7th July – The Independent – Main Site

7 07 2008

Scores killed as bomber hits India embassy (story)

The forgotten war used to be the Korean war… in the 21st century, the Afghan conflict is making a serious bid for that title. Btw I love that word ‘score’ … reminds me of the Gettysburg address. 

  

Britain’s war on food waste (story)

I so dislike it when the word war gets used for something that ain’t even a war in the classical sense. Not that this issue doesn’t require drastic efforts, but a war … oh come on.

    

McCanns drop court action as police release files new (story) & Second student murders suspect taken to hospital new (story)

Why do some murders or disappearance manage to become such a focal point in the news while ‘scores’ of other crimes remain anonymous.

    

Christian Bale: Dark Knight laid bare (story) & Puccini’s sex life laid bare (story)
The Independent lays stuff bare!

    

Does beauty TV need a makeover? (story)

This article is such a pile of “Blah”.

   

The 50 Best Garden Accessories (story) & The Ten Best Travel Games (story)

So this morning a journalist at The Independent woke up and decide “Hey, been a while since we did an article on travel Games and Garden Accessories.” … why oh why?

   

Andrew Marr: ‘Save serious journalism’ (story)

Good follow-up on previous remark!

   

‘Peeping Tom’ tabloid spied on Mosley, says QC new (story)

Funny title, such a non story.

   

Nine injured on Day 1 of Pamplona bulls run new (story)

9-0 for the Bulls, Jordan’s back :p

   

Asylum-seekers are sent back to Darfur (story)

K, if coming from Darfur doesn’t qualify for refugee status. Anyone else thinking about heading to England, don’t even think ya got a shot.

   

Jail those who carry knives, urges Cameron (story)

Butchers, Cooks, Foresters, Hunters, … Jail them all!

   

Japan creates fortress for G8 (story)

A Japanese Fortress, I see scenes from the movie “Hero” flashing in front of me… or was that China :p Battle Royale Islands then.

    

‘Not manly enough’: Berlusconi’s verdict on Libeskind work (story)

Lol, Berlusconi dismisses something he has absolutely not a clue about because it’s not manly enough… got to love folks with standards.

   

And the remaining headlines of the 7th of July:

Gravy train goes deluxe for MEPs’ Strasbourg trips *** Doctors fume at glamorisation of smoking in films *** Horror: Where girlie meets gory *** Do octopuses have a favourite tentacle? *** Orang-utans ‘on fast track to extinction’ *** ‘There’s never been a great woman artist’ *** Mario Testino’s secret diary *** Skye Gyngell’s raspberries recipes


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