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Lemmer's Rogue Report: Chocolate

When it comes to chocolate, we’re spoilt for choice. We have Twix, Boounty, Snickers, Mars, Yorkie, Dairy Milk, Milky Bars, Quality Streets, Celebrations, Revellers, Chocolate Buttons, M&Ms, Lindt, Flake, Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Milky Way, Galaxy, Nestle Crunch, Kinder Eggs, Kinder Bueno, Kit...

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

Feature: American Rapists?

On Tuesday 24th March, anti-riot police clashed with a group of Filipino students who were protesting over the presence of US military troops in their country. You have to question, what on Earth are American troops doing on this distant island in the Indian ocean... no wonder the students were...

Submitted by Jody.McIntyre

Climate March

From the Don't Panic archives...

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift Meets Afrika Bambaataa

Kieran Yates caught up with the break-beat pioneer to learn how we can learn from our elders, how 'Zulu Nation' will always be relevant, and above all, to remember to respect Mother Earth.

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Feature: Luxmi's Story

"He was holding my baby and punching me. I didn't know what to do. I was shouting, 'Can you just see what you are doing to my baby, my baby's gonna fall!' He was just holding my baby like you would hold a rag doll. She was barely two months old." The man Luxmi is talking about is her husband, the...

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry

Feature: Get Wet on Mothers Day

"Don't forget that Sunday is Mother's Day!" scream the banners on shops and websites alike. "Show her she's special" they demand. How exactly do they recommend that you make your mum feel unique on the big day? How about buying her Take That's album for a tenner, they suggest? Why exactly she'd...

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry

Blog: Bibi Van Der Zee

I wouldn’t like to be a banker. Not just because it’s a boring job – designed for people who are happy to trade the idea of freedom, creativity, independence and the time for a decent social life for a big fat pay cheque. And not because everyone in Britain hates bankers now – in fact make that...

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Postcards From The Edge: Thailand

It doesn’t seem like a bad job. In fact, it would be near perfect for me - chilling out during the day, starting work at 4pm, being fed constantly, plenty of affection from passers by and lots of exercise. Sadly for Bangkok’s Street Elephants, I doubt they feel anywhere near as positive about...

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Feature: The Truth about Female Genital Mutilation

Female circumcision is a practice common to many parts of Africa. It's seen as an important tradition which marks a girl's progress into adulthood, but just reading descriptions of what it actually entails were enough to make my skin crawl and want to look away from the screen. I warn you now, don'...

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry

Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ Emmanuel Jal

With Easter fast approaching, the first sun of spring in the sky and a regretful hangover in mind it seemed like a good time to go church and ask God to forgive and forget my sins from the night before. But that wasn't the only reason I decided to go to church on Sunday March 15th; that other...

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