As Russia and the West warn of a new Cold War after the Georgian conflict, the BBC’s Humphrey Hawksley in Moscow tries to imagine what it would look like.
A complex network of narrow tunnels broke out into vast, high-ceilinged chambers with the sides curved cylindrically like the hull of a ship
Evgenia Evlenteva strode [...]
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Posted in Armed Forces, Civvy Street, Crime, Culture, Institutionalism, Law, National Disgrace, Security, Violence, War on Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Take a look at the video clip also please.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7589953.stm
Veterans in Prison founder says more post-service support is needed
Up to 8,500 former members of the armed forces are serving sentences in UK prisons, it has been claimed.
Probation staff union Napo said its figures suggested about one in every 11 prisoners used to be in the forces. [...]
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No atheist burials in Co Donegal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7588035.stm
Mr Greenslade’s mother had to be buried in a cemetery in Derry
A Donegal atheist had to be buried in Londonderry because the county has no facilities for non-religious burials.
Journalist Roy Greenslade’s mother was buried in Ballyowen cemetery in Derry on Tuesday after a humanist service.
He said he [...]
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http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article4619390.ece
At the end of a leafy road is a maximum-security prison where some of the 51 women sentenced to death in America await their fate. Ariel Leve was given unprecedented access
When Debra Schaefer goes to work, gates and doors lock behind her. For eight hours she is unable to leave. If something catastrophic were to [...]
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Posted in Bad Theology, Capital Punishment, Control, Crime, Culture, Deception, Documentary, Fundamentalism, Politics, Social Skills, Urban Decay, Violence, War on Sunday, August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2653266/Preachers-of-separatism-at-work-inside-Britains-mosques.html
Britain’s leading Muslim bodies say they are fighting extremism. In one of our most respected mosques, Sara Hassan came face to face with hardline female preachers of separatism. Here, she reports on the shocking results of her investigation
Sarah Hassan went undercover at the Regent’s Park Mosque where she joined the women’s circle Photo: CHANNEL [...]
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Posted in Culture, Media on Saturday, August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Smith and Nephew from mate on Vimeo.
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Posted in Architecture, Art, Culture, Design on Saturday, August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some amazing bridges at this web site, complete with video to show how they work….
http://deputy-dog.com/2008/08/26/9-amazingly-unique-bridges-you-may-not-have-seen/
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http://www.readnrock.com/?p=42
I can say that most of drivers will be fooled by this speed control device. Continue reading you’ll find the secret. Clever!
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If you are into street art, just visit the whole collection at Flickr. There are almost 100 pictures there.
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