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"I'm like the old man from Up ," Tracy Popken said when I called her last week, referring to Pixar's cartoon hold-out who refused to sell his beloved home to developers drowning his neighborhood with concrete towers. That's exactly what I hoped she'd say, which is why it's at the top of this piece.... |
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correspondent Roman Tsimbalyuk explains the change in Russian media, the effectiveness of hate propaganda and Kremlin's constant need for enemies. In the late Soviet Union, and then - in Russia there used to be high public demand for satire. Today, there's no satire. |
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Protesters in Ukraine are blockading the studios of Inter TV, a news channel already attacked by arsonists for being allegedly pro-Russian, writes. BBC Inter TV says some of its staff needed hospital treatment for smoke inhalation and one suffered a broken leg after fleeing the fire in Kiev on Sunday. |
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It's easy to think that the modern era in communication began in the 1990s with the birth of the Internet. But we actually have to go back further — to 1895 and the discovery that intelligible signals could travel through the "air" without a wired connection. |
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Gold and silver Paralympian medalist Marieke Vervoort says she is considering after competing in the Rio Olympics. The Belgian wheelchair sprinter, who suffers from an incurable and painful degenerative spinal disease, plans to retire as an athlete after the tournament, which runs from 7 18 September. |
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But the origins of these very modern concerns date back more than a century, with lively discussions about "modernization" underway as early as the world's fair in Paris in 1900. One especially compelling, yet largely forgotten, analysis was penned by Henry Adams, the son of a congressman and diplomat, descendant of two U. |
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I debuted new tracks from Angel Olsen, Still Corners and Glass Animals on the show this week, while the retro set featured tracks from legendary British music weekly NME’s 1994 top 50 singles list . Here’s the tracklist for the full show: West Of The Fields September 5, 2016 R.E.M. |
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. Iran Front Page Wednesday 7th September, 2016 After media reports disclosed that the Saudi authorities have signed a contract with an Israeli company named G4S in an effort to ensure the security of this year's Hajj pilgrimage, Al-Aqsa Mosque's preacher Sheikh Ikrema Sabri voiced his anger in an.... |
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MENTAL HEALTH: The recent case of the police officer who committed suicide at the JKIA, Nairobi, and similar incidents elsewhere raise questions on the quality of psychological care the “women and men in uniform are given to mitigate the nature of their work, which can easily cause post-traumatic stress disorder”, says Mwamba Onyiego. |
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18:07 Philippines President expresses regret after cursing Obama Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is expressing regret after his obscenity-laden rant against President Barack Obama prompted the White...
17:56 Violinist Viviane Hagner to perform during Yerevan 10th International Music Festival.... |
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Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i. Lingering effects of drought still remain. By Papua New Guinea correspondent Eric Tlozek. MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, March 31, 2016) – Thousands of Papua New.... |
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