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THE GUY WHO DIRECTED 'TOP GUN' JUMPED TO HIS DEATH FROM A BRIDGE
Tony Scott was 68
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Film director Tony Scott committed suicide this weekend. The 68-year-old leapt from a bridge over Los Angeles harbour. Scott directed Top Gun, True Romance and Enemy of the State as well as a bunch of other films, and was also famous for being Ridley Scott's brother. Police found a suicide note in his car.World
JULIAN ASSANGE IS STILL BEING A TROUBLEMAKER
He made a speech from the balcony of the embassy he's holed up in
You probably know by now that, for the last two months, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has ben trapped in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He has been claiming political asylum there ever since the supreme court decided that he had to go to Sweden and face charges of serious sexual misconduct. On Sunday, Assange decided to come out and deliver a speech from a first floor balcony to a crowd made up of 100 or so of his supporters, the media and the Metropolitan police force. In it, he swerved the thorny issue of the sexual misconduct charges and called for the US to end what he sees as a "witch-hunt" against WikiLeaks. "As WikiLeaks stands under threat, so does the freedom of expression and the health of our societies," he said, before thanking Ecuador's president Rafael Correa for letting him stay there and not giving in to the UK government's extradition requests. He also kinda suggested that, should the UK government storm the embassy to arrest him, Britain could be plunged into a conflict with the whole of Latin America. Which is a pretty grand thing to say, but then Assange isn't a man who shies away from the grandiose. He also called for Bradley Manning, the US army intelligence analyst suspected of leaking confidential information, to be freed from prison. The British government maintains that it will arrest Assange the second he leaves the building.World
CHINESE PEOPLE ATTACKED ANY JAPANESE THINGS THEY FOUND IN THE STREET
The two countries are squabbling over possession of some islands and thousands of protesters went on a rampage(via)
There's an archipelago in the East China Sea that has two different names. If you're from China, you'll know it as the Diaoyu islands. If you're from Japan, you'll call them the Senkaku islands. Both countries (as well as Taiwan) claim ownership of the islands, but Japan currently controls them. On Sunday, Chinese activists turned up there waving Chinese flags. They were arrested and deported by the controlling Japanese, which led thousands of people back in China to go on a rampage in which they attacked Japanese-owned businesses and Japanese-made cars.Sport
THE PREMIER LEAGUE RETURNED
It was like the Olympics but nastier and better
League football returned to England this weekend.Champions Man City overcame newly-promoted Southampton 3-2 in what was probably the most exciting game, while there were 5-0 wins for Fulham and Swansea.Alan Pardew pushed a linesman.
THE GUY WHO DIRECTED 'TOP GUN' JUMPED TO HIS DEATH FROM A BRIDGE
Tony Scott was 68
Film director Tony Scott committed suicide this weekend. The 68-year-old leapt from a bridge over Los Angeles harbour. Scott directed Top Gun, True Romance and Enemy of the State as well as a bunch of other films, and was also famous for being Ridley Scott's brother. Police found a suicide note in his car.
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JULIAN ASSANGE IS STILL BEING A TROUBLEMAKER
He made a speech from the balcony of the embassy he's holed up in
(via)
You probably know by now that, for the last two months, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has ben trapped in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He has been claiming political asylum there ever since the supreme court decided that he had to go to Sweden and face charges of serious sexual misconduct. On Sunday, Assange decided to come out and deliver a speech from a first floor balcony to a crowd made up of 100 or so of his supporters, the media and the Metropolitan police force. In it, he swerved the thorny issue of the sexual misconduct charges and called for the US to end what he sees as a "witch-hunt" against WikiLeaks. "As WikiLeaks stands under threat, so does the freedom of expression and the health of our societies," he said, before thanking Ecuador's president Rafael Correa for letting him stay there and not giving in to the UK government's extradition requests. He also kinda suggested that, should the UK government storm the embassy to arrest him, Britain could be plunged into a conflict with the whole of Latin America. Which is a pretty grand thing to say, but then Assange isn't a man who shies away from the grandiose. He also called for Bradley Manning, the US army intelligence analyst suspected of leaking confidential information, to be freed from prison. The British government maintains that it will arrest Assange the second he leaves the building.
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CHINESE PEOPLE ATTACKED ANY JAPANESE THINGS THEY FOUND IN THE STREET
The two countries are squabbling over possession of some islands and thousands of protesters went on a rampage(via)
There's an archipelago in the East China Sea that has two different names. If you're from China, you'll know it as the Diaoyu islands. If you're from Japan, you'll call them the Senkaku islands. Both countries (as well as Taiwan) claim ownership of the islands, but Japan currently controls them. On Sunday, Chinese activists turned up there waving Chinese flags. They were arrested and deported by the controlling Japanese, which led thousands of people back in China to go on a rampage in which they attacked Japanese-owned businesses and Japanese-made cars.Sport
THE PREMIER LEAGUE RETURNED
It was like the Olympics but nastier and better
(via)
League football returned to England this weekend.Champions Man City overcame newly-promoted Southampton 3-2 in what was probably the most exciting game, while there were 5-0 wins for Fulham and Swansea.Alan Pardew pushed a linesman.