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Sep 10 2009 9:12AM
Here be dragons: off the map and into the deranged world of Japans capital punishment system

To kick off here are a couple of quotes: “While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus. It was a very beautiful place and it was really green.” “The wisdom never dies. On that kind of...

Sep 9 2009 4:20PM
Journalism and the school of (very) hard knocks

Who would be a journalist? It’s hard to get into. It’s tough work: frantic deadlines, high-pressure – get it wrong and your outfit might get sued! And there’s immense pressure to cut costs, especially on the inky-handed “Fleet Street”...

Sep 9 2009 10:41AM
Wonderful video

Wonderful site designed by some Iranians in commomeration of those killed in recent unrests. http://neverforget.us/

Sep 8 2009 6:03PM
One prisoner is freed, another is captured!

Another case of abduction in day light! Last week, the mother of Atefeh Emam, an 18 year old student, whose father has been taken to prison during the recent unrests, made a heartbreaking public appeal to find her kidnapped daughter...

Sep 8 2009 5:42PM
weapons for sale

The biennial arms fair opened for business today at Docklands ExCel Centre amid a flurry of reports about international weapons transfers and protests. BBC News reports that Campaign Against the Arms Trade were expected to stage...