8 April - iG Tab - 9

 

Utopia – you are standing in it!

• More than half of all new UK cars to be electric by 2028 in bid to ditch petrol and diesel

  Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Sheer madness! ? ? ? MORE than half of all UK cars should be electric by 2028, according to the Government, as it looks to solidify plans for a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate...

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• Government says half of all new UK cars should be electric by 2028

  Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop: The availability of new hybrids after 2030 is also thrown into question, as the government puts its foot on the climate obsession accelerator. Sales figures of full EVs will now be part of that policy...

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• Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Conclusion

  Originally posted on European Royal History : Walpole secured the support of the people and of the House of Commons with a policy of avoiding war. He used his influence to prevent George II from entering the War of the Polish Succession in 1733...

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TARPLEY.net

• Ukraine launches cross-border bombing attack on Putin’s invaders!

  Daring night raid by Ukrainian helicopters destroys oil storage tanks in Russian city of Belgorod, near Kharkiv; despite Kremlin whining, Russia cannot count as privileged sanctuary for aggression; retaliation is not escalation! Collapse...

  6 days ago

• The Turn of the Tide in Ukraine continues!

  Russia driven back from Kiev while losing control in Kherson; in Berdyansk on Sea of Azov, missile sinks one Russian landing ship, damages 2 others; New York Times finally covers Ivashov open letter to Putin with fragmentary comments; You...

  13 days ago

• The tide is turning against Russian invaders in Ukraine!

  Counter-offensive around Kiev seizes initiative, pushing Russian invaders back 45 miles from east bank of Dnieper; Ukraine needs hundreds of truck-mounted Typhoon missiles to protect its southern coast along the Black Sea, including...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  Expert Groups Petition Biden Administration to Ban Toxic Pesticides in US Wildlife Refuges

  The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety filed a legal petition recently calling for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end the use of dangerous agricultural pesticides on national wildlife refuges. Home to more...

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  Saving the Banana the Non-GMO Way

  For over 20 years in news story after news story they’ve been telling us that only GM can save the banana – and yet again, such claims turn out not to be true, a report by GMWatch recently stated. Source: GMWatch By Jonathan Matthews and Claire...

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  FDA Sued Over Failure to Release Documents Regarding Approval of GMO Salmon

  Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week, for unlawfully withholding records regarding FDA’s environmental assessment of genetically engineered...

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sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 77 – 2022

  . South / North

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• Snow

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 49 – 2022

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• China continues its territorial advances in Asia

  Strategy relies on a steady progression of actions to outmaneuver rival states Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is helping to obscure China’s expansionism in Asia, where it continues to redraw its land and...

  10 days ago

• Putin’s War and the Mirage of the Rules-Based Order

  For all the talk of a rules-based order, the world’s rule-makers have reverted unhesitatingly to unilateralism during the Ukraine war. While this will leave Russia and the US worse off, it will enable China to advance its interests and bolster...

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• The new US-Russia cold war will accelerate China’s rise

  BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY, THE HILL President Biden has made clear that the United States has embarked on a strategy of Containment 2.0 against Russia with what he calls “the broadest sanctions in history.” But Biden is unlikely...

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Ramani's blog

• Summer Sloka Classes Online For Kids

  Age Group 7 - 15. From 15 April,2022 To.      13 May,2022. Thrice A Week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Time.  15.00 to. 16.00.IST Duration. One hour. Platform - Google Meet.

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• Vedas Smritis On Saffron The Colour of Hinduism

  Saffron colour is associated with Hinduism. Donning Saffron robes is the hall mark of a Sanyasi,one who has renounced everything in Life. Saffron color has now become a symbol of Hinduism. On careful examination of Vedic texts and Smriti does...

  14 days ago

• Hurt Souls Should be Listened To, Kashmir Files

  A narrative that begins with a scene that numbs you, yet it is not gory. It portrays the helplessness of one when whom you know well behaves the way he does.What is left unsaid makes the impact.The story then,though it does not move away from the...

  16 days ago

Diane Ravitch's blog

• Kentucky: Governor Vetoes Charter Funding Bill

  Kentucky authorized charter schools in 2017 but never approved a funding mechanism. The Legislature passed a charter funding bill, and Governor Andy Beshear vetoed it. Beshear struck down House Bill 9, sponsored by House Majority Whip Chad...

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• NEA: End Federal Funding for Corporate Charter Schools

  The National Education Association issued an appeal for educators and other concerned citizens: Raise your voice to stop the federal funding of corporate charter schools! Now is your chance to be heard. NEA writes: Email the U.S. Department...

  13 hours ago

• Billy Townsend: Ron DeSantis And His Corrupt Friend Are a Gift to Trump

  Billy Townsend remembers Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s servile devotion to Trump while he was president. Now DeSantis is positioning himself to run for President against the old fool in 2024. But Ron D. has a serious liability: his continued...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• More than half of all new UK cars to be electric by 2028 in bid to ditch petrol and diesel

  By Paul Homewood   Sheer madness!       MORE than half of all UK cars should be electric by 2028, according to the Government, as it looks to solidify plans for a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate. Grant Shapps is looking to set legally binding...

  10 hours ago

• HOT AIR Boris’ energy strategy and obsession with wind power is a load of hot air – fracking and nuclear are what we need

  By Paul Homewood   Dr John Constable in the Sun:     OUR energy policy has been an incoherent mess since the early 2000s when Tony Blair forced the UK off the carefully engineered and economical gas-to- nuclear strategy that was then under...

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• TEST

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NoTricksZone

• Research Shows Persons With Vitamin D Levels Under 20 nmol/l Are 18 Times More Likely To Die From Covid!

  In his book “Herdengesundheit” (Herd Health), German physician and molecular geneticist Dr. Michael Nehls says “Vitamin D would have prevented severe cases of disease and also most Covid-related deaths”. He is convinced: Vitamin...

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• New Study Finds Claims Of A Human-Induced Increase In Extreme Daily Rainfall Are Flawed And False

  Failure to correct the “coarse temporal resolution” of  pre-1970s maximum daily rainfall data changes the sign of trend analysis from slightly positive to solidly negative in the last century (1921-2020). Those who ascribe to the...

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• Europe History Shows WARM Temperatures Led To Larger Grain Harvests, Lower Prices, Less Hunger

  European grain prices from 1500 – 1800 varied with temperature: falling in warm years and rising in colder ones. Precipitation and solar cycles on the other hand had almost no influence on grain prices. Hat-tip: Klimaschau A recent scientific...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

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  Nancy Bailey's Education Website: The Dangerous End of School Libraries and Public Education

  Nancy Bailey's Education Website: The Dangerous End of School Libraries and Public Education School libraries are critical to maintaining great democratic public schools. The loss of school libraries threatens their existence and a student’s...

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• Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Reformers’ Occupational Hazards: Innocence and Failure

  Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Reformers’ Occupational Hazards: Innocence and Failure Coming up on year three of the Covid-19 pandemic, school reformers want the crisis to become an opportunity for re-doing public...

  5 days ago

• Janresseger: Quarrels About Critical Race Theory and the Teaching of “Divisive Topics” Persist and Expand

  Janresseger: Quarrels About Critical Race Theory and the Teaching of “Divisive Topics” Persist and Expand Pitched battles about so-called “Critical Race Theory” and attempts to ban the teaching of “controversial topics”...

  8 days ago

The Moderate Voice

• Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court

  Published by Reuters By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United...

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• NEVER AGAIN

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• Why the best way to stop strongmen like Putin is to prevent their rise in the first place

  There are few ways for the West to deter the rise of another dictator like Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Joseph Wright, Penn State and Abel Escribà-Folch, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Russia’s...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• AI for Emergent Ventures

  I am pleased to announce the initiation of a new, special tranche of the Emergent Ventures fund to identify and foster artificial intelligence researchers and talent in emerging economies. This tranche is thanks to a special gift from...

  10 hours ago

• Friday assorted links

  1. Fresh Peter.  And some commentary on said talk. 2. “Yet over time, the LGBT phenotype is exploding while the LGBT genotype is imploding.” 3. “Today we did a research launch of DALL•E 2, a new AI tool that can create and edit images...

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• *Blood and Ruins*

  The author is Richard Overy and the subtitle is The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945.  There are two categories of Richard Overy books, the good and the tremendously good.  So far this book falls into the latter camp, noting that some of the introductory...

  16 hours ago

Lloyd Lofthouse

• The Real Purpose of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law has two ostensible purposes. One is to bring national attention to Governor Ron DeSantis as the heir to Donald Trump’s MAGA base. The other is to humiliate...

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• “The tree of liberty must be refreshed … with the blood of patriots & tyrants.”

  The title of this post was taken from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote in Paris, on Nov. 13. 1787. He sent that letter to William Smith. Those words do not appear in the Declaration of Independence. Those words do not … Continue reading →...

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MintPress News

• Kyiv Independent Deep Dive: The West’s In-Kind Answer to Putin’s Propaganda 

  While staff members of The Kyiv Independent grandstand about how “independent journalism is the cornerstone of democracy,” they are quietly being funded by Western governments – a fact that should ring alarm bells with critical media...

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• Liberals Are Adopting an Old Soviet Tactic: Painting Opponents as Mentally Ill

  The pathologization of dissent is not going away. It will intensify as neoliberalism faces crisis after crisis and social polarization grows. Those who claim to be liberals defending democracy will soon be only too ready to snuff it out. The...

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• Cancel Culture and Polarization in the Age of COVID: How To Agree To Disagree

  In times of increased conflict and controversy, this conversation about how to empathize with opponents and attempt to genuinely bring them round to your positions is more necessary than ever. The post Cancel Culture and Polarization in...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• The Ed Sheeran Case

  O.K., I am late weighing in on this controversy as the judge has ruled in Ed Sheeran’s favor and the very underpublicized case, obscured by the events in Ukraine and Will Smith assaulting a comedian much in the way that … Continue reading...

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• Gotham

  Sorry for the spoilers, but this is not a program to be taken seriously, so I’m not going to worry about it too much. If you really don’t want spoilers, read no further. I’m currently binge-watching Gotham, probably somewhere in … Continue...

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• The Smack

  Sometimes something happens that doesn’t matter, between people who don’t matter, and yet it grabs the public attention for a day and that’s all people can talk about but you know perfectly well it will be old news by tomorrow, … Continue...

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8 April - iG Tab - 8

 

Chicago Boyz

• Erasing Women

  Well, it’s really kind of sad – that erasing biological XX-chromosome no-kidding 100 percent female women seems the ultimate endpoint of early 21st century popular prog-thought, as mad and illogical as that might seem as an ambition...

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• Industrial Distribution in the Covidian Era, Continued…

  For those of you who may not know, I own a HVAC distributor, which is a subset of industrial distribution. I have been writing of the many toils and tribulations of our industry during the Covidian era. What follows is another super exciting update...

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• Shannon Love

  Shannon Love, who passed away in 2021, was a popular and always interesting contributor to this blog between 2004 and 2013. He was a great guy with a brilliant mind that saw connections other people missed and generated an endless stream of insights...

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Centinel2012

• War Against Conservatives

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Press Re-Posted Jan 10, 2021 by Martin Armstrong People are leaving Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and were moving to Parlar. Google and Apple removed the Parlar APP and then Amazon kicked then off of AWS. This is...

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• Nunes: Building Truth Social piece-by-piece to prevent Big Tech cancellation

  Posted original on Rumble by Devin Nunes  Published originally on April 7, 2022  Trump Media & Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes joins One America News’ Dan Ball to discuss the latest news regardless Truth Social and Special Counsel...

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• Red Hot Rentals

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Real Estate Re-Posted Apr 8, 2022 by Martin Armstrong Rentals are soaring across the US to unsustainable levels. Gone are the days when people stuck to the tradition of spending less than one week of income on housing...

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The BRAD BLOG

• Don't Look Up Redux: 'BradCast' 4/8/2022

  It's NICOLE SANDLER back today on The BradCast, filling in for Brad and Desi. After recapping the celebration of Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation as the next Justice of the Supreme Court on the south lawn of the White House today and a look...

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• Garland Appears to be Working Toward Trump Says Former DOJ Prosecutor: 'BradCast' 4/7/2022

  A bad day for Donald Trump is generally a good day for America. Today on The BradCast (after horrible and tragic news unexpectedly swept over our show yesterday), it's one of those days. And, if our guest, a former federal prosecutor is correct...

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• 'Green News Report' - April 7, 2022

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Lawmakers blast Big Oil CEOs for using wartime profits to enrich investors; Europe moves to ban Russian coal; EPA to finally ban deadly asbestos; PLUS: More destructive storms are causing more power outages, costing...

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bluebird of bitterness

• Blessed are the geeks

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• Friday happy dance

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• Find the rabbit!

  A rabbit lurks among the flowers and butterflies. See if you can find it. The solution will appear in the comments section later today.

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BlackListed News

• How 'fake' DHS agents spent 18 MONTHS infiltrating Secret Service

  The two men arrested in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday who attempted to cozy up to Secret Service agents could face conspiracy charges after spending their year-and-a-half living in a luxury apartment building allegedly posing as federal...

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• The President’s Brother, James Biden, and the Chinese

  While conservative heat has for three years focused on the past business activities of President Biden's son Hunter, a key Senate Republican told CBS News this week that newly obtained banking records raise similar concerns about first...

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• Hospital Refuses to Give 9-Year-Old Boy Life Saving Kidney Transplant Because Father is Unvaccinated

  A hospital in Cleveland is refusing to a provide a 9-year-old boy a life-saving kidney transplant because his father hasn’t taken the COVID-19 vaccine. Yes, really.

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Research Digest

• Text message “nudges” that initially increased Covid vaccine uptake were not effective later in pandemic

  By Matthew Warren. Study shows that timing of public health messages is crucial.

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• What leads people to believe they have been abducted by aliens?

  By Emma L. Barratt. We look back at a classic study on source monitoring errors and memories of alien abduction.

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• Here are the personality traits of the self-made millionaire

  By Matthew Warren. Self-made millionaires have a have a unique pattern of personality traits compared to the rest of us.

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Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Tukuni in Fiji

  In Fijian, the word tukuni means “fairytale,” a story that has been passed down through time. At Tukuni, a restaurant located in the foothills of Tuvu Lautoka, Fiji, food tells the island’s story.  On any given day, customers will...

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  This Depression-Era Science Trick Transforms Water Into Pie

  Recipes from the Great Depression carry reminders of how difficult the period was for the average American. From Depression pie—where oats make for a poor man’s substitute for pecans—to mock apple pie—in which cinnamon-scented...

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  For Sale: Moon Dust Collected by Neil Armstrong

  The first thing Neil Armstrong did after setting foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, was defy orders. The entire point of the Apollo 11 mission was to collect lunar material. Mike Mallory, a member of the Apollo 11 Navy frogman recovery team, remembers...

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Accidental Deliberations

• Musical interlude

  Kadebostany - Mind If I Stay

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• Friday Morning Links

  Assorted content to end your week.- George Monbiot writes that rhetoric about "learning to live with it" has become the go-to excuse to allow preventable tragedies - including the COVID pandemic and the deepening climate crisis - to go unaddressed...

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• Thursday Morning Links

  This and that for your Thursday reading.- Tim Requarth writes about the U.S.' appalling number of COVID orphans who have lost caregivers due to failures in public health policy - and the fact that they're now being left without alternative...

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8 April - iG Tab - 7 - MSM

 

WIRED

• How Russia's Invasion Triggered a US Crackdown on Its Hackers

  The Biden White House is using “all of the levers of national power” to counter—or preempt—cyberattacks by Russia’s most dangerous hacker groups.

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• DJI's Action 2 Camera and Mavic 3 Drone Are on Sale

  Planning to hit the trails this spring? Now's the time to grab a pocketable cam to document all your adventures.

  12 hours ago

• Sci-Fi Needs More Mothers

  Many of China Mountain Zhang author Maureen McHugh's stories explore the relationship between moms and their children.

  12 hours ago

NYT > Home Page

• Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted.’

  Tanks treads ripped up the toxic soil, bulldozers carved trenches and bunkers, and soldiers spent a month camped in — and dug into — a radioactive forest.

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• Photos From Kramatorsk After the Rocket Assault

  A railway station in eastern Ukraine had been a main departure point for people seeking to escape an expected Russian onslaught. A rocket assault left at least 50 dead.

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• As Europe adds new Russia sanctions, fatigue may be setting in.

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India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti

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  J&K: LeT commander killed in Anantnag encounter

  A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Sirhama area of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir, said Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police on Saturday. According to the police, the LeT commander...

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• Minister booked for provocative remark

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• Bommai slams T’gana, TN ‘negative campaign’ to woo K’taka industry

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BBC News - UK

• Long delays expected amid Easter travel disruption

  Scores of flights have been cancelled and ferry operators are struggling to meet demand.

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• P&O Ferries: Ship detained in Larne released after reinspection

  The European Causeway, which sails between Larne and Cairnryan, had been deemed "unfit to sail".

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• Eco centre to spot Aberdeen harbour dolphins opens

  The Greyhope Bay Centre, built by converting shipping containers, overlooks Aberdeen harbour.

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