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BBC World News, Sep 08, 2011


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BBC News
By Tom Geoghegan BBC News, Washington DC A new television deal means millions of Americans will be able to watch their rugby team at the World Cup later this week. As the sport enjoys a surge of popularity, could this be the moment when the land of ...
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BBC News
US Open 2011 day 10 as it happened
BBC Sport
By David Ornstein 0010: Time for me to step aside but keep your eyes across this page, bbc.co.uk/tennis and Piers Newbery on Twitter for further updates. Thanks for sticking around. Over and out. Marty, Leamington, via text on 81111: "1919 and 1927...
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BBC Sport
Katty Kay Named Anchor of 'BBC World News America'
mediabistro.com
She studied modern languages at Oxford University in the UK and is a fluent French and Italian speaker. Outside of the US, BBC World News America airs globally onBBC World News channel, bringing international audiences a unique insight on USnews and ...
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mediabistro.com
How the shock of 9/11 made MI5 stronger
The Guardian
In her recent Reith lectures on the BBC, Manningham-Buller who led MI5 from 2002-2007, highlighted a key difference in the British and US response to 9/11. She recalled a discussion among British officials in the garden of the UK embassy in Washington ...
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The Guardian
Is the UK safer?
BBC News
In the second of her keynote Reith lectures recorded this week by BBC Radio 4, Baroness Manningham-Buller, who ran MI5 from 2002 to 2007, stressed the importance of using the law to tackle terrorism. "I am proud that some 240 individuals have been ...
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BBC News
Muslim Cosby Show
BBC News
You can hear more on this on BBC Asian Network on Wednesday 7 September 2011 at 1230 and 1800 BST. And at 2230 BST on BBC Two, Newsnight will have Catrin Nye's full report and examine depictions of Muslims in popular culture in an interview with Dr ...
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BBC News
London 2012: Trafalgar Square hosts Paralympic Day
BBC Sport
Send us your stories using the form below. Send your pictures and videos to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (International). If you have a large file you can upload here.
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BBC Sport
As it happened: PM questions
BBC News
Let's take a look at what the guests on BBC Two's Daily Politics made of today's session. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the NHS needs reform to bring down waiting times. He accuses Ed Miliband of a "selective" use of statistics during PMQs. ...
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BBC Worldwide Partners With Sony DADC for Next-Generation Global Distribution ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Already one of the world's most successful exporters of television programmes, BBC Worldwide has thrived in the world of digital content, with global syndication partnerships that includes: iTunes, Netflix (US), Amazon (US), LoveFilm (UK), ...
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France condemns Syrian 'crimes'
BBC News
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven people were killed and 20 others wounded in the operation. The latest reports suggest that Sunni parts of the city were targeted, says the BBC's Owen Bennett Jones in neighbouring Beirut. ...
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BBC News
Clooney comes to London festival
BBC News
"It's a big evening, it's my home town, there'll be a lot of people I know there so I'll be terrified," he told the BBC News website. Events like the LFF, he continued, were "incredibly important" for "subtle, adult-themed" films like his ...
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BBC News
Matt's New Coat - Doctor Who Confidential - Episode 10 - BBC Three
YouTube
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho Matt Smith wears his new coat on set for the first time showing Arthur and Karen. Karen also talks us through her new costume for the episode and we learn an interesting fact about a certain production designer.
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Tory MPs seek Labour EU dialogue
BBC News
By Gavin Stamp Political reporter, BBC News Eurosceptic Tory backbenchers want to build a cross-party dialogue with like-minded Labour MPs about reshaping the UK'srelationship with Europe. A new group of 90 Tory MPs will meet on Monday for the first...
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BBC News
Help from the DIY experts
Independent Online
DStv's BBC Lifestyle is introducing a new 13-part series, DIY SOS, at 7.30pm today which should help solve many problems. The show sees Nick Knowles taking a dedicated team of DIY experts around the UK, encouraging those who have previously failed at ...
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Independent Online
Mosaic News - 09/06/11: Ban Ki-moon Urges World to Act On Syria
linktv
Today's headlines in full: Ban Ki-moon urges the world to unite and take action on Syria BBCArabic, UK Yemenis launch new wave of 'revolutionary escalations' to topple regime Al Jazeera, Qatar US fuels Bahraini crackdown with supplies of poisonous ...
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Hockney showcases landscape work
BBC News
The 74-year-old told BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme she would make a "terrific subject" but he prefers to paint people he knows. "When I was asked I told them I was very busy painting England actually. Her country," he said. ...
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BBC News
Euro-warriors Bill Cash and Ken Clarke hold fresh bout
BBC News
By Justin Parkinson Political reporter, BBC News Two veteran Conservative Party heavyweights - Ken Clarke and Bill Cash - were going head-to-head once again over the biggest issue of their political lives: Europe. Memories of the mid-1990s, ...
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BBC News
Vintage Mobile Cinema The Star Of BBC's Reel History
4RFV
A restored vintage mobile cinema funded by South West Screen is the star of a major new 20-part BBC Two daytime show presented by Melvyn Bragg. Reel History of Britain tells the stories of life in Britain from 1900 to 1970 through the archive ...
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4RFV
Are Cumbria's schools teaching enough religion?
News & Star
But according to research commissioned by the BBC, which was published yesterday, the reality does not live up to the legislation. Of parents surveyed, 64 per cent said that their child does not attend a daily act of worship at school. ...
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Fake tan: How did it become the new normal?
BBC News
By Tom de Castella BBC News Magazine The fake tan's move to the mainstream is now complete, and even public health bodies are having to take notice. So why is artificially bronzed skin the new normality? "If I had to choose a religion, the Sun as the...
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BBC News
Adobe Showcases Advances in Broadcast Workflows at IBC 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
A prestigious school for leading UK broadcasters ITV and the BBC, the University of Salford is at the heart of MediaCityUK, a new media hub for content creation in the northwest of England. Recognizing that multiple third-party technologies are mission ...
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BBC: Is America Ready for 'Little Mosque On the Prairie'?
Big Hollywood
by John Nolte The BBC's entire approach to this subject is wildly dishonest. There are no problems between Muslims and non-Muslims in America. We got along just fine pre-9/11, got along just fine the day after 9/11, and get along just fine today. ...
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'Torchwood' a miracle for Eve Myles, Starz
Reading Eagle
She has been there as it has ventured from BBC Three to BBC Two to BBC One to the American cable channel Starz, and as it has morphed from cult series to international success in its fourth and current incarnation as "Torchwood: Miracle Day. ...
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Ovation eyes the UK for royals, ballet
Realscreen
US arts and culture network Ovation has acquired a range of royal documentaries and ballet titles from UK companies, including the BBC, ITV, DRG, Eagle Rock Entertainment and Electric Sky. Ovation closed a licensing deal with BBC for seven ...
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Realscreen
Banana Republic?
Huffington Post
As a result of the letter written by Warren Buffet, in which he asked US legislators to stop pampering the rich so much and make them pay more taxes -- a petition that found acceptance in countries like Italy and France, BBC Mundo published an article ...
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Horizon - Are You Good Or Evil?, BBC Two
The Arts Desk
And the idea that a brain scan can reveal which of us is a potential serial killer, was chilling food for thought. Which brings us to Scientist 5. By a quirk of fate, neuroscientist Jim Fallon found himself moving from being a specialist in standard ...
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Money matters
BBC News
Please drop me a line here at fergus@bbc.co.uk with your questions. You can also read more on money and consumer issues on my own blog. Q: On inheritance tax, I would be interested to know what would happen if an heir refused to inherit something in ...
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BBC News
Holly Valance Early Favourite To Win Strictly Come Dancing
Contactmusic.com
The hugely popular BBC sees a variety of contestants paired with a professional dance partner and compete each week performing different routines. Returning to host the show will be SIR BRUCE FORSYTH and Tess Daly, with Claudia Winkleman presenting the ...
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Contactmusic.com
German Court Rejects 'Euroskeptic' Bailout Lawsuit
PRI's The World
(Photo: BBC) Germany's Constitutional Court rejected challenges to that country's participation in the financial bailouts of other Eurozone nations. Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the decision. As the leader of Europe's biggest economy, ...
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PRI's The World
Phuket Hotels for Sale; Air Crash Wipes Out Team; UK Police Want Phuket Expat ...
Phuketwan
"We feel an enormous responsibility to both our guests, and our environment, to honour this experience with a world class culinary offer.'' guardian.co.uk Rafael Nadal led an angry players' revolt at the US Open, berating the tournament organisers for ...
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BBC Radio 2 Presents an Autumnal Festival of Entertainment
News On News
Exclusively broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music on Friday 23 September within Steve Lamacq's show, and later on Radio 2, the 20th anniversary in September will be commemorated with Here We Are Now, Entertain Us – 20 Years Of Nevermind a documentary charting ...
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Wednesday on TV: PBS and FX take wildly different approaches to 9/11
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
The Hour (8 and 11:15 pm, BBC America): Freddie visits Kish's widow; the staff is fed up with Freddie's work habits. Top Chef: Just Desserts (11 pm, Bravo): The contestants are challenged to create a complex flavor. Necessary Roughness (11 pm,. USA): ...
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Robert Llewelyn: If you have to burn stuff to make it, it's not 'green'
CNET UK
He is best known for his role as Kryten in the long-running BBC series Red Dwarf. He presented the engineering show Scrapheap Challenge for 10 years on Channel 4, more recently he's been producing two Web-only video series, Carpool and Fully Charged....
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CNET UK
Little Mosque on the Prairie
OpEdNews
After hearing a story about the program on BBC World(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9543066.stm), I decided to watch a few episodes at http://watchlittlemosque.com/ Set in the fictional town of Mercy, Saskatchewan, the story line ...
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OpEdNews
LazyTown firm bought by Turner Broadcasting
The Guardian
When the third series airs in the UK it will run on Turner's Cartoonito channel – it is not yet clear whether the BBC will also broadcast the show. Earlier this year Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, held talks with Scheving and praised the show ...
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A Decade Later, 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Still Alive and Well
Huffington Post
Yet as evidenced by the BBC poll, millions of Americans aren't convinced. And that's easy to understand. The American woods swarm with groups that fervently believe that government, corporate or international Zionist groups busily hatch secret plots ...
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British Comedy 'Friday Night Dinner' Gets an 'Office' Makeover for NBC
Britscene
Greg Daniels is working with the US network to adapt the Channel Four sitcom Friday Night Dinner, which is currently shown on BBC America, for a US audience. Friday Night Dinner follows the trials and tribulations of the Goodman's, a modern Jewish ...
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Britscene
Niger: We can't stop Gadhafi from entering
UPI.com
It is too big and we have very, very small means for that," Mohamed Bazoum told the BBC as unconfirmed accounts indicated the fugitive dictator was last seen in a southwestern Libyan village near an airport about 200 miles from Niger. ...
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New arrest in British phone-hacking scandal
USA Today
One of those arrested, Laura Elston, has been told that she has been dropped from the investigation, however. Meantime, the British House of Commons has begun questioning former News of the World executives, the BBC reports.
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USA Today
The UK's Conservative Government Defends Abortion
TIME (blog)
“It was a real victory,” a smiling Dorries told the BBC after the overwhelming vote against her proposal. Britain and all forms of its government have been solidly pro-choice for more than five decades. And there's a palpable discomfort amongst ...
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Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution
Forbes (blog)
A few have joined cause withWikiLeaks and its terrifying stepchildren, upending the once secure corridors of the US State Department and Pentagon. But most are ordinary people with new tools to force you to listen to what they care about and to demand ...
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Forbes (blog)
Did the media cross it?
Jamaica Observer
That reality was best underscored by his masterful anchoring of Jamaica's sprint relay quartet that broke the sole world record in Daegu. According to one BBC online report "...it is Bolt's misfortune, as well as his greatest triumph, ...
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Leibowitz Leak Story In NY Times – OpEd
Eurasia Review
Today alone, I was interviewed by the BBC World Service, AP, Hurriyet, Al Quds, Salon, Jerusalem Post and the Seattle Times. Though not, curiously enough, by Haaretz. Haaretz's first Hebrew language report said that Shamai worked for the Defense ...
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NATO stops detainee transfers to several Afghan prisons
CBC.ca
The Globe and Mail says Tuesday's order came from US General John Allen, and that it blacklists a half-dozen prisons run by Afghan police and the intelligence service known as NDS (National Directorate of Security). The BBC says the NDS facilities ...
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CBC.ca
One woman's political awakening
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
I was among the lucky ones who had satellite TV at home, and so we relied on CNN, with the occasional flip to the BBC, for information. I refused to believe CNN when they said the towers would collapse. But they did. For some bizarre reason, ...
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The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
India PM: 'Leads' on bomb attack : @BBCWorld
BBC News - Ice hockey world mourns Yaroslavl air crash in Russia ... BBC Sport - US Open 2011: Andy Murray faces 'incredible task' to win US Open ... BBCWorld : VIDEO: UK citizen: 'I was shot in Syria' http://t.co/vXqGqLQ 5 hours 24 mins ...
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