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Yulia Tymoshenko makes video appeal
Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has made a video appeal urging voters to help end the country's "criminal" rule.
Element 113 at last?
As a result, there are blanks on the periodic table where elements 115 and 113 would be — even though elements 112, 114 and 116 have been officially approved. ...
100 vjet!
“Ti Shqipni më ep nder, më ep emnin shqiptar”…,vargje, këto të bukura, të poetit tonë të madh Naim Frashërit, të cilat sa herë i lexon njeriu, të mbushin frymëzim e të zgjojnë krenari dhe emocione të rralla. ...
Far from the magic crowd
As a London-bred teenager, temporarily uprooted to Pagford, says: “There was a prettiness about Pagford that, now she knew she was leaving, she thought she might quite miss ...” ...
Adresa e agonisë
Por duke i shikuar lisat nuk duhet ta injorojmë malin. Burimi i së keqes në këtë vend e ka një adresë: ajo është zyra e kryeministrit, i cili brenda dy mandateve u kujdes që Kosova jo vetëm të perceptohet, por edhe të përbuzet si vend i kriminalizuar dhe i korruptuar thellësisht....
Another chapter in the slow death of politics
The story may raise a grim smile about the ignorance of the … er … plebs. Yet for voters to name two (unrelated) Labour luminaries as Tories is one small sign of the profound and growing disconnect between politicians and the public....
Lessons for Tokyo from 1980s Britain
The lesson for Japan is that, if it wants to avoid unsplendid isolation, it needs to break out of its long deflationary malaise and recover growth momentum. ...
U.K. to Set Up Business Bank
"Many new promising, growing companies simply can't get the loans they need to expand on reasonable terms," he said. "Manufacturers, exporters, start-up companies are struggling to finance growth. We are going to help fix this." ...
China and Japan overshadow Europe
More fuel for the China slowdown story. One of the reasons for the slightly better tone to the US dollar so far this week has been the continued focus on China, both with respect to the slowing economy and also growing tension with Japan....
Lezeti institucional
Kush e di edhe sa kohë do të kalojë derisa të mundemi të jetojmë në një vend ku nuk do të merremi ama bash çdo ditë me hajnitë dhe dallaveret e “institucionalistëve”... por deri atëherë, do ta kemi ngushëllimin e kapakëve dhe të gëzimit që mund të sjellë një veprim që bëhet me zemër......
Notes from underground
The book does not fully refute the opposing position, that thanks to the techniques of shale production pioneered in North America, we are in fact entering an era of energy abundance, with ample supplies of oil and gas. ...
Online learning revolution...
Distance learning: University of London signs up to US-based 'massive open online course' pioneer Coursera....
"B& Ch & O" Conservatives Luncheon
"B& Ch & O" Conservatives Luncheon on 20th September 2012. Guest speaker will be Syed Kamall, MEP.
EasyJet signs up MPs for Parliamentary travel
A year after offering free flights to Members of Parliament returning to deal with the summer riots, easyJet has been added to the list of preferred airlines for both Houses of Parliament. ...
The astronomical unit gets fixed
The distance between the Earth and the Sun is one of the most long-standing values in astronomy. The Sun posed another problem. The Gaussian constant is based on Solar mass, so the au was inextricably tied to the mass of the Sun....
The Left can be just as nasty as the Right
Meanwhile, what worries me more is that she, who you would imagine is adept at social observation, doesn’t seem to have noticed that the Left has taken over from the Right when it comes to nastiness. ...
Sythi nën pllangën e brymës!
Lot përmallimi! Rrëke lotësh edhe në lumenj të thatë. Ai që përmes tingujve të çrregullt të të qarit lajmëroi dikur për zbardhëllimën e një ditë të re, sot mallëngjeu atë që dikur në heshtje lotonte. E gjakosën atë që ende nuk ishte ngopur me bardhësinë e qumështit....
Boris Johnson is Britain's most respected politician
The YouGov poll for this week's Cambridge conference, at which the Guardian is the media partner, is published as the Johnson prepares to use next month's Tory conference to maintain the momentum from his high-profile summer....
The US is becoming a selective superpower
Future historians may well look back and see this as the harbinger of an important shift in America’s role in the world. Not long ago, many in Washington imagined a permanent US hegemony. ...
Alps Shootings: Police Hunt British 4x4
Detectives are looking for a black Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 with British number plates, which was seen driving on the French A39 near the scene of the attack on September 5....
Kina kërcënon Japoninë me luftë
"Mundësitë e Mbrojtjes Kombëtare të Kinës arritën një shkallë të lartë zhvillimi dhe nxitja e luftës mund t’i sjellë fatkeqësi Japonisë" - tregon publikimi. ...
A defence dream born out of necessity
The specific problem facing military aerospace companies is that there are no new European manned aircraft in prospect once the present generation of fighters – the Typhoon, Rafale and Gripen – ceases production....
Punë për Frymën e Re
Për të krijuar frymën, duhet punë, punë, punë. Punë ditë e natë! Puna e madhe të sjell fitim në kohë dhe në hapësirë! ...
Andy Murray's US Open win: a fairytale in New York
Scot overcomes Novak Djokovic in five sets to become first British male to win a grand slam since 1936....
Finance is the best path to development
Even rumours have consequences. If developers hear subliminal signals and begin to bet on policy change by accumulating land speculatively this will divert scarce capital from investment in urban sites. ...
Fundi i mbikëqyrjes
Duke synuar Europën Bashkuar, synojmë edhe fuqizimin e përvojave pozitive që i ka arritur Europa, e që sot kapitalizmi i egër dhe politikat jo fort të mençura në frontin tonë të brendshëm i injorojnë gati tërësisht. ...
Britain shone this summer
The Games have changed not only much of London; they have changed the world’s attitude to Britain, and our own view of this country and what it can do. ...
The Cameroons should be unsettled by Boris Johnson
The stock Cameroon line on Boris has always been that he might be a rival to George Osborne, Michael Gove, Phillip Hammond, Grant Shapps and other future leadership contenders, but he isn’t one to David Cameron....
The new world of DNA
When genes were first given a molecular basis, it was a fairly simple one. A gene was a piece of DNA that described a protein. When a cell had need of that protein it would cause a copy of the gene to be transcribed from DNA into RNA, a similar molecule capable of taking on more diverse forms. ...
Të demokratizohemi apo të rebelohemi ne kosovarët?
“Tre tipe njerëzish paraqesin fatkeqësi të mëdha: sundimtari që kur i bëhet mirë s’të lavdëron e kur gabon s’të fal; fqinji që kur sheh mirë – hesht, e kur sheh keq – të përgojon; gruaja e cila kur je pranë saj të shqetëson, e kur i mungon të tradhëton”. ...
Koral i madh falënderimi
Lëvduar qoftë të ftohtët, terri dhe shkatërrimi! Shihni dhe vetë: Asgjë s’vjen për ju në jetë, Kështu që mund të ngordhni të qetë....
Unioni i domosdoshëm i Europës
Reformat dhe masat e konsolidimit po aplikohen kudo në BE. Ndihma të përbashkëta financiare tashmë janë ndarë. Ndërsa Banka Qendrore Evropiane ka treguar vazhdimisht se do t’i qëndrojë pranë euros. Megjithatë ekspertët dhe partnerët shpesh i minimizojnë përkushtimet tona....
The Human Abstract
He sits down with holy fears, And waters the grounds with tears; Then Humility takes its root Underneath his foot....
UK is 'clawing its way out of recession'
Britain has begun to “claw its way out of recession”, economists have declared, thanks to gathering momentum in the country’s vital services sector. ...
Species multiply as Earth heats up
Warming produces both extinctions and originations, and in the past the originations of new species have outstripped the loss of old ones, says Mayhew. But this does not mean that today's climate change will be beneficial....
Coconut oil can combat tooth decay, study suggests
Coconut oil is not the only food product to have exhibited antibacterial properties in a partially digested form. ...
Explosive qualities
I returned to Santorini late one summer afternoon, just as the evening breeze was beginning to gust up the steep volcanic cliffs. That first night, the winds howled like a choir of crazed sirens; but the following morning the storm had passed. Opening the bedroom door, I looked out on to one of the most spectacular views in the whole Aegean....
Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Cambodia
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg detained on request of Swedish police after failing to serve jail sentence for copyright violations....
Çmimi Campiello - arbëreshit Karmine Abate
Karmine Abate (Karmini Kallogjeri), është një shkrimtar Italian i etnisë arbëreshe, autor i shumë tregimeve, romaneve dhe eseve kryesisht të fokusuar tek tema e emigrantëve dhe të takimeve mes dy kulturave....
Qeveria e tokës së djegur
Kjo heshtje e gjithë piramidës shtetërore është më e rëndë se vetë zjarret dhe tregon shumë, flet shumë, flet jo vetëm për paaftësi dhe neglizhencë, por për braktisje, për ikje, për ikje, pasi toka po i digjet poshtë këmbëve....
Glazed and confused
All of this intellectualism is held together by a strong narrative of the man and his era....Author info