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Apr 6, 2012

BBC World News, Apr 06, 2012

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika 'dead'
BBC News
President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi has died, doctors and cabinet ministers have told the BBC, but the lack of a formal announcement is leading to widespread anxiety. Mr Mutharika, 78, suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday and state media say he was...
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BBC News
Terror suspect wanted in US seeks trial in Britain
SunHerald.com
By DAVID STRINGER - AP LONDON -- A terrorism suspect wanted in the United States and held for almost eight years in a UK jail as he awaits extradition urged authorities Thursday to put him on trial in Britain - speaking publicly after the BBC won a ...
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The BBC has a duty to represent the British nation...but is it doing so?
Daily Mail
They don't mess around when it comes to displaying the raw truths of our world, they'll give it to you straight and make no apology for it. Interestingly, BBC news chooses to cover, and in great detail, these self-same problems as suffered in other ...
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Daily Mail
When British TV flies across the pond
CNN
The US edition of the world's favorite car show has been gaining in viewership on History, yet continues to be a point of controversy with hardcore fans of the British original, which airs here on BBC America. As one of the most popular TV shows ...
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Chris Boardman: My nine years with British Cycling
BBC Sport
We gave UK Sport the plan, UK Sport gave us funding. In the run-up to the Beijing Olympics we gained a huge understanding. We didn't just try to make a big improvement in one area; we looked at a thousand things, and how each could be improved by just ...
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BBC Sport
UK's newest electric cars turning heads at last
BBC News
By Brian Milligan Business reporter, BBC News Sitting outside the Barley Mow on Tilford village cricket ground, a group of early evening drinkers swing their gaze from left to right, as earnestly as fans of Andy Murray on Centre Court.
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BBC News
Easter hatches business success for Norfolk chocolate makers
BBC News
By Martin Barber BBC News, Norfolk Despite the tough economic climate, chocolate consumption levels have barely wavered - good news for Norfolk's growing army of chocolatiers. From small artisan chocolate makers to one of the largest manufacturers in ...
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BBC News
Electric Cars Finally Turning Heads in Britain
EV World
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EV World
Roku UK surpasses 100 channels
Broadband TV News
Roku launched with 40 channels of video, music and casual game content including Netflix, and since then has grown its entertainment selection to more than 100 channels including BBCiPlayer, FoxNews.com and Euronews, with more expected over the coming ...
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Broadband TV News
UK Tells Surgeons: Stop Using Stryker/ J&J Metal Hips
InjuryBoard.com
Hip replacement patients and their surgeons in the US need to be made aware of a government warning out of the UK about a metal-on-metal hip (MoM) replacement combination with a high failure rate. The agency is the United Kingdom's (UK) version of our ...
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ROCK MUSIC MENU: Beatles' sons to work it out musically? Yawn
Delaware County Daily Times
This week, McCartney, son of Paul, appeared on the BBC and offhandedly commented, “I don't think it's something that Zak wants to do, maybe (Zak's brother) Jason would want to do it. I'd be up for it. Sean seemed to be into it, Dhani seemed to be into ...
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Norwich Theatre Royal appeals for people to get involved in a divine record...
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
It will take place in the theatre's auditorium on Wednesday, April 18, and the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Rev Graham James, andBBC Radio Norfolk presenter Stephen Bumfrey will also be there on the day to act as Guinness World Record adjudicators.
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Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Laurence Reisman: From the day Diana died to founding a high-definition ...
TCPalm
By Laurence Reisman Martyn Lewis, who will speak next week in Vero Beach, was the BBC presenter who announced the death of Princess Diana in 1997. The latter name might sound out of place to Americans, but Lewis is a household name in the United ...
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Canadian comic Stewart Francis to appear at White Rock
Hastings and St. Leonards Observer
The star of BBC's Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Live At The Apollo has harvested a brand new, hilarious show, which will tour throughout the UK from this month. Stewart moved to the UK from his native 'Canadia' three years ago, ...
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Hastings and St. Leonards Observer
Dramatic time for TV productions
Irish Times
The UK was one of the few countries which did not offer tax breaks for the television or film industry. In good times it did not need to. The British television industry is one of the most subsidised in the world through the licence fee for BBC and is ...
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Irish Times
British terrorism suspect seeks to get trialed in U.K.
Oye! Times
UK terrorism suspect, Babar Ahmad during his interviewA British terrorism suspect, Babar Ahmed wanted in the United States and held for almost eight years in a UK jail has urged authorities on Thursday through his interview withBBC to be prosecuted in ...
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Children's gardening school hopes to blossom
Inverurie Herald
Devised by the former BBC archivist as a way to encourage an interest in nature, the 45 minute-long monthly gardening school will help children aged between three to five years understand how vegetables, fruit and flowers grow.
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Inverurie Herald
In Melbourne, finding out what makes Rupert run
Capital New York
I find it hard to believe there will be much spitfire from the Murdoch camp in response to this, as there was in response to recent reports on the BBC and The Australian Financial Review alleging that a division of News Corp. engaged in piracy to ...
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Capital New York
Comedian flirts with the taboo
Belfast Newsletter
From gigs at the Apollo televised on Channel 4, all the way back to presenting jobs alongside Fearne Cotton and rumoured new girlfriend Cat Deeley on the BBC's Fame Academy, Kielty has become something of a network darling, but cheeky with it, ...
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Belfast Newsletter
Parish Pump Newhaven April 6
Sussex Express
Rathfinny featured on the BBC News during the week when the planting seemed to be done automatically, however on Saturday it was more hands-on and there will be a lot of family photos to prove that 'we were there' at the beginning of this very exciting ...
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Tour dates: Tom Jones at Durham Cricket Club
ChronicleLive
“Sir Tom Jones' concert will really put us on the map as an iconic venue for fantastic entertainment.” The singer is currently appearing on new BBC talent show The Voice, which had viewing figures of around 10 million on its debut last month.
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Parish Pump Uckfield April 6
Sussex Express
Clive is an expert in Heuchera cultivation and breeding for which he has gained a mention on the BBC Gardener's World. This evening Clive will entertain you with his new light hearted talk on the history of lawnmowers, he will also have some mowers ...
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Justin time: An interview with The Moody Blues' Hayward
Examiner.com
The legendary band is currently touring the US on a 32-city circuit titled “The Moody Blues: The Voyage Continues – Highway 45”, in conjunction with the 45th Anniversary of their landmark album, Days of Future Passed.
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Zardari visit to focus on mutual prosperity
Pakistan Observer
However, NATO continues to believe in the spin that it has fed to media outlets such as CNN and BBC, that its troops are beloved by the Afghan people, who - or so NATO media claim - are “unhappy that they are to leave in two years time”.
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No joke as Leicester MP Keith Vaz lands movie role!
This is Leicestershire
The MP said he was well prepared for the role because he hosted Parliament's annual Tiffin Club competition to find the best South Asian restaurant in the UK. "You could say it is a bit of life imitating art," he said. "I am picking up some tips for ...
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Graham Spiers: Death of faith exaggerated
Scotsman
For the Church around the world these are momentous days. Speaking personally, this is a meaningful time for me, when it does no harm to be reflective and ask again about faith and belief. Yet it is pertinent to ask how relevant Easter and “the Christ ...
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Scotsman
Channel Seven's My Kitchen Rules sold to producers Kinetic Content in a multi ...
Courier Mail
Ten has also snapped up Ripper Street, an eight-part crime series based on Jack The Ripper, in a deal with BBC Worldwide. The network is expected to reveal more new programming next Thursday when it presents its half-year financial results report.
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This Week in Review: The ethics of online reading's middlemen, and News Corp ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
The BBC's Robert Peston said James Murdoch's resignation was voluntary and wasn't prompted by the upcoming government report on the phone-hacking scandal, and Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff gave the backstory of the politics between Rupert and James...
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Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Hard National Security Choices
Lawfare (blog)
BBC News also has this report on Holloman Air Force Base, the largest drone pilot training ground in the world. Now that we're out of Iraq, the US is invading Australia. Well, it's true that the first 200 Marines have landed Down Under, but it's not to ...
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Censorship by the Conversation
MWC News
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) the USAlliance invasion and occupation of Afghanistan rapidly restored the Taliban-destroyed Afghan opium industry from 6% of worldmarket share in 2001 to 90% of world market share now.
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MWC News
CO2 Rise ended Ice Age
MWC News
Lead author Dr Jeremy Shakun has summarized this as follows to the UK BBC: "At the end of the last ice age, CO2 rose from about 180 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere to about 260; and today we're at 392. So, in the last 100 years we've gone up ...
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MWC News
BBC News - Pope Benedict XVI: Mexico is close to my heart
bbc.co.uk navigation. News · Sport ... the country. Will Grant spoke to BBCWorld's Adnan Nawaz from Guanajuato. ... Play US to ease sanctions against Burma ...
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BBC News - 'Tiniest puppy' vies for Guinness World Record
A puppy, so small it may qualify for the Guinness Book ofWorld Records, had to be ... bbc.co ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17542464
BBC News - Young collectors boost Middle East art
bbc.co.uk navigation. News · Sport · Weather · Travel · iPlayer ... Play One-minute ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17493025
BBC News - Iran crisis: US to apply fresh oil sanctions
bbc.co.uk navigation ... US President Barack Obama has approved the introduction of fresh sanctions on ... BBC World Service ... Elsewhere on BBCNews ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17569326
BBC News - Injured UK yacht sailors reach US
Two British crew members injured during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have safely ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17593843
BBC News - US full face transplant 'a wonderful gift' says surgeon
bbc.co.uk navigation ... Doctors in the US have carried out what they say is the most ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17535177
BBC News - US Coastguard launches rescue mission for UKsailors
The US coastguard has launched another rescue mission to help three British sailors and an ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17578805
BBC News - Hunt continues for Mega Millions lottery winners inUS
The search is on in the US for the winners of the world'sbiggest ever lottery jackpot - $640m ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17576517
BBC News - US shooting: 'Officers found people hiding behind desks'
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BBC News - Kony 2012 activist group releases new video
US activist group Invisible Children releases a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of LRA ... bbc.co.uk navigation ... Martin Plaut Africa editor, BBC News ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17627618
BBC News - US to ease sanctions against Burma
bbc.co.uk navigation ... In response to Burma's democratic reforms, Ms Clinton said the US ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17620509
BBC News - Clashes break out at far-right rally in Denmark
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