Josh to represent UK at Eurovision 2010
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Josh Dubovie is to represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after triumphing on Your Country Needs You! tonight. Read more
Loan Guarantee To Secure Vauxhall’s Future
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The Government has announced a A 270 million loan guarantee to car giant General Motors to help secure its Vauxhall operations in Britain. Read more
Carly Fiorina a “lifelong Republican” — but not in voter records
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Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has claimed repeatedly that she has been a “lifelong Republican” — but New Jersey voter records show otherwise, records show. Voting records obtained by The… Read more
Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
Merkel offers no aid to Greece; Frank wants banks to drop ‘piggyback’ mortgages
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel avoided giving debt-plagued Greece a commitment of financial assistance Friday, as Athens was rattled by more strikes and violent protests by unions outraged by harsh economic austerity measures. Read more
Obama delays Asia trip to focus on health care
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President Obama has delayed his upcoming trip to Asia by three days to remain in Washington for what could be the climax of his year-long battle for health-care reform, his press secretary announced via Twitter this morning. Read more
Senior Taliban commander said to be arrested in Pakistan
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Aftershocks a reality check for Chilean President Sebastián Piñera
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SANTIAGO, CHILE — Sebastián Piñera pledged during his presidential campaign to bring fiscal prudence to Chile, but moments before his inauguration Thursday, he received a jolting reminder of how last month’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake has shredded that promise. Read more
U.S. envoy pushes for Darfur peace deal before Sudanese elections
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NAIROBI — The U.S. special envoy to Sudan warned Wednesday that efforts to bring peace to the country’s troubled Darfur region could become less of a priority for the Obama administration if a full-fledged peace agreement is not reached before Sudanese elections scheduled for mid-April. Read more
Partial results show Iraqi prime minister’s slate winning in two southern provinces
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BAGHDAD — Preliminary election results indicate that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s slate won two southern provinces in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Iraqi officials said Thursday, as they contended with continued allegations of fraud and complaints about disqualified candidates. Read more
Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq’s parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. Read more
Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair: source
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a source familiar with the process said on Thursday. Read more
New York agrees 9/11 dust payout
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New York City officials have agreed to pay up to $657.5m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the Ground Zero site of the 9/11 attacks. Read more
China tells US not to ‘politicise’ yuan policy (AFP)
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BEIJING (AFP) – China on Friday hit back at an attack from US President Barack Obama over currency policy, saying the yuan’s value was not a political one and was not the key to global trade imbalances. Read more
Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP)
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AP – Chile’s newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony … Slideshow:Massive earthquake strikes Chile Play Video Earthquakes Video:Giving a helping hand, or foot, to Haiti 13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads Play Video Earthquakes Video:Red Cross Says It’s Making Progress In Haiti CBS 2 Chicago By MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press Writer Michael [...]
350 women in G8 ‘sex for favours’ affair
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A prostitution ring linked to alleged corruption in the awarding of contracts for the G8 summit in Italy involved as many as 350 women, investigating magistrates said yesterday. Read more
‘Thieves’ who think they’re above the law: Three Labour MPs charged with expenses fraud argue a court has no right to put them on trial
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Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine argued that, under the 321-year-old Bill of Rights, they could be judged only by the House of Commons. Read more
World's Worst Earthquakes
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
Top 10 News Stories of '00s
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
Fine lines
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From Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses by Mark Twain: The conversations in the Cooper books have a curious sound in our modern ears. To believe that such talk really ever came out of people’s mouths would be to believe that there was a time when time was of no value to a person who thought [...]