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Bollywood on board: Finnair cabin crew become YouTube sensation with dance routine
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:16 AM EST (the Mail online)
We've all seen those iconic dances from famous Bollywood films, but not many of us will have been treated to a live performance on board a flight. So passengers aboard a Finnair flight from Helsinki to New Delhi, were pleasantly surprised when the plane's staff put on a routin …
Serbian hooligans spoil European handball championships
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:06 AM EST ()
Attacks by Serbian nationalists on Croatian fans have overshadowed the otherwise well-organized European handball championships in Serbia. The attacks came ahead of the Serbia-Croatia semi-final.
Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes Sharia law
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:05 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria, will continue its campaign of violence until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member has told the Guardian.
On remembrance day, Norway offers Holocaust apology
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:02 PM EST (JPost.com)
Norway apologized for the first time on Friday for the country's complicity in the deportation and deaths of Jews during the Nazi occupation in World War Two."Norwegians carried out the arrests; Norwegians drove the trucks and it happened in Norway," Norwegian Prime Minister Je …
Gingrich Can't Find His Race Card; Loses Edge in Fla. Debate and Polls
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:10 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
When you're running for president against a guy with endless streams of money and the backing of major political players, you really can't afford to have a less-than-stellar night in a nationally televised debate.
Twitter sparks free speech fury by announcing it will censor messages country-by-country
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:06 AM EST (the Mail online)
It was credited with fanning the flames of unrest across the Arab world as citizens took to the streets in protest and decades-old regimes fell. It helped co-ordinate the Occupy movement that swept across the globe, and was blamed for playing a key part in last year's devastat …
Israeli TV ad humor presses Iran's buttons
Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:43 AM EST
Press "CC" for video subtitles (Text link to video) Article: Israeli TV ad humor presses Iran's buttons
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French Elle accused of racism after suggesting that the Obamas are first African-Americans to be fashionable
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:32 AM EST (the Mail online)
French Elle may be a fashion authority, but the glossy magazine is certainly no leader in race relations. In what has been interpreted as an outdated and insulting move, a fashion blogger for the magazine's site posted a piece about Michelle Obama's sartorial prowess and the r …
Not All Slave Owners Were Rapine Beasts: Ron Paul's Musings on States' Rights and the Civil War
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:23 AM EST (Daily Kos)
Over the last few days, I have watched this interview with Ron Paul several times.
Do our words really matter? What influence do they have on our lives?
Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:40 AM EST
I think most of us don't fully understand the power of the words we use on us. Language defines us, reveals us and demonstrates our routine priorities. For example, the word 'bored' never comes into my vocabulary because I simply have too much to do to have time for that.
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