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Crossing the English Channel is one of the more prestigious sporting exploits known to man and a Frenchman named Stephane Rousson will attempt to achieve the feat later today when he pedals his 16-metre long airship across the 55 kilometer wide stretch...
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Motor racing boss Max Mosley won a landmark privacy-invasion lawsuit Thursday against a tabloid newspaper’s claims he took part in a “Nazi” orgy.
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Motor racing boss Max Mosley won a landmark privacy-invasion lawsuit Thursday against a tabloid newspaper’s claims he took part in a “Nazi” orgy.
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Motor racing boss Max Mosley has won a landmark privacy-invasion lawsuit against a tabloid newspaper’s claims he took part in a “Nazi” orgy.
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Motor racing boss Max Mosley has won a landmark invasion of privacy lawsuit against a tabloid newspaper story that alleged he took part in a Nazi-themed sadomasochistic...
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A Lancashire grandfather has his buttocks insured for £1 million.
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More than half of Britons believe they live in a racist society, according to a major survey commissioned by BBC News Online.
is Britain still a country of people with...
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A British court has rejected an appeal by five men, serving life sentences for plotting a bombing spree, to overturn their convictions.
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Britain’s Ministry of Defense says a Taliban leader has surrendered to Pakistani authorities and another leading insurgent has been killed by British forces.
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The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again _ online.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Iran’s calls for Irael’s destruction are “abhorrent” and that Britain will remain at the forefront of...
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Two more defendants accused of plotting to detonate liquid explosives aboard trans-Atlantic jets have pleaded guilty to lesser charges in London.
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Britain’s highest appeals court is scheduled to decide this week whether a divorced woman and her son should be deported to Lebanon, where she claims her abusive...
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Gordon Brown has arrived in Israel for his first official visit as Britain’s prime minister.
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Gordon Brown has arrived in Israel for his first official visit as Britain’s prime minister.
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A Shiite militia that claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of five Britons in Iraq more than a year ago said one of its hostages committed suicide, a British...
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A Shiite militia that has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of five Britons in Iraq more than a year ago said one of the hostages committed suicide, a British...
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John and Anne Darwin were in trouble. Of that there is no doubt. But their plan for putting things right went extraordinarily wrong.
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The British government has ordered an inquiry into the actions of a U.S. company hired to mark more than a million pupils’ exam papers, after schools complained...
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Mark Cavendish of Britain has won the 12th stage of the Tour de France. His victory came hours after the race was thrown into chaos with a third doping bust.
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Mark Cavendish of Britain has won the 12th stage of the Tour de France. His victory came hours after the race was thrown into chaos with a third doping bust.
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Police in London charged an unemployed 33-year-old man Wednesday in the stabbing murders of two French students _ a frenzied killing that shocked people on both sides...
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Two media magnate brothers went to court Wednesday in an effort to move a tiny, car-free island in the English Channel further away from its feudal past.
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English Channel tunnel operator Groupe Eurotunnel SA on Tuesday reported profits of $1.57 million for 2007, its first annual net profit, less than a year after the...
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Our planet seems to have witnessed phenomenal happenings in its ancient times – be it gigantic volcanic eruption, a world devastating earthquake, or even large floods....
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If you want to go out for a long distance walks in Britain, you can march along The South Downs Way, which is a well-defined route, with spectacular views of the sea...
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Fiat Panda Terramare to Swim Across the English Channel...if you have read this then you need no briefing on it. yes, the car did succeed in its mission and are we not...
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After navigating on the famous Italian lakes, The Panda Terramare 4 will attempt its greatest test today at around 8.30am attempting to swim the English Channel. The...
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