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Two Popular TV Shows Under Fire From Archaeologists

| Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Television, Archaeologist, Video, Archaeological Sites, American Digger, Diggers, Looting, Archaeology, Science News

Archaeologists are mounting a campaign against two new cable TV shows that they say encourage and glamorize looting of American archaeological site...

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London Riots Won Over by a Nation of Tea Lovers

Toan Lam | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Tea Heroes, Hope, Toan Lam, Oli Cohen, Glamour Magazine, London, Jonny Walker, Prime Minister, Times Magazine, Inspiration, Fiona Pattison, Philippa Walker, Goinspirego, David Cameron, Looting, Times, Impact News
Toan Lam

What happens after your life has been threatened and in danger and you've successfully run to safety? According to Jonathan Walker and his wife, Philippa Morgan Walker, "Put the kettle on!"

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UNESCO: Libya's Cultural Sites In 'Serious Danger'

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Libya Unesco, Unesco, Irina Bokova, Libya World Heritage, World Heritage Site, Property, Libya, Middle East World Heritage Site, Art, Libya Culture, Cairo, Social, Ethnic, Looting, Damages, Theft, Middle East Unesco, Video, Arts News

The current political and social upheaval in Libya has brought worries the destruction of its cultural property. Libya has five UNESCO World Heritage ...

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Inquiry-itis

Max Wind-Cowie | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Riots, Birmingham Riots, Looting, Social Unrest, London Riots, Manchester Riots, Broken Britain, Home News
Max Wind-Cowie

It may be easy to call for public inquiries at the drop of an ethical hat, but it isn't especially meaningful. It demurs decision-making and abdicates the responsibility, one that our politicians should feel, for articulating a strong and compelling portrait of society and its ills.

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Police Tweet Names, Addresses Of U.K. Looters

The Next Web UK | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Riots, Manchester Police, Twitter, UK Riots, UK Looters, UK Riots Police Twitter, Looters, Looting, Manchester Looters, London Riots, Manchester Riots, Technology News

As you may already know, names, dates of birth and addresses of convicted criminals are all public record in the UK. It’s been customary for these t...

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Police and Thieves: Making Sense of the English Riots

Michelle Chen | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Britain, Youth, Crime, United Kingdom, England, David Cameron, Tottenham Riot, Looting, London, London Riots, Boris Johnson, Juvenile Justice, World News
Michelle Chen

Observers dismiss rioters as roaming bands of delinquents. Or well-organized, tech-savvy flash mobs. They're portrayed alternately as greedy opportunists or disaffected youth. Reflecting the diversity of urban Britain, they are everyone and no one. And they're just kids.

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Why Did Bookstores Survive The UK Riots?

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Britain, Kindle, UK Riots, Books, Homophobia, Looting, Shops Destroyed by Riots, Bookstores, London Riots, Ebooks, Books News

British bookstores seemed largely unaffected by the rioting that took place last night across the UK, according to a report on The Bookseller website....

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No Looting in Japan

Amy Chavez | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Community, Natural Disasters, Politeness, Japan Earthquake, Japan, Looting, Japan Tsunami, Individualism, World News
Amy Chavez

People around the world have marveled at the lack of mass-looting in Japan. Is it the presence of "wa" that prevents people from looting, or the power of the individual that allows them to loot?

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Archaeologist's Detailed Firsthand Report About Saqqara Looting

Lee Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Zahi Hawass, Looting, Saqqara, King Tutankhamun, Archaeology, Arts News
Lee Rosenbaum

Contradicting the claims of Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, a member of a French archaeological expedition reports that the ancient burial ground of Saqqara has been vandalized by would-be robbers.

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Egypt in 140 Characters or Less: Widespread Looting All Over Cairo

Parvez Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Islam, Army, Looting, Mohandaseen, Cairo, Tahrir Square, Riots, Police, Mubarak, Tahrir, Omar Soliman, Maadi, World News
Parvez Sharma

In a fragmented conversation on a still-functioning landline, here are my friend Fouad's bullet points.

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Reading the Pictures: Reuters Calling People Crooks Over ... Toilet Paper??

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stealing, Chile Earthquake, Looting, Photos Looting Stealing, Media News
Michael Shaw

2010-03-01-shawpic.jpgHow many times must we suffer through this same kind of character assassination by the media in criminalizing behavior that, under catastrophic circumstances, is normal?

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Haiti Relief Effort: Food Bank Looted

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Relief Effort, Food Bank, United Nations, Looting, Haiti Looting, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Earthquake, Haiti Disaster, Hatia, World News

GENEVA — Some 6,000 tons of food aid will be distributed shortly in Haiti, a U.N. spokeswoman said Friday, adding that reports that U.N. warehou...

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Reading the Pictures: That "Looting"

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haitian Looting, Msnbc, Katrina, Haiti Disaster, Haiti Earthquake, Looting, Haiti, Media News
Michael Shaw

2010-01-16-pull.jpgThe media has got to be very careful in using the term "looting" in the midst of an overwhelming humanitarian crisis.

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Exclusive Interview With Geoffrey Nunberg, On The Years Of Talking Dangerously

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Non-Apology, President Obama, Um, Obama, Linguist, Refugee, Language Police, Wurzelbacher, Grammar Police, Fascist, Bailout, Joe Sixpack, Elite, Socialist, Geoffrey Nunberg, Katrina, Joe, American Dialect Society, Looting, Evacuee, Populism, Elitist, Omnigooglization, I Fought the Law, Joe Blow, Phonetosphere, Socialism, J Edgar Hoover, Joe the Plumber, Volvo Driving, Npr, Lingua Branda, Barack Obama, Interview, Joe Schmo, Loot, Progressive, New Foundation, Talking Right, Chris Weigant, Liberal, Legacy Asset, The Years of Talking Dangerously, Under a Bus, Fresh Air, Pluto, Berkeley School of Information, Under the Bus, Hiawatha, Nunberg, L-Word, Media News
Chris Weigant

Epithets like "socialist" and "fascist" enable people on the right to bond with each other and -- though they may not acknowledge it -- to alienate everybody else.

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Somalia Update III: "Scoop" Revisted

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McLaughlin Group, Pirates, Somalia, Al-Qaeda, Mogadishu, Looting, President Obama, George W. Bush, Evenlyn Waugh, World News
Reese Schonfeld

President George W. Bush has left Somalia in the hands of Al-Qaeda and the pirates. President Obama has inherited it, and in the midst of everything else, it is both a distraction and a crisis.

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Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, World Bank, Prime Minister Prachanda, Black Market, Political Chaos, Government, Politics, Beijing, The Future, Imf, Marxism, Looting, Asia, Himalayans, Nepal Monarchy, Poverty, Terrorism, Karl Marx, Kathmandu, Maoism, Communism, Delhi, Nepal, Mao, Rebelling, Lenin, Mao Zedong, China, World News
Subhash Ghimire

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

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Next Administration Must Address Conflict in Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservation Wars, Killing, Resources, Bill Clinton, Virunga Park, War, Proxy Wars, Paul Kagame, Looting, Un, Refugees, Congo, Laurent Nkunda, Monuc, Fotc, Mccain Administration, President Obama, Obama Administration, President McCain, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

The humanitarian crisis in Congo has worsened, with tens if not hundreds of thousands of people displaced. It is time for world leaders to take on this issue and contribute to bringing an end to the conflict.

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Unexpected? Hardly

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Markets, Looting, Military-Industrial Complex, Republican, Politics News
Paula Gordon

What's with the shocked headlines? Roiling stockmarkets a surprise? Come on! While Republicans eviscerated government and looted the treasury, cre...

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