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A Brit, from the beautiful county of Norfolk in Eastern England, who since last August has been living in the American Mid-West. Sadly for my American family and friends I still cannot understand the rules of American Football or Baseball, preferring instead proper football - OK, I mean soccer.
I have tried my hand at several different things in my life, writing on DJ being one of the most enjoyable. At the last count I had visited over 30 different countries and definitely subscribe to the view that travel broadens the mind. I took a course in Mexico last year and qualified to teach English as a Foreign Language. Another worthwhile experience.
No training in journalism whatsoever I am afraid but, and you are welcome to disagree, I don't think that is too obvious from my articles.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Wednesday that the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to be reviewed by a council made up of some of the world's leading scientists.
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Teachers attending a seminar in Southern England on controlling behavior in the classroom were told that the key to success is to adopt an attitude similar to the one often seen in movie characters portrayed by American actor Clint Eastwood.
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Brisbane, Australia - An Australian couple has won the right to have their severely disabled 11-year-old daughter sterilized. The ruling from the Family Court will allow the parents to have a hysterectomy performed on the girl.
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U.S. State Department spokesman P.J Crowley on Tuesday apologized for his remarks regarding the call made by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for Jihad against Switzerland.
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A poll conducted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP) has revealed that young Republicans are set to turn out in greater numbers than young Democrats and young Independents when elections to the U.S. House and Senate are held in November.
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Brazil announced on Monday that it is proceeding with trade sanctions against the U.S. that were approved last year by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a response to subsidies paid by the latter country to its cotton farmers.
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A Republican member of the Californian State Senate, known for voting against measures that would enhance gay rights, admitted on Monday that he himself is gay.
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A survey conducted on behalf of the BBC found a large majority of respondents stating they believe access to the Internet to be a "fundamental right".
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A man from Southern England who died last year at 69 is continuing to support the international charity Oxfam from the grave as he left the charity a series of outstanding bets in his will.
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Reports that Adam Gadahn, a 31-year-old convert to Islam and spokesman for al-Qaeda who was born Adam Pearlman in the U.S., has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence agents have yet to be verified.
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American filmmaker Michael Moore has written an open letter to President Barack Obama in which he warns of heavy Democrat losses in this year's Senate elections and suggests he should replace Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff.
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The Deputy Chairman of South Africa's Central Drug Authority (CDA) said last week that it is feared 40,000 women will arrive in the country to work as prostitutes while the football World Cup is taking place there in June and July.
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Interviewed on national radio Republican House member Paul Broun said he did not know if President Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen or a Christian but is sure the President is a Socialist.
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British supermodel Naomi Campbell has received an apology from the driver who accused her of assaulting him as he drove 39-year-old Ms Campbell through New York on Tuesday.
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A military court in England yesterday jailed for nine months a 27-year-old soldier who refused to return for a second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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A controversy has erupted in Poland after an anti-abortion group, Fundacja Pro (Pro Foundation), decided to use an image of the German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, beside images of aborted fetuses, as part of a billboard campaign it recently launched.
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The U.K. Met Office, the national weather service that is a part of the country's Ministry of Defence, said on Friday that a review of the latest research on the earth's climate has confirmed that human activity is almost certainly impacting that climate.
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The main rebel group fighting the government in Somalia has forced three schools in the south of the country in the Horn of Africa to stop teaching English and Science.
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A U.S.-based conservative Christian organization has said that Tilikum, the male killer whale who last week dragged to her death his 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau, should himself be stoned to death in accordance with biblical scriptures.
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Campaigners seeking to encourage healthier eating and fight obesity are angry with a move that has seen weight management company Weight Watchers give its official approval to three meals sold by fast-food giant McDonald's.
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