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It got 14 inches.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Snow in October? Yep! OV farmer Joan Lee snapped this photo on her northwestern Minnesota farm today. http://t.co/jfDZYFiT</p><p>— <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.twitter.com/OrganicValley">Organic Valley (@OrganicValley)</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/OrganicValley/status/253927259264671744" data-datetime="2012-10-04T18:39:11+00:00">4 Oct 12</a><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" id="platform_twitter_js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></blockquote><p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/photographs-of-the-first-snow-of-the-season-on-twitter/#more-190427" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/photographs-of-the-first-snow-of-the-season-on-twitter/" data-title="Photographs of the First Snow of the Season on Twitter" data-description="The first snow of the season inspired people to share images on Twitter of the white stuff covering their lawns, patios and cars. "></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190468 post type-post status-publish hentry category-americas category-news category-world tag-capriles-radonski-henrique tag-chavez-hugo tag-committee-to-protect-journalists tag-demonstrations-protests-and-riots tag-elections tag-social-networking-internet tag-twitter tag-venezuela entry " id="entry-190468"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-05T21:50:02+00:00"> <span class="date">October 5, 2012, <em>5:50 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/campaign-over-venezuelans-are-left-to-tensely-wait-and-tweet/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/campaign-over-venezuelans-are-left-to-tensely-wait-and-tweet/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Campaign Over, Venezuelans Are Left to Tensely Wait (and Tweet)">Campaign Over, Venezuelans Are Left to Tensely Wait (and Tweet)</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/elias-e-lopez/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by ELIAS E. LOPEZ">ELIAS E. LOPEZ</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><div class="w480"><iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/gvllspRZevE?start=13&fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="caption">Supporters of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela at a campaign rally this week.</span></div><p>There were no debates but plenty of vitriol, and now Venezuela’s intense and sometimes surreal presidential campaign is officially over.</p><p>The two candidates in the oil-rich country, President Hugo Chávez and Henrique Capriles Radonski, ended their campaigns on Thursday with huge rallies and one final pitch during televised interviews before the polls open on Sunday.</p><div class="w480"><iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/7ojs9HmJjYU?start=111&fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="caption">Supporters of Henrique Capriles Radonski, the opposition candidate in Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela.</span></div><p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/campaign-over-venezuelans-are-left-to-tensely-wait-and-tweet/#more-190468" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/campaign-over-venezuelans-are-left-to-tensely-wait-and-tweet/" data-title="Campaign Over, Venezuelans Are Left to Tensely Wait (and Tweet)" data-description="Even if Venezuela's presidential campaign is officially over in the physical world, the battle continues online, where many vent, speculate and argue."></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190440 post type-post status-publish hentry category-americas category-europe category-news category-us category-world tag-debates-political tag-federal-budget-us tag-national-public-radio tag-obama-barack tag-presidential-election-of-2012 tag-public-broadcasting tag-public-broadcasting-service tag-romney-mitt tag-sesame-street-tv-program tag-united-states entry " id="entry-190440"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-05T21:06:25+00:00"> <span class="date">October 5, 2012, <em>5:06 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/romneys-attack-on-big-bird-sows-confusion-abroad-and-feeds-it-at-home/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/romneys-attack-on-big-bird-sows-confusion-abroad-and-feeds-it-at-home/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Romney’s Threat to Big Bird Sows Confusion Abroad, and Feeds It at Home">Romney’s Threat to Big Bird Sows Confusion Abroad, and Feeds It at Home</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/robert-mackey/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by ROBERT MACKEY">ROBERT MACKEY</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><div class="w480"><iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/stSQ_CUGjGc?fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="caption">Video from Le Monde of Mitt Romney’s promise to cut the federal subsidy for public broadcasting during Wednesday’s debate.</span></div><p>Mitt Romney’s promise, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/stSQ_CUGjGc">during Wednesday debate</a>, to cut into America’s debt by ending the federal subsidy for public broadcasting generated an Internet backlash, and at least one popular <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/FiredBigBird/">new Twitter account</a>, largely because the former management consultant appeared to suggest that the beloved “Sesame Street” character Big Bird was surplus to requirements.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Mitt Romney favors Wall Street over Sesame Street</p><p>— <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.twitter.com/FiredBigBird">Fired Big Bird (@FiredBigBird)</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/FiredBigBird/status/253854930790658048" data-datetime="2012-10-04T13:51:46+00:00">4 Oct 12</a><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" id="platform_twitter_js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></blockquote><p>Mr. Romney’s decision to run against Big Bird gladdened American conservatives, who have long complained of a liberal bias on public television and radio channels, but puzzled many viewers abroad, where <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/ou_kpLTM_84">local versions of the educational program</a> are popular and well respected. In France, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.lemonde.fr/elections-americaines/article/2012/10/05/1-rue-sesame-le-gros-oiseau-et-la-conversation-nationale-apres-le-debat_1770480_829254.html">Le Monde reported</a> that the slight against <em>le Gros Oiseau</em> threatened to spiral into “l’affaire Big Bird,” after President Obama — experiencing a certain <em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier">esprit d’escalier</a></em> — came up, a day late, with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/KJmVKU2p_nw?t=25s">the retort</a>: “Thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on Big Bird. It’s about time. We didn’t know that Big Bird was driving the federal deficit.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/romneys-attack-on-big-bird-sows-confusion-abroad-and-feeds-it-at-home/#more-190440" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/romneys-attack-on-big-bird-sows-confusion-abroad-and-feeds-it-at-home/" data-title="Romney's Threat to Big Bird Sows Confusion Abroad, and Feeds It at Home" data-description="After Mitt Romney appeared to suggest that the beloved "Sesame Street" character Big Bird was surplus to requirements in Wednesday's debate, viewers around the world wondered how targeting a popular children's character could be a vote-winner."></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190344 post type-post status-publish hentry category-europe category-middle-east category-news category-world tag-civilian-casualties tag-demonstrations-protests-and-riots tag-erdogan-recep-tayyip tag-international-relations tag-istanbul-turkey tag-middle-east-and-north-africa-unrest-2010 tag-syria tag-turkey entry " id="entry-190344"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-05T00:10:40+00:00"> <span class="date">October 4, 2012, <em>8:10 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/protesters-march-against-war-in-istanbul-as-tension-with-syria-escalates/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/protesters-march-against-war-in-istanbul-as-tension-with-syria-escalates/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Protesters March Against War in Istanbul as Tension With Syria Escalates">Protesters March Against War in Istanbul as Tension With Syria Escalates</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/robert-mackey/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by ROBERT MACKEY">ROBERT MACKEY</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><div class="w480"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/10/04/world/middleeast/04lede_taksim/04lede_taksim-blog480.jpg" id="100000001827263" width="480" height="485" alt="A Turkish blogger's photograph of protesters in Istanbul marching against war with Syria on Thursday night."/><span class="credit">Serhatcan Yurdam, via Instagram</span><span class="caption">A Turkish blogger’s photograph of protesters in Istanbul marching against war with Syria on Thursday night.</span></div><p>As my colleagues <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/world/middleeast/syria.html">Tim Arango, Sebnem Arsu and Anne Barnard report</a>, the conflict in Syria spilled over its border with Turkey again on Thursday, as the Turkish military <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/shocEgNiXDA">struck Syrian positions</a> in retaliation for cross-border shelling that killed five Turkish civilians a day earlier.</p><p>After Turkey’s Parliament voted to authorize further military action against Syria, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that another Syrian shell had landed in Turkish territory, the newspaper <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=294340">Today’s Zaman reported</a>. Despite assuring reporters that his government “could never be interested in something like starting a war,” as he stood next to Iran’s visiting vice president, Mr. Erdogan added: “The Turkish Republic is a state capable of defending its citizens and borders. Nobody should try and test our determination on this subject.”</p><p>Late Thursday, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/UcakTamircisi/status/253931625925201921">thousands of antiwar protesters</a> marched to Taksim Square in the center of Istanbul. The blogger <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/syurdam">Serhatcan Yurdam</a> documented the protest <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.yurttasgazeteci.com/2012/10/savas-karstlar-sokakta-susma-haykr.html">using Instagram</a>, and curated <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.yurttasgazeteci.com/2012/10/photos-of-anti-war-protest-in-istanbul.html">a collection of photographs</a> uploaded to Twitter by observers and participants in the march. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/protesters-march-against-war-in-istanbul-as-tension-with-syria-escalates/#more-190344" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/protesters-march-against-war-in-istanbul-as-tension-with-syria-escalates/" data-title="Protesters March Against War in Istanbul as Tension With Syria Escalates" data-description="After Turkey's Parliament approved further military action against Syria on Thursday, thousands of antiwar protesters marched to Taksim Square in the center of Istanbul."></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190302 post type-post status-publish hentry category-news category-us tag-king-rodney-glen tag-philadelphia-pa tag-police tag-police-brutality-and-misconduct tag-puerto-ricans tag-ramsey-charles-h tag-suspensions-dismissals-and-resignations tag-video-recordings-and-downloads tag-youtube-com entry " id="entry-190302"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-04T18:42:50+00:00"> <span class="date">October 4, 2012, <em>2:42 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/philadelphia-fires-police-officer-caught-on-video-punching-woman/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/philadelphia-fires-police-officer-caught-on-video-punching-woman/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Philadelphia Fires Police Officer Caught on Video Punching Woman">Philadelphia Fires Police Officer Caught on Video Punching Woman</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jennifer-preston/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by JENNIFER PRESTON">JENNIFER PRESTON</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><p><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257js_/http://cbsphl.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=557623;hostDomain=video.philadelphia.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=480;playerHeight=300;isShowIcon=true;clipId=7796889;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.PHILLY%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed"></script><div class="w480"><span class="caption">A video report from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/7796889-philadelphia-police-commissioner-speaks-out-on-video-of-officer-punching-woman/">CBS 3</a> in Philadelphia features cellphone video <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/3Fn0mrdmXZI">posted on YouTube</a> that shows a police officer punching a woman in the face at a parade on Sunday.</span></div><p>A Philadelphia police lieutenant lost his job after <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/3Fn0mrdmXZI">36 seconds of cellphone video</a> that showed him punching a woman in the face after the city’s annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday went viral on YouTube.</p><p>Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey suspended the officer, Lt. Jonathan D. Josey II, 40, a Highway patrol supervisor, for 30 days, effective on Thursday, with “the intent to dismiss.”</p><p>“I watched the video over and over again, and I also listened to the interviews the complainant gave the media,” Mr. Ramsey<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20121004_Ramsey_firing_cop_who_punched_woman_at_parade.html?ref=more-like-this"> told reporters</a>, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. “Looking at everything, it was my sense that this was a very serious violation of department policy and that the force used was not the force necessary to effect an arrest.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/philadelphia-fires-police-officer-caught-on-video-punching-woman/#more-190302" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/philadelphia-fires-police-officer-caught-on-video-punching-woman/" data-title="Philadelphia Fires Police Officer Caught on Video Punching Woman" data-description="Philadelphia's police commissioner fired an officer caught on video punching a woman in the face at a Puerto Rican Day parade on Sunday."></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190153 post type-post status-publish hentry category-middle-east category-news category-world tag-demonstrations-protests-and-riots tag-embargoes-and-economic-sanctions tag-iran tag-iranian-rial-currency entry " id="entry-190153"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-03T21:09:09+00:00"> <span class="date">October 3, 2012, <em>5:09 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-offers-glimpses-of-tehran-protests/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-offers-glimpses-of-tehran-protests/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Video Offers Glimpses of Tehran Protests">Video Offers Glimpses of Tehran Protests</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/robert-mackey/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by ROBERT MACKEY">ROBERT MACKEY</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><div class="w480"><iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/tfp1jlX9rT8?fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="caption">Video, said to have been recorded on Wednesday in Tehran, showed protesters chanting “Death to Syria” and “interest takers” outside a branch of an Iranian export bank.</span></div><p><span class="loud">Last Updated, 8:04 p.m.</span> As my colleague <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/04/world/middleeast/clashes-reported-in-tehran-as-riot-police-target-money-changers.html">Thomas Erdbrink reports</a>, shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar closed their doors on Wednesday, after a protest by foreign-currency traders nearby was attacked by the security forces. The protests came as pressure from international sanctions caused a sudden plunge in the value of Iran’s currency, the rial, which has in turn played havoc with the buying and selling of foreign currency, angering merchants and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19800532">the capital’s black-market money-changers</a>, who work along Ferdowsi Avenue in central Tehran.</p><p>Iranian journalists and bloggers working from outside the country shared video and photographs posted online by people who said they witnessed Wednesday’s protests in Tehran’s commercial center.</p><p>A reporter for the BBC’s Persian-language service, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/ranarahimpour">Rana Rahimpour</a>, pointed to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/MDFjyg1KXpw">video</a> uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday morning, showing protesters marching into the bazaar, chanting, “Dignified merchants, support us, support us.”</p><div class="w480"><iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/MDFjyg1KXpw?fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="caption">Video posted on an Iranian opposition YouTube channel, said to show protesters at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on Wednesday.</span></div><p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-offers-glimpses-of-tehran-protests/#more-190153" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-offers-glimpses-of-tehran-protests/" data-title="Video Offers Glimpses of Tehran Protests" data-description="Iranian journalists working from outside the country shared video and photographs posted online by people who said they witnessed Wednesday's protests in Tehran."></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190164 post type-post status-publish hentry category-news category-us tag-bullies tag-facebook-inc tag-obesity tag-television tag-weight tag-wisconsin tag-youtube-com entry " id="entry-190164"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-03T18:25:48+00:00"> <span class="date">October 3, 2012, <em>2:25 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-tv-anchor-takes-on-viewer-who-complains-about-her-weight/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-tv-anchor-takes-on-viewer-who-complains-about-her-weight/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to TV Anchor Takes on Viewer Who Complains About Her Weight">TV Anchor Takes on Viewer Who Complains About Her Weight</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jennifer-preston/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by JENNIFER PRESTON">JENNIFER PRESTON</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><div class="w480"><iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/GdJ2jHii6Y0?fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="caption">A local television anchor from Wisconsin rebuffs a viewer who had written to her about her weight. </span></div><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.news8000.com/jennifer-livingston">Jennifer Livingston</a>, a local morning anchor in Wisconsin, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/GdJ2jHii6Y0">responded on air </a>directly to a viewer who sent her an e-mail telling her she was an unsuitable role model for young people, especially young girls, because she is overweight.</p><p>Ms. Livingston’s response, which has gone viral on the Internet with almost 2 million views on YouTube alone, said she had initially dismissed the criticism but then decided to speak up to raise awareness about bullying behavior.</p><p>“The truth is I am overweight,” said Ms. Livingston, 37, during the morning broadcast on WKBT-TV, a CBS affiliate in Lacrosse. “You could call me fat and yes, even obese on a doctor’s chart. But to the person who wrote me that letter, do you think I don’t know that? That your cruel words are pointing out something that I don’t see?” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-tv-anchor-takes-on-viewer-who-complains-about-her-weight/#more-190164" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/video-tv-anchor-takes-on-viewer-who-complains-about-her-weight/" data-title="TV Anchor Takes on Viewer Who Complains About Her Weight" data-description="Jennifer Livingston, a local television anchor in Wisconsin, used a complaint from a viewer about her weight to take a public stand against bullying. "></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190123 post type-post status-publish hentry category-europe category-middle-east category-news category-world tag-ikea tag-saudi-arabia tag-shopping-and-retail tag-sweden tag-womens-rights entry " id="entry-190123"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-03T02:14:57+00:00"> <span class="date">October 2, 2012, <em>10:14 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/ikea-apologizes-for-removing-women-from-saudi-catalog/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/ikea-apologizes-for-removing-women-from-saudi-catalog/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ikea Apologizes for Removing Women From Saudi Catalog">Ikea Apologizes for Removing Women From Saudi Catalog</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jennifer-preston/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by JENNIFER PRESTON">JENNIFER PRESTON</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><div class="w480"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/10/03/blogs/03ikea_blog/03ikea_blog-blog480.jpg" id="100000001822202" width="480" height="211" alt="A handout photo from Ikea, the Swedish furniture company, shows two versions of the same photo from its Swedish catalog, left, and its Saudi catalog."/><span class="credit">Ikea, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</span><span class="caption">A handout photo from Ikea, the Swedish furniture company, shows two version of the same photo from its Swedish catalog, left, and its Saudi catalog.</span></div><p>Ikea, the furniture retail giant, has issued an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://franchisor.ikea.com/statement_cat_sa.pdf" title="Statement from Ikea ">apology</a> after a Swedish newspaper <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.swedishwire.com/business/14909-women-erased-from-saudi-ikea-catalog">reported</a> Monday that the company had removed women from some photographs for its catalog in Saudi Arabia.</p><p>Images of women that appear in versions of the catalog, published in 27 languages in 37 other countries, were erased in the edition for customers in Saudi Arabia. This prompted an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://riyadhbureau.com/2012/10/ikea-sorry-for-deleting-women-from-saudi-catalogue">outcry</a> over the company’s approach to gender inequality that began in Sweden and then spread around the world on social media platforms with thousands of mentions on Twitter alone in the last day.</p><p>Birgitta Ohlsson, the Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs who describes herself as a feminist in her <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/birgittaohlsson">Twitter profile</a>, tweeted in Swedish the move was “medieval.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/ikea-apologizes-for-removing-women-from-saudi-catalog/#more-190123" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/ikea-apologizes-for-removing-women-from-saudi-catalog/" data-title="Ikea Apologizes for Removing Women From Saudi Catalog" data-description="After a Swedish newspaper reported that Ikea airbrushed women from its catalog for customers in Saudi Arabia, the furniture retail giant issued an apology. "></div></div><hr/><div class="post-189768 post type-post status-publish hentry category-news category-us tag-police-tactics tag-seattle tag-seattle-police-department tag-twitter entry " id="entry-189768"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-01T23:53:03+00:00"> <span class="date">October 1, 2012, <em>7:53 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/tweets-by-beat-from-the-seattle-police-department/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/tweets-by-beat-from-the-seattle-police-department/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Tweets by Beat From the Seattle Police Department">Tweets by Beat From the Seattle Police Department</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jennifer-preston/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by JENNIFER PRESTON">JENNIFER PRESTON</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><p>As my colleague Kirk Johnson <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/us/seattle-police-department-uses-twitter-to-report-crime.html">reports,</a> the Seattle Police Department has turned to Twitter <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://twitter.com/seattlepd" title="Seattle Police Department's Twitter account"> to post </a> police blotter items online for residents looking to keep up with police-related activity in their neighborhood.</p><p>The department divvied up the mostly automated <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://seattle.gov/police/tweets/feeds.htm">51 Twitter feeds</a> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://seattle.gov/police/tweets/" title="Seattle P.D.'s precinct map for its Twitter accounts ">police sectors and beats</a> to deliver incident reports at a local level.</p><p>As an example, residents in a sector called J2 in Seattle’s North Precinct, learned over the weekend about an auto theft in their neighborhood and a “disturbance.”</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Beat:J2, AUTO THEFT at NW VERNON PL / SHILSHOLE AV NW reported on 10/1/2012 2:23 AM</p><p>— <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.twitter.com/SeattlePDJ2">SeattlePD John2 (@SeattlePDJ2)</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/SeattlePDJ2/status/252756696286523392" data-datetime="2012-10-01T13:07:47+00:00">1 Oct 12</a><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" id="platform_twitter_js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></blockquote><p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/tweets-by-beat-from-the-seattle-police-department/#more-189768" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257oe_/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/tweets-by-beat-from-the-seattle-police-department/" data-title="Tweets by Beat From the Seattle Police Department" data-description="Posts on Twitter from the Seattle Police Department's new effort to share information with residents about what is going on in their neighborhood. "></div></div><hr/><div class="post-190041 post type-post status-publish hentry category-middle-east category-news category-us category-world tag-austin-tice tag-syria entry " id="entry-190041"> <header class="postHeader"><div class="postMetaHeader"> <span class="timestamp published" title="2012-10-01T23:43:27+00:00"> <span class="date">October 1, 2012, <em>7:43 pm</em></span></span><span class="postMetaHeaderCommentCount commentCount"><a class="commentCountLink icon commentIcon hidden" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/analysts-say-video-of-american-held-in-syria-might-have-been-staged/"></a></span></div><h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/analysts-say-video-of-american-held-in-syria-might-have-been-staged/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Analysts Say Video of American Held in Syria May Have Been Staged">Analysts Say Video of American Held in Syria May Have Been Staged</a></h3> <address class="byline author vcard">By <a href="/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/author/robert-mackey/" class="url fn" title="See all posts by ROBERT MACKEY">ROBERT MACKEY</a></address></header><div class="entry-content"><div class="w480"><iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/dNdA0q9j040?fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="caption">Analysts have questioned the authenticity of video posted on YouTube last week, apparently showing the American reporter Austin Tice in the hands of Islamist fighters in Syria.</span></div><p><span class="loud">Last Updated | Tuesday, 7:12 a.m.</span> As my colleague <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/world/middleeast/austin-tice-seen-alive-in-video-on-pro-assad-web-site.html">David Kirkpatrick reports</a>, video posted on YouTube five days ago, apparently showing a missing American journalist in the hands of jihadist captors in Syria, may have been staged to discredit the armed opposition to the Syrian government, according to several analysts who viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://youtu.be/dNdA0q9j040">the clip</a> on Monday.</p><p>The reporter, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.facebook.com/abtice">Austin Tice</a>, left the United States Marine Corps last year and has been contributing freelance articles to two American newspaper companies, McClatchy and The Washington Post, and other outlets since he smuggled himself into Syria from Turkey in May. He last communicated with colleagues by e-mail on Aug. 13. An update <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/Austin_Tice/status/234405662518546432">he posted on Twitter</a> two days earlier, about enjoying an alcohol-fueled birthday party with members of the Free Syrian Army, underscored that he was on good terms with the rebels he was reporting on at the time.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Spent the day at an FSA pool party with music by @taylorswift13. They even brought me whiskey. Hands down, best birthday ever.</p><p>— <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.twitter.com/Austin_Tice">Austin Tice (@Austin_Tice)</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/https://twitter.com/Austin_Tice/status/234405662518546432" data-datetime="2012-08-11T21:47:19+00:00">11 Aug 12</a><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" id="platform_twitter_js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></blockquote><p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/analysts-say-video-of-american-held-in-syria-might-have-been-staged/#more-190041" class="more-link">Read more…</a></p></div></div><div class="entry-meta"><div class="shareTools shareToolsThemeClassic shareToolsThemeClassicHorizontal articleShareToolsBottom" data-shares="facebook|,twitter|,google|" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://cuminet.blogs.ku.dk/">Cuminet</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.damascusdiaries.com/">Damascus Diaries</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://blog.wired.com/defense/">Danger Room</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/">Dot Earth</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.enduringamerica.com/">EA WorldView</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://news.feetintwoworlds.org/">Feet in Two Worlds</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://firstroundbye.blogspot.com/">First Round Bye</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/">Foreign Policy: Passport</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://garysick.tumblr.com/">Gary Sick</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://globalvoicesonline.org/">Global Voices</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.groundreport.com/">Ground Report</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://heresycorner.blogspot.com/">Heresy Corner</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://iranianvoicesintranslation.blogspot.com/">Iranian Progressives in Translation</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://jarretbrachman.net/">Jarret Brachman</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://jonathanturley.org/">Jonathan Turley</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://kottke.org/">Kottke</a></li></ul><ul class="refer even"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/">Language Log</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/">Laura Rozen</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/">Le Monde's News Blog</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/">Lens</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky">Michael Tomasky</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.murketing.com/journal/">Murketing</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/?xrail">New Yorker's News Desk</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.newsy.com/">Newsy</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.nowlebanon.com/Default.aspx">Now Lebanon</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://blogs.nybooks.com/">NYRB Blog</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://community.livejournal.com/nytimesinmoscow/">NYT: Moscow</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.propublica.org/ion/blog">Pro Publica Blog</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://robinwrightblog.blogspot.com/">Robin Wright</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://saudijeans.org/">Saudi Jeans</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://slatest.slate.com/">Slatest</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/">Small Wars Journal</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/">Strange Maps</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/">Talking Points Memo</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/">The Caucus</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/default.aspx">The Plank</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/">The Two-Way</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/">Think Tank</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/">Threat Level</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://transitionland.wordpress.com/">Transitionland</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily">Vanity Fair Daily</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/index.html">War Room</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.france24.com/en/taxonomy/term/18008/2">Web News, France 24</a></li></ul></div><div class="entry"><h6 class="kicker">News Sites</h6><ul class=" refer odd"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://english.alarabiya.net/">Al Arabiya</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://english.aljazeera.net/">Al Jazeera (English)</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en">Al Masry Al Youm</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/english.html">ANSA (English)</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.arabnews.com/">Arab News</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.asharq-e.com/default.asp">Asharq Al-Awsat</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.asianage.com/">Asian Age</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://news.bbc.co.uk/">BBC News</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/">BBC World Service</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://twitter.com/BreakingNews">Breaking News Online</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.cbc.ca/news/">CBC</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.channel4.com/news/">Channel 4 News</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.clarin.com/">Clarín</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.cnn.com/">CNN</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.corriere.it/">Corriere della Sera</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.corriere.it/english/">Corriere Della Sera (English)</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/">Daily Star, Lebanon</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/home/">Dawn</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.elmundo.es/">El Mundo</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.elpais.com/global/">El País</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://tribune.com.pk/">Express Tribune</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.ft.com/home/us">Financial Times</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://g1.globo.com/">Globo.com</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://news.google.com/">Google News</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.guardian.co.uk/">Guardian.co.uk</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.haaretz.com/">Haaretz</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://ibnlive.in.com/">IBNLive.com</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.irishtimes.com/">Irish Times</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/index.asp">Lanacion.com</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.latimes.com/">LATimes.com</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.lemonde.fr/">Le Monde</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/">McClatchy</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">MSNBC</a></li></ul><ul class="refer even"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/default.aspx">NDTV</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm">Newsmap</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.npr.org/">NPR</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://oglobo.globo.com/">O Globo</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.propublica.org/">ProPublica</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.publicola.net/">PubliCola</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.rayogram.com/news">Rayogram/News</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.rue89.com/">Rue89</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.russiatoday.com/en">Russia Today</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.soitu.es/">Soitu</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.spiegel.de/international/">Spiegel (English)</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.smh.com.au/">Sydney Morning Herald</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.tehelka.com/">Tehelka</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/">Tehran Bureau</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME">The Associated Press</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/">The Globe and Mail</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.thelocal.de/">The Local (Berlin)</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.mg.co.za/">The Mail and Guardian</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.thenational.ae/">The National</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.thenews.com.pk/index.html">The News (Pakistan)</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/index.html">The Seattle Times</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/">The Telegraph</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.wsj.com/">The Wall Street Journal</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.nytimes.com/pages/aponline/news/index.html">The Wires: A.P.</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.nytimes.com/pages/reuters/index.html">The Wires: Reuters</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/global/">Timesonline.co.uk</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/">Today's Zaman</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/">Voice of San Diego</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.washingtonpost.com/">Washingtonpost.com</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/20/0,3672,20,00.html">ZDF</a></li></ul></div><div class="entry"><h6 class="kicker">News Video</h6><ul class=" refer odd"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish#grid/uploads">Al Jazeera Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress">AP Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/BBCNews2012/videos">BBC News on YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/default.stm">BBC News Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/news_summary/8070822.stm">BBC One Minute World News</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/channel4news#g/u">Channel 4 News Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.cineinstitute.com/news/recovery-and-reportage">Cine Institute</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.citizentube.com/">CitizenTube</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/nocommenttv#g/u">Euronews/nocomment</a></li></ul><ul class="refer even"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGuardian#g/u">Guardian Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/itnnews#play/all">ITN Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://mag.ma/">Magma</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://video.nytimes.com/">NYT.com Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.britishpathe.com/">Pathe Newsreel Archive</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/ReutersVideo">Reuters Video</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/skynews#g/u">Sky News</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121006074257/http://www.youtube.com/user/telegraphtv#g/u">Telegraph TV</a></li></ul></div></div><div id="archive" class="box nocontent module"><div class="entry"><h4>Archive</h4> 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