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SOME RUSSIANS HELD HANDS
Putin might be President again soon but not everyone is happy about it(via)
Tens of thousands of Russians formed a human chain in Moscow on Sunday to protest against Vladimir Putin's likely return to the president's office next weekend. They all had white scarves, ribbons, balloons and flowers, white being the symbolic colour of the protest movement that is calling for Putin to be denied a return to power. They all got together around this road called the Garden Ring, which runs in a loop around the city centre. They were joined by people driving cars, who did loops of the eight-lane, ten-mile long road in decorated vehicles, honking their horns in support of the protest. Polls conducted last week indicate that Putin is due to win the election on the 4th of March with more than half the vote. The protesters don't trust the results. One of them is a famous Russian music journalist named Artemy Troitsky, who has warned Putin that his "days are numbered".Entertainment
THE OSCARS HAPPENED
Not all that much happened(via)
Some films and some people won some awards at the Oscars last night.The ceremony was pretty tedious. The guy who used to play Ali G got even less funny, The Artist and Hugo won five awards each and people laughed at Billy Crystal's jokes because if they don't, what is he gonna do to his face next time?Angelina Jolie looked really thin.We'll try to summon the enthusiasm to cover this in greater detail later on.Media
THE SUN ON SUNDAY LAUNCHED ON SUNDAY
Rupert Murdoch said it sold three million copies(via)
The Sun ran for the first time on a Sunday on Sunday. It filled the hole that the News of the World used to fill, and, according to Rupert Murdoch, it sold three million copies. When News International owner Murdoch decided to close the News of the World in June last year, it was averaging around 2.7m readers per week. If the TV ad that was released over the weekend is anything to go by, the paper's target market consists of girls studying at Goldsmith's who got into house music via The XX, manual labourers that look like murderers, virgins who work in coffee shops, virgins who work in burger vans, posh girls, black guys, landowners, gamblers, dogs and six-year-olds. Or, in short, everyone who felt most let down by the media over the hacking scandal. World
SYRIA HELD A REFERENDUM?!
Seems strange to do that while there's a civil war going on
(via)
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government held a referendum on a new constitution this weekend. They also killed 30 of their own civillians. Seems strange to ask the people if they want a multi-party election or not when you're bombing them in their own homes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a large chunk of the "electorate" boycotted the vote, and now US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thinks "there's every possibility" that Syria could descend into civil war. To be honest, I thought it was already there. Internet
THEY FOUND THE GUY BEHIND THE HORSE_EBOOKS TWITTER
His name is Alexey Kouznetsov and he's a Russian web developer(via)
The guy who invented the popular Twitter spambot @horse_ebooks is called Alexey Kouznetsov and he's a Russian computer nerd who looks friendly enough. Internet
GROUPON OFFERED A MONEY-OFF NAME-CHANGE VOUCHER
Fifty-nine percent off at deed poll(via)
Groupon offered its members the chance to change their name for less this weekend. You can go to deed poll and get your name legally changed for just £14 now. I guess people might say that I have just taken the bait and given Groupon some free advertising. Maybe I have, but if you've been waiting for a deal like this to come along, email me your old name and I shall commit barbaric acts in it by way of thanks. People
THEY FOUND THE WORLD'S SHORTEST MAN
He's 5cm smaller than the last shortest man
(via)
A 72-year-old guy called Chandra Bahadur Dangi has been named the world's smallest man by Guinness World Records. Chandra is Nepalese and 54.6cm tall, which makes him a whole 5cm shorter than the Filipino man he replaced in the record books, Junrey Balawing. Though Junrey was just 18 years old when they measured him last year, so I guess he has plenty of time to shrink. Chandra has "no plans to marry", reports the Guardian.
SOME RUSSIANS HELD HANDS
Putin might be President again soon but not everyone is happy about it(via)
Tens of thousands of Russians formed a human chain in Moscow on Sunday to protest against Vladimir Putin's likely return to the president's office next weekend. They all had white scarves, ribbons, balloons and flowers, white being the symbolic colour of the protest movement that is calling for Putin to be denied a return to power. They all got together around this road called the Garden Ring, which runs in a loop around the city centre. They were joined by people driving cars, who did loops of the eight-lane, ten-mile long road in decorated vehicles, honking their horns in support of the protest. Polls conducted last week indicate that Putin is due to win the election on the 4th of March with more than half the vote. The protesters don't trust the results. One of them is a famous Russian music journalist named Artemy Troitsky, who has warned Putin that his "days are numbered".
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THE OSCARS HAPPENED
Not all that much happened(via)
Some films and some people won some awards at the Oscars last night.The ceremony was pretty tedious. The guy who used to play Ali G got even less funny, The Artist and Hugo won five awards each and people laughed at Billy Crystal's jokes because if they don't, what is he gonna do to his face next time?Angelina Jolie looked really thin.We'll try to summon the enthusiasm to cover this in greater detail later on.Media
THE SUN ON SUNDAY LAUNCHED ON SUNDAY
Rupert Murdoch said it sold three million copies(via)
The Sun ran for the first time on a Sunday on Sunday. It filled the hole that the News of the World used to fill, and, according to Rupert Murdoch, it sold three million copies. When News International owner Murdoch decided to close the News of the World in June last year, it was averaging around 2.7m readers per week. If the TV ad that was released over the weekend is anything to go by, the paper's target market consists of girls studying at Goldsmith's who got into house music via The XX, manual labourers that look like murderers, virgins who work in coffee shops, virgins who work in burger vans, posh girls, black guys, landowners, gamblers, dogs and six-year-olds. Or, in short, everyone who felt most let down by the media over the hacking scandal. World
SYRIA HELD A REFERENDUM?!
Seems strange to do that while there's a civil war going on
Annons
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government held a referendum on a new constitution this weekend. They also killed 30 of their own civillians. Seems strange to ask the people if they want a multi-party election or not when you're bombing them in their own homes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a large chunk of the "electorate" boycotted the vote, and now US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thinks "there's every possibility" that Syria could descend into civil war. To be honest, I thought it was already there. Internet
THEY FOUND THE GUY BEHIND THE HORSE_EBOOKS TWITTER
His name is Alexey Kouznetsov and he's a Russian web developer(via)
The guy who invented the popular Twitter spambot @horse_ebooks is called Alexey Kouznetsov and he's a Russian computer nerd who looks friendly enough. Internet
GROUPON OFFERED A MONEY-OFF NAME-CHANGE VOUCHER
Fifty-nine percent off at deed poll(via)
Groupon offered its members the chance to change their name for less this weekend. You can go to deed poll and get your name legally changed for just £14 now. I guess people might say that I have just taken the bait and given Groupon some free advertising. Maybe I have, but if you've been waiting for a deal like this to come along, email me your old name and I shall commit barbaric acts in it by way of thanks. People
THEY FOUND THE WORLD'S SHORTEST MAN
He's 5cm smaller than the last shortest man
A 72-year-old guy called Chandra Bahadur Dangi has been named the world's smallest man by Guinness World Records. Chandra is Nepalese and 54.6cm tall, which makes him a whole 5cm shorter than the Filipino man he replaced in the record books, Junrey Balawing. Though Junrey was just 18 years old when they measured him last year, so I guess he has plenty of time to shrink. Chandra has "no plans to marry", reports the Guardian.