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Libel as an expense line - Robert Murat and the Cost of Doing Business

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Robert Murat, the first named suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has settled his libel action against a number of British newspapers over claims he was involved in her disappearance. And the sum of the settlement? It is estimated at somewhere in the region of £500,000.
To you and me this might be a [...]

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Tags: Media · legal

Gitmo Interrogation Video Released (View it here)

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Guantanamo Bay Interrogation Video Released - Gitmo Interrogation of Canadian Prisoner
Lawyers for a 16-year-old Canadian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay released seven hours of videotaped interrogations today, providing a first-ever glimpse into the secretive world of questioning enemy combatants at the isolated U.S. prison in Cuba.
Omar Khadr’s lawyers released excerpts of their client being questioned at [...]

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Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Gives Birth to New Lengths of Ratings Spin

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a story you would only dwell on briefly if it were on Jerry Springer: a woman who wanted to become a man had her breasts removed and took hormones to make her look more masculine, but still kept all the original plumbing. Then she gets pregnant - not all that surprising, as she’s still [...]

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The mystery of Entela Hysko - And how her name became a small Internet snowball

May 26th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I’m still piecing the puzzle together, but for those of you who have spent an hour or two (or three) trying to figure out who Entela Hysko is, here is my analysis of how you got to hear about her.
It’s one of those Internet phenomena, that you look at and think: this is an example [...]

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