The Independent

Avi Shlaim's Anti-Israel Diatribe

David Harris | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Oxford University, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Avi Shlaim, Barack Obama, The Independent, World News
David Harris

At a time when the U.S. and Israeli leaders meet in Washington to discuss the ominous challenge of Iran's nuclear program, Shlaim assails Israel for every alleged misdeed, yet, oddly, or perhaps tellingly, fails to address the Iran question.

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Johann's Industry Must be Judged Equally Guilty

Mark Donne | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: The Telegraph, Elitism, Johann Hari, Media News, The Independent, The Times, Oxbridge, The Guardian, Media News
Mark Donne

Reporters and commentators writing on issues including social deprivation and inequality who have lived and breathed social deprivation and inequality; good heavens, what would that look like?

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Caesar's Husband Must Also Be Above Suspicion

Joanna Papageorgiou | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: #Interviewbyhari, Bristol Culture, Johann Hari, The Independent, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Imf, Media News
Joanna Papageorgiou

Johann Hari has been branded as a leftie, gay columnist who rose to fame too young and is now paying the price for some sloppy techniques.

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Saudi Prince Wins Libel Claim Against British Newspaper

AP | Posted 10.03.2011

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LONDON -- Saudi Prince Nayef Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has accepted undisclosed libel damages from Britain's newspaper The Independent over an article wh...

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Murdoch's Empire Is Collapsing: What Is Next?

Mahmood Delkhasteh | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Bskyb, The Guardian, Rebekah Brooks, The Independent, Media News
Mahmood Delkhasteh

It is relatively safe to assume that Murdoch's empire will very soon be history. But the question is, what might replace the vacuum that will emerge in its wake? The histories of imperial collapse offer some insight.

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Star UK Columnist Suspended

Katherine Fung | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: New Statesmen, Johann Hari, The Observer, Johann-Hari-Plagiarism, The Independent, Cristina Odone, Nick Cohen, Media News

British newspaper The Independent has suspended journalist Johann Hari for two months pending an investigation into allegations that he used an online...

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PHOTO: 'Lost' Michelangelo Found?

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Oxford Dictionary of Art, University of Oxford, Brendan Callaghan, Lucinda Byatt, Lost Painting, Homosexuality, Video, Campion Hall, Tommaso Cavalieri, The Independent, Renaissance, Michelangelo, Antonio Forcellino, Old Masters, Bbc News, Painting, UK Arts, Jesuits, Arts News

How would you react if someone told you there was a Michelangelo in your dormitory? For at least one clergyman at the University of Oxford, the answer...

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Johann Hari Denies Plagiarism Charges

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Johann Hari, The Independent, Johann Hari Plagiarism, The Guardian, Plagiarism, Accusations of Plagiarism, Islam Versus Europe Blog, Orwell Prize, Media News

UPDATE: The Orwell Prize has issued a statement about the plagiarism allegations surrounding Johann Hari: "Given the seriousness of the allegations th...

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British Library Purchases Poet’s 40,000 eMails

Wired Campus | Marc Parry | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Literary Archives, Poets, Wendy Cope, Rachel Foss, Emails, The Independent, British Library, Books News

E-mails don’t have the inky charisma of handwritten manuscripts, but they’re more and more a part of literary archives. For instance, when the Bri...

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Gareth Compton, British Politican, Arrested After Calling For Journalist's 'Stoning' On Twitter

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Islam, Gareth Compton, Muslim, Interview, The Independent, Great Britain, Birmingham, Twitter, Radio 5, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, World News

A British politician was arrested after allegedly posting a message on Twitter that called for a Muslim journalist to be stoned to death, the Associat...

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ART OF WAR: Modern Art Used As Weapon By CIA During Cold War

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Willem De Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Art, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, The Independent, Harry Truman, Propoganda, Robert Motherwell, Abstract Expressionism, Mark Rothko, Soviet Union, Modern Art, Cold War, Arts News

For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern a...

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Holocaust Deniers, Pedophiles And Terrorists As Authors

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banned Book Week, Holocaust, Banned Books, Poll, Books, Banned Book Week 2010, Osama Bin Laden, American Librarian Association, British Banned Books, Holocaust Deniers, Censored Books, The Independent, Twilight, Dangerous Books, To Kill a Mockingbird, Censorship, Bad Books, Books News

Last week in The Independent, journalist Boyd Tonkin took a peculiar twist on the notion of "banned books," composing a list of dangerous texts that m...

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Speaker Pelosi, Put Afghanistan Drawdown on Record With McGovern-Obey

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, John Boehner, The Independent, David Petraeus, Afghanistan War, Admiral Mike Mullen, Joe Biden, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Jim McGovern, David Obey, Barack Obama, Jonathan Alter, Nancy Pelosi, Stanley McChrystal, Rolling Stone, The Promise Jonathan Alter, Afghanistan, Michael Hastings, Huffington Post, World News
Robert Naiman

Pelosi is in a unique position to weigh in, since the House could put the Afghanistan drawdown in writing when it considers the war supplemental, by approving an amendment introduced by Reps. McGovern and Obey.

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James Murdoch, Rebekah Wade Crash Rival Independent's Office Over Ad

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: News Corp, Rebekah Brooks, News International, James Murdoch, The Independent, Rebekah Wade, Media News

News Corp heir apparent James Murdoch stormed into a rival's office demanding to speak to the editor after that paper ran an unflattering ad about his...

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Jesse James, Mindy McCready, Ricky Martin: Why Even Nazi Gay Sex Tape Stories Can't Save the Press

Andy Pemberton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nazi, Tabloid Newspaper, Nude, The Evening Standard, Alexander Lebedev, Sir Bob Geldof, Jennifer Aniston, Jesse James, The Independent, Gerard Butler, Itablet, Sex Tape, Heroin, Peaches Geldof, Mindy McCready, The Independent on Sunday, Sex Tapes, Media News
Andy Pemberton

Last week, loss-making UK newspapers The Independent and Independent On Sunday were bought for $1.50 by Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev. Newspapers are the ultimate rich man's toy.

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Animal Ovations: 24th Genesis Awards Winners

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Bones, Time Magazine, Genesis Awards, The Independent, Up, Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell, O the Oprah Magazine, Family Guy, Kristen Bell, Keely Shaye-Smith, Humane Society of the United States, Tippi Hedren, The Cove, Ellen Degeneres, Today Show, Jon Lovitz, Whale Wars, Teri Hatcher, Pierce Brosnan, Hotel for Dogs, Death on a Factory Farm, Animal Cruelty, Animal Protection, Entertainment News
Wayne Pacelle

At The Humane Society, our mission statement is "Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty," but a corollary principle is celebrating people who do remarkable things for animals. The Genesis Awards is built around that idea.

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Theft of Climate Scientists' Emails was a Highly Sophisticated Job, British Scientist Says

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climategate, University of East Anglia, Sir David King, The Independent, Cru Stolen Emails, Climate Deniers, Copenhagen Climate Summit, Swifthack, Copenhagen 2009, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

The UK’s former chief scientist believes that the 2009 theft of hundreds of emails from the University of East Anglia was carried out by professionals -- perhaps a foreign intelligence agency.

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Climate Denier Rod Liddle Considered for Editor Position at the Independent

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rod Liddle, Facebook, The Independent, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Deniers, Media News
Brendan DeMelle

Disgusted with the prospect of Liddle taking the helm as editor, Independent readers are organizing the backlash to ensure that progressive voices and quality reporting in Britain don't get further squeezed.

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World Association of Newspapers' President Slams Aggregators and Reveals Merger With IFRA

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Old Media vs. New Media, Independent News and Media, Advertising, The Independent, Rocky Mountain News Closing, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Media News, Media, Christian Science Monitor, Gavin O'Reilly, Irish, World News, Newspaper Industry, Google, Google News, Media News
Faisal J. Abbas

Even if the recession is over, what are newspapers going to do with the ever growing competition coming from their online counterparts?

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

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Extremists Threaten To Unseat Mainstream Rivals In European Parliament

The Independent | Vanessa Mock | Posted 05.25.2011

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From Stockholm to Sardinia, Waterford to Warsaw, a noisy and eclectic band of nationalists and eurosceptics are on the campaign trail hoping to unseat...

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Jurdan Martitegi: France Arrests Suspected ETA Military Chief And 8 Others

The Independent | Elizabeth Nash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jurdan Martitegi, Basque-Separatists, Basque Eta, France, The Independent, Spain, Eta, Europe, Basque Country, Alex Uriarte Cuadrado, World News

The man who is said to be Eta's top military commander was arrested in France early yesterday, in a Franco-Spanish police operation that produced eigh...

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

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Ireland: Crime Boss Shooting Caught On Tape

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Irish Gang, Philip Collopy, Irish Mobs, Shooting, Gun, The Independent, Ireland, Irish Gangster, Europe, Limerick, Guns, Collopy Murder Video, World News

Gangsters videoed their crime boss accidentally blowing his head off with a handgun during a drink and drugs party in Ireland, police have said. Phil...

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Erotic Comics Ban Proposed By British Parliament Faces Stiff Criticism

The Independent | Jerome Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Kingdom, Japanese Erotic Comics, Parliament, Comics, English Parliament, The Independent, England, Erotic Comics Ban, Erotic Comics, Europe, Comic Boks, Japanese Comics, Alan Moore, Paedophilic Cartoon Porn, The Lost Girls, Paedophilia, Britain, World News

A coalition of graphic artists, publishers and MPs have condemned Government plans to introduce a new set of laws policing cartoons of children, argui...

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