BBC World News, Nov 18, 2011

As it happened: US protests BBC News Many New York protesters have left Union Square and are now walking down 5th Avenue, completely blocking traffic at the junction with 17th Street, reports the BBC'sDavid Botti. Police seem quite unprepared for this, he says, and cabs and buses have ... See all stories on this topic »

Why hunger looms in aid-rich Afghanistan BBC News Many villagers have only limited supplies of food left as winter looms, as the BBC's Mike Thomson reports from the central province of Bamiyan. In the far north of mountainous Bamiyan Province, to the east of the capital, Kabul, a mother sits in ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Iran nuclear issue is 'deep concern' - world powers BBC News However, it stops short of reporting Iran to the UN Security Council, which could impose more sanctions, the BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna reports. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano earlier said that there might be undeclared nuclear material and ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Can crowdsourcing beat the flu? BBC News By Brian Wheeler BBC News, Washington Millions of people around theworld are bracing themselves for their annual battle with flu. Could new crowdsourcing software be the answer to their prayers? There doesn't seem to be any way out of it. ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

HBO And BBC Developing Miniseries Based On Wolf Hall Cinema Blend Deadline reports that they're collaborating on an adaptation of the Man Booker prize winning novel Wolf Hall, a fictionalized telling of the life of Tudor court favorite Thomas Cromwell. The 2009 novel by Hilary Mantel looks at the Tudor world through ... See all stories on this topic » Cinema Blend

Vatican takes legal action over pope-imam kissing ad BBC News The Vatican says it is taking legal action over the use of an ad showing Pope Benedict kissing a leading imam as part of a Benetton advertising campaign, reports BBC News. The ad, with its doctored image, is part of a global advertising campaign. ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Poor sanitation stifles economic growth BBC News By James Melik Reporter, Business Daily, BBC World Service Two of the Millennium Development Goals, announced at a summit attended by 189world leaders in May 2000, related to the most basic of human needs: clean water and sanitation. ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Egypt and Syria protests - live updates The Guardian Syria • Germany, France, the UK and four Arab countries have tabled a new UN resolution calling for an end to human rights violations in Syria, theBBC reports. With the UN Security Council divided on Syria, the resolution has been tabled in a ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Test of climate politics The Australian But according to BBC environment correspondent Richard Black, who has been leaked a copy of the draft report, scientists have found there is "a lot more unknown than knowns" when it comes to climate change and weather. In essence, the draft report ... See all stories on this topic »

Liberians hope long wait for the web is finally over BBC News Project leaders say, all being well, the cable system in Liberia will be switched on in the middle of next year. Listen to this story at PRI's TheWorld, a co-production of the BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and WGBH in Boston. ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Africa's mobile phone industry 'booming' UNIAN News Agency Africa is the fastest-growing mobile market in the world, and is the biggest after Asia, an association of worldwide mobile phone operators has said, according to BBC. The number of subscribers on the continent has grown almost 20% each year for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Where the right to know can make a difference BBC News Evidence for this is provided by today's moving edition of the BBC Radio 4 series Crossing Continents. It examines the intimidation and violence faced by some anti-corruption campaigners who have made effective use of the country's Right to Information ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Is social media TMI for journalists? Albany Times Union (blog) The BBC reports that the Associated Press has put out the word to reporters reminding them of its restrictions on using social media, after some staffers Tweeted their arrests in an Occupy Wall Street police sweep. Among AP's guidelines, reporters are ... See all stories on this topic » Albany Times Union (blog)

Pope meets Monti, heads to Africa UPI.com It was the pope's second trip to Africa, which has the world's fastest-growing Roman Catholic population, the BBC reported. Despite growing Catholicism, voodoo is widely practiced. Forty percent of the people follow traditional African religions, ... See all stories on this topic »

Bloomberg's Media Plan for Occupy Eviction -- and His Failure Huffington Post Like a lot of news consumers, I first heard the story on the BBC World Service twenty minutes or so after the operation started. But even several hours later my hometown's own public radio station, WNYC, embarrassingly had to turn, during its The ... See all stories on this topic »

Drug legalisation? We need it like a hole in the head Daily Mail As Manuel F Pinto Coelho, Medical Doctor of the Association for a Drug Free Portugal has written (after a similar BBC report last year): 'The article says that the number of newly reported cases of HIV and AIDS among drug addicts has declined ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Jeffrey Sachs stung by the corrosive mix of palm oil and publicity The Guardian (blog) Eight of these aired on BBC World News, and the BBC Trust ruled on Wednesday that they seriously breached rules governing conflicts of interest, promotion of a sponsor's activities and sponsorship of current affairs shows. Some of the shows featured ... See all stories on this topic »

Company paid TV network to air news programme that promoted sponsors The Independent The BBC was also taking editorial programmes from FBC. In its annual report for 2005, FBC said of World Business: "The programme is now produced in the UK, without direct broadcaster funding. As from the current financial year, the business plan ... See all stories on this topic »

School uses obscene Sachsgate scandal tapes for GCSE lessons Daily Mail The messages, left for veteran actor Andrew Sachs, of Fawlty Towers fame, during a BBC Radio 2 show, referred to his granddaughter Georgina Baillie, who had an affair with Brand. Ross shouted in crude terms that Brand had slept with the burlesque ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

High Tide: From Occupying Kuwait's Parliament To Resisting International Sanctions Wall Street Journal (blog) (Wall Street Journal, AP, BBC, Reuters) The Arab League met Wednesday to formalize its suspension of Syria, which it did, though there are reports saying the organization delayed its decision for three more days. Russia said the conflict is similar to ... See all stories on this topic »

Eutelsat Statement on Deliberate Jamming of Satellite Signals MarketWatch (press release) They are also totally inconsistent with the statement issued in September by the BBCwhich associates Eutelsat with their renewed appeal for action by regulatory authorities to combat this violation of international rights. ... See all stories on this topic »

KIT digital Reports Strong Customer Satisfaction Results Pointing to Growth in ... MarketWatch (press release) KIT digital services more than 2400 clients in 50+ countries including some of theworld's biggest brands, such as Airbus, The Associated Press, AT&T, BBC, Bristol-Myers Squibb, BSkyB, Disney-ABC, FedEx, Google, HP, Mediaset, MTV, News Corp,... See all stories on this topic »

The World Next Week: Will the Super Committee Strike a Deal? Council on Foreign Relations (blog) The BBC announces that Hosni Mubarak's trial has been postponed, and Reuters covers Zine Ben Ali's conviction in Tunisia for drugs and weapons trafficking. This entry was posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 11:02 pm and is filed under Politics, ... See all stories on this topic »

Invasive rats help pollinate flowers Globe and Mail “Invasive rats,” says BBC News, “are compensating for the loss of native pollinators in New Zealand, scientists report. The rats, which are responsible for devastating the native pollinator populations, are attracted to the flowers for their nectar. ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Tea tape frenzy goes global Stuff.co.nz Leading international sites such as The Guardian, the BBC and Business Week have run stories highlighting Key's complaints about "News of theWorld" tactics from New Zealand media. He lodged a complaint with police after a conversation between himself ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

For Movember (moustache November), men are letting their whiskers grow Public Radio International PRI PRI's "The World" is a one-hour, weekday radio news magazine offering a mix of news, features, interviews, and music from around the globe. "The World" is a co-production of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston. More about The World. See all stories on this topic »

FIFA Gets Red Card for Stepping In It Off the Field brandchannel.com The BBC reports that “over 90% of Qatar's workforce is made up of foreign migrant workers, many of them from South and East Asia,” and several labor unions argue that the workers are not being treated humanely and that, in fact, it's a modern-day form ... See all stories on this topic »

Dumb, smart & funny things people said and did today Globe and Mail The Daily Mail reports today that passengers on an Austrian airline flight from India to Britain had to stop and refuel in Vienna, where they had to fork over £20000 to continue on. The BBC says the flight was grounded because of financial issues. ... See all stories on this topic »

Israeli settlers conducting attacks on fellow Israelis, as well as Palestinians Public Radio International PRI PRI's "The World" is a one-hour, weekday radio news magazine offering a mix of news, features, interviews, and music from around the globe. "The World" is a co-production of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston. More about The World. See all stories on this topic »

Facebook and brain changes Nursing Times The media generally reported this study accurately. The Daily Mirror and the BBCappropriately pointed out that the study could only assess a link between the website and brain structures and not assess cause and effect. The Daily Mail, however, ... See all stories on this topic »

Sports Shorts Ha'aretz (Rami Hipsh ) The BBC reported on Thursday that the agent of Israeli coach Avram Grant has been in contact with the Northern Ireland soccer association. Grant has expressed interest in heading that country's national team, according to the report. ... See all stories on this topic »

British 20-something takes to real-time tweeting of World War II Public Radio International PRI Listen to the above audio for a complete report. Since Aug. 31, the eve of the anniversary of Germany's invasion into Poland, Alwyn Collinson has been tweeting the events of World War II as if they were happening in real-time. For the next six years, ... See all stories on this topic »

Occupy Movement: London, California, Oregon The Periscope Post The order applies only to public land, not land owned by the church – so perhaps they're all going to move onto that, said a BBC report. They've also occupied an empty building belonging to UBS – which they hope to turn into a “Bank of Ideas. ... See all stories on this topic » The Periscope Post

UPI NewsTrack TopNews UPI.com The election commission filed charges alleging she ordered large-scale tampering of returns that cheated an opposition candidate in the 2007 Senate elections, the BBC reported. Arroyo said she's done nothing wrong. YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. ... See all stories on this topic »

Live! News as it happens Rediff Read the bbc report. Meanwhile, the suspendend IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has withdrawn his plea in the Anti-Narendra Modi police officer Sanjiv Bhatt has withdrawn a petition against the Gujarat government after the Supreme Court told him that it would ... See all stories on this topic » Rediff

You're dumped! 20 ways to leave your lover Irish Independent "I came down to have something to eat," Huhne's now ex-wife told BBCradio's World At One programme this week. "And my husband came in and told me that he had been found out by the press for having an affair and he was about to make a statement before ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

News of the World's Alleged Phone-Hacking Tactics: Vilification, Blackmailing ... Television Week (blog) s now defunct tabloid News of the World, which included alleged vilification, blackmailing and harassment, reports The New York Times. The attorney, David Sherborne, said Hugh Grant's former girlfriend, who was pregnant with their child, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ann's Generous Birthday Present Chesterfield Post A high profile cervical cancer storyline on the BBC is to stress the need for more women to take routine smear tests More... It's been announced that a £2 million project, which will revolutionise opthamology services in Chesterfield, ... See all stories on this topic »

AGAP Antarctica findings: Gamburtsevs ghost mountains lived twice ExplorersWeb Today BBC reports that the AGAP team now believes the radar data shows the Gamburtsevs actually had two lives; eroding away only to come back. Starting before complex life had formed on the planet, the team believes continents collided, pushed up the ... See all stories on this topic »

Census Shows Brazil's White Population No Longer the Majority AllMediaNY The numbers come according to preliminary results of the 2010 census,reports the BBC. About 91 of the 191 million Brazilians identified themselves as white, while 82 millions reported themselves to be of mixed race. An additional 15 million were ... See all stories on this topic » AllMediaNY

"Don't blame me"... Stuff.co.nz Read the Stuff "article" about how it is making the news overseas, then take a look at both the Guardian and BBC websites. It is true. A storm is brewing around teahouses and this has made the front page of the Guardian, sadly it is about the reversal ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

BBC News - World press fear strike on Iran after IAEA report The world's press has commented widely on the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report into Iran's nuclear activity, with many papers viewing it ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15655216

Twitter / BBC News (World): Reports Umberto Bossi, Lea ... Reports Umberto Bossi, Leader of Italy's Northern League, calls on Silvio # Berlusconi to step down as Prime Minister http://t.co/0YHETOdN. twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/133869384581124096

U.K. tabloid detectives tailed lawyers - World Report - World - Dalje ... The BBC reported Monday The News of the World, the former tabloid owned by NewsCorp. owner Rupert Murdoch, employed an ex-police officer last year to ... dalje.com/en-world/uk-tabloid-detectives-tailed.../393953

BBC Newsnight report claims that News of the World surveillance ... News information and opinion on the challenges of modern publishing for New Media professionals from the newspaper magazine and Internet industries. talkingnewmedia.blogspot.com/.../bbc-newsnight-report-claim...

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