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A catch-up post, as I am still in a state of post-election torpor. From the Oct. 16 Globe and Mail: Ending months of speculation, CBC management has confirmed that it is not renewing the contracts of two of its star, veteran foreign correspondents, Don Murray in London and Patrick Brown in Beijing. Despite their long careers [...]
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I caught the tail end of Zombie Walk 2007 last year (see this post for deets). Zombie Walk 2008 starts at 3 p.m. today at the pit in Trinity Bellwoods Park and works its way south to Queen, east to Bathurst and then north to Bloor. At the tail end of my post from last year, I [...]
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Marx's Das Kapital makes a comeback From the AP story on globeandmail.com: Some Germans seem to be seeking solace in the words of their countryman Karl Marx amid the global financial crisis – to the delight of a small academic publisher. The Karl-Dietz Verlag has sold 1,500 copies of Marx's Das Kapital this year, making [...]
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There is something of a triumphalist tone in Toronto Star public editor Kathy English's column today that anonymous web comments will no longer be printed on the Star's letters page. From the Star: I've edited the Letters page at another newspaper and I'm a strong believer in the connection between a newspaper's credibility and the [...]
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From the BBC: Human rights campaigners have welcomed an announcement by Iran that appears to end the execution of juveniles. Iran is believed to be the country that executes the largest number of juvenile offenders – defined as those aged under 18 – in the world. At least six youths have been executed in Iran [...]
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