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Election aftermath: Liz Kendall declares Labour leadership bid – as it happened
There was a decapitation strategy on the Conservative side, and then also on Labour's side, like for example the extraordinary targeting of Simon Hughes, long-standing and much beloved member of Parliament for Bermondsey. So I think what one's looking …
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Why Are Chinese and Russian Ships Prowling the Mediterranean?
The U.S. Navy has mounted a standing presence in China's and Russia's near seas since World War II, manifest in the Japan-based Seventh Fleet. It's augmenting that presence as it rebalances to the Far East. By staging a show of force in the …
Read more on Foreign Policy (blog)

Pilots 2015: The Year Of Ethnic Castings – About Time Or Too Much Of Good Thing?
ABC, which has been in the forefront of the current wave of ethnic programming with freshmen How To Get Away With Murder, Black-ish, Cristela and Fresh Off The Boat, is leading the pack again with two black family comedies: Uncle Buck and Delores …
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On April 1, Google announced that it has unveiled a new way to use its popular Gmail e-mail system. Called Gmail Tap, it uses dots and dashes to form letters, a system of communicating that should be very familiar to radio amateurs. “Morse code is perfect,” said Gmail Tap Engineer Mitch Fedenko. “It’s just a dot and a dash. What’s simpler than that?”

According to Google, Gmail Tap will let you t…

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