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A debate is beginning in France over possible failures of the country's security and intelligence agencies. Prior to his killing spree, Mohamed Merah had been placed on a government list of radical Islamist fundamentalists. And there were even clues leading to his mother after the first murder. Could authorities have acted sooner? By Stefan Simons in Paris more... Pedophile Priests in Germany
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How can you understand the war in Afghanistan? Here's the key data Afghanistan has changed in many and complex ways in the 10 years since operation enduring freedom began. In this time we have had insights into the reality of war quite unlike any before. The Afghanistan war logs gave insights into the numbers of explosive devises and the deaths these have caused.Data journalism and data visualization | News | guardian.co.uk
The UKs first Open-data Cities Conference will take place at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange today. Greg Hadfield , a former journalist and internet entrepreneur, explains what to expect
Information is Beautiful on which fish are OK to eat. Click image to see picture In an age of over- fishing and crashing marine stocks, it's difficult to keep track of which fish are ethically kosher. Here I've pooled and visualized the latest consensus and data from the Marine Conservation Society ( PDF ), Greenpeace and the SeaFood Watch . Check the data for yourself here: http://www.bit.ly/whichfish As ever, it's a pretty grim picture.
Information is Beautiful: Which fish are good to eat? Visualised | News | guardian.co.uk
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BBC exposes the inefficacy of the ‘morning-after’ pill. Where’s the uproar?
Funny, isn’t it? The BBC screens a documentary about ‘assisted suicide’ in which a man is shown drinking poison and dying on a comfy Dignitas sofa in snowy Switzerland, and most of the Church unites with the right-wing press in a furore of condemnation. The left-leaning media are largely content that another taboo has been broken, advocating that ‘assisted suicide’ is a bit like abortion and should be available to anyone over the age of consent.It comes after Twitter users reacted to a footballer's bid to find out who is putting information about him on the website by posting new messages online. The player, who an injunction says can only be identified as CTB, is involved in proceedings against former Miss Wales and ex-Big Brother star Imogen Thomas and the Sun newspaper. 'Unsustainable' In recent weeks there has been heightened scrutiny of gagging orders such as injunctions and so-called super-injunctions - court orders that prevent the media from revealing even the fact that an injunction has been granted.
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But a handful of online services are attempting to demonstrate that our impatience with the written word has been overstated and our appetite for long-form journalism is still healthy. Byliner, the most recent, has just published its first digital offering, the 70-page Three Cups Of Deceit, an investigation by Jon Krakauer into Nobel Prize nominee Greg Mortenson's alleged misuse of donations and fabrication in his memoirs. A reported 50,000 downloads in the three days reveals a surprising enthusiasm for investigative journalism. A similar service, The Atavist, will soon release its fourth title and has a number of award-winning writers signed up for further publications. With a multimedia approach that offers audiobooks, videos, soundtracks and maps alongside the writing, The Atavist sells each non-fiction story for $2.99 via its app, splitting the revenue 50-50 with the writer.
Web proves an unlikely saviour for investigative journalism - Online, Media - The Independent
Nostradamus was born in France in 1503 and became known for his prophecies about the future. He was a pharmacist and a healer and when he was around 50 he developed an interest in the occult sciences and started writing almanacs. Even during his time he became famous for these and many people used to come to him for horoscopes and asking psychic advice.
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Writer-director Lena Dunham is following her breakthrough, 2010's Tiny Furniture , with a new HBO series produced with Judd Apatow. Inside the making of the series: "When a TV critic reports on a new show, it’s okay to say the series is promising, even the next big thing, but ideally, one shouldn’t go native. One should probably also talk in the third person. In this case, however, I’ll have to make an exception. Because from the moment I saw the pilot of Girls (which airs on April 15), I was a goner, a convert.