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- Réaction d'AC ! Paris à la suite de la grande brualité de la télé impériale à l'égard des intermittents. TF1 souhaite diffuser sa soupe en paix. |
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- L'émission phare de TF1 est annulée, samedi 18 octobre, alors qu'en direct, des intermittents déplient une immense banderolle "ETEIGNEZ VOS TELES !" |
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- John Sundman, a man who had three children with rare, horrible diseases, discovered that the human genome was being mapped for profit, with the intention of rendering the results into a proprietary storehouse to be sold to the highest bidder. That's why he's taken a compelling interest in the human genome project, a successful effort to map the genome and turn the data over to the public domain. Today in Salon is the first part of the story. Link |
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- Anche la BBC ha una Top 100, questi però sono libri votati dalla ggente (infatti c’è Coelho al primo posto). |
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- Mr. Michael Getler Ombudsman The Washington Post Dear Mr. Getler: George Orwell in his famous essay, Politics and the English... |
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- Quote of the Day -- By William Greider -- Oct. 21, 2003 (The Nation) "I am interpreting these events against... |
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- Cuba Second From Last, Just Ahead of North Korea (Reporters Without Borders) -- In its second annual world press rankings,... |
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- The Court Historian and the Unbearable Facts of History Dear "Abu Spinoza" Thanks for putting the record straight re the... |
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In Box (Oct 21 2003 23:39 GMT) - 'Putting the Record Straight' (Letters to Press Action/Oct. 21, 2003) -- Check out the latest reader comments on Abu Spinoza's... |
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- The Toronto Sinfonietta performs live orchestral musical selections from Mozart, Bartok and Kodaly as accompaniment to 16 mm screening... |
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- Matlab style python plotting package |
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- Merveilles 8: CiscoBlog / F. Grossman - 19/10Et puis j'ai arrêté : je ne vais plus au théâtre depuis plusieurs années. Mon fils, Dieu merci, n'a rien à voir avec ça. |
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Si d'avenir (Oct 21 2003 23:38 GMT) - Si d'avenir: trying to find myself / dek - 13/10(audio) |
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- je est plusieurs - 17/10 : MarylènePendant quelque chose comme deux ans, je n'ai jamais eu l'impression de tourner en rond. J'ai vraiment pris du plaisir à ce que je faisais. J'ai écrit des tas d'entrées qui n'ont jamais été postées, je me suis souvent retrouvée à publier des trucs que je n'avais jamais pensé écrire. Le premier coup est venu du boulot, le jour où ils m'ont coupé l'accès ftp. |
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Big E (Oct 21 2003 23:38 GMT) - I woke up this morning with something vague and unsettling lurking... in my stomach. What was it? Suddenly it came back to me: Last night. |
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- Twelve opposition activists were arrested in Cote d'Ivoire last week onsuspiscion of planning the assassination of several leading figures in thegovernment, including Mamadou Coulibaly, the speaker of parliament,government sources said on Tuesday. |
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- Nigeria's newest Cardinal Dr Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, is among 31Catholic "princes" slated for formal admission today by The Vatican into theelite cadre. |
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- Diplomatic relations between Togo and Burkina Faso which have been onthe best of terms for some years now took a nose-dive last Thursday when theBurkinabe military Prosecutor General Abdoulaye Barry implicated Togo in arecent botched coup attempt in which twelve soldiers and one civilian werearrested in Ouagadougou on the 6th of October, 2003. |
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- A week after the inauguration of a new government in Liberia, a UnitedNations inter-agency mission has found that displaced persons "continue tostream" into refugee camps, which need to be expanded, according to a reportfrom the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). |
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- Authorities at the Ministry of Interior, Post and Telecommunications inNouakchott, have, within one week, between October 12 and 18, 2003, bannedor seized print runs of four weekly newspapers in Mauritania. The affectedpublications are: "Le Calame", "Le Journal du Jeudi", "Le Sahara" and"Essahiva". |
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- One week after the inauguration of the government of nationalreconciliation in Monrovia, UNHCR and other organizations are drawing upplans to provide emergency aid to thousands of displaced people who havereturned to their homes in northwestern Liberia. An inter-agency missionflew to the region on Saturday and was met in Voinjama, 260 kms north ofMonrovia, by scores of Liberians. The daylong visit to Voinjama was thefirst since the UN pulled out of the area four years ago. |
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- This morning, a second group of 12 young Ivorian nationals will beairlifted from the Liberian capital Monrovia. All had fled western Côted'Ivoire a year ago to find refuge in neighbouring Liberia before beingregistered by IOM and Ivorian embassy staff in Monrovia. |
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- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Friday, October 17,arson attack on the offices of the private, biweekly Independent newspaper,located in a suburb of the capital, Banjul. |
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- NIGERIA may have emerged overall winners of the just concluded 8th AllAfrica Games, tagged Abuja 2003. But, unknown to millions of Nigerians, thecountry share a unique All Africa Games athletics record with the legendaryKenyans. |
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- PRESIDENT JOHN Agyekum Kufuor and two of his ministers made appearancebefore the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)through the Attorney General to answer charges of alleged malfeasance,corruption and conflict of interest raised against them on the renovationworks carried out on the president's private residence in 2001. |
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- THE DISTRICT Chief Executive for Upper Denkyira in the Central Region,Richard Anane Adabor was last week arrested and granted a ¢100million policeenquiry bail in connection with the murder of a 45-year old farmer. Scoresof other people including the chief of Twifu-Kyebi are in police custody fortheir suspected involvement in the murder. |
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- The just concluded 8th All Africa games in Abuja have been described asa 'Swindle', which was poorly organised and fraudulently executed. |
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- President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN),Basho-run Jaiye K. Randle has declared that the debt rescheduling option forthe management of Nigeria's debt is "unfair to the future generation,especially when monies borrowed were not applied to productive uses." |
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- As the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) draws nearer, aninternational non-governmental organisation, African Environmental ActionNetwork (EANet-Africa) has concluded plan to initiate programmes gearedtowards transforming Abuja into a model city in Africa. |
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- The speaker of the parliament of Ghana and the chairman of the AfricanParliament Union (APU), Mr. Peter Adjetey, yesterday blamed the weakness ofparliaments in Africa on the absence of institutional consciousness, poorrelations with civil society and lack of information to ensure effectiveoversight of the executive arm. |
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- Mauritania and Niger could suffer extensive crop destruction from anincreasing number of locusts that has grouped in parts of the two Saheliannations if not mitigated, the United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO) warned on Monday. |
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- Henrique Rosa, the interim president of Guinea-Bissau, promised on Tuesday that more than 10 months of pay arrears owed to civil servants would be paid soon. |
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- Thousands of Liberians caught up behind rebel lines deep in the interior have been without any assistance for several years and urgently need relief aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday. |
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- There probably isn't a Canadian over 10 who can't hum the Hinterland Who's Who music. By way of an explanation... |
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- in the night / the seller of roses returns / ascending and creaking |
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- Who’s Running Your Town—Faith or Fear? by Kenneth Copeland Your influence in this world is far greater than just the confines of your house, your yard and your little work space at the office. Actually, if the truth were known,... |
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- Vertu is the latest ridiculo-phone -- a handset (whoops, I mean, an "instrument") made of precious metals that costs as much as a downpayment on a house and will be obsolete in six months to a year. Link (Thanks, Kev!) |
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- Headlight I never wear my "real" diamond anymore. Why? It's in |
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- The new AlmostGolf Ball is a lightweight, high performance, off-course golf ball that has the true flight pattern of a real ball, yet flies just half the distance, making it safe for use in backyards, parks and schools and campuses. [PRWEB Oct 21, 2003] |
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- I made it to Number 6 on Blogger Forum's "Top BlogSpot Sites." They were actually nice enough to email me and let me know. Thanks guys! Lots of bloggie goodness at Blogger Forum, so pay a visit. |
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- This is Chirag Shah reporting with the latest biotechnology law news. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act[PDF] which unanimously cleared the Senate last week now awaits passage in the House. The legislation is designed to prevent employers and h |
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