ...
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Government spends a fortune on proprietary technology
Inquirer
By Kate O'Flaherty THE UK GOVERNMENT spends a fortune on proprietary technology, despite its vow to create a level playing field for open source as part of a drive to cut costs. According to theBBC, cabinet office minister Francis Maude has vowed to ...
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Press: 'FT' Goes After US Audience …
Adweek
6 and appear in publications like the Economist, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Fortune, on cable channels including MSNBC and BBC World, and in outdoor placements in New York and Washington. The ads, created by DDB London, will also run in the UK and ...
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STUC opposes corporation tax move
BBC News
By Douglas Fraser BBC Scotland Business and Economy Editor The Scottish Trades Union Congress has come out against further powers over business tax being devolved to the Scottish Parliament. The STUC attacked the "hocus-pocus economics" of the Scottish ...
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BBC News
Think it through: Previous UK policy towards Libya was smart and effective
The Commentator
It is damaging only in so far as shallow BBC people like Jon Williams decide to use their prominent media positions to assert that such contacts were wrong. For decades, the Gaddafi regime was an eccentric and dangerous sui generis international ...
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – review
The Guardian
The BBC adaptation of the late seventies will take some beating. Alec Guiness' performance was rivetting from start to finish. How come the film gets 5/5 on the front page of Guardian.co.uk but 'just' 4/5 for the actual review? Thanks for the spoiler. ...
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The Guardian
Idowu airport snub for Van Commenee
Daily Mail
The BBC have been arranging the date of their Sports Personality of the Year show to ensure it fits in with the December schedules of golfers Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy after their triumphs in The Open and US Open. But the Beeb will now have to ...
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Daily Mail
New Order reunites sans Peter Hook
Consequence of Sound
BBC 6Music reports that the lineup will feature founding members Bernard Sumner (vocals), Stephen Morris (drums), and Gillian Gilbert (keyboard/guitar), alongside Phil Cunningham on guitar and keyboard and Tom Chapman on bass. ...
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Live: Coulthard's greatest challenge
Telegraph.co.uk
Join us to watch live footage of ex-Formula One star and current BBC commentator David Coulthard take on the world's best virtual racers in what is going to be a contest with a difference. At a top secret UK track Coulthard will have 15 minutes in ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
EU High-Frequency Trades, Silvercorp, Indonesia-WTO: Compliance
Bloomberg
Bank lobbyists and analysts have warned during the past two weeks that pushing ahead with the ICB proposals would damage the UK's faltering economic recovery. John Cridland, director general of the Confederation of British Industry, said in a BBC ...
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'BBC Persian inciting PJAK to attack Iran'
Press TV
The state-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is seeking to encourage the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist group to continue militant attacks against Iran. A senior member of the PJAK leadership council, ...
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Press TV
Thomson: 'The Hour' is the Most Complex and Absorbing Story Currently Playing ...
New Republic
The fourth of six hour-long episodes will play on BBC America on Wednesday, September 7th. But don't be disheartened. You don't want to watch it in its original transmission because it is stretched out to 90 minutes with some especially egregious ...
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Attano Media and Education and BBC Knowledge Magazine Announce the Winners of ...
Business Wire India (press release)
Attano Media & Education and the BBC Knowledge Magazine proudly congratulate the winners of the “Tell Us What You Did This Summer” contest which was successfully conducted on Attanolearn.com, an educational community for students, parents and teachers ...
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Adele Should Win Mercury Prize: Why, Like Amy, She Likely Won't: Preview
Bloomberg
Blake was among winners of the BBC Sound of 2011 contest, along with the Vaccines and Clare Maguire. The cover art of the debut album by James Blake, who started out as a DJ in the London club scene. Blake was among winners of the BBC Sound of 2011 ...
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Games Inbox: Half-Life 3 prediction, F1 2011 demands, and Star Fox longevity
Metro
Are BBC staff not allowed to make money on the side? And when playing a championship with a friend you can't save and come back to it, you have start again. Sooo annoying!! I never had Star Fox 64 originally, so have pre-ordered it for the 3DS....
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Metro
Abortion: David Cameron must stop running scared of the zealots
Daily Mail
What seems more plausible, however, is that with the Prime Minister's antennae so finely tuned to the Guardian/BBC agenda, he simply took fright at the vitriol being hurled from the Left. If so, this demonstrates once again the power of the campaigns ...
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Daily Mail
WWF's Blue Mile makes a big splash
WWF-UK (press release)
Celebrities including BBC presenter Paul Rose, three-time round-the-world sailor Conrad Humphreys and organic entrepreneur Jo Wood, with her son Tyrone, took part in the event, as did our own CEO David Nussbaum. “Sport is intimately connected to nature ...
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WWF-UK (press release)
Occupy Wall Street will lay siege to U.S. greed
MarketWatch
Al Jazeera and the BBC are beaming your struggle to a captivated world and the tension is building for Obama … It feels much like it did in Tahrir Square moments before Mubarak caved. You've never felt so alive!”
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Powerline Versus Wi-Fi for AV Distribution (5/9/2011)
HiddenWires
More recently however, the BBC published a whitepaper (http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp-pdf-files/WHP195.pdf) causing the matter to be discussed in the UK Parliament. Wi-Fi connects to an IP gateway offering 802.11n high-speed wireless ...
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HiddenWires
BBCWW hires Endemol exec for EMEA
C21Media
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has appointed Endemol Worldwide Brands' senior VP and general manager for the Americas to the newly created role of executive VP for EMEA. Joerg Bachmaier will take up his role at the BBC's commercial arm in November after five ...
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BBC Chartering welcomes newbuild hat-trick
GCaptain (press release)
The vessel is the first of 14 newbuildings planned to commence service for BBCchartering over the next two years. “This vessel series program aims at increasing the lifting capacity of our fleet now up to 800mt. For us this marks a significant step in ...
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GCaptain (press release)
Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot
The Guardian
Ask and people won't stop – Keynote (for writing presentations), Garageband (for writing music), Flipboard, iPlayer (the Android Honeycomb iPlayer "app" isn't – it's just a redirect to the BBC website). And on and on. Why are apps so poor on Android? ...
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The Guardian
530 - Men of Kent or Kentish Men? Two Strange Cases of Mappable Local Identities
Big Think
Transcript of an extract from BBC Radio 4 entertainment interview show Chain Reaction (first broadcast on 26 August 2011). Intersperse with a good deal of [live studio laughter]. Kevin Eldon: "Now, Mark, you come from Kent." KE: "Are you a Man of Kent ...
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Turk Navy, Gaza Flotilla rights workers confront Israel, U.S oil pirates
Examiner.com
(See embedded Youtube, "UN Report on Gaza flotilla killings: Israel accused of war crimes for "unlawful assault," BBC News) "There is clear evidence to support prosecutions of the following crimes within the terms of article 147 of the fourth Geneva ...
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BBC Proms: Grimaud, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Honeck
The Arts Desk
She offered us fluid restraint in the Andante but just a little too much of steel in her middle-register tone to plausibly calm the orchestral Furies. Her Rondo persistently rejected the playful overtures of the orchestra, never unbending to reveal the ...
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BBC News - Irene floods claim lives in Vermont
Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk search ... Play The US economy: a lost decade ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14726155
BBC News - Irene: Death toll reaches 40 as recovery begins
Post-Tropical Cyclone Irene has killed 40 people in the US, and authorities are ...Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14713121
VIDEO: Post-Gaddafi Libyan football win : @BBCWorld
BBC News - Libya wins first major post-Gaddafi football match. www.bbc.co.uk ... Jerusalem_Post : Did US, UK help Gaddafi persecute dissidents?: Human ...
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