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Turkey army chiefs quit in ‘plot’ row

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TURKEY’s entire military top brass quit last night as the country’s Islamic government confronts senior officers for conspiring against the prime minister. Read more

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Union boss Dave Prentis bags a 31% pension rise

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The Left-wing leader of more than a million public-sector workers facing cuts in their pensions has secured himself a huge increase in his personal retirement pot. Read more

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Zara’s all set for royal wedding

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Expand Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall leave an evening reception onboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. Photo / AP Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips threw a party on the eve of her wedding to Mike Tindall, with Prince William and his wife Catherine among the guests. [...]

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Norway Mourns

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Friends and loved ones gather at the Oslo cathedral to mourn 93 victims killed in twin terror attacks from a bombing in downtown Oslo and a mass shooting on Utoya island on July 24 ,2011, in Oslo, Norway. Read more

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Memorial at Utoya

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Flowers are left near Utoya island following Friday’s twin extremist attacks, on July 24, 2011, in Utoya, Norway. Read more

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Norway Bombing, Shooting Rampage Called Effort to Start ‘Revolution’

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As the news began to trickle in from Norway on Friday, an anti-government pattern quickly emerged. The bombing outside the prime minister’s headquarters in Oslo was soon followed by a shooting rampage at an island hosting a youth camp for the PM’s Labour Party. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who had been working from home that [...]

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Cutting off the grass

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 Dear Lawn, Monday, you’re on your own. Since the first thaw of spring I’ve been seeding you, weeding you (by hand) and watering you all in an effort to make you look respectable enough to save you from my wife’s threat to tear out what was left of you and throw down fresh sod. By [...]

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Gaddafi Regime: Al Qaeda Killed Rebel Chief

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4:43am UK, Saturday July 30, 2011 Al Qaeda was behind the killing of the Libyan rebels’ military chief Abdel Fatah Younes, according to Colonel Gaddafi’s regime. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. [...]

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Craig Kilborn to appear on ‘Chuck’

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© Rex Features / NBCU PHOTOBANK Craig Kilborn has signed on to appear in Chuck. The former Late Late Show host will play a villain on the NBC series starring Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin, according to TV Line. Kilborn joins Star Wars actor Mark Hamill in the show’s season premiere. Kilborn will [...]

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City prepares for royal wedding

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Final preparations are being made for the wedding of the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips to England rugby star Mike Tindall. Read more

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