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Justin Bieber fans make 2000 phone calls to his London hotel - GlobalPost (blog)
“Justin's fanbase are relentless — they will do anything to get near him," an anonymous source told The Sun. "The phones in the hotel haven't stopped ringing since he arrived." If they're lucky, they may get a song out of it: Bieber said he has ...
Adventures in La-La Land - GlobalPost (blog)
He is well connected in Democratic circles, and was speaking off the record. The presidential battle between President Barack Obama and Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney received short shrift. “It's all over,” said John. “You have a bad campaigner, ...
Fecal transplant cures man's C. difficile infection - GlobalPost (blog)
"It's a nasty topic to discuss, but fecal transplants work, and I was not ready to wait any longer," the man, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Chronicle Herald. His doctor was supposed to perform the surgery at a hospital last month, ...
'It's a whole new Syria' - GlobalPost (blog)
They all know something is ending,” said a Syrian intellectual and resident of Damascus who asked to remain anonymous. The forums began around May, he said, and take place in private homes, organised largely by word of mouth to avoid the secret police, ...
As drone war ramps up, so does criticism of it - GlobalPost (blog)
The former officer, who asked that his name not be used, said that the striking disconnect between these groups could have grave consequences down the line. “There is no accountability,” he said, adding that without effective policy or adequate ...
Did Goldman screw its clients? - GlobalPost (blog)
"[T]he bank's customers were 'only first in the same way that on Thanksgiving, the turkey is first,'" according to an anonymous source who used to peddle in this type of investment, Eisinger reports.
Egypt military admits to carrying out forced virginity tests - GlobalPost (blog)
"The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine," the general told CNN, on the condition of anonymity. "These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protesters in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and ...
Nuclear plans in China move forward - GlobalPost (blog)
But on Monday, a senior government official said China won't be deterred from those plans by problems with Japan's nuclear plants in the wake of its 8.8-magnitude earthquake. The government is in the midst of constructing 40 nuclear power reactors, ...
NORD GOLD FAILS TO MAKE IPO ON TIME — EVEN IN THE GOLD BOOM, OLIGARCH RISKS ... - GlobalPost (blog)
This is wrong, because three other people familiar with the matter say the IPO will not be taking place this year. While they say the reasons are not yet ...
HOW HIGH TO FLY — SEVERSTAL PREPARES HIGH RIVER GOLD FOR VALUE TAKEOFF, BUT ... - GlobalPost (blog)
... IPO for the goldmines in late 2010 or early 2011, reported Bloomberg, referring to a company plant identified as “people who declined to be identified. ...