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WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, state television quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying Tuesday. Iran already has about 3,000 centrifuges operating in Natanz, and the new announcement i.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Sep 11, 2007 @ 11:09am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Television sets and other domestic appliances will be fitted with special devices to switch off standby power as part of a radical plan to cut wasteful use of electricity, a special Conservative report will recommend this week. In an attempt to burnish.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Sep 10, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- The German television network NDR has sacked a prominent talk show host after she praised the family model promoted by the Nazis. NDR said Eva Herman, 48, was fired after confirming quotes printed by the newspaper Bild am Sonntag. She said "values l.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Mar 29, 2007 @ 7:26pm neoform

CNN -- At least 60 people were killed after a boat capsized off the coast of Guinea, state television in the West African country said Thursday. It said a "pirogue", or open fishing boat, with 120 people on board had capsized. "Thirty-six people survived," th.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 3:13am neoform

CNN -- Beijing police have detained a television reporter for allegedly fabricating an investigative story about steamed buns stuffed with cardboard at a time when China's food safety is under intense international scrutiny. A report directed by Beijing TV and p.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 10:46pm neoform

CNN -- A Lebanese television anchor's comments and laughter regarding the assassination of Lebanese anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido have caused a furor and resulted in her firing. The NBN anchor, who has not been identified, did not realize her microph.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 1:53pm neoform

FOX News -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his decision not to renew the license of a popular opposition-aligned television network and warned Tuesday he might crack down on another TV station, accusing it of trying to incite attempts on his life. Chave.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Wed May 30, 2007 @ 1:50pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez's refusal to renew the license of Radio Caracas Television might seem to justify fears that Chavez is crushing free speech and eliminating any voices critical of him. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Commi.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun May 27, 2007 @ 10:17pm neoform

CNN -- Venezuelan police on Sunday used water cannons and what appeared to be tear gas to break up thousands of demonstrators protesting the government's decision to close the country's most-watched television station. The protest began in front of National T.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Apr 8, 2007 @ 12:44am neoform

BBC News -- Journalists and relatives have called for a probe into the murder of a prominent television reporter in the Mexican resort of Acapulco. Amado Ramirez, a correspondent for TV news network Televisa, was shot dead on Friday as he left a radio station... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Wed Oct 25, 2006 @ 3:55pm mrmdc

Telegraph -- If language is a mirror for the society in which we live, no image could be reflected back more sharply than the dominance of consumerism in our culture. We have become a nation of consumers. We no longer watch television news, we "consume it". The coun.. Read More