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Rick Santorum v Barack Obama: America's clash of civilisations | Michael Wolff

guardian.co.uk — The most practical - or, at least, the more practical - Republican candidate is, after all the high jinks, supposed to win, which has been the singular case for Mitt Romney. But it is now suddenly quite possible that the least-practical, most far-fetched figure, will pull it off.
are you asking him or telling him? “@MichaelWolffNYC: Jesus, I write a good column http://t.co/05I4ilHx
"Everybody is still quite deadpan. Nobody's yet officially gobsmacked" @MichaelWolffNYC on Santorum's rise http://t.co/fqSLbw34
This is a great read: juicy, funny, insightful. MT @MichaelWolffNYC: Santorum: Finally, the values fight http://t.co/b99XPH1v
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Colvin: why we journalists must continue going to war despite the dangers

guardian.co.uk — Related informationOther lives: National newspaper journalist who worked for the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times Journalists' death toll increases The number of journalists killed around the world increased in 2003, with Iraq standing out as the most dangerous assignment. Comments on this page are now closed.
Article from 2010 quoting Marie Colvin on: why journalists must continue going to war despite the dangers http://t.co/dm0wt8q8 via @guardian
Colvin: why we journalists must continue going to war despite the dangers http://t.co/G9ldaT5w via @guardian
RT @RemyOurdan: Marie Colvin: why we journalists must continue going to war despite the dangers http://t.co/KWnIJyKe via @guardian
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Rowan Atkinson: BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly

guardian.co.uk — The BBC should have been free to drop Miriam O'Reilly from Countryfile without attracting any accusations of age discrimination, according to comedian Rowan Atkinson, in a controversial intervention into the debate about the lack of older women on television.
Does 'creative freedom' mean a world liberated from Johnny English? Rowan Atkinson: BBC shld be able to drop O'Reilly http://t.co/LjIVaNME
What was Rowan Atkinson thinking? BBC shld have been allowed to drop O'Reilly http://t.co/tgm35AOB #women Interesting comments here
*Insert appropriate expletive here* Rowan Atkinson: BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly http://t.co/E8NZb6zz via @guardian
Rowan Atkinson: BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly http://t.co/4aFYwYo4 via @guardian
Rowan Atkinson wades into ageism debate - BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly http://t.co/i9fm2oJN

A4e compelled jobseekers to work unpaid in its own offices

guardian.co.uk — The company at the centre of a police investigation into an alleged abuse of government back-to-work contracts compelled jobseekers to work unpaid in its own offices for at least a month at a time, the Guardian can reveal.

Remi Ochlik's photojournalism - a collection

guardian.co.uk — The French photographer Remi Ochlik has died in Syria after a shell hit a safe house for journalists in Homs. Here we display some of his work
RT @fshields: A tribute to the talented photojournalist Remi Ochlik killed while documenting the conflict in Syria http://t.co/pf0iJZXa
RT @richardkendall: Such emotive images, a tribute to a brave journalist: Remi Ochlik's photojournalism - a collection http://t.co/pc1YN6kL
RT @fshields Tribute to the talented photojournalist Remi Ochlik killed while documenting the conflict in Syria http://t.co/w1shsPZc #Syria

Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice'

guardian.co.uk — Your Royal Highness, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured and humbled to be speaking to you at this service tonight to remember the journalists and their support staff who gave their lives to report from the war zones of the 21st century. I have been a war correspondent for most of my professional life.
Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice' http://t.co/nuUH6SOn via @guardian
RT @elleotz: Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice' http://t.co/EbyxRADd #mar ...
The incomparable Marie Colvin is lost to us and all those she dared to face danger for: RIP to a legend. http://t.co/C8Ag0XyN
Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice' http://t.co/LKRXPNhs via @guardian
RT @NeaveBarker Marie #Colvin's 2010 speech - on the importance of war reporting (in full) http://t.co/pQAjyase via @guardian
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Scientist who lied to obtain Heartland documents faces fight to save job

guardian.co.uk — The career and reputation of the scientist behind the Heartland Institute exposé was in jeopardy on Wednesday night, after his employers said they were reviewing his use of deception to obtain confidential documents.
Scientist who lied to obtain Heartland documents faces fight to save job http://t.co/NQvXwNb1 via @suzyji in the @guardian
Major funder 'disappointed in Gleick's poor judgment' in Heartland deception http://t.co/gFIcMEJy #eg
Scientist who lied to obtain Heartland documents faces fight to save job http://t.co/gFIcMEJy via @guardian #eg

Marie Colvin experienced war alongside those who suffered in war

guardian.co.uk — Marie Colvin, who has been killed in the Syrian city of Homs during an artillery attack, had a knack of getting to places where other journalists had not been, getting there first and staying when others had long gone.
RT @MishalHusainBBC: Marie Colvin's mother: 'Her legacy is be passionate and be involved in what you believe in' http://t.co/7WTPolUA vi ...
Peter Beaumont on Marie #colvin "I think reports of my survival may be exaggerated. In Baba Amr. Sickening..." http://t.co/m8wVGZ47
Marie Colvin experienced war alongside those who suffered in war http://t.co/xpLPobPv
Marie Colvin experienced war alongside those who suffered in war http://t.co/6FMw39TS via @guardian
"Above all, she wanted to tell the stories of the victims of war." Marie Colvin by @petersbeaumont http://t.co/BIqHSY1Q
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CNN Arizona Republican debate - live

guardian.co.uk — 7.00pm: Welcome to live coverage of the 20th and perhaps final debate between the GOP presidential candidates, this time in sunny Arizona.
So far this GOP debate is like watching three drunks trying to start a fight and falling over http://t.co/ZMhS5eb0
Here we go again: live blogging the Arizona Republican debate http://t.co/ZMhS5eb0 part 20
@RichardA: Here we go again: live blogging the Arizona Republican debate http://t.co/JCXw1qik part 20”

Journalists killed in Syria - live updates

guardian.co.uk — Claim of 500 defectors joining Free Syrian ArmyLast day of Mubarak's trial in EgyptNine reported dead in Yemen election violence 8.55am: Two foreign journalists have been killed in Homs today, according to an unconfirmed report from al-Jazeera citing activists in the city.
MT @stuartmillar159: 7 more killed today trying to get medical supplies into Homs: http://t.co/7LommP55
After the deaths of Colvin and Ochlik, 7 more killed today trying to get medical supplies into Homs - Avaaz http://t.co/iaEvVEEs #Syria
Rupert Murdoch pays tribute to Marie Colvin: "One of the most outstanding foreign correspondents of her generation" http://t.co/jKm3Y7DL
Two journalists, killed in Homs. Avaaz: "They were directly targeted." http://t.co/bQ3V3oTq
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Marie Colvin obituary

guardian.co.uk — Marie Colvin, who has been killed by a shell in Syria aged 56, was a fearless but never foolhardy war correspondent who believed passionately in the need to report on conflicts from the frontline. In a career spanning 30 years, she covered wars from around the world for the Sunday Times and was renowned for her compassionate, clear writing.
"The bravest woman I have ever known" - Marie Colvin obituary http://t.co/rbFZ4qVY
"What I want most, when I get out of hospital, is a vodka martini and a cigarette" Marie Colvin obituary http://t.co/LOaBqVKM

'Virtual diving' becomes a reality as 360-degree panoramas of Great Barrier Reef go online

guardian.co.uk — Armchair scuba divers across the world and marine conservationists will soon be able to immerse themselves in the most spectacular survey of the Great Barrier Reef ever undertaken, thanks to a new research project unveiled by Google and its partners on Thursday.
RT @guardiantech: 'Virtual diving' becomes a reality as 360-degree panoramas of Great Barrier Reef go online http://t.co/HZ9VdRG2

Phone hacking: Cherie Blair to sue News International

guardian.co.uk — Tony Blair's wife to take action against Glenn Mulcaire and NI over the alleged hacking of her phone by News of the World Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister, is suing News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over the alleged hacking of her phone by the News of the World.

Colvin: why we journalists must continue going to war despite the dangers

guardian.co.uk — Related informationOther lives: National newspaper journalist who worked for the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times Journalists' death toll increases The number of journalists killed around the world increased in 2003, with Iraq standing out as the most dangerous assignment. Comments on this page are now closed.
Marie Colvin on her job, why she did it, and why the risks were worth it: http://t.co/nA3wDKC8 via @markaustinitv http://t.co/YTwVafTx
RT @burke_jason: RT @lucymanning: Marie Colvin on why the job of a foreign reporter matters so much: http://t.co/AugyE00W
RT @lucymanning: Marie Colvin on why the job of a foreign reporter matters so much: http://t.co/I6nsnPPc
Just over a year ago at St Brides Marie gave the stoutest justification for the risks she took .http://t.co/gAUk5vnN
Marie Colvin on why the job of a foreign reporter matters so much: http://t.co/gAUk5vnN
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India's elite is blinded by a cultish belief in progress | Siddhartha Deb

guardian.co.uk — From 2007 to 2009, during the process of gathering material for a non-fiction book on India, I often found myself exposed to the aspirations of its upper and middle classes.
"India's elite is blinded by a cultish belief in progress | Siddhartha Deb" http://t.co/0G3aHvx4 via @dina

Has Denmark run out of TV actors?

guardian.co.uk — Familiar faces from The Killing and Borgen return in ITV3's new Those Who Kill First Ulrik Strange, Sarah Lund's sidekick from The Killing, turned up in Borgen as glamorous political husband Philip Christensen. Then weedy news editor Torben Friis was revealed to be Lund's previous sidekick, Jan Meyer.
Has Denmark run out of actors? First piece I have ever done to come with its own venn diagram. http://t.co/fvF8CgmQ
The Killing/Borgen/Those Who Kill - a handy Venn diagram of Denmark's busiest actors. http://t.co/q6Btva5d

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz celebrated in a Google doodle

guardian.co.uk — German physicist, whose experiments led to the wireless telegraph and the radio, has his 155th birthday marked Google's latest animated doodle celebrates the 155th birthday of Heinrich Hertz, the German physicist whose experiments with electromagnetic waves led to the development of the wireless telegraph and the radio.
So nobody pointed out that http://t.co/i4ieIvtT Google's Herz doodle wasn't actually EM waves or sines?

We must fashion a new media landscape | Norman Fowler

guardian.co.uk — A year or two before the phone-hacking scandal engulfed News International I was one of a small group who interviewed Rupert Murdoch in New York. At the time I was chairman of the House of Lords communications committee and, unlike some we interviewed, Murdoch set out with clarity just how he saw his role as a newspaper proprietor.
UK media ownership rules should encompass Google & the BBC as well as News Corp, says Lord Fowler http://t.co/oL5ms04I
Interesting thoughts on Murdoch dominance, BBC power and tightening up media regulation from Norman Fowler here: http://t.co/wguxfzAP

Remi Ochlik's photojournalism - a collection

guardian.co.uk — The French photographer Remi Ochlik has died in Syria after a shell hit a safe house for journalists in Homs. Here we display some of his work

Marie Colvin's killing piles pressure on Assad as civilian death toll rises

guardian.co.uk — The deaths of veteran Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, and the rising toll of civilian dead in Syria, has prompted renewed calls for an end to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
RT @asmale_iht: Acall to us all? marie Colvin's killing piles pressure on Assad as civilian death toll rises http://t.co/3D933Jp1 via @g ...
Marie Colvin's killing piles pressure on Syria's Assad as civilian death toll rises http://t.co/xE3SIQAl on @guardian

Remi Ochlik: I expected to see horrible things. Yes, I was afraid

guardian.co.uk — One of the biggest talents of his generation, photojournalist killed after shell hits safe house for journalists in Homs, Syria Remi Ochlik, 28, who has been killed in Homs alongside the veteran war reporter Marie Colvin, was an award-winning French photojournalist, considered one of the biggest talents of a new generation of photographer-reporters.
Remi Ochlik: I expected to see horrible things. Yes, I was afraid http://t.co/oUFtn631
Remi Ochlik on war reporting: I expected to see horrible things. Yes, I was afraid http://t.co/h4C2aYy9

CNN Arizona Republican debate - live

guardian.co.uk — 7.00pm: Welcome to live coverage of the 20th and perhaps final debate between the GOP presidential candidates, this time in sunny Arizona.
After live blogging 20 GOP debates, I think I made a big mistake leaving the farm http://t.co/rc4JEYuQ

Muslim student monitored by the NYPD: 'It just brings everything home'

guardian.co.uk — Nearly four years after the NYPD listed his name in documents aimed at uncovering potential terrorists, Jawad Rasul is speaking out. The 24-year-old says he would like to help the department in its efforts at fighting homegrown threats. One of the first steps, he argues, is eliminating the kinds of covert surveillance programs that have targeted people like him.
RT @resnikoff: In which @RDevro interviews a target of the NYPD's Muslim surveillance program. http://t.co/EFEgYPKI Raise your hand if y ...

Mosaic touts specialized fertilizer to woo farmers

Fertilizer producer @MosaicCompany sees its specialized blend of #fertilizer pellets as the future of the industry http://t.co/wK7ocEes $MOS
Fertilizer producer @MosaicCompany sees its specialized blend of #fertlizer pellets as the future of the industry http://t.co/wK7ocEes $MOS

CNN Arizona Republican debate - live

guardian.co.uk — 7.00pm: Welcome to live coverage of the 20th and perhaps final debate between the GOP presidential candidates, this time in sunny Arizona.

A4e forced to repay public money five times after DWP found 'irregularities'

guardian.co.uk — Four former employees have been arrested at welfare-to-work company A4e, whose chair is adviser to David Cameron A welfare-to-work company at the centre of a criminal investigation has previously had to repay public funds on five separate occasions after government investigations into fraud allegations found evidence of "irregularities", the Guardian can disclose.
A4e forced to repay public money five times after after DWP found 'irregularities' http://t.co/kXC2NTzS #workprogramme
A4e forced to repay public money five times after 'irregularities' found http://t.co/kXC2NTzS << ah, so not the first time.. #workprogramme
A4e forced to repay public money five times after DWP found 'irregularities' http://t.co/n4kgDDP1 via @guardian
A4e forced to repay public money five times after DWP found 'irregularities' http://t.co/uESuxbnt

England's new home jersey unveiled by Umbro

guardian.co.uk — • Jersey to be used against Holland next Wednesday • First England top to consist solely of red and white Umbro have unveiled the latest England jersey that will make its debut in England's friendly against Holland next Wednesday.
Yet another new England footy shirt is unveiled. No blue. Controversial? Or a good thing? http://t.co/eXxIRTZR By @ianmccourt

Republican nomination 2012: explore the questions asked during the live debates

guardian.co.uk — Journalists moderating the Republican debates have their priorities, you have yours. But do they match up? The Guardian and NYU's Studio 20 studied all the questions journalists have asked during the 20 Republican debates held so far. The results reveal the obsessions of the campaign press, and what they think the presidential election is about.

CNN Arizona Republican debate - live

guardian.co.uk — 7.00pm: Welcome to live coverage of the 20th and perhaps final debate between the GOP presidential candidates, this time in sunny Arizona.

The GOP debates: what questions do journalists like to ask?

guardian.co.uk — What gets asked at the debates is a good reflection of what journalists think the 2012 campaign is about. After all, reporters could ask about almost anything, right? (Even pizza.) So we decided to examine all the questions that have been posed to the Republican candidates in the 20 debates since May 5 2011.
There have been more mentions of Olympics in this debate than Super Pacs in the previous 19 http://t.co/faFFZn3m #CNNDebate #unasked

Luke Donald's world No1 spot under threat after Ernie Els blows him away

guardian.co.uk — The madness of matchplay claimed another victim here as Luke Donald, the defending champion and world No1, was run out of town by the man formerly known as the Big Easy.
• Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy through in World Match Play• Paul Lawrie defeats Justin Rose in final-hole thril... http://t.co/dCZpTutn

Frank Carson obituary

guardian.co.uk — The catchphrase of Frank Carson was "It's the way I tell 'em". The Belfast-born comedian, who has died aged 85, had an ingenuous, robust and manically assertive way with a gag, but could sometimes be almost uniquely insensitive to the possible effect on other people.

Rowan Atkinson: BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly

guardian.co.uk — The BBC should have been free to drop Miriam O'Reilly from Countryfile without attracting any accusations of age discrimination, according to comedian Rowan Atkinson, in a controversial intervention into the debate about the lack of older women on television.
I'm not sure what's making me more cross: Rowan Atkinson's ludicrous argument, or the commenters agreeing with him http://t.co/8eMHFS9l
Rowan Atkinson: BBC should have been allowed to drop Miriam O'Reilly http://t.co/vk4SUsRV
Rowan Atkinson's argument as to why Miriam O'Reilly shouldn't have had any legal recourse is almost wilfully illogical http://t.co/8eMHFS9l

London 2012: table tennis player Joanna Parker - video profile

guardian.co.uk — London 2012: table tennis player Joanna Parker – video profile Joanna Parker, Great Britain's top women's table tennis athlete and Olympic hopeful, is challenged by the Guardian's Barry Glendenning to a game of 'wiff-waff'.
Ever wondered how bad @bglendenning might be at table tennis? Skip to 4min 30sec in this video and watch the man serve: http://t.co/HVrM3b6W
this is GENIUS RT @bglendenning I've already explained it was cut to make me look bad. http://t.co/YCHW14sl
Not every day we get to watch @bglendenning have his arse handed to him at table-tennis, but here you go http://t.co/iRPIrzfd

CNN Arizona Republican debate - live

guardian.co.uk — 7.00pm: Welcome to live coverage of the 20th and perhaps final debate between the GOP presidential candidates, this time in sunny Arizona.
Tonight's GOP debate summed up in one handy pictorial http://t.co/TC2518YP

Newsdesk live - Wednesday 22 February

guardian.co.uk — Each day on the Newsdesk live blog, the Guardian's national news team will bring you the news as we break it, explain how we choose what we report and why – and ask you to get involved. Send us your ideas, evidence and experiences to help shape our coverage.
RT @pollycurtis: Newsdesk live is experimenting with the Guardian's new liveblogging platform see http://t.co/KtrebnJI what do you think?
Fascinated that #iamspartacus has returned this morning Guardian wants to write about its origins + new campaign form http://t.co/KtrebnJI
Guardian's @pollycurtis is testing a new liveblogging system: http://t.co/8v61EeYP What do you think? (I quite like, similar to BBC's)
RT @JosephStash: Another thing for all you media-hawks, the Guardian are now using a new liveblogging system: http://t.co/Zl4hLKEm
Newsdesk live is experimenting with the Guardian's new liveblogging platform see http://t.co/KtrebnJI what do you think?

The #unasked project: revving up for the GOP debate in Arizona

guardian.co.uk — We've asked readers and colleagues to take a look at our findings and tell us what topics they think have been underrepresented, and they came back with some interesting questions just in time for tonight's debate.

Sky1 hopes Chickens will hatch into a comedy hit

guardian.co.uk — Sky1 has swooped for Chickens, a sitcom starring The Inbetweeners' Simon Bird and Joe Thomas after Channel 4 decided not to go ahead with a full series. The satellite broadcaster will regard it as quite a coup - or should that be coop?

HSBC bonus cap is not what it seems

guardian.co.uk — Despite the £50,000 bonus cap, HSBC will still be able to hand its star players the £200,000 in cash they were expecting by issuing shares and selling them immediately When HSBC announces on Monday that it will cap cash bonuses for UK staff at £50,000 one thing is clear: it should not be interpreted as a sign of bonus restraint.

Big Fat Gypsy Wedding ads cleared by watchdog

guardian.co.uk — ASA clears advert featuring boy copying football stars by spitting on the field, despite complaints it was offensive. By Mark Sweney ASA says campaign is an accurate portrayal of the show despite more than 300 complaints that it is offensive and racist The advertising watchdog has cleared Channel 4's ad campaign for Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, despite more than 300 complaints from members of the public and the Traveller community that it is offensive and racist.
Ah! Apparently 'Gypsier' means new C4 series "offers more insight into Traveller communities" That's alright then. http://t.co/CgUOuyAP

Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin killed in Syria

guardian.co.uk — The veteran Sunday Times correspondent, Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik have been killed in the Syrian city of Homs after a shell hit the house in which they were staying. Two other foreign reporters as well as seven activists from the ravaged Bab al-Amr neighbourhood were also wounded in the deadliest attack on western media since the Syrian uprising began almost one year ago.
RT @martinchulov: Updated story on Marie Colvin's death in Syria, including her last missive to a friend last night http://t.co/L1BwVaSw ...
Very important read RT@martinchulov: Updated story on Marie Colvin's death in #Syria incl last missive http://t.co/iPxbZkFz via @guardian
Updated story on Marie Colvin's death in Syria, including her last missive to a friend last night http://t.co/L1BwVaSw via @guardian
Another sad farewell to a colleague. Vale Sunday Times's Marie Colvin killed in #Syria http://t.co/L1BwVaSw via @guardian

Diver Tom Daley can't have his cake and eat it, says Matthew Mitcham

guardian.co.uk — • Australian diver said Daley must live with medal pressure• Daley competes at Fina World Cup on Thursday One of Tom Daley's main Olympic rivals has described as "curious" his attempt to manage medal expectations in the wake of the Briton's public dispute with his coach.
Diver Tom Daley can't have his cake and eat it, says Matthew Mitcham http://t.co/20QZ9Uga

Ex-Greggs chief attacks executive pay

guardian.co.uk — The former boss of Greggs, who built the bakery business into one of the UK's most successful high street chains, has become the first senior executive to break ranks with his peers and attack the level of boardroom pay in corporate Britain.
Ex-Greggs boss Sir Mike Darrington launches campaign against excessive boardroom pay http://t.co/XWSN9GtT #corpgov #business

Journalists killed in Arab spring uprisings: timeline

guardian.co.uk — Journalists and media workers killed covering the Arab spring uprisings since January 2011 Marie Colvin (Sunday Times): 22 February 2012, Homs Remi Ochlik (freelance photographer): 22 February 2012, Homs Rami al-Sayed (video blogger): 22 February, 2012, Homs Anthony Shadid (New York Times): 17 February 2012, near Turkish border Mazhar Tayyara (freelance): 4 February 2012, Homs Shukri Abu al-Burghul (al-Thawra and Radio Damascus): 3 January 2012, Damascus Basil al-Sayed (freelance): 27 December 2011, Homs Ferzat Jarban (freelance): 19 or 20 November 2011, Al-Qasir Wael Mikhael (al-Tareeq): 9 October 2011, Cairo Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (al-Ta'awun): 4 February 2011, Cairo Hassan al-Wadhaf (Arabic Media Agency): 24 September 2011, Sana'a Fuad al-Shamri (al-Saeeda TV): 22 October 2011, Sana'a Jamal al-Sharaabi (al-Masdar): 18 March 2011, in Sana'a Chris Hondros (Getty Images): 20 April 2011, Misrata Tim Hetherington (freelance photographer): 20 April 2011, Misrata Anton Hammerl (freelance): 5 April 2011, near Brega Mohamed Shaglouf (freelance): 15 March 2011, Ajdabiya Ali Hassan al-Jaber (al-Jazeera): 13 March 2011, near Benghazi Karim Fakhrawi (al-Wasat): 12 April 2011, Manama Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri (freelance): 9 April 2011, Al-Dair Lucas Mebrouk Dolega (European Pressphoto Agency): 17 January 2011, Tunis Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

A4e's unhappy customers: 'I felt I had been shoved on the scrapheap'

guardian.co.uk — Claimants complain to their MPs about their experiences on the Work Programme A number of people have come forward with descriptions of what they perceive as poor treatment at the hands of A4e following the news coverage the company has received this week.
A4e's unhappy customers: 'I felt I had been shoved on the scrapheap' http://t.co/PqfYhfeq << suspect not just an A4e failing #workprogramme

Let's put Facebook's 'no nipples' rule to test with your breastfeeding photos | Rowan Davies

guardian.co.uk — A society that is not prepared to accept the odd flash of nipple is a society that is not prepared to accept breastfeeding It's not easy being a colossally successful social network. This might sound like sarcasm, but it's not; it's hard to formulate rules that allow 845 million users to express themselves without offering grievous offence, while taking account of laws in scores of jurisdictions.
Got a baby? Got a nipple? Send us a photie!* http://t.co/DVPPNmaG (*warning: actual article may contain serious social commentary)
Let's put Facebook's 'no nipples' rule to test with your breastfeeding photos | Rowan Davies http://t.co/88c5lZ2L via @guardian

Rachel Cusk: my broken marriage

guardian.co.uk — Recently my husband and I separated, and over the course of a few weeks the life we'd made broke apart, like a jigsaw dismantled into a heap of broken-edged pieces. "The new reality" was a phrase that kept coming up: people used it to describe my situation, as though it might represent a kind of progress.
Rachel Cusk's memoir of new motherhood, A Life's Work, was amazing; now I'm steeling myself for her divorce book: http://t.co/rbmFK8yz

We must fashion a new media landscape | Norman Fowler

guardian.co.uk — A year or two before the phone-hacking scandal engulfed News International I was one of a small group who interviewed Rupert Murdoch in New York. At the time I was chairman of the House of Lords communications committee and, unlike some we interviewed, Murdoch set out with clarity just how he saw his role as a newspaper proprietor.
Interesting piece by former Thatcher Minister Lord Fowler on regulating Rupert: http://t.co/rzpu5bKS via @BrianCathcart

A rapidly reversible, light-activated painkiller | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy blog

guardian.co.uk — If you've ever been given a local anaesthetic, you'll know about the effects - and the side effects - of these drugs. For example, dentists usually inject lidocaine into the gum before filling a cavity or pulling a tooth out, to numb the jaw quadrant on which the procedure is being performed.

Virginia governor Bob McDonnell in U-turn over controversial abortion bill

guardian.co.uk — Bob McDonnell requests amendments to bill, with requirement for women to undergo vaginal ultrasounds removed Virginia governor Bob McDonnell has performed a U-turn on a controversial bill which would have forced women seeking first trimester abortions to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound.
Governor Bob McDonnell's transvaginal ultrasound U-turn swaps invasive test for pointless external one http://t.co/J0coJIub

'Bacteria battery' boosted by space microbes found in river Wear

guardian.co.uk — Scientists have doubled the power output of a "bacteria battery" by selecting microbes from a UK river estuary, including one normally found in space. The development takes microbial power technology a stage nearer its goal of providing a portable, independent and renewable source of power for use with low-energy devices and in parts of the world without electricity.
This headline paints a great picture: 'Bacteria battery' boosted by space microbes found in river Wear http://t.co/ymmwoohs

In praise of … Marie Colvin

guardian.co.uk — For more than 30 years, Colvin filed tough, humane, highly intelligent reports from the world's frontlines When hundreds of Syrians have already died under the relentless bombardment raining down on the city of Homs, it might seem invidious to single out one woman.

Why Pinterest isn't just for girls

guardian.co.uk — When I suggested I should write about Pinterest, the technology editor chortled in return: "Everyone says It Is For Girls. You are a Girl. Therefore you are Perfect to do it." And that's pretty much the perception of Pinterest, the latest social media hot thing.

The perils of the Oscar red carpet interview

guardian.co.uk — Highly policed and choreographed, yet prone to mishap and mismatch, the red carpet moment should be given more prominence at the Academy Awards Oscar weekend is approaching, and despite the tonnes of commentary that attach to every aspect of the Academy Awards, there is one tradition that could do with more critical scrutiny: the "red carpet interview".
"As if a parish priest were introducing St Matthew to St Paul" The perils of the #Oscars red carpet i/v http://t.co/zQ0SEBu7
My blog about the choreography of the Oscar red-carpet interview is up here: http://t.co/UN33XH5X
lovely piece from @PeterBradshaw1 on what the red carpet learned from the royal walkabout http://t.co/cHDbZIZt

Adieu, Mademoiselle: option to be Mrs or Miss goes missing on French official forms

guardian.co.uk — Government says honorific is an 'unjustified and unnecessary reference to women's marital status' and should be removed It was the preferred form of address for the fashion designer Coco Chanel and a handful of Gallic screen stars.

UN nuclear inspectors declare Iran mission a disappointment

guardian.co.uk — The diplomatic options for a solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis narrowed on Wednesday after a team of UN nuclear inspectors returned from Tehran without agreement on visiting a suspect site.

Ex-Greggs chief attacks executive pay

guardian.co.uk — The former boss of Greggs, who built the bakery business into one of the UK's most successful high street chains, has become the first senior executive to break ranks with his peers and attack the level of boardroom pay in corporate Britain.

What exactly is the 'John Lewis model'?

guardian.co.uk — After councils and care units, now schools are being encouraged to imitate the department store's stakeholder structure Once upon a time, we knew three things about John Lewis. One: it's a very nice, very middle-class department store. Two: it owns Waitrose, that very nice, very middle-class supermarket.
RT @schoolgoverning: What is the John Lewis model? http://t.co/ldHlFAXC < cooperative=customer owned. JL=employee owned. I think I like coop

Paul Lawrie's pearler floors Justin Rose at World Match Play

guardian.co.uk — In a season of good shots Paul Lawrie produced his best of the lot to defeat Justin Rose on the final hole their contest on the opening day of the Accenture World Match Play in Arizona.
• Lawrie defeats Rose with seven-iron to the 18th• McDowell, Poulter and Clarke also sent packingIn a season of ... http://t.co/XqwKxRL7

David Bernstein to brief FA on bid to stop government intervention

guardian.co.uk — The Football Association chairman, David Bernstein, will on Thursday brief FA councillors on proposals that look set to head off the threat of legislative intervention in the way the game is run but may leave the government looking for further assurances about future reform.
David Bernstein to brief FA on bid to stop government intervention http://t.co/m33rAfdv

#iamspartacus: Twitter's gesture of solidarity returns to fight the #NHSbill

guardian.co.uk — Once, tweeters used the hashtag to support a man who joked about an airport - now they're fighting for the NHS It all kicked off with Paul Chambers. Remember him?

Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tevez may make City return in two weeks

guardian.co.uk — • Manchester City manager has 'no problem' with Tevez• Argentinian has not played for club since September The Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said on Wednesday he had "no problem" with Carlos Tevez and the striker could be considered for selection in "two or three weeks".
Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tevez may make City return in two weeks http://t.co/vbaSBWMH #mcfc

HMRC denies Craig Whyte's suggestion it made an example of Rangers

guardian.co.uk — Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has denied any suggestion it has treated Rangers harshly over tax issues. The club have been plunged into administration, leading to a swathe of negative publicity surrounding their running by Craig Whyte, the businessman who bought Rangers from Sir David Murray last May.
HMRC denies Craig Whyte's suggestion it made an example of Rangers http://t.co/tUZkfFPQ via @guardian

Celtic 2-0 Dunfermline | Scottish Premier League match report

guardian.co.uk — Guardian report Match facts Ratings Scottish Premier League 2011-12Celtic 2 Mulgrew 32, Forrest 75 Dunfermline 0 Celtic's lead in the table is such that not even complacency represents a danger to them. That margin over Rangers, whose troubles are an apparently continued cause for celebration among the home support, now sits at 20 points.
Celtic 2-0 Dunfermline | Scottish Premier League match report http://t.co/S5QPN0G2 via @guardian

The Question: Why is the back three resurgent in Italy? | Jonathan Wilson

guardian.co.uk — Given everything in football - tactically speaking - is relative, perhaps nothing can ever truly be dead. Systems and styles of play that have seemed to have outlived their usefulness drift away, fade from consciousness and lie dormant, waiting for the game to forget about them so they can be triumphantly reintroduced.

Geoff Dyer: Is Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker about the gulags? Chernobyl? EU immigration?

guardian.co.uk — Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1980) came second, behind Blade Runner, in a recent BFI poll of its members' top movies. In outline, it's one of the simplest films ever made: a guide, or Stalker, takes two people, Writer and Professor, into a forbidden area called the Zone, at the heart of which is the Room, where your deepest wish will come true.
Geoff Dyer essay on Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker is now a book. Anybody want to do an online viewing? http://t.co/KleY1aOy #longreads

Journalists killed in Syria - live updates

guardian.co.uk — Claim of 500 defectors joining Free Syrian ArmyLast day of Mubarak's trial in EgyptNine reported dead in Yemen election violence 8.55am: Two foreign journalists have been killed in Homs today, according to an unconfirmed report from al-Jazeera citing activists in the city.
Colvin told C4's Lindsey Hilsum: Homs "was the worst we've ever seen". She was "old fashioned eye witness" reporter http://t.co/Pb1Kq0cu
Guardian's Middle East live-blog has latest on the journalists killed in Syria http://t.co/vyebhEHq
RT @lukemcgee85: Journalists killed in Syria http://t.co/hm6Erus0 via @guardian << very sad, was only reading Marie in the ST on S ...

Confessions of a KGB spy

guardian.co.uk — It is the perfect place to meet a man from the KGB. Boris Karpichkov - former KGB operative and double agent - suggests we meet under the shadow of Marble Arch in central London. I am late.

Iran's censors wage web war against Ahmadinejad as elections loom

guardian.co.uk — Iranian censors have blocked access to a number of news websites sympathetic to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, adding further fuel to a high-level power struggle at the heart of the Islamic regime.

Portsmouth lay off 33 staff and ask players to defer their wages

guardian.co.uk — The administrator at Portsmouth has made 33 staff redundant, including the chief executive David Lampitt, and asked the players to defer their wages, in an effort to keep the financially stricken club in business.
Portsmouth lay off 33 staff and ask players to defer their wages http://t.co/1vc6R88T via @guardian

I have stacked shelves and hosed down urinals. Unlike the elite who are now telling lazy scroungers to buck up | Suzanne Moore

guardian.co.uk — Get a suit. Drone on. You could be work and pensions minister. You just need to adjust your attitude A former shelf-stacker writes! Me! Who knows if Iain Duncan Smith or Nick Clegg share my expertise in this area? I did not do it to get the "habit" of work, but for cash.
I have stacked shelves and hosed down urinals: Suzanne Moore http://t.co/pe3x8U3S via @guardian

Germany at odds with Dutch and IMF boss over eurozone bailout fund

guardian.co.uk — Dutch government and the IMF and its managing director, Christine Lagarde, want the ESM to embrace funds still untouched within the current rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) Germany threatened to undermine this week's last-minute €130bn (£110bn) deal to bail out Greece by refusing to increase the firewalls to prevent the eurozone debt crisis spreading.
Battle over the Eurozone firewall is turning into the classic football grudge match: Holland vs Germany http://t.co/0m4LvBo1

I have stacked shelves and hosed down urinals. Unlike the elite who are now telling lazy scroungers to buck up | Suzanne Moore

guardian.co.uk — Get a suit. Drone on. You could be work and pensions minister. You just need to adjust your attitude A former shelf-stacker writes! Me! Who knows if Iain Duncan Smith or Nick Clegg share my expertise in this area? I did not do it to get the "habit" of work, but for cash.
Suzanne Moore is storming on the elite telling the jobless to buck up and be glad of menial work. http://t.co/Z0P9rqpl

What's that sound? It's Masternaut, the car gadget that says you're driving badly

guardian.co.uk — It isn't an autopilot, and the driverless car is still miles off the garage forecourt. But it could save you a packet on petrol As I turned the wheel to steer the car through the roundabout, there was a shriek and the flash of warning lights. Beside me, Wayne Gilbert smiled.
By me @ Guardian: What's that sound? It's Masternaut, the car gadget that says you're driving badly http://t.co/mI0g4oNc #fb

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m.guardian.co.uk — Marie Colvin, who has been killed in the Syrian city of Homs during an artillery attack, had a knack of getting to places where other journalists had not been, getting there first and staying when others had long gone.
Killed in #Syria, "Marie Colvin experienced war alongside those who suffered in war" http://t.co/yFETbL5b

Supergrass use questioned after Belfast terror cases collapse

guardian.co.uk — The near collapse of a so-called "supergrass" trial against terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland proves the use of such evidence can only undermine public faith in the judicial process, Amnesty International has warned.

Stan Greenberg: 'Republican candidate may not be winner of primaries' - video

guardian.co.uk — Stan Greenberg: 'Republican candidate may not be winner of primaries' – video Economist and Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg says the winner of the Republican Party's primary and caucus season might not be the final choice when the GOP presidential candidate is presented in June.
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg predicts a brokered GOP candidate in a @guardian video http://t.co/lNeqHC14

Republican nomination 2012: explore the questions asked during the live debates

guardian.co.uk — Journalists moderating the Republican debates have their priorities, you have yours. But do they match up? The Guardian and NYU's Studio 20 studied all the questions journalists have asked during the 20 Republican debates held so far. The results reveal the obsessions of the campaign press, and what they think the presidential election is about.
Science? Tech? Web? RT @amichel That was the 7th question about #Syria over the last 20 debates: http://t.co/IdnhfblN #cnndebate #unasked
RT @guardianus: FYI: Our interactive has all previous debate ?s, searchable by topic/moderator http://t.co/0T6qZpgs
The Guardian's interactive feature has all previous debate questions, searchable by topic http://t.co/mTV42ywt
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Premier League vows to clamp down on internet racism

guardian.co.uk — Premier League clubs have promised to work closely with specialist e-crime police officers to clamp down on racist abuse on internet message boards and Twitter that is aimed at footballers, pundits and fans.

US poverty: where are the super poor?

guardian.co.uk — Related informationGordon Brown is blaming the economic downturn for Labour's electoral defeat but there are plenty of other reasons for the poor results The child poverty map of Britain How many British children live in poverty? New data from Save the Children starts to quantify it.

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m.guardian.co.uk — Mario Monti's "grey" government of technocrats and professors in Italy may not be so dull after all. Thanks to a transparency drive which compelled ministers to list income and assets online, Italians have discovered to their surprise that the cabinet includes millionaires and fans of Harley-Davidson and Vespa.
RT @newsfromitaly: Curiosity killed Italian govt website as Italians flocked to find out what ministers earn http://t.co/UmyU3Hwd #Italy

Business competitiveness is defined by social innovation

guardian.co.uk — There are few companies that can afford to not label themselves as green and something similar is happening to the word social. From corporate social responsibility to social business to social investment, previously limited to charitable activities and workers' rights, social is on the march to becoming the new green.
RT @Ashoka: With social impact becoming the new green, @foldenburg makes a case for co-creating social solutions http://t.co/nGyIQ5RK

Marie Colvin: 'Our mission is to report these horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice'

guardian.co.uk — Your Royal Highness, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured and humbled to be speaking to you at this service tonight to remember the journalists and their support staff who gave their lives to report from the war zones of the 21st century. I have been a war correspondent for most of my professional life.
Marie Colvin: legend. Speech re loss of her eye while reporting: "My answer then, and now, was that it is worth it." http://t.co/0S8GiiO7
Tributes pouring in for Remi Ochlik and the great Marie Colvin http://t.co/Jk2oeDXb . Her 2010 speech http://t.co/BB1zmVWW

Obama sings Sweet Home Chicago at White House blues reception - video

guardian.co.uk — Barack Obama showed his vocal chops when he sang Sweet Home Chicago at a White House tribute concert as part of Black History Month. The US president played coy before accepting the microphone from Mick Jagger and performing a duet of sorts with blues legend BB King.
A president that sings can only be a good thing MT @PaulHamilos: Obama sings the blues. Is there nothing he can't do? http://t.co/6W8jIAhb

British Horseracing Authority offers whip rules olive branch to RSPCA

guardian.co.uk — The British Horseracing Authority said on Wednesday that it will work to repair its relationship with the RSPCA in the wake of the society's angry reaction to proposed changes to the BHA's whip rules and penalties, which were announced on Tuesday.
British Horseracing Authority to have talks with RSPCA on amended whip rules, writes @Greg_Wood_ http://t.co/tHrSI6hO

Marie Colvin's killing piles pressure on Assad as civilian death toll rises

guardian.co.uk — The deaths of veteran Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, and the rising toll of civilian dead in Syria, has prompted renewed calls for an end to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Marie Colvin's killing piles pressure on Assad as civilian death toll rises http://t.co/kHYKDQJZ

Marie Colvin killed in Syria

guardian.co.uk — Related informationOther lives: National newspaper journalist who worked for the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday TimesObituary: Eminent Sunday Times journalist and Vietnam war reporter obsessed by his origins and identity.

Brit awards on TV: did they hit the right note?

guardian.co.uk — When the most memorable moment is Adele being cut off mid-speech, it makes you wonder if awards are really good TV This morning, everyone's talking about Adele's acceptance speech at the Brit awards. Thanks to a rambling Damon Albarn and the imminent arrival of the News at Ten, she barely started to thank anyone before an apologetic James Corden cut her off mid-sentence.
I wrote it. RT @vickyfrost: After last night's Brits, here's @JNRaeside on whether awards shows ever make good TV http://t.co/GplvvOKy
After last night's underwhelming Brits, here's @JNRaeside on whether awards shows ever make good TV http://t.co/8D30fUfM

Doctor who criticised NHS reforms is threatened with disciplinary action

guardian.co.uk — Andrew Lansley is accused of bullying staff who speak out against NHS reforms after senior doctor is told to attend hearing Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, has been accused of "bullying" NHS staff who speak out against his NHS shakeup after a senior doctor who signed a letter criticising the proposed changes was threatened with disciplinary action.

Boris Johnson urges transparency over Olympic Games ticket allocation

guardian.co.uk — London mayor acknowledged public concern and vowed to pressure committee to release a detailed breakdown London mayor Boris Johnson has vowed to pressure London 2012 organisers to be more transparent over how tickets have been allocated, particularly for blue riband events.
Boris Johnson urges transparency over Olympic Games ticket allocation http://t.co/gY6oCfDU

HSBC issues new shares to meet bonus payments

guardian.co.uk — HSBC is issuing £1.7bn of new shares to meet bonus payouts and awards to its 300,000 staff ahead of the publication of its full year results on Monday HSBC is issuing £1.7bn of new shares to meet bonus payouts and awards to its 300,000 staff ahead of the publication of its full year results on Monday.

Phone hacking: Cherie Blair to sue News International

guardian.co.uk — Tony Blair's wife to take action against Glenn Mulcaire and NI over the alleged hacking of her phone by News of the World Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister, is suing News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over the alleged hacking of her phone by the News of the World.
.@tom_watson urges Tony Blair to condemn NI after his wife sues over alleged phone hacking http://t.co/K61EzEA6

'I am the only son of late King Arawi'

guardian.co.uk — Subject: Delete This At Your Peril FROM HIS ROYAL HIGHNEST, JACK THOMPSON Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business. I am JACK THOMPSON, only son of late King Arawi of tribal land. My father was a very wealthy traditional ruler, poisoned by his rivals.
This is quite incredible. http://t.co/TQ1nlTc7 Can someone get Lord James of Blackheath a copy of this? http://t.co/LzW6buBd

Oscar winner? The Newcastle nurse turned campaigner and film producer

guardian.co.uk — Halfway through the Oscars, a triumphant yell could wake light sleepers in Newcastle if the shoestring budget film Incident in New Baghdad walks off with the short documentary award.
Oscar winner? The Newcastle nurse turned campaigner and film producer http://t.co/RedBGSkP via @guardian Here's a modern, modest heroine

Dunham Massey prepares to reopen - audio slideshow

guardian.co.uk — Staff at the National Trust property Dunham Massey in Cheshire talk Martin Wainwright through the process of preparing it for reopening on 25 February after its hibernation. All photographs by Christopher Thomond for the Guardian
Dunham Massey prepares to reopen - audio slideshow http://t.co/DQvkiaWw via @guardian Repeating myself, sorry, but SO worth a visit

Colm Tóibín: writers and their families

guardian.co.uk — In an essay on the writer Seán O'Faoláin, Conor Cruise O'Brien wrote about ideas of childhood and memory: "There is for all of us a twilight zone of time, stretching back for a generation or two before we were born, which never quite belongs to the rest of history.
RT @bookbench: More complex than Oedipus: Colm Tóibín explores authors’ relationships with their parents. http://t.co/hKC99QWg

Lord of the Flies cover designs - the shortlisted pictures

guardian.co.uk — On Saturday we announce the winner of our joint competition with publishers Faber to design a new cover for the schools' edition of Lord of the Flies. Here's the shortlist
Great idea: Teen winners in a @Guardian competition to redesign the cover of "Lord of the Flies" http://t.co/dlSlavAL

US military nurtures a new weapon - the Slimeball

guardian.co.uk — Related information Chinese pepper drives away voles Farmers could stop prairie voles eating their crops by spraying extracts from Szechuan pepper around the plants. Leading scientists seek action over biological weapons World leaders in science are today warning that a concerted effort must be made to stop the worldwide spread of the expertise and technology to develop biological weapons.
DARPA freaks... US military nurtures a new weapon – the Slimeball http://t.co/AE2YGqOj

Alex Salmond challenged to hold Scottish independence vote in 2013

guardian.co.uk — Alex Salmond has been challenged to hold his referendum on Scottish independence a year earlier than planned after UK ministers insisted it could be staged within 18 months. Michael Moore, the Scottish secretary, accused the first minister of deliberately delaying the poll, and released a legislative timetable showing that the referendum could be held in September 2013, a full year earlier than Salmond has proposed.
Alex Salmond challenged to hold Scottish #indyref vote in September 2013: Cameron says #snp "running away" http://t.co/1yD9yiy2 @GdnScotland

Phone hacking: Cherie Blair to sue News International

guardian.co.uk — Tony Blair's wife to take action against Glenn Mulcaire and NI over the alleged hacking of her phone by News of the World Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister, is suing News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over the alleged hacking of her phone by the News of the World.
Least surprising hacking case: Cherie Blair to sue NI. She must feel good, considering how media hated her http://t.co/5oDkDxi3 #hacking

UK vulnerable to 'space weather events' and space-fired weapons, say MPs

guardian.co.uk — Defence committee report says government must approach threats with seriousness they deserve Britain is vulnerable to attack from space-fired nuclear weapons and "space weather" - the result of changes in solar activity - and the government is not doing enough to combat its potentially devastating impact, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Defence committee says UK is vulnerable to space weather and space-fired weapons http://t.co/ii7kL3FG via @guardianscience