Metallica on Reading 'honour' - BBC News
Pub. Date - Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:19:00 GMT
Speaking backstage, bassist Robert Trujillo said because the group have just completed their new album the festival feels like a "new challenge". He said: "It is amazing. Reading is legendary and for us to be here again is an honour and a privilege ... And there's more... The new alternative comedy - The Independent
Pub. Date - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:56:00 GMT
Politically incorrect humour was meant to have died in the 1980s. But sexist, racist jokes are alive and well on the Best of British Variety Tour. Jonathan Brown went along to hear the catchphrases that time forgot An almost balmy night at the height ... Democratic Convention diary - BBC Americas
Pub. Date - Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:17:00 GMT
The Obama family make an appearance - Michelle, with her big speech; Barack via a video link-up, on the campaign trail with a family in Missouri; and - perhaps the most crowd-pleasing turn of the night - a stage invasion from their two daughters ... Flaherty cuts economic forecast - Globe and Mail
Pub. Date - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:57:00 GMT
Vickky Angstrom from Canada writes: First Thatcher, then Reagan, then Bush I, then Mulroney, then Martin, then Bush II and now Harper. Right wing governments running boom economies into the ground and posting deficits and debts where none were needed ... Tories abandon 'unborn victims' bill - Globe and Mail
Pub. Date - Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:53:00 GMT
The Globe and Mail editors censor free speech from Canada writes: Shame on us for not affording human rights to our children. Having said that, it's ironic that Dion is asking Harper what his views are on anything when Dion makes it clear he ... Hollywood Takes on the Left - Yahoo News
Pub. Date - Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:59:00 GMT
For anyone who has ever been on a movie set, the commotion inside Warner Brothers Studio 15 will be familiar: serious-faced actors and actresses quietly rehearsing their lines; the director of photography huddled with his assistants around two high ... Beijing, over and out - follow that, London! - bbc
Pub. Date - Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:54:00 GMT
With one spontaneous gesture, a nervous tic really, Boris Johnson signalled exactly how London should attempt to follow the glitz and grandeur of the Beijing Olympics : don't even try. The London mayor's comedy salute as he set foot on the red carpet ... See All from August - Newsweek Blog
Pub. Date - Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:54:00 GMT
Much as in the run-up to the Beijing Games did, the aftermath will focus on the impact of the Olympics on China as it defines its path in this emerging Chinese Century. But nobody who was here or watching at home will soon forget the sensational ... The Pope and the President - Common Dreams
Pub. Date - Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:32:00 GMT
George Bush is certainly not the first American president to try and take advantage of a timely papal meeting to advance himself and his agenda. Pope Benedict XVI, who arrives today for a high-profile visit to the United States, took his name from ... Bush Commits Troops to Iraq For The long Term - Common Dreams
Pub. Date - Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:55:00 GMT
The Bush administration formally committed America yesterday to a long-term military presence in Iraq, pledging to protect the government in Baghdad from internal coup plots and foreign enemies. The cooperation pact, endorsed by George Bush and the ... | 
