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Ilya Segalovich: Computer pioneer whose internet search company predated Google
Thursday 01 August 2013
Ilya Segalovich was an internet search pioneer and one of the founders of Yandex, the Russian search engine which was conceived in 1993 and launched in 1997, a full year before its more famous American competitor, Google.
Muslim scholar sees book sales surge thanks to Fox News
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Presenter Lauren Green repeatedly asked Reza Aslan why he, as a Muslim, had written about Jesus
'Most embarrassing Fox News interview ever' sends Reza Aslan's biography of Jesus to number 1 in the Amazon book charts
Tuesday 30 July 2013
A respected academic, who just happens to be Muslim, was challenged by a Fox News anchor as to why he was qualified to write about Christ
Young British milers start to build on the Olympic legacy
Sunday 28 July 2013
It has been one 'L' of a Legacy. While the 65,000 ticket-only guests raised a glass to the first birthday of the infant London 2012 Olympics, and to Jess, Mo and Co, there was a drop of considerably greater vintage to savour as the Emsley Carr Mile clocked up another milestone at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games yesterday.
Former Ofcom boss to take helm at Lloyd's List owner
Thursday 11 July 2013
The former Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter was named the next chief executive of the publisher and events group Informa yesterday as Peter Rigby announced he is stepping down in December after 25 years at the top.
iStyle: Wild things
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Shades of khaki and cream aren't just for wearing on safari, says Lee Holmes
'An illiterate disgrace': Richard Dawkins writes scathing review of Amazon instruction manual
Friday 28 June 2013
It’s not just people labouring under the “God delusion” who provoke the ire of Professor Richard Dawkins. The outspoken atheist has launched a furious rant at Amazon over an instruction manual he described as an “illiterate disgrace”.
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iStyle: Bright young things
Friday 28 June 2013
This week’s New Designers exhibition offers visitors the chance to buy a future design classic. Trish Lorenz tracks down the names to watch
‘The mood was one of resignation’: Death comes to Straight Street in Damascus
Thursday 27 June 2013
Patrick Cockburn sees five lives lost in the bombing of a Christian quarter of the Syrian capital
Britain's new wave adds shine amid the showers
Monday 24 June 2013
For a good while on Sunday, the European Team Championships were in danger of being washed out – or flooded indoors.
'Gay cure' Christian ministry closes down after its leader apologises and admits he's attracted to men
Friday 21 June 2013
Exodus International president Alan Chambers says he is 'deeply sorry' for hurt caused to homosexual people
Poll: Who comes out on top in Michael Gove's row with Stephen Twigg?
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Both have been wielding the poisoned pen today. Gove first published a 1,300 word letter to his opposite number, Labour's shadow education secretary, picking holes in the opposition schools policy; the favour was duly returned as Twigg fired off a (much shorter) critique around 4pm this afternoon. See extracts below:
New Bible bashes sales of 50 Shades of Grey in Norway - one of Europe’s least religious countries
Friday 07 June 2013
A new translation of the Bible has topped the bestseller list in one of Europe’s least religious countries. The new version, replacing a 1978 edition, sold 160,000 copies in 2012, beating Fifty Shades of Grey.
Norwegian language version of the Bible outpaces 'Fifty Shades of Grey' to top bestseller list in one of Europe's most secular countries
Thursday 06 June 2013
Sales of book seen as a sign that the Bible still has resonance in the country
- 1 Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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