tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82790252011-04-22T00:49:42.403Za re:mote world of news and current affairs as seen through a re:mote eye.remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279025.post-1121850775627516892005-07-20T09:12:00.000Z2005-07-20T09:12:55.636Z<H4><FONT COLOR="orange">News:</FONT><FONT FACE="ARIAL, HELVETICA, VERDANA"> 20072005</FONT></H4><br /><br />I keep meaning to post more news links, things that have caught my eye, things that aren't getting obvious coverage. Of course time for this is the same with anything else, scarce. But here at least is an effort, the news stories that have caught my eye so far today:<br /><br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4673109.stm">laos tribes suffer from drugs crackdown</A></li><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4692455.stm">CCTV to check delhi crime</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4683673.stm">bollywood star denies crime links</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4693459.stm">police question aishwarya rai</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4692705.stm">tea strike</a></li><br /></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8279025-112185077562751689?l=remoteworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279025.post-1112130586413946072005-03-29T21:03:00.000Z2005-03-29T21:09:46.943Z<H4><FONT COLOR="orange">News:</FONT><FONT FACE="ARIAL, HELVETICA, VERDANA"> I haven't really used this part of my blog ring as much as i had intended. Partly because I get most of my daily news from the radio, with periodic splurges online. Here are a list of the current headlines which have caught my attention as i trawl about.<br /><ul><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4390145.stm"> Brazil quits loan accord with IMF</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4380189.stm"> Net fingerprints combat attacks</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4389623.stm"> Mongolians protest for new poll</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4378941.stm"> Hair is good source of stem cells</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4335939.stm"> Lip piercings 'can shrink gums'</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4391615.stm"> Chavez arms sale row splits Spain</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4391361.stm"> Kissing tourists stabbed in Cairo</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4389259.stm"> Chile to sue Czech man over blaze</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4390199.stm"> Would-be sex tourist, 87, jailed</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4391161.stm"> US seeks battlefield robot medic</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4386909.stm"> Nun suspect farmer held in Brazil</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4318147.stm"> China's soya needs lift Argentina</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4340591.stm"> Secrets of ex-Nazi's Chilean fiefdom</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4387055.stm"> Global nuclear policy irks India</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4367935.stm"> Sri Lanka's tsunami aid politics</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4360345.stm"> Loss of women haunts fishermen</a><br /><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4380109.stm"> Pakistanis riot as shares plunge</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66992,00.html?tw=rss.CUL">It's Not Graffiti, It's Grafedia</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66966,00.html?tw=rss.CUL">Animator Makes Waves as Artist</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67007,00.html?tw=rss.CUL">Take Your Porn on the Road</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050329p2a00m0dm016000c.html">11 railway firms to introduce women-only carriages in Tokyo</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050329p2a00m0dm013000c.html"> Man who fatally torched student in Shizuoka to hang</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050329p2a00m0dm005000c.html"> Gate of famous Kamakura temple set alight</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20050329p2a00m0dm006000c.html"> Gov't official busted for molesting high school girl on train</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0503/28lost.html"> Commuters lose big time in lost property boom</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0503/26disney.html"> Disneyland takes the Mickey out of grumpy workers</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0503/18sexed.html"> Japan's kids jump the gun on sex education</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0502/26pricing.html"> Peed-in panties don't always turn to gold</a><br /><li><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0502/24chikan.html"> Sharp schoolgirls put some sting into fight against train gropers</a><br /><li><a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200503/kt2005032915162210440.htm">Crackdown Starts on Mobile Spammers</a><br /><li><a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200503/kt2005032917312653460.htm">Korea Tops in Breast Cancer Deaths</a><br /><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1447200,00.html?gusrc=rss">Pandas at risk in bamboo crisis </a><br /></ul><br /></FONT></h4><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8279025-111213058641394607?l=remoteworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279025.post-1104271934024329722004-12-28T22:11:00.000Z2004-12-28T22:12:14.023Z<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/27/smses_from_sri_lanka.html">boing boing</a> are posting a range of updates on the tsunami disaster, including blog reports from affected area, the post this link in particular links to has links to previous relevant posts.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8279025-110427193402432972?l=remoteworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279025.post-1100554629196724252004-11-15T21:35:00.000Z2004-11-15T21:37:09.196Z<p align=center><br><br><br> <br /><a href="http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/">John Balance <br />1962-2004</a> <br /><br><br><br></p> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8279025-110055462919672425?l=remoteworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279025.post-1100554488927038072004-11-15T21:33:00.000Z2004-11-15T21:34:48.926ZBBC headlines of interest: <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4014353.stm"> Don't go it alone, Blair tells US</a> <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4014403.stm">Peru suspends Shining Path trial</a> <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4012311.stm"> Darfur attacks fuel genocide fear</a> <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4012839.stm"> CIA whistleblower sees 'long war'</a> <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4012939.stm"> Japan 'unsatisfied' on abductees</a> <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/4013767.stm"> Nerve gas death was 'unlawful'</A> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8279025-110055448892703807?l=remoteworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279025.post-1100356242208083722004-11-13T14:13:00.000Z2004-11-13T14:30:42.206ZSome news sources:- <br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">guardian unlimited</a> <br /><a href="http://www.diepunyhumans.com/">die puny humans</a> <br /><a href="http://www.nologo.org/">no logo</a> <br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk">bbc</a> <br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive">radio five live</a> <br /><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">boingboing</a> <br /><a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/">channel 4 news</a> <br /><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/index.html">mainichi daily news</a> <br /><a href="http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html">ten by ten</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8279025-110035624220808372?l=remoteworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279025.post-1094846438510896792004-09-10T19:59:00.000Z2004-09-10T20:00:38.510Z<strong>re:mote news </strong> - this is a long planned aside to contain news postings of news stories, gossip and current affairs that catch my eye.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8279025-109484643851089679?l=remoteworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>remotepushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115999605700091280noreply@blogger.com