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“Beleaguered bear in bridge rescue.” gulfstream/2336
The best places to live, according some calculation. (Only three countries in the top ten: Canada, Australia and Switzerland.) The problem with … gulfstream/1845
Fascinating: the Red Cross is trying to negotiate a third, “neutral” emblem. This calls for diplomats! Lots of them! gulfstream/1898
Good news, bad news: BBC news stories classified by mood. gulfstream/2005
Live geographic traffic stats for the BBC news. This is pretty sweet, despite not being very usable. (The colours that represent different traffic levels … gulfstream/2137
“The researchers said Pluto failed to dominate its orbit around the Sun in the same way as the other planets.” WELL THEN TRY HARDER DAMMIT. gulfstream/2143
Terrific picture: small ginger cat looks up at a black bear perched high in a tree after scaring it there. (Although … Google is suspiciously ignorant … gulfstream/2222
(pdf, French) The apology of Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton. A BBC news story translated one sentence as “This situation is perfectly unacceptable,” … gulfstream/2384
"Williams's university fails quiz challenge" (from BBC News Scotland). I just love these parochial news stories. "The St Andrews team ... … gulfstream/560
UK government advisory council recommends that cannabis "be reclassified from a class B narcotic to a class C." (How does the media spin stories? … gulfstream/694
Deaf couple wants to have deaf children. (Interesting: how the other unusual attribute of the couple is dealt with—c.f. the National Post.) There's … gulfstream/729
The declining shock-value of fuck. Some miscellaneous quotes: “Ethnic slurs are regarded as the taboo,” agrees Ayto. “Nigger is … gulfstream/972
BBC Lomo documentary to air 19th February. Site has some very odd videos of random people describing Lomos: “Gnome,” “Biscuits.” Several photos … gulfstream/1036
Lt. Col. Tim Collins’s address to the Royal Irish Regiment’s 1st Battalion. c.f. Henry V’s St. Crispin’s Day speech. (Curiously, there’s … gulfstream/1101
BBC radio bloopers. Try Brian Johnston’s giggly attempt at the cricket score! gulfstream/1501
Bush and Kerry answer science policy questions—not very informatively, as it happens. (Horrible Flash/HTML version.) The BBC has a rather … gulfstream/1549
“Australians hold anti-war rallies.” 1. However messy Iraq might be, the situation doesn’t seem to have reached the level of war. Were … gulfstream/1568
Really weak, meandering justification for why the BBC initialy used the word “terrorist” in 7/7 reports but now don’t. gulfstream/1803
Is racaille, as used by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy to describe the rioters in Paris, better translated as rabble or scum? Sarkozy’s racaille … gulfstream/1874
A BBC TV show locks nine volunteers into a zoo and feeds them the sort of food our ape-like ancestors once ate, to healthy results. I wonder if a caveman … gulfstream/2211
Good laconic Aussie tells a BBC reporter about his drunken efforts to catch a 4.5" bronze whaler shark by hand. “Have any of yous got a knife, eh? ... … gulfstream/2233
Lonely Planet—the Australian publisher of travel guides—has been sold to BBC Worldwide, the publishing arm of the BBC. gulfstream/2337
Quotes Collected
One can not ask whether a theory reflects reality, just whether it agrees with observations. A good theory is one that explains a wide range of observations … quotes/455
Mr Bush, as much of a medical outsider as any of the press, gave us the presidential assurance that the vice-president had had a precautionary procedure. That's … quotes/209
Smokers who give up before their 35th birthday avoid almost all of the increased risk of developing cancer and other diseases. -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1211000/1211559.stm quotes/207
In a nation which believes, with the Founding Fathers, that every problem of human life can be solved in the law and with the descent on the state of … quotes/198
For it's also generally - I was going to say universally admitted, except by passionate Democrats - that Mr Gore is an unhappy looking campaigner, as … quotes/196
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japanese breaks pi memory record
BBC NEWS | Photo journal: Inside a Bolivian jail, Introduction
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windows media stream of the bbc world service
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The Risks Digest Volume 24: Issue 71
account of a bbc-run voting process. initially no email registration, then email registration, then abandoned.
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