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Canon Power Shot SD780 IS: Review

digital camera with excellent picture quality. The pictures taken do not have the very annoying red eye and are seldom blurry. The Canon Power  Shot SD780 IS supports High Definition video recording but an additional HDMI cable is required. The small ...

From SAM JONES, Associated Content,  11 Mar 2010

Half of all food sent to Somalia is stolen, says UN report

Somalian men unload sacks of sorghum provided by the UN's world food programme. But much aid does not reach its destination. Photograph: Jose Cendon/AFP/Getty Up to half the food aid meant to feed hundreds of thousands of hungry people in Somalia is ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Mar 2010

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Ban Ki-moon,  Al-Qaeda

Muslim convert Colleen LaRose, aka Jihad Jane, faces terror charges

Colleen LaRose, who called herself Jihad Jane, has been indicted for aiding terrorists. Photograph: Site Intelligence Group/AFP/Getty Images An American woman who called herself Jihad Jane has been charged over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Colleen R LaRose,  Al-Qaeda,  Michael Levy

Jon Venables posed 'trivial' risk to public, according to psychiatric study

A leading psychiatrist noted that Jon Venables had made 'exceptional psychological progress' in a 2000 evaluation. Photograph: AP A psychiatric evaluation of Jon Venables carried out before his release from prison concluded that he posed a "trivial" ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Mar 2010

Related Topics: James Bulger

BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report

Bob Geldof with Ethiopian children in 1985. Geldof galvanised international aid to fight the famine. Photograph: Rex Features The BBC is standing by a report that 95% of the $100m aid raised to fight famine in northern Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted by ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  7 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Bob Geldof,  Oxfam Novib,  Meles Zenawi,  Ofcom,  Save the Children

Chatroulette: risque chat service or pornographic site?

Andrey Ternovskiy grew bored of Skype-ing his friends and decided there had to be a way to make online chats a little less predictable. After a bit of thought and a lot of coding, the teenage Russian came up with Chatroulette, a 21st century twist on ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Jon Stewart,  Skype,  New York Times Company

Geert Wilders anti-Islam film gets House of Lords screening

Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, who has described the Koran as a 'fascist book', addresses a press conference in London. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images The visit, which was originally planned for last year, sparked demonstrations ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Mar 2010

Related Topics: House of Lords,  Geert Wilders,  Jacqui Smith

Jacob Zuma meets the Queen: a royal welcome – but don't mention the press

Jacob Zuma with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Reuters Jacob Zuma, who emerged from a Bentley at 12.20pm today to shake the Queen's hand and receive a formal welcome, was a study in sartorial sobriety. Those hoping that the charismatic and ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  3 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Oliver Tambo,  David Steel

Sri Lankan government voices anger as UK MPs address Tamil group

David Miliband addressed the inaugural conference of the Global Tamil Forum. Photograph: Dave Gadd/Allstar Miliband, the foreign secretary, used his address to the inaugural conference of the Global Tamil Forum at the Commons today to urge the Sri ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  25 Feb 2010

Matalan killer was on police bail over earlier death

Jamie Simpson, 33, was stabbed to death at the Matalan store he managed in Dalston, east London. One of his killers had been on bail for an earlier killing. Photograph: Metropolitan Police Service/PA A member of the gang convicted of killing a Matalan ...

From SAM JONES, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Feb 2010

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