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Mr. Brown announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the increase depends on a number of conditions, including a North Atlantic Treaty Organization strategy for the training of Afghan civil and military personnel, proper equipment, and a new...
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The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.
Pageant organizers say Rachel Christie has also withdrawn from next...
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Miss England has been forced to relinquish her crown after an alleged duel with a rival beauty queen over a TV Gladiator. Rachel Christie, niece of Olympic gold...
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Europe is facing a population crisis because of attacks on religion by secular writers, Britain’s chief rabbi has said.
Lord Sacks blamed Europe’s falling...
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The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and...
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The British government announced Tuesday that it will break up parts of major financial institutions bailed out by taxpayers, highlighting a growing divide across the...
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John Howard has become the target of an angry shoe-thrower at Oxford. Who cares? Retired J. Howard’s annual reimbursements are much higher, according to the...
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There’s nothing like religious zealots willing to sacrifice themselves and their kids for their religion. One particular mum, 41-year-old Moroccan Houria Chahed...
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Baby RB is just one year old, he has an active brain but that is all, he is not a normal one year old, he is suffering from congenital myasthenic syndrome, a rare...
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The Spanish daily newspaper El Pais carried a harsh critique of Tony Blair’s candidature written by Emilio Menéndez del Valle, a former diplomat and socialist...
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This is the message given to the Devon and Cornwell Police authorities by the parents of the 30 toddlers all aged under three. Another common thing is that these...
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What I am the most wondering at is the short-seeing of an Islamist danger infiltrating a traditionally Catholic region Brazil is.
Filling a gap of info covering an...
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The alleged victim, who cannot be named, returned from playing near her home in Hayes, west London, on Tuesday afternoon to tell her mother that she had been raped by...
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I think men have put women in an unfavorable position in this part of the world. They’ve put women in an oppressive situation.
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Premier League footballer Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a woman - and will be sacked by Wigan Athletic.
The striker was repeatedly...
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Listen to mayor Dorothy Thornhill. Her council has just banned parents from watching their own children at two council play areas in Watford. Quoted in the Watford...
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The British Government’s chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and...
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When April Alderton, 15 a teenager suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder got a tiny puppy four weeks ago, she was very happy. Sandy, the Tiny Jack...
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David Shepherd, the legendary international umpire, died after a long battle with cancer. He was 68.
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Tony Blair’s prospects of leading a new-look European Union took a double hit on Tuesday as a serious rival became the first to declare his intentions and Italy...
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Britons should turn vegetarian to help beat global warming, according to one of the world’s top experts on climate change.
Lord Stern said methane emissions from...
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The Financial Times today has published a full-page account of the development of Gordon Brown’s bank rescue plan, which is worth reading for many reasons, but...
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A fire sale of public assets will be announced by Gordon Brown today to help cut the Government’s mounting deficit.
The Tote, the Dartford crossing, the student...
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown refused a major Afghanistan troop reinforcement against the military’s advice, the former head of the Army has said.
Gen Sir Richard...
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Britain faces being sidelined from a new elite club of economic powers being set up by Barack Obama.
The U.S. president wants to establish a top table of powerful...
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Poor old Gordon Brown. His joy at being given a World Statesman of the Year award must have been severely tempered by having to deny he’s been snubbed by Barack...
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However, the US president is planning to hold personal meetings with the leaders of Russia, China and Japan.
The decision follows anger in America over the release of...
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They were Tony Blair’s not-so-secret weapon in his landslide victory in 1997. But now women voters appear to be turning their backs on Labour under his successor...
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Gordon Brown is being given until the autumn to turn Labour’s fortunes around in the wake of another by-election disaster.
The Conservatives romped home...
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Gordon Brown has admitted that he has been “hurt” by the personal attacks on him during the failed attempt to oust him this month, and said that he might...
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With the increasing corruption in the government and MPs misusing the taxpayers hard earned money for their own comforts; the system needs to be changed. This is what...
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Corrupt MPs would be expelled from Parliament under emergency moves to be unveiled within weeks to rebuild trust in Westminster following the Commons expenses...
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Gordon Brown’s political survival hung in the balance today as Labour suffered a devastating rout in the European elections.
The party was beaten into third...
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With polls showing support for the ruling Labour party at historic lows amid revelations about parliamentarians’ expenses, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed...
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In 1982 it was a war in the South Atlantic. In 2009 it has been moats, manure and the flipping of houses. Different mechanism, same outcome: the economy has been taken...
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Gordon Brown’s authority took another battering yesterday when he suffered his first Commons defeat as Prime Minister amid growing criticism of his leadership by...
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Actor Keanu Reeves and Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah have lent their support to an obscure Canadian rock group who are the subject of a new documentary. Anvil! The...
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