The Independent
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The Independent is a British compact newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media. It is nicknamed the Indie, with the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, being the Sindie. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily newspapers, with a circulation of 261,193 in November 2005 according to the UK Audit Bureau of Circulations. The paper was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
Overview
Media:
Newspaper
Audience:
Medium audience (100-500K) (English)
Scope:
International
Political Viewpoint:
Left
Owners:
Independent News & Media | public_corporation | Managers: Simon Kelner
Research
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Editorial
Edited By:
Kaizar Campwala
Last Edit:
Dec 6, 2006 - 1:28 PM PST
Story Stats
Top Topics:
World (378), Politics (238), U.S. (220), Business (140), Sci/Tech (131), Presidential Election 2008 (105), Environment (64), United Kingdom (63), Obama Administration (60), Climate Change (60), Global Economy (55), War (48), Global Warming (47), Living (35), Foreign Policy (35)...
Top Authors:
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Top Formats:
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US college student being held hostage was shot and killed by police officer
A US college student being held hostage in her home by an armed man was shot and killed by a police officer. Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head on Friday morning by an ...via The Independent -
Single ticket scoops $590m jackpot in Florida lottery
A single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated 590.5 million dollars (£389.2m), officials said ...via The Independent -
Saudi Arabian woman makes history having successfully scaled Mount Everest
Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain. Tilak Padney of Nepal's ...via The Independent -
Up to 60 people injured after elderly driver ploughs into Virginia parade
Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain ...via The Independent -
Gunman kills senior member of Imran Khan's political party as row over Pakistan election vote rigging continues
Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her ...via The Independent -
British skier falls to his death in French Alps
A British skier has died after plunging more than 3,000 feet while tackling a famous off piste glacier in the French Alps.Related StoriesKeep the change, say Germans alarmed ...via The Independent -
Postcard from... Brussels
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British man confesses to slitting two children's throats in Lyon flat
A British man yesterday confessed to killing his two children, aged five and 10, by cutting their throats, police sources said. The children’s bodies were discovered in a ...via The Independent -
Match made in cyberspace? Yahoo! poised to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn
Not quite a year after arriving at Yahoo! from Google, chief executive Marissa Mayer has apparently persuaded her board to approve the purchase of Tumblr – the go-to website ...via The Independent -
'Let's go Bulworth...': If Barack Obama wants to act like a cinema president, which films should he copy?
In the 1998 movie Bulworth Warren Beatty played a senator who, about to lose an election, arranges – or tries to – his own assassination. Then, knowing he was soon to be ...via The Independent
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