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Iran Releases 5 British Sailors Detained At Sea

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Uk, Iranian Waters, Persian Gulf, Sailors, Yachtsmen, Yacht, Iran, Britian, British, Brits, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persia...

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White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Born in a Log Cabin, Jefferson Starship, President, White House, Tricia Nixon, President Obama, The People, Gate Crasher, Andrew Jackson, Obama, Campaign, State Dinner, Abbie Hoffman, Burned, History, Politics, Gate Crash, Richard Nixon, Inauguration, Tricky Dick, A Rock and Roll Memoir, Anti-Elitist, John Quincy Adams, Somebody to Love, Old Hickory, Lsd, Yippie, Man of the People, Dolley Madison, Hoffman, Gate Crashing, Acid, Fence Jumper, Finch College, Gate Crashing the White House, Barack Obama, Grace Slick, Jackson, White House Gate Crasher, Chris Weigant, Madison, British, Dosing Tricky Dick, Dose, Nixon, War of 1812, Jefferson Airplane, Finch, Politics News
Chris Weigant

While Washington is all a-twitter over two society climbers crashing the gates at an Obama soirée, in the grand sweep of history, it was a fairly minor event. No one was in danger, and no real harm was done, nobody got dosed with LSD.

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Catch-22 in Afghanistan

William Astore | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Army, U.S. Military, Afghanistan Surge, U.S. Army, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, British, World News
William Astore

As we send more troops to stiffen Afghani government forces and to stabilize the state, that high-profile presence will serve to demoralize Afghani troops and ultimately to destabilize the state.

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View from Pakistan: Today's Blast

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Swat, Pakistan Suicide Bombing, War on Terror, Northwestern Frontier Province, Pakistan, Checkpoints, Proxy War, Fata, Baluchistan, Punjab, British, International Islamic University, Tribal Areas, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Iran, Rawalpindi, South Waziristan, Sindh, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Afghanistan, India, Schools, Hillary Clinton, Nwfp, Universities, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Pakistani children may be enjoying the break, but most of them know exactly why they can't go to school. I sit stiff as one boy looks up from his video game to tell me the school buses might not be safe right now.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: The Underdog Bites Back: Tom Hooper on The Damned United

Dan Persons | Posted 10.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Brian Clough, Justice, Frost/Nixon, Emotion, Don Revie, Drama, Jim Broadbent, Controversy, Peter Morgan, Indie, Derby County, Success, Comedy, Michael Sheen, HBO John Adams, Timothy Spall, Acting Legend, Colm Meaney, Gritty, John Adams, British, Sports, Tom Hooper, The Queen, David Peace, Soccer, Leeds United, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

I've got nothing against sports films that exult in good sportsmanship and the triumph of the underdog. But I'm more inclined towards films like The Damned United that scrape past the noble veneer of sports.

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Libyan Oil Is Thicker Than American Blood

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Scotland, Oil, British, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, Pan Am 103, World News
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld

The pretext "compassion" for the allegedly terminally ill Libyan prisoner, barely disguised the real reason -- oil buried deep in the Libyan sand.

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Take This Mine And Shove It: India Fights Coal, As Tribe Fights Mountaintop Removal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: London, Dirty Coal, Appalachia, Native People, Survival, Vedanta, Mining, Big Coal, Tribal People, Arundhati Roy, Green, India, Mountaintop Removal, British, Green Energy, Green News
Jeff Biggers

With the blessing of the Indian Supreme Court, Vedanta plans to launch its own version of Appalachia-style mountaintop removal on the Niyamgiri mountain, which the Dongria Kondh tribe worships as a god.

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Staying In the Loop

Michael Rugnetta | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Political Satire, Satire, British, Comedy, Movies, War, In the Loop, Anna Chlumsky, The Thick of It, I Heart Huckabees, James Gandolfini, Zach Woods, Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Mimi Kennedy, Entertainment News
Michael Rugnetta

In the Loop spews forth countless barrages of vulgar, sarcastic, cold, and eminently witty dialogue that only the British can raise to the level of high art.

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Simon Says... You're Through to the Next Round

Nick Jefferson | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon Cowell, Leadership, Ryan Seacrest, Susan Boyle, Hr, Sarah Palin, Consultant, Management, British, Entertainment News
Nick Jefferson

Beyond the very small number of Axelrods, Emmanuels and the like, which of the people staffing the great and the good right now feel empowered, duty-bound even, to give honest, unvarnished feedback?

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Interview With Zoe Heller: 'I End Up Loathing Myself'

Christina Patterson | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Zoe Heller, Notes on a Scandal, The Believers, Interview, Literature, The Independent, Author, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, British, Q&A, Entertainment News
Christina Patterson

This tall, lithe, creature, with toned-as-Michelle-Obama's arms and a living-in-the-Bahamas tan, a creature whose latest internationally bestselling novel has garnered reviews Martin Amis would kill for, can't really mean 'self-loathing,' can she?

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World Breathes Easier Now That Susan Boyle's Reign of Terror Ends

Bill Matthews | Posted 07.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Susan Boyle, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Somali Pirates, Britain, Britain's Got Talent, British, Comedy News
Bill Matthews

The media seemed to forget that Great Britain has filled the world with ugly singers, whether Mick Jagger or Amy Winehouse.

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Do Women Need Their Own Space?

Indra Adnan | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Equality, Leadership, Women, Biology, Affirmative Action, Slate, The White House Project, Men, Media, Feminism, British, Gender, Politics, Senate, Parity, Balance, Doublex, Blogging, The Downing Street Project, Media News
Indra Adnan

Working alongside the men, rather than in the room next door, seemed to us the best way to reach the Downing Street Project's goal -- not just the women.

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Solving Kashmir

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Boundaries, President Obama, Pakistan, United Nations, Summit Nuclear, National Boundaries, Obama, Afpak, China, Barack Obama, Kashmir, Foreign Policy, Chris Weigant, Pakistani, Swat Valley, British, India, Un, Fata, Partition, Line of Actual Control, Line of Control, Loc, Jammu, Lac, World News
Chris Weigant

If Pakistan and India could declare peace and accept a line through the region as their final national boundaries, it could pay off huge dividends in the fight against terrorists.

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Other People Banned From England

Sarah Walker | Posted 06.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Susan Boyle, British, England, Queen Elizabeth II, Comedy News
Sarah Walker

People who haven't memorized Shakespeare's First Folio. You will be asked to recite it from memory at Passport Control. Even if you're on a connecting flight.

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The Sun Sets on The New York Times

Jessica Olien | Posted 05.15.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, The Times, British, The New York Times, Raj, Newspapers, Newspaper, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Jessica Olien

Don't get me wrong. I like the Times. I also like a frosty mug of IPA but that doesn't mean I wish India had never gained its independence.

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If You Think Dubai Is Bad, Just Look at Your Own Country

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Johann-Hari-Dubai, Johann Hari, The Independent, United Kingdom, England, British, Dubai, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

I recently figured that if British journalists who come to Dubai don't send back something sensationalist it won't get printed and they won't get paid. After all, sleaze sells.

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I Like Simon Cowell. Is That Weird?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 04.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon Cowell, Reality TV, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Larry Winget, Kara DioGuardi, Weight Loss, American Idol, British, Simon American Idol, Simon Cowell American Idol, Simon Cowell Anger, Entertainment News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Simon just comes out and says it: 'You were awful, you looked stupid, you sounded like karaoke, that was a horrible song choice for you...' I appreciate that.

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How Obama Can Further U.S.-Iran Relations

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad Bombing, Russia, Islam, Obama Iran, Central Intelligence Agency, War With Iran, Washington DC, Iran, Bush Iran, Anthrax, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, British, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iraq War, Gordon Brown, London, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Oil Price, Iranian Women, Ayatollah-Khomeini, Poland, Persia, Oil, Baghdad, Iranian Oil, Hillary Clinton Iran, Iraq, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Iran Nuclear Program, Soviet Union, World News
Eric Margolis

President Barack Obama, who says he wants to open serious talks with Iran and establish better relations will have his work cut out for him. His first step is to read Iran's modern history.

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Afghan Stars at Sundance

Havana Marking | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dauoud Seddiqi, Ryan Seacrest, Sundance Film Festival, Afghanistan, Jubilation, Kabul, Documentaries, Film Festivals, Film, British, Movies, Happiness, Filmmaking, Sundance 2009, Documentary, American Idol, Sundance, Excitement, Afghan Star, Music, Teenagers, Singing, Entertainment News
Havana Marking

Last Saturday night, we were presented two awards by the good people of Sundance. it was the first time an Afghan film had made it there, and the people of Afghanistan were over the moon.

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British Law Proposal Would Allow First-Born Daughter To Become Queen

All Headline News | Ann Lu | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Royal Family, England, Great Britain, British Royal Family, Europe, British, Queen of England, World News

British law may change to allow a first-born daughter to become queen. Under plans to be proposed by a back-bench MP, members of the royal family woul...

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Would President Bush Have Gone To War In Iraq If He Faced Incessant Coverage Of That War By the Television Networks?

Norman Horowitz | Posted 01.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, George Bush, Iraq, British, Iraq War Coverage, Media Coverage of Iraq War, Media Coverage, Media, Media Coverage of the War, Vietnam War, Media Coverage of Iraq, The Media, Vietnam War Coverage, Vietnam, Media News
Norman Horowitz

In the past, aggressive media coverage helped turn around public opinion about the Vietnam War. The press did ultimately get beyond the pro-military reporting from Vietnam.

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Actor Daniel Craig Talking About James Bond, Quantum of Solace and Saving the World

Brad Balfour | Posted 01.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: English, The Golden Compass, Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale, British, Judi Dench, Action, Terrorism, Hero, Daniel Craig, Defiance, James Bond, Corporate, Blond, Millions, Movies, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Agent 007 may not be available to save us in all his athletic and dashing glory, but in Quantum of Solace James Bond exhaustingly gives it a damn good try.

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Director Danny Boyle Creates a Slumdog Millionaire and Serious Oscar Buzz

Brad Balfour | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Globalism, British, India, Gangsters, Danny Boyle, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, Poverty, Movies, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Now with Slumdog Millionaire, 52-year-old director Danny Boyle has applied his signature visual and storytelling attack to this classic rags-to-riches teen tale.

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Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems

Steve Parker | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Renault, Chrysler, France, Suv, Cars, Spain, Prague, Ford, London, Madrid, Liverpool, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Brussels, Zaragoza, Asia, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Czech Republic, Berlin, Saabs, Renault Nissan, Member of Parliament, Gm, Volvo, British, Angela Merkel, Jeep, Japan, Europe, Opel, China, Antwerp, Business News
Steve Parker

Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.

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The Hidden Cost of the Gulf War

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Congress, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, U.S. Troops and Iraq and Home, British Troops in Iraq, Russia, Moscow, Iraq, Deet, Kuwait, Barack Obama, British, Paris, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Eric Margolis

While US casualties in Iraq appear relatively low -- 4,100 dead and 35,000 wounded -- the real health costs of Iraq will, as in the case of the First Gulf War, not be known for years.

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