Families ready for UK's first three-way kidney swap
BRITAIN’S first three-way series of kidney transplants is planned to take place within weeks. It will involve three donors and three recipients. Each couple will be a husband and wife, parent and child or brother and sister, but the donor will give away...
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Briton led to death by Tony Christie song
A BRITISH tourist who went to Amarillo in Texas because of the hit song by Tony Christie which bears its name has been shot dead in a bar.
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Award-winning blogger beaten, detained
SECRET police agents have abducted and beaten award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba.
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How do you come back as one of Hollywood's biggest stars when you've destroyed your career? Just ask the Oscar-nominated star of The Wrestler.
When you have to get the perfect gift (but don't have time to shop)
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TOM PARKER BOWLES: Eyes on the pies - Tasting Britain's finest pie-and-mash
Everyone's gone pie crazy - our man meets up with the 'Cockney Nostra' to taste Britain's best.
It's A Man's World: Bill Bailey
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OLLY SMITH: Top of the pops - Champagne alternatives for these recession times
The recession has hit sales of Champagne hard, and increasingly we're looking for good-value alternatives. But do they really hit the spot?
JAMES MARTIN: The Peugeot 3008 - what you get if you cross a saloon, an MPV, an SUV and a hatchback
It's no hot hatch but it feels sportier than a lot of these jack-of-all-trades crossovers.
It's all plane sailing: The Super Aviator sub in action
The Super Aviator is the personal sub designed like an aeroplane... and, as Caroline Graham discovers, with views like this, you won't need an in-flight movie.
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Tracks of my years: Zero 7's Henry Binns
From Justin Timberlake's Rock Your Body to Steely Dan's Sign In Stranger, British electronica's Henry Binns discusses his favourite tunes.
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The rise and fall of Britain's favourite beers: Why brewers are desperate for us to spend ?4 on a pint of lager
You might think that drinking a premium beer suggests that you are sophisticated, knowledgeable and cool. But as former beer marketing guru Pete Brown reveals, brewers are in crisis.
Health Reform Passes a Big Test, With Obama’s Aid
Debate in the House is under way after President Obama made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill and Democrats surmounted a key procedural hurdle to passage of a health care bill.
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Working class's bad parents kill social mobility
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The ISA: the great child protection racket
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Drama reveals Queen's spats with Margaret Thatcher
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Lawmakers Join Protest Over Bill
Outside the House, a different type of debate raged about the health care legislation, with protesters waving signs and shouting, "Kill the bill."
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JENNI MURRAY: As I wasn't a deep sea diver or an alcoholic, there was only one reason that I needed two new hips
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The greatest gift... Singer gives her boyfriend one of her kidneys
When SARAH SPRINGETT offered to donate an organ to her seriously ill partner Paul, doctors were wary and she even had to undergo psychological counselling.
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Botox gets a rival - but should you fall for the lure of Azzalure?
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Five of the best... digital pedometers
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Hard facts to swallow on aspirin as doctors warn of dangers
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Kelly is latest Strictly casualty
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Aussie expats chucking Old Dart
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Three's a crowd: Can a marriage survive the presence of an in-law?
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Fragrance special: Help him hit the right notes
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Success in the City: MTV's Whitney Port is the new style queen of NYC
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In a taxi with...quirky fashion designer Giles Deacon
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First past the post: Why the smart money’s on Venetia Williams
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A daughter reveals how she coped when her parents developed dementia
Maria Jastrzebska, left, recalls the struggle and heartache – but also the good moments – that followed when both of her beloved parents developed dementia.
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Remembrance Sunday: A silence that speaks volumes
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Amy De Vine looks a little closer to home for a sauvignon blanc
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Hackneyed themes, new nuances
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Classical realities
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The end of one life: Ishrat Jehan
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Just a ‘thank you’
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‘I am very moody’
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Inspirational teacher
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Africa calls
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Women's notebook: Animal jewellery by Victoria Bain
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House Debate: Objections
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Abortion Fight Erupts in Health Care Debate
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A Seattle teams has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space ? an idea spurred by science fiction novels.
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A/H1N1 flu death toll rises to 23 in Turkey
ANKARA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkey reported two more influenza A/H1N1 death cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll of the novel flu to 23, Turkish Health Ministry said Saturday.
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Kim Jong-Il calls for scientific farming to increase crop production
PYONGYANG, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong-Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has called for scientific farming to increase crop production to solve a current food shortage problem, official news agency KCNA reported on Saturday.
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DPRK develops new technology to recycle waste heat
PYONGYANG, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The State Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) says it has developed a better way to recycle waste heat, according to official news agency KCNA on Saturday.
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Help File: Moving iTunes music to a new computer; AVG's free upgrade
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The computer gets more like the TV every day
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Afghan A/H1N1 flu patient dies in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan female who was infected with A/H1N1 influenza died at a hospital in northwest Pakistan's city of Peshawar on Saturday, hospital authorities confirmed.
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Aretha to perform at Motown gala
Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder are among the musicians set to perform at a special concert for the US record label.
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Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep
A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.
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Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.
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Creation of Guo Pei displayed in Beijing
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Jackson's father seeks allowance
Joe Jackson asks for an allowance from the estate of his late son Michael, saying the star supported him before he died.
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China sets up fund to help people with brittle bone disease
BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A charity fund was set up here Saturday to aid patients with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), often known as brittle bone disease.
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All Beijingers to get H1N1 vaccination
Beijing is gearing up for an extended H1N1 vaccination program that will be open to everyone with a Beijing hukou.
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Migratory birds fly at Shahu scenic area
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Backpacker fraud 'an increasing problem'
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Comedian Mo'Nique takes on tough role in the movie 'Precious' with Mariah Carey
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In art we lust: At second blush, classic works rise to full erotic potential
Forgive me, readers, for I have sinned. Whenever I've gone by Titian's great "Venus With a Mirror," sitting topless in the Renaissance rooms at the National Gallery of Art, or Canova's marble "Naiad," lounging a floor below in the no-kini of a classical...
Robin Givhan on Fashion: Madeleine Albright's pins were mightier than the sword
The pins are displayed in glass cases at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York so that the jeweled butterflies seem to be in mid-flight and the patriotic eagles and flags sparkle like Fourth of July fireworks in a vitrine. The exhibition, "Read My...
Philip Kennicott on '1934: A New Deal for Artists' and Depression nostalgia
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Signature spruces up the classic vehicle 'Show Boat' to navigate new currents
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TV reviews: Exercise your options for getting fit with the tube
Flip the channel and feel the burn. The history of exercise on TV stretches to 1951 and "The Jack LaLanne Show." Amazingly, despite the advent of home video, LaLanne's successors are still on the air, lifting and thrusting and smiling too hard. By way...
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Barenboim joins Bon Jovi and others for 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall's fall
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Carolyn Hax: Exit stage right or stage left -- just give up the 'other woman' role
Dear Carolyn: I'm involved with a married man, which I didn't know until after we became involved and this breaks one of my core values -- so even though I love his company (we're no longer physically involved), I hate that I'm in the middle of someone...
Feting Fellini: French museum highlights Italian master's work
PARIS -- Federico Fellini, once viewed by some as a mere farceur, has become a classic. The Jeu de Paume is honoring the Italian film director with a vast exhibition, aptly named "La Grande Parade."
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Little eyes, big prize
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Machinarium blows the dust off of old genre
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Patterson's thrilling puzzlers go mobile
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Michel Legrand: The troubadour of loss
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And the Giller goes to ...
Forget red carpets and swarming paparazzi – this prestigious fiction prize is given to serious writers for serious readers. Books columnist Geoff Pevere breaks down this year's Giller contenders.
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Debus unpacks, then puts out fires
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