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rats!

According to legend, the piper led the rats into the river The Pied Piper's services might be needed again in Hamelin, northern Germany - because the rats are back. An abandoned allotment site on the edge of town has be…
RIP, makeba

And I remember how I accidentally got hold of her CD a good many years ago. Thrust me into the world of African music. . . Footage of Miriam Makeba in concert During her life Miriam Makeba, who has died aged 76, r…
Bad or mad? The public usually wants a full trial

Will Josef Fritzl ever face trial? Psychiatrists are already investigating his state of mind to see whether he is fit to answer to his crimes in a criminal court. Fritzl represents the ultimate "bad v mad" dilemma. What …
long sentences overload prisons

By Dominic Casciani Home affairs reporter, BBC News Powers to jail inmates indefinitely have created a "perfect storm" as the prison system has struggled to cope. Prisons watchdog Anne Owers attacked indeterminate s…
kundera rejects czech 'informer' tag

As usual, tricky. A web of entanglement. I always wonder, just what is Kundera. Not who, but rather what. He is the most spellbinding novelist-philosopher-muser-conspiracytheorist-sadomasochist-sexobsessed-historicalanta…
all that money you've lost-- did it go into the black hole?

Yup yup yup, TIME to wisen up folks By ERIC CARVIN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 49 minutes a…
getting a firm grip of securitization

THE current credit crisis and the resulting market drop and volatility have prompted the United States government to propose several measures to help banks. The Federal Reserve extended loan guarantees to investment ban…
lies, tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

For a person with a mesh of cultures, this heightens my awareness and thoughts with regards to lying. But what if the lie wasn't just involuntary, it just came out the way it was? Hard to dissect, isn't it? Wit, white li…
plastic pressures

LAST week, Choi Jin Sil, a famous South Korean actress, committed suicide. Last year, at least two young female celebrities killed themselves. Korean women, even non-celebrities, face social pressure to have cosmetic …
oxytocin, music of love

THE Home Ministry is looking for face recognition software to use with its surveillance footage. After it was discussed here last Saturday, a reader asked if such software might help her autistic child. Such parents a…