Photo: Guardian Green & Black Chocolate was the little organic company that grew and grew: so big and popular that it was bought out by Cadbury in 2005 to the tune of £20M. Then last year Kraft Foods bought Cadbury . Now it is rumoured that the marriage is not working so well and Green & Black’s current managers want to buy out Kraft and re-gain control of the chocolate br… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Tehran: Iran has suspended a sentence to hang a woman at the centre of a global outcry about stoning, a member of parliament was quoted as saying on Monday. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s sentence to be stoned for adultery was suspended last year after condemnation from several governments, but she had still faced death by…
Continue reading …Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is “a fighter” who’s “improving every day,” said her hopeful astronaut husband in his first public comments since his wife was shot. Mark Kelly spoke to hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial for Gabriel Zimmerman, the Giffords aide who was killed in the shooting. He…
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Animals left homeless in the massive floods in Brazil are being rescued and cared for in local shelters. (Jan. 17)
Continue reading …Amid the horrors of Brazil’s flooding and mudslides that have claimed more than 630 lives, a loyal mutt’s lonely vigil at his owner’s grave stands mute testimony to the nation’s hopeless loss and confusion. Leao has been lying next to his owner’s hastily made grave at the Teresopolis cemetery since…
Continue reading …Roundup: Texting and Walking Can Be Dangerous and Ricky Gervais Slays at the Golden Globes
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January Jones … Minneapolis is the gayest city in America … fired for telling the truth? … Cameron Diaz & A-Rod partied all weekend in Hollywood … “The yanked me out of the car, put a knee on my back, and checked my rectum several times” … what caused 200 cows to die? … what Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Big Lead Discovery Date : 17/01/2011 09:54 Number of articles : 7
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Heavy rains across Washington and Oregon over the weekend caused multiple landslides that shut down roads across the region and threatened to top rivers already swollen with melted snow. (Jan. 17)
Continue reading …Golden Globes Best Actor Colin Firth could be headed to a big Oscar win for The King’s Speech . But his chances and the film’s may be clouded by an email circulating now about the alleged Nazi sympathies of the beloved stuttering British king Firth portrays in the critically acclaimed movie….
Continue reading …The California coastal town of Ventura is spending $4.5 million dollars on its popular Surfers Point to “back off” from increasing coastal erosion and rising water levels—a fate that awaits much of the US coastline, reports the Los Angeles Times . The project involves ripping out a seaside bike…
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Michael Douglas, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and more talk awards, scandal and natural disasters on the Golden Globes red carpet. (Jan. 17)
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