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Anne Applebaum’s Freaking Car Explodes

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum is A) married to a high-ranking Polish politician, and B) critical of Russia’s shady government, which makes it—in the most general way—kind of alarming that her car blew up yesterday. Her car blew up! That is not just a regular thing, right? From the Times UK : Ms Applebaum, 45, author of a Pulitzer prize-winning history of the Soviet Gulag, was driving through the Jozefow suburb of Warsaw on Saturday when she heard a strange noise in her car and got out to investigate

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Forces Rescue New York Times Reporter Kidnapped By Taliban

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s a joyous night for the New York Times : the Pahjwok news agency, a subscription-only Afghan service, reports that foreign fighters have rescued Stephen Farrell , the paper’s second reporter to have been kidnapped by the Taliban in recent months. Farrell was taken earlier this month while covering a NATO air strike on Taliban forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. His driver and translator were also taken.

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U.S. Forces Rescue NY Times Reporter Kidnapped By Taliban

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s a joyous night for the New York Times , for Afghan news agency, the subscription-only Pahjwok reports that foreign fighters have rescued Stephen Farrell , the paper’s second reporter to have been kidnapped by the Taliban in recent months. Farrell was taken earlier this month while covering a NATO air strike on Taliban forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. His driver and translator were also taken.

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Holocaust Denial Finds Place in Harvard Paper’s "Cracks"

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Harvard. It’s revered as one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning. Why, then, did the university’s newspaper, The Harvard Crimson , run a holocaust denier’s advert after rejecting it over a decade ago

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NY Times Reporter Kidnapped By Taliban Rescued

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s a joyous night for the New York Times , for Afghan news agency, the subscription-only Pahjwok reports that foreign fighters have rescued Stephen Farrell , the paper’s second reporter to have been kidnapped by the Taliban in recent months. Farrell was taken earlier this month while covering a NATO air strike on Taliban forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. His driver and translator were also taken.

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The Tearful Homecoming

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Laura Ling and Euna Lee are safely back on American soil in Burbank, California. After the jump, Lee reunites with her daughter, and Ling talks about the emotional end of the Current TV journalists captivity in North Korea . It’s a heartening bit of good journalism news.

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Bill Clinton Frees US Reporters From Kim Jong-Il’s Clutches

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Bill Clinton went on over to North Korea , met the crazy dictator there, and won: North Korea has pardoned Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee for their slanders and calumnies . Reuters has the breaking news . You have to give Kim Jong-Il credit.

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