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Giant Stingray Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Tofo, Bbc, Mozambique, Film, Animals, Smalleye Stingray, Giant-Stingray, Stingray, Small Eye Stingray Video, Giant Stingray Video, Green News

From The BBC: "An underwater camera crew filming for the BBC has recorded a smalleye stingray swimming off the coast of Mozambique." To see this foo...

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

Read More: India, Aterciopelados, Summer Olympics Beijing 2008, U.N. Department of Public Information, Emmanuel Jal, U.N. Day Concert 2009 a Tribute to Peacekeeping, Humanitarian, Shankhar Mahadevan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, The War Against War, Angelique Kidjo, Cnn International, Jayashri Wyatt, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Wyclef Jean, Lauren Saffa, U.N. Secretary General, Norway, Lang Lang, Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, Earth Wind and Fire, Xian Song & Dance Troupe, Africa, Zahir Hussain, Senegal, Leonardo Dicaprio, Cotonou, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operation, Oslo, Education Sans Mutilation, Wikipedia, Rwanda, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, South Asia, Berlin Philharmonic, Entwined Twins, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Pakistan, Isha Sesay, Culture Project, You Are Not Alone, Amnesty International, Blood Diamond, Shrinivas Uppalapu, Julianne Hoffenberg, John Mahavishnu McLaughlin, Benin, New York, Junoon, Barack Obama, Time 100, Colombia, Killing Me Softly, Ghatam, The First Time Ever, General Assembly, Salman Ahmad, Fisher Stevens, Interfaith Dialogue, Thought Leaders, Steven Lawrence, China, Bbc, Allan Buchman, National Geographic, Day-O, United Nations, Jim Luce, Harry Belafonte, Paris, Injustice, Vienna Philharmonic, Sudan, She Mama Africa, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram, Malaika, Cancion Protesta, John Lee, Sister Fa, Samir Chatterjee, Blue Helmets, Roberta Flack Singing, War Child Film, Berlin, Grammy-Award, Mridangam, Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Nile Rodgers, Indi-Jazz Fusion, Afghanistan, Kanjira, Eleanor Roosevelt, Freedom of Expression Award, Nobel Peace Prize, We Are the World, Alain Le Roy, God Grew Tired of Us, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, The Price of Silence, Two Sheps That Pass., Female Genital Mutilation, Emma McCune, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, New York Times, U.N. Peacekeepers, Swahili, Alicia Keys, Hutu-Tutsi Conflict, Sufi Rock, Remember Shakti, Michael Owen, USA for Africa, New York News
Jim Luce

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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BBC Besieged By Anti-Fascist Protesters Over Controversial Guest

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Question Time, BBC Protests, Nick Griffin, BBC Question Time, BBC Television Centre, Nick Griffin BBC, Bbc, Nick Griffin Question Time, Media News

LONDON — The leader of Britain's far-right party outlined his vision in a controversial television debut that critics fear could help his whites...

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Letters Reveal True Views Of UK Diplomats

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Uk, True Views, Letters, Secret Letters, Bbc, Freedom of Information Laws, British Ambassadors, England, Undiplomatic Views, Valedictory Letters, Diplomats, Foreign Office, British Ministry, London, World News

LONDON — It's not exactly diplomatic – details of what British ambassadors really think about their foreign hosts were disclosed Sunday fo...

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Democracy WOW! With The Yes Men

Sara Benincasa | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jacques Servin, Andy Bichlbaum, The Yes Men, Bbc, Activism, Mother Jones, United Nations, Mike Bonanno, Sara Benincasa, Ban Ki-Moon, Dow, The Yes Men Fix the World, Bhopal, Survivaballs, Comedy News
Sara Benincasa

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Scientists Find Mini-Stonehenge

Carleton Bryant | Posted 10.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Science, Archeology, Humor, England, Wales, Wiltshire, Bbc, Bluehenge, Archaeology, Comedy News
Carleton Bryant

Archeologists have found a smaller version of Stonehenge about a mile from the larger circle of rocks in Wiltshire, England, the BBC is reporting.

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WATCH: You Are Being Shagged By A Rare Parrot

Posted 10.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Parrot, Funny Animals, Bbc, Animals, Rare Parrot, Stephen Fry, Mark Carwardine, Green News

This video is hilarious! Watch as a rare parrot has his way with a BBC cameraman. Too funny. Get HuffPost Green On Facebook and Twitter...

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David Attenborough's 50 Favorite Nature Moments Go Online

BBC | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural History, Bbc, Animals, Sir-David-Attenborough, Green News

"The natural world is the greatest source of excitement of visual beauty and intellectual interest of so much that makes life worth living. "And th...

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Video: Online Video Set to Explode, Intel Exec Tells the BBC

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Online Video, Bbc, Intel, Technology News
Andy Plesser

Online video will comprise 90 percent of the world's Internet traffic by 2013, Intel's Justin Rattner tells the BBC.

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BBC: Gypsy Is A Racist Word

The Independent | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Gypsy Racist, Bbc, Gypsy, Media News

Comedian Ben Miller said the BBC tried to stop him using the word "gypsy" in his new sketch series with Alexander Armstrong because it could be seen a...

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Guantanamo Envoy: U.S. Should Have Taken Cleared Prisoners; Some Should Never Have Been Held

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Daniel Fried, Congress, Bbc, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Special Envoy to Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Barack Obama, Uighurs, World News, Politics News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Bermuda, Uighurs Bermuda, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, Europe, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

To my mind, President Obama missed a golden opportunity to bring 17 Uighur prisoners to the U.S. in his early days in office.

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BBC Memo: James Murdoch "Desperately Out Of Touch"

The Guardian | James Robinson and John Plunkett | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

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The war between the BBC and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation escalated tonight when the BBC director general accused Murdoch's son James of being "de...

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Greenspan: Market Crisis "Will Happen Again"

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Bbc, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Credit Crunch, Recession, Business News

The world will suffer another financial crisis, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan has told the BBC. "The crisis will happen again but it ...

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Best News Blooper Ever? BBC Reporter Has Issues (VIDEO)

Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jonathan Charles, Video, News Blooper, Bbc, Funny Videos, Bbc Blooper, News Bloopers, Comedy News

While we don't agree with our friends at Buzzfeed that this is the funniest news blooper EVER, we do think it's pretty darn awesome. The BBC's Jonatha...

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Can Womenomics Ease the Stress of Work/Life Balance?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Womenomics, Michelle Obama, Mommy Track, Workplace, Opt-Out Revolution, Katty Kay, Working Women, Calire Shipman, Work-Life Balance, Lisa Belkin, Family Life, Professional Women, Stress Reduction, Family, World News, Bbc, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

A whopping 87 percent of women would like more equilibrium between the competing areas of their lives. Two professionals have entered the conversation with a new book.

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High Speed Rail Speeding Ahead at Snail's Pace

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, France, Politics, Le Monde, Bbc, High Speed Rail, Highway Funding, Living, Congress, Green Living, Green Energy, Britain, Federal Stimulus Program, French Government, Department of Transportation, Governor Schwarzenegger, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Given the success and public enthusiasm for high speed rail around the world, our efforts are long overdue in what is rapidly becoming the preferred mode of transport of the 21st century and beyond.

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James Murdoch, Son of Rupert, Aims and Fires at the BBC

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Guardian Newspaper, Online Advertising, James Murdoch, Edinburgh International Television Festival, Bbc, Internet Advertising, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

The Guardian editorializes that the free market can no longer support the work of keeping communities informed. That's news to me.

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The (Self) Killing Of Brother Dee: A Memory Of The Late Simon Dee

Martin Lewis | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: TV Hosts, Dick Cavett, The Killing of Sister George, Bbc, Talk Shows, Beryl Reid, Simon Dee, Home News
Martin Lewis

Simon Dee was Britain's equivalent of Dick Cavett -- for a heartbeat in the Sixties -- until he self-destructed.

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Does the World Need Another Murdoch?

Michael Wolff | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Michael Wolff, Lachlan Murdoch, Media, Bbc, James Murdoch, Media News
Michael Wolff

There is something excruciatingly little-boyish about Rupert Murdoch's 37-year-old son, James, who runs his father's companies in Europe and Asia. Seldom have I seen an adult so intently trying to mimic his father.

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Murdoch's Son: BBC Expansion Is "Chilling," A Threat To Independent Journalism

AP | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, British Broadcasting Corp., Bbc, James Murdoch, Independent Journalism, Media News

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- The son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has called the British Broadcasting Corp. a threat to independent journalism. James Mu...

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London police 'steal' from unlocked cars

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: London, Scotland Yard, London Police, Unlocked Cars, Bbc, Tresspassing, World News

LONDON — British police are combing the upscale London neighborhood of Richmond, looking for things to steal. Scotland Yard said Tuesday that o...

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Zimbabwe Lifts BBC, CNN Restrictions After 8 Years

guardian.co.uk | John Plunkett | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe Bbc Cnn, Zimbabwe Cnn, Bbc, Zimbabwe Bbc, Zimbabwe, Cnn, Zimbabwe Free Press, World News

The BBC and CNN will be able to report freely from Zimbabwe for the first time in eight years after restrictions were lifted by the country's governme...

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The Mighty Boosh: A Mighty Interview

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 08.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Funny, Ifc, Independent Film Channel, Bbc, Pants!, The Moon, Weird Animals, Laughing, Cult, Comiccon, Absurd, Cult Hit, Following, Art, Adult Swim, Fans, Influences, Strange, Sketch Comedy, Odd, Mighty Boosh, Comedy, Home News
Jeff Kreisler

Their appeal and fan base is definitely growing, whether or not it'll be enough to make them a hit in the U.S. still remains to be seen, but in the meantime founders Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding are certainly enjoying the ride.

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The Uninsured Line Up For Care In Rural Virginia

Tom Sullivan | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise County, Bbc, Stan Brock, Kentucky, Health Insurance, Cbs, Virginia, Cnn, Health, Health Care Reform, Tennessee, Ram, Health Care, Tim Kaine, Healthcare, Politics News
Tom Sullivan

The Wise County Remote Area Medical clinic is a county fair without the funnel cakes and cotton candy, but with the long lines and wait times you'd find at Disney World. First-come, first-served. Patients appreciate the help more than your average Medicare patient, someone said, because they have invested their time in it.

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Third Screen: How Now Dow... Chemical?

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Politics, The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum, Kurt Engfehr, Bowling for Columbine, Environment, Michael Moore, Michael Bonanno, Bbc, Exxon Mobil, The Yes Men Fix the World, World Trade Organization, Halliburton, New York Times, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

Corporations don't always do what's right. Maybe they can't. Maybe they don't want to. Maybe they want to but the shareholders wouldn't like it. Cue: The Yes Men.

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