Kate Moss cuts hairdresser James Brown loose
The friendship between supermodel Kate Moss, 35, and James Brown, 40, appears to have turned a touch frosty after the hairdresser admitted that he and Kate see each other much less these days.
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'I'm doing God's work.' Meet Mr Goldman Sachs
Number 85 Broad Street, a dull, rust-coloured office block in lower Manhattan, doesn’t look like a place to stop and stare, and that’s just the way the people who work there like it. The men and women who arrive in the watery dawn sunshine, dressed in...
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General Motors drives Germany to despair
The directors of General Motors met for dinner last Monday in advance of an eagerly anticipated board meeting the following day. It was a chance for them to get to know one another.
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Are the central banks blowing new bubbles?
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Anglo American recruits banking grandee Sir Philip Hampton
Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland, is being lined up to join the board of Anglo American. An announcement could be made as early as tomorrow.
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Microsoft sees a silver lining in the cloud
When he considered joining Microsoft two years ago, Stephen Elop compiled a list of questions to ask the software giant. If he was going to make the leap from Juniper Networks, the internet router maker where he had been promised the chief executive’s...
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Aurum Holdings agree debt swap
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Strike ballot for British Airways crew
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Tory minders gag right-wing allies in the ECR
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Mail strikes spawn cheaper rivals
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Dyson children clean up with ?45m payout
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Gang film audiences to be frisked at 1Day
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Blue whales reclaim old feeding grounds
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Libel threat to force Us papers out of Britain
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Briton led to death by Tony Christie song
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The Arctic Sea gives up its secrets
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Secret files show Sir Mark Thatcher's role in Wonga coup plot
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Army wants to retreat in Afghanistan
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Dark motives of army base killer
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Berlin all fired up for wall-to-wall partying
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Vanishing glaciers jolt smokestack China
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Jungle angel was Barack Obama’s mother
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Making profits with pleasure: The world of collecting
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No. 25 BYU romps over Wyoming 52-0
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Revealed: How Cameron Cutie Liz Truss won seat from another scandal-hit Tory woman - but kept own affair secret
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KYM MARSH: Britain's premature baby problem - and the boy I lost at 21 weeks
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Swiss Muslims open mosque doors
Swiss mosques open their doors to the public - ahead of a vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets.
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Shipley's big day leads No. 2 Texas, 35-3
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Purdue wins at Michigan 38-36, 1st time since 1966
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Joey Elliott did what no Purdue quarterback since Bob Griese had done at Michigan Stadium.
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Carlo Ancelotti shows loyalty to his terrific thirtysomethings at Chelsea
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Cadbury to stand firm on Kraft bid
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England 20 New Zealand 12: match report
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Hundreds isolated by floodwaters
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Kraft to table ?12bn bid for Cadbury tomorrow
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Profits at Barclays to hit record ?11bn
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Murray reaches Valencia decider
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EU calls on both sides of Honduras to resume dialogue
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) urged on Saturday Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti to return to the dialogue in an attempt to save the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement.
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Israelis hold massive memorial rally for late premier Rabin
TEL AVIV, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered at the port city of Tel Aviv on Saturday night for the annual rally to commemorate the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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Iraqi lawmakers fail to vote on controversial election bill
BAGHDAD, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi lawmakers have again failed to reach a compromise over the elections law which would govern the country's national polls next January.
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Obama met House Democratic leaders as final push for health care reform
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday made a rare visit to Congress and met with House Democratic leaders, as his last-minute push for a health care reform that was expected to be passed later the day.
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Murray beats Verdasco to make final
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