User:Mrchris

• Iceland formally recognises Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders
• Scottish football team Hibernian appoint new manager
• Polar bears related to extinct Irish bears, DNA study shows
• Elizabeth II begins state visit to Ireland amid protests, security fears
• Azerbaijan win 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

• 'Stop being so damn respectful' say free speech supporters in London Atheists, secularists and supporters of free speech rallied in London Saturday to protest what they feel is an "increased confidence of Islamists to censor free expression publicly". Around 200 people gathered on the steps of the memorial to King George V in Old Palace Yard opposite the House of Lords in Westminster. [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

• Anti-ACTA activists protest across Europe Guy Fawkes masks were on display in cities across Europe Saturday as part of a protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), an international trade agreement on copyright and intellectual property that opponents believe will limit free speech online. [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

• American pop star Whitney Houston dies at 48 American pop star Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

• Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia Three nations in three continents have seen attention focused on high suicide rates this week. [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

• Amartya Sen among the scholars for US National Humanities Medal Indian economist Amartya Sen is among nine scholars to receive the US National Humanities Medal on Monday. No other Indians have received the medal in the sixteen years since it was introduced. [ ± ] - Image credit - Read more...

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