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The evil that reality television contestants do
If somebody told you to inflict a potentially fatal electric charge on an unseen victim, would you comply? A spoof French programme did just that – with shocking results
Stephen Glover: Did this beauty cause us to drop our standards?
The blogosphere is awash with crazy people with made-up stories. Last week, some of them mistakenly claimed that a man called David Calvert is really Jon Venables, one of the killers of James Bulger. More than 2,000 people joined a group determined to track him down. Mr Calvert was wrongly accused of being a rapist.
Abramovich wins pay-out
The legal action arose out of allegations published in an Italian newspaper that he had a serious gambling problem
Twitter co-founder says Great Firewall of China will fall
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams told a gathering of the technology faithful on Monday that notorious censorship firewalls in countries such as China will give way to online innovations.
Advert overstates climate risks, says watchdog
Two Government adverts which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks, a watchdog announced today.
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