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Date:Tuesday Mar 03, 2009

links for 2009-03-03 • The science of selling out | Magazine | BBC NEWS | "Is it heartbreaking for Iggy Pop to sell insurance?", perhaps, but just as heartbreaking to see John Lydon sell butter. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Monday Mar 02, 2009

links for 2009-03-02 • 'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy | Science & Environment | BBC NEWS | "What we have shown is that the English navy and its gun founders were almost 50 years ahead of their time technologically" concludes Marine archaeologist Mensun Bound of Oxford. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Sunday Mar 01, 2009

links for 2009-03-01 • Two sexes 'sin in different ways' | Europe | World | BBC NEWS | Women are prouder than men, but men are more lustful, according to a Vatican report which states that the two sexes sin differently. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Saturday Feb 28, 2009

links for 2009-02-28 • Global downturn: In graphics | Business | BBC NEWS | Some of the key facts and figures behind the turmoil in the global financial markets; in easy to consume graphical formats. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:07 GMT

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Date:Friday Feb 27, 2009

links for 2009-02-27 • Home repossessions rise to 40,000 | Business | BBC NEWS | Harrowing news that number of home repossessed in the UK by lenders rose by 54% to 40,000, thankfully this is less than predicted by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), however they still expect that repossessions this. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:16 GMT

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Date:Tuesday Feb 24, 2009

links for 2009-02-24 • BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Netanyahu to form Israel cabinet Great, just what the world needs right now, another right-wing Israeli Government; Not. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 20:46 GMT

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Date:Thursday Feb 19, 2009

links for 2009-02-19 • Press reviews: Henry's Othello | Entertainment | BBC NEWS | One of the UK's favourite comedians and Black Countrymen, Lenny Henry, dazzles critics and audiences with his portrayal of Othello in Shakespeare's play of the same name. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:48 GMT

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Date:Wednesday Feb 18, 2009

links for 2009-02-18 • Race for 'God particle' heats up | Science & Environment | BBC NEWS | Competition is healthy for both Europe and the US, says Professor Lyn Evans, project leader of the European Large Hadron Collider (LHC), though missing out on the Higgs would be "sour. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:49 GMT

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Date:Saturday Jan 31, 2009

links for 2009-01-31 • BBC NEWS | Politics | 10 lessons from my Euro MP's life BBC political reporter Brian Wheeler spent a week living the life of a Member of the European Parliament. • ..... View Comments