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...however, the Guardian has bet its building that the future lies in so-called media integration - the same single staff for newsprint, Internet and the video and audio reportage that are increasingly turning Internet news into a multimedia circus. The Guardian's new headquarters in the King's Cross area of London - it moved in December - houses enough video studios and fancy hardware to allow the Guardian to compete not just with other newspaper sites, but with...
Remaking Basra is no small task. Caught in the cross fire of the Iran-Iraq war and Iraq's occupation and retreat from Kuwait, brutally punished for uprisings against Saddam Hussein only to see his tyranny give way to the mob rule of Shi'ite militias, both the city and the province of Basra have sustained deep wounds over three decades. British forces and government agencies based in Basra after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion expected to be received as liberators. But they failed to convince locals that they could deliver on their promises of reconstruction and development, leaving young...
...past few weeks, hundreds of civilians have been killed in the fighting, according to the Red Cross, during an assault by the army, which is determined to finish off the Tigers once and for all. An estimated 250,000 civilians are still trapped inside a rapidly shrinking war zone--the last remaining 40 sq. mi. (103 sq km) held by the Tigers--and the army is preparing to expand the camps to house them. The Defense Ministry says more than 6,000 new IDPs crossed into army-held territory in just a few days in mid-February...
...members discussed using the internet to publicize events and dedicating shuttles to take students to and from games. “We want women to feel a responsibility to go to a game, even if it’s cold out and they don’t want to cross the bridge,” Delany-Smith said. “Just go to the game, paint your face, and cheer them on.” Speakers said the lackluster attendance reflected broader issues discouraging participation in women’s sports, which they said suffer from a false comparison...
...That means that this latest controversy isn't likely to go away any time soon, and that Illinois' elected representatives will once again be distracted from the pressing business of running the state. "You think it's all over, then we're dumbfounded," said Republican House Leader Tom Cross. "I almost thought we had hit rock bottom with the last two governors, almost like an alcoholic or some other addict hits bottom before gathering himself together to get better, get some discipline and climb out of it. Maybe, hopefully, we've hit it now." After the last couple of days...