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6 Tips for Never Getting Lost

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:57:40 CDT

How would you find your way around a city if your GPS or the maps application on your smartphone suddenly stopped working? Many modern people, reliant on digital geographic devices, would be completely lost. There are, however, tricks that can help the directionally perplexed—ones that don't require any gadget....

Iran Arrests Alleged BBC Filmmakers

Kevin Spak — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:40:05 CDT

Iranian authorities have arrested six filmmakers on allegations that they work for the BBC Persian Service—which is a crime in Iran, as is working for any non-government television or radio station. “The members of this covert cell of BBC Farsi were paid tens of thousands of dollars for each...

US Soldier Killed BBC Reporter

Mark Russell — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:00:21 CDT

BBC journalist Ahmed Omed Khpulwak was accidentally killed by US troops in July after being mistaken for an insurgent, the International Security Assistance Force announced yesterday after a review of the incident, reports the BBC . Khpulwak was originally reported to have been killed by insurgents in a militant attack in...

Israeli Orchestra Broadcast Halted by London Protesters

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:55:50 CDT

Politics and a concert did not make beautiful music yesterday in London. A noisy pro-Palestinian protest against the Israeli Philharmonic at Albert Hall prevented a BBC radio broadcast of the music, part of Britain's celebrated Proms music festival. The persistent protesters were organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, whose representatives...

BBC Convoy Attacked by Pro-Gadhafi Forces

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:10:05 CDT

Despite the advances made by Libyan rebels yesterday, Tripoli continues to see heavy fighting—and a BBC convoy recently found itself in the middle of the violence. Reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was accompanying rebels into the city center when, he says, “we came under ambush … pro-Gadhafi forces drove out of...

BBC Team Detained, Beaten by Gadhafi Forces

Rob Quinn — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:19:58 CST

A team of BBC journalists has been flown out of Libya after being detained, beaten, and subjected to mock executions by Libyan security forces. The three were taken to a military barracks near Tripoli after being stopped at a checkpoint near Zawiyah, scene of fierce fighting between rebels and pro-Gadhafi...

Gadhafi: 'My People Would Die for Me'

Nick McMaster — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:11:14 CST

In Moammar Gadhafi's Libya, the only protesters are a few al-Qaeda-backed, drug-addled Libyans, the rest of his people love him, and he in fact can't step down—and certainly has no intention of doing so. The Libyan leader sat down with ABC's Christiane Amanpour and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen for...

BBC Apologizes for Mexican Slurs

Rob Quinn — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:03:00 CST

The BBC has apologized for remarks made by the hosts of a car show following a deluge of complaints from outraged Mexicans. When reviewing the Mexican-made Mastretta sports car, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond said that cars reflect national characteristics, so "Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless,...

UK Police Caught Dragging Protester From Wheelchair

Kevin Spak — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:01:05 CST

British police have promised to launch an investigation after video surfaced of police officers apparently pulling a man with cerebral palsy from his wheelchair and dragging him across the street during Thursday’s student protests . The victim, 20-year-old Jody McIntyre, tells the Daily Telegraph that police actually pulled him from the...