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NewspaperDirect

 NewspaperDirect is a centralized global repository for content of daily newspapers. It has agreements to receive content from publishers around the world and make it available in the original design and page layout to readers globally.

The first page is free, but you have to pay to access the entire publication.

Database of African Theses and Dissertations

 The DATAD database contains citations and abstracts for theses and dissertations completed in African universities. The launching database includes works from all subject areas in ten leading universities and includes abstracts written by the authors.

In order to search, you must register and then login before you will be able to access brief citations in the DATAD database. To search the entire database you will need to subscribe or connect from a subscribing institution.
http://www.aau.org/datad/database/login.php

Land Registry House Price Index

The Land Registry House Price Index (HPI) captures changes in the value of UK residential properties. The HPI is published by the Land Registry, using sales data collected on all residential housing transactions, whether for cash or with a mortgage, in England and Wales since April 2000.
Iindices can be searched at a national level, as well as for the various regions, counties and London boroughs.

An interesting function is the possibility to compare house prices in two locations

The Caffeine Database(s)

Ever wonder how much caffine there is in your drink?
Check out the Caffine Database
There is also a related list of caffeine in mints, chocolates, and other assorted candies and sweet things

Guantanamo Is Not a Prison

Karen J. Greenberg (co-editor of The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib and editor of The Torture Debate in America) has writte on how journalists who visit Guantanamo are "coached" on the appropriate ways to report on the situation there:
I give you the 11 points here. The entire article is at:
tomdispach.com

Guantanamo Is Not a Prison - 11 Ways to Report on Gitmo without Upsetting the Pentagon

1. Guantanamo is not a prison.
2. Consistent with not being a prison, Guantanamo has no prisoners, only enemies
3. Guantanamo is not about guilt and innocence -- or, once an enemy combatant, always an enemy combatant.
4. No trustworthy lawyers come to Guantanamo.
5. Recently, at least, few if any reliable journalists have been reporting on Guantanamo;
6. After years of isolation, the detainees still possess valuable information -- especially today
7. Guantanamo contains no individuals -- inside the wire or out.
8. Guantanamo's deep respect for Islam is unappreciated.
9. At Guantanamo, hard facts are scarce.
10. Guantanamo houses no contradictions.
11. Those who fail to reproduce the official narrative are not welcome back.

Royalty claims could kill internet music radio

A wide array of broadcasters and online companies on Monday challenged a ruling from a panel of copyright judges that they say could cripple the emerging business of offering music broadcasts over the Internet.

In brief it would mean that the cost of streaming songs would be so prohibitive  that it would effectively kill internet-based music radio. 
See also:

http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/us_copyright_ro.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070319/internet_radio.html?.v=1

Jack Shennan describes the typical reader [podcast]

At the latest training session for the editors at Johnston Press,  ack Shennan of the Linlithgow Gazette talked about the typical reader (and a lot more, a talkative lad Jack).
Listen to him.
Download jack.mp3