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Google wants to build an online news index that will go back. Way back. However, you'll have to access the stories at the originating websites, which means you'll have to pay. An excerpt from the Sept. 6 AP story on CTV.ca: Google Inc. is expanding its online news index to include stories published years ago, [...]
Fri, September 8 2006 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
As Canadian soldiers continue slugging it out with the Taliban in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, the country's defence minister and top general admit the Islamist insurgents can't be defeated by force alone. However, Gen. Rick Hillier, the chief of defence staff, said the plan all along has been to defeat the Taliban [...]
Fri, September 8 2006 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page » Comments Off
At least 10 Florida-based journalists received payments from the U.S. government to contribute to anti-Cuba propaganda broadcasts, the Miami Herald reports. An excerpt from the BBC story: Three writers have been sacked by the Miami Herald newspaper group for an alleged conflict of interest. One was paid $175,000 (£98,000) for hosting shows on the US-funded [...]