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BBC World News, Oct 07, 2011

BBC: Haqqani says U.S. wants him for Afghan government
USA Today
The outgoing chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, has also claimed that Pakistan's military spy agency helped the group. However, Haqqani told the BBC Pashtu service that while the group had contacts with a number of spy agencies ...
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Life on Mars Russian remake will move '70s action from Manchester to Moscow
The Guardian
The BBC's announcement comes as figures from the UK Television Exports survey show that the world's appetite for British television is booming. The success of formats such as Strictly Come Dancing, and The X Factor as well as dramas like Downton Abbey ...
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The Guardian
Jessie J named as first judge for BBC's The Voice UK
Radio Times
A Dutch format from the creator of Big Brother, The Voice has rapidly become a television success around the world, topping the ratings in the USA with judges Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, BlakeShelton and Christina Aguilera. The show, which attracts ...
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AAA Supports BBC Report On Impact Investing
Your-Story.org (press release)
People living below the poverty line in India could benefit as a result of impact investing, according to Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA) and a new report by the BBC. Boston, MA, USAOctober 05, 2011— People living below the poverty line in India ...
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Top Gear USA extends second season
Autoblog (blog)
TOP GEAR is a produced by BBC Worldwide Productions and is a co-production between HISTORY and BBC Worldwide. John Hesling is Executive Producer. Executive producer for HISTORY is Russ McCarroll. Top Gear, which premiered in the UK in 1977, ...
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No axe for River City but Harry Hill's quitting TV Burp
Stirling Observer
WELL, the big news this week is that the BBC has confirmed River City will not be axed. There were campaigns to save the show after it was rumoured the Beeb wanted to take it off the air for three months over the summer in a bid to save money. ...
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Occupy Wall Street protests - live coverage
The Guardian (blog)
Nothing on the BBC, or any of the front pages of the UK broadsheets or the Scottish papers. Just Amanda Knox and the Tory party conference. If they don't get better coverage than this, then they're up against it, and will have to fight long, ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Xbox 360 TV expanded experience made official
SlashGear
Amongst the more than 20 countries launching this set of updates are Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon FiOS and Syfy in the US; BBC in the UK, Telefónica in SpainRogers On Demand inCanada; Televisa in Mexico; ZDF in Germany; and MediaSet in Italy. ...
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Netflix bags Being Human
C21Media
The UK version, made by Zodiak's Touchpaper Television, goes out on the BBC. Its American incarnation is produced by Zodiak USA for Syfy. Netflix has had half a dozen reps at Mipcom this week, including chief content officer Ted Sarandos, who on Monday ...
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Where has Steve Jones' accent gone? Former colleague ponders question after X ...
WalesOnline
And up until the marvellous Huw Edwards first read the BBC Six O'Clock News in 1999, there were no Welsh voices in the mainstream public eye. The last flirtation the UK had had with a Welshman was fairly disastrous. Poor Neil Kinnock, both Welsh AND ...
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Greece paralyzed by 24-hour strike by civil servants
USA Today
The BBC reports that at least 16000 people have joined the 24-hour protests organized by the main unions in central Athens. Police have fired tear gas at small groups of protesters who threw stones. The New York Times reports that the country's two ...
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USA Today
History Channel to Extend Season Two of 'Top Gear USA'
The Flickcast
You can probably guess, then, how we feel about a little BBC TV show called Top Gear. That's right, we love it. With that in mind, then, how do we feel about the USversion of Top Gear which airs on the History Channel and is hosted by comedian and car ...
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The Flickcast
Spain endures unemployment woes as jobless total hits 4.2 million
The Guardian
This is the sort of Alice in Wonderland world that the Guardianista , BBC , Independent reading morons , would love to see in Britain . Please God they never succeed . The chickens are coming home to roost all over Europe after decades of socialist ...
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The Guardian
US aid freeze threatens Palestinian state projects
Reuters
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank say that financial problems threaten the state-building program overseen by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad since 2009. has said that it will continue funding the Palestinian government. ...
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Reuters
Net neutrality: online, we're all equal – but for how much longer?
The Guardian
The situation is a bit like the BBC reaching agreement with BT for guaranteed top-quality provision of its iPlayer service." Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, has spoken out in favour of net neutrality, saying: "The...
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The Guardian
Idris Elba as Bond? Yes please
Monsters and Critics.com
By April MacIntyre Oct 1, 2011, 14:33 GMT Idris Elba is a dashing British actor who stars in the BBC drama/thriller "Luther." But he may be a future James Bond if the actor gets the nod from franchise producers. "It's a rumor...It's a very old rumor. ...
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Monsters and Critics.com
Top Gear USA is coming to British screens – BBC three, October 14, 7pm
Top Gear (blog)
From 7pm on October 14 in the UK, we're going to be showing the entire first season of of Top GearUSA from our friends in the colonies: Adam Ferrara, Rutledge Wood and Tanner Foust. Oh, and American Stig, of course. Regular TopGear.commers will know ...
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Treats in store for classical music fans
News Wales
The School of Music is also collaborating with the BBC National Orchestra of Walesand the WNO on three special events, beginning with a study day devoted to the music of French composer Andre Jolivet. In March, the School will host an international ...
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News Wales
Conservative Party conference 2011: George Osborne sticks to deficit reduction
Daily Mail
He told the BBC: 'Of course the business community would like us to go even further and I would like to go even further if I had the money. But I am not a believer in deficit-funded tax cuts. 'In the end, you can't run your country on the back of an ...
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Daily Mail
October 5, 2011: Some News That Matters
Business Insider
A meeting set for 13 October, when finance ministers had been expected to sign off the next Greek loan, has now been cancelled, said BBC Europe correspondent Chris Morris.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15161809 In a presentation to a conference in ...
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Mixed-race people are mildly complicated
Discover Magazine (blog)
I was pointed today to a piece in the BBC titled What makes a mixed race twin white or black?. The British media seems to revisit this topic repeatedly. There are perhaps three reasons I can offer for this. First, it tends toward sensationalism. ...
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From Los Angeles USA to the Lemon Tree Aberdeen
Mearns Today
With Jools Holland, where he joined the likes of Friendly Fires and Blondie in concluding the currentBBC 2 series. Having sold out London's ICA and St Pancras Church in the spring, and won extensive praise at SXSW, McMorrow played a sold-out headline ...
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Cheryl Cole Has 'No Regrets' About X Factor USA Sacking
Entertainmentwise
But it looks like we were wrong because the star, who looked amazing at the Pride of Britain awards last night, told BBC's Newsbeat that she has "no regrets" about what happened earlier in the year. Maybe she's basking in the critical acclaim she got ...
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Entertainmentwise
Watch TV programs on Microsoft's Xbox
CIOL
According to a company press release, nearly 40 world-leading TV and entertainment providers such as HBO, GO and BBC will stream their content through the Xbox Live service in more than 20 countries and regions. Users will be able to sift through shows ...
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TalkTalk launches UK's best value landline calls to 100 international destinations
PR Web (press release)
TalkTalk is one of seven partners behind YouView (http://www.youview.com), the new internet-connected TV service, along with the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Arqiva and Five. YouView will launch to UK homes in 2012.
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The Psychology of Shopping:The Magic of a Makeover...
Huffington Post UK (blog)
But what is it that magnetises us to savour every minute of what is ultimately a tried and tested 'make-over' format? Stretching right back to the eighties and the BBC's hugely popular The Clothes Show, there is an undeniable appetite for watching ugly ...
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