Chaos as Abdullah quits Afghan poll
Afghanistan's western backers are pushing for a rapid coronation of Hamid Karzai as president without going through with a second round of voting after the Afghan president's closest rival pulled out of the race today. Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from...
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New York Republican Endorses Democrat
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England have added London Irish lock Nick Kennedy to their squad for the November internationals.
Sunday's News of Hockey, 11/1/09: O.H.L Player's Skull Fractured by Check Into Boards
A 16-year-old Kitchener Ranger is in critical but stable condition at a Hamilton hospital after being sent face-first into the boards on Friday night.
Parents who lie to get children into schools face new penalties
Parents who lie to get their children into oversubscribed state schools face new penalties and sanctions following proposals from a major inquiry to be published today.
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South Korea Struggles With Attitudes Toward Race
Until recently, South Koreans were taught to take pride in their nation’s “ethnic homogeneity,” but in the past seven years, the number of foreign residents has doubled.
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Service station in Cumbria wins Grand Prix food award
The Tebay motorway service station in Cumbria which offers home made soups steak pies and curries has won the British Academy of Gastronomes' Grand Prix of Gastronomy.
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‘This Is It’: No. 1, but Still Disappointing
The much-hyped Michael Jackson documentary failed to thrill a mega audience in North America. But overseas was another story, where a stronger fan base delivered big results.
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Manufacturing activity grows in October
MANUFACTURING activity grew slowly for the third consecutive month in October, after falling employment and soft exports put pressure on the sector, a survey shows.
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Manufacturing activity grows in October
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Manufacturing activity grows in October
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Manufacturing activity grows in October
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Girly men of Japan just want to have fun
At the age of 18, Mitsuhiro Matsushita already has a good idea of his ideal future. After he graduates from university a few years of work will be followed by marriage to an industrious wage earner. When children arrive it will be Mitsuhiro who stays...
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Woman left broke by divorce payout takes fight to Supreme Court
A British woman left almost penniless by divorce goes to the Supreme Court this week in a case that will test London’s reputation as the divorce capital of the world.
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Miliband arrives on poignant anniversary but pragmatism rules now
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White House reveals its galaxy of star visitors
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Ramazan Bashardost: the rival for the Afghan presidency known as Mr Bean
If there is one politician untainted by Afghanistan’s election debacle it has to be Ramazan Bashardost, the self-styled anti-corruption crusader whose battered old car drew comparisons to Mr Bean.
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Distinction between Abdullah’s boycott and withdrawal is a big one
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Baroness Thatcher in the cold as former leaders remember fall of the wall
Three greying men, one in a wheelchair, one leaning on a stick, shuffled on to a theatre stage normally occupied by high-kicking chorus girls to discuss old times — the good old days when the Berlin Wall came down and they were in charge of the world.
Doug Hoffman going for Congress could see Republicans move further right
Doug Hoffman does not look much like a rebel who could shape American politics for years to come.
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Violence is a way of life in Iraq - and this is the justice it creates
Violence in Iraq has been reduced, as Western generals and politicians are keen to point out, but it has not gone away. If anything, it has become more deeply ingrained.
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Six bodies found in Cleveland home of convicted rapist Anthony Sowell
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Lufthansa pulls bmi sale after price fails to attract bidders
Lufthansa, the German flag carrier, has withdrawn bmi from sale and will concentrate on trying to turn around the loss-making airline itself.
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Lessons we must learn from revitalised economies
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American retailing giants slash book prices
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Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform
The future of high street banking will change for ever this week as the Chancellor bows to pressure from Brussels and agrees to break up banks that are supported by the taxpayer.
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Britain needs ‘?350bn of tax rises and spending cuts’
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Water companies braced for battle with regulator
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Palestinian anger as Hillary Clinton praises 'settlement concessions'
The Palestinian leadership accused the US of caving in over Israeli settlements after Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, praised Israel for making concessions.
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Alistair Darling to break up RBS and Lloyds as he banks on reform
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British business goes for gold at the site of the London 2012 Olympics
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Alfred Hitchcock film scenes recreated in Plexiglas and paper tape
The monochrome world of Hitchcock’s Spellbound has been revisited in a new artistic medium — layers of brown parcel tape stuck on to a 4ft-high sheet of clear plastic through which light is shone.
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Prince Michael of Kent’s christening set included in ?1m heirloom auction
Informal family photographs of Queen Victoria and the last Tsar, a Coronation chair and Prince Michael of Kent’s silver christening set are among heirlooms being sold by three senior members of the Royal Family.
Celebrities get more respect than dead soldiers, says George Cross holder
The Army’s youngest holder of the George Cross has clashed with the Ministry of Defence over the “lack of respect” paid by ministers to servicemen who have made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Linguists all a-muckwash and fratching over lost words
Sceptics from Norfolk may blar at the idea, while Devon folk may dismiss it as zamzoden, but linguists have begun an investigation into whether regional dialect words are dead or, as they used to say in Lancashire, merely wambly.
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The drugs experts who are standing down
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Police watchdog accused Met Chief Sir Ian Blair of witness tampering'
Sir Ian Blair was accused of pressurising a senior officer to alter evidence over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes he has claimed in his autobiography.
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A New Outlook at S.M.U.
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Wheelchairs, a Debutant and One ‘Old Lady’ Round Out the Field
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Yuck: Rams Beat Lions 17-10 in Battle of Bad Teams
DETROIT (AP) -- As expected of two teams that combined for one win entering Sunday, the St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions played an awful football game.
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CIT files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Bernice King on civil rights mission
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Parents in legal battle over son's life
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Nasca tree-felling 'led to extinction'
THE mysterious people who etched the "Nasca lines" across deserts in Peru hastened their own demise by clearing forests 1500 years ago, according to a study.
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Rafael Benítez has given up on winning Premier League says Ronnie Whelan
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Evans joins American team BMC
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Venezuela joins border slayings row
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Councils backtrack over increased parking charges
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Tony Blair linked to ?1m Tesco Middle East deal
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Cancún beach project suspended
A huge project to replenish eroded beaches in Mexico's main Caribbean coastal resorts, including Cancún, has been suspended after legal action by environmentalists. Campaigners claim the $75m (?45m) plan – involving taking 6.2m cubic metres from a sandbank...
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Eels off the menu on BBC's MasterChef
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Revolution Beat Fire in Playoff Series Opener
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Lockerbie bomber had 'three months to live'... now he's well enough to go home
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Channel 4 director is Britain's highestpaid public sector boss
Kevin Lygo the director of programmes at Channel 4 earned ?1.136m last year making him Britain's highestpaid public sector boss according to an ITV programme.
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MPs' expenses: David Wilshire compares treatment of politicians to Jews in Nazi Germany
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Brighton sack manager Russell Slade
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If it's not scary, it's not right
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Van Persie begs for a crack at Adebayor
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Eagles 40, Giants 17: Giants Fall Apart in Third Straight Loss
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US state tops Switzerland as tax haven
MOVE over Switzerland. The tiny US state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice rights group said.
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CIT Group files for prepackaged bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CIT Group Inc, a century old lender to hundreds of thousands and small and medium-sized businesses, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, as the global credit crisis left it unable to fund itself and the recession clobbered its loans.
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MPs' expenses reforms may be blocked warns Harriet Harman
Radical proposals to overhaul the system of MPs' expenses may be blocked Harriet Harman the Leader of the Commons has said.
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Chinese government makes it snow in Beijing in order to fight drought
The Chinese government covered Beijing in snow on Sunday after meteorologists seeded clouds to bring winter weather to the capital in an effort to combat a lingering drought.
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Eagles Rout The Giants to Lead The NFC East With Dallas
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Scientists use computer to 'read minds' on screen
Scientists have discovered how to read 'the mind's eye' using a computer that can replicate what humans are seeing or recalling by monitoring their brain activity.
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My Greek mother's top tip? Use olive oil to keep your hair glossy: How much does it cost to run your body?
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Egypt supports Palestinian demand for settlement freeze
CAIRO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Sunday that Egypt "understands" the Palestinian refusal to resume talks with Israel before freezing settlement activities on occupied territories.
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Israel arrests Jewish extremist over murders, bombings
JERUSALEM, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli extremist settler suspected of carrying out a series of crimes of murdering and plotting bomb attacks against Arabs and leftist Jews has been arrested, local media reported Sunday.
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Vegetables in pregnancy lowers child's diabetes risk: study
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Kerry Katona's mother Sue claims: 'She's making me homeless'
Katona owes ?497,982.83 to the taxman and the ?130,000 terraced house in which her estranged mother lives is being handed over to help clear the debt.
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David Miliband urged to rule himself out of EU job
David Miliband is being urged to formally rule himself out of the running to become the EU's foreign policy chief after Downing Street and senior ministers made it clear they were not supporting his candidacy.
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Poor training led to death of Digger
A DEFENCE inquiry has found deficient training, assessment, certification and leadership contributed to the death of Lieutenant Michael Fussell while he was serving in Afghanistan.
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Radcliffe rejects suggestions of decline
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Why was David Nutt sacked?
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Another view
GP David Fair says he sees plenty of patients like Argan from Moli?re's The Hypochondriac You need gallows humour to be a doctor. I think Moli?re understood that. His play – translated here by Roger McGough – is about a fit and wealthy middle-aged man,...
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Dems Scramble toPrevent GOP Wins
Obama and his Democratic allies pulled out the stops in a bid to prevent Republicans from sweeping major elections • Republican Endorses Dem in N.Y. Congressional Race • Va. Poll Shows McDonnell Leading by Double Digits • 3rd Party in Local Races Sends...
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