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THE OTHER WHITE MEAT. Lion tastes like pork, costs $60 a pound and may be supplied by a shadowy underground network. Behind the growing U.S. trade in lion meat.
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The uprisings have brought Turkey to the forefront of Arab minds – and, in the process, have underlined how important is the integration between Turkey and the EU. When a Moroccan taxi-driver in New York or an Egyptian waiter in London asks whether Turkey will some day be a member of the…
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Cape Town, South Africa: South Africans build a burning barricade during riots over housing. (Nic Bothma)
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Columbia School of Journalism Dean Nicholas Lemann.
Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera’s English service will be awarded the highest honor of New York’s Columbia School of Journalism for its coverage of unrest in the Middle East, the university said on Wednesday.
The Columbia Journalism Award honors “singular journalism in the public interest.” The Columbia School of Journalism is also home to the The Pulitzer Prize Board, which annually honors journalism, books, drama and poetry. (source)
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Daily chart: average age at first marriage. Prince William, at 28, is somewhat younger then the average British groom. He marries a woman older than himself: something no future King of England has done since 1705.
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Congrats to photojournalists Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti for winning the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. View their work from Haiti, where a 7.0 magnitude earthquake left an estimated 316,000 dead. PHOTOS: Haiti’s profound sorrow
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Are Indian Engineering Grads Unprepared for Work?
Many recent engineering grads in India say that after months of job hunting they are still unemployed and lack the skills necessary to join the workforce. Critics say corruption and low standards are to blame. Poh Si Teng reports from New Delhi.
Sophia Loren.
“A house is like a person, you must be together for awhile to be comfortable,” Loren said about the villa she called her “first real home.”
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5 minutes of Syria.
With protests and conflict being reported in Syria, we thought it would be a great time to display a few different sides of the country that you may not see in the current media reporting. We originally posted this video a while back, but thought it was the right time to feature it again. Enjoy.
Not much to really say here. Dope. Fresh. Fly. Period.
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Film Weekly live podcast: Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine
Presented by Simon Hattenstone and produced by Jason Phipps
This week we come live from the Barbican in London, where director Jim Loach discusses his debut, Oranges and Sunshine
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