" Britain relaxes restrictions on travel to Sri Lanka Irish SunFriday 3rd July, 2009 (IANS) The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly...
Malaysia swine flu sufferers has jumped fourfold within one week. And today,it jumped further by another 11 new cases,including a toddler,aged 19 months. Among the earlier confirmed cases is a six-month-old baby...
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To prevent cyber attacks on Britain's government, businesses and individuals from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, Britain has turned to hiring former computer hackers and young computer geeks. They will be a part of a new security unit based in Cheltenham, in western...
More than half of Britain’s A roads and a quarter of motorways was rated poorly according to European road assessment programme (EuroRAP).
Single lane carriageways were rated as the most dangerous due to bad...
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The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) Forum said Indian immigrants with permanent residency rights in the UK are being harrassed by British immigration officers when they return back to the country from trips abroad. " Indian immigrants with permanent residency...
UK cops manhandled a couple of unarmed women during a climate-related protest, looks like they may be choking them as well. Apparently, the cops didn't like being asked their badge numbers. "The Guardian obtained...
Saturday marks 65 years ago that the D-Day landings began on June 6, 1944, marking the final stage of the Allied campaign to defeat Nazi Germany. US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown,...
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The Times reveals that the Sri Lankan Government bought military equipment worth millions of pounds from Britain and other EU countries.Armoured vehicles, machinegun components and semiautomatic pistols were some of the equipment provided by Britain whereas Slovakia...
MANCHESTER—The local arm of Church of Scientology-led relief group, the Volunteer Ministers, today announced planned stops along a 12-month tour of the North West, bringing their travelling disaster relief...
" The Muslim community turned on extremists in their midst yesterday, telling them they were 'sick and tired' of their behavior. The angry confrontation came in Luton, where anti-Islamic protesters brandished England flags last Sunday, before clashing with police. The...
Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle moved into a safe house as she prepares for the final competition on Saturday. Ms. Boyle rocketed to stardom with her performance of a song from Les Miserables last month. Boyle had become so distraught over negative media attention she...
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It was a beautiful morning the sun shone through my living and dinning room windows. In the distance through the breaks of the foliage of the mango trees outside in the garden I could see the tops of tall...
http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-04-23/Spin-a-war__how_international_media_spin_feeds_a_civil_war_in_Sri_Lanka.html Spin-a-war: how international media spin feeds a civil war in Sri Lanka ----------------------------- We can only imagine American satisfaction if we...
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A British man named Timothy Peake became the first astronaut to join the European Space Agency on Wednesday, joining a team that will eventually fly to the International Space Station. While Britain has fielded four astronauts in space before, 37-year-old Peake will become...
Britain's speaker of the lower house is expected to resign on Tuesday, another casualty of the expense claims scandal. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold a press conference after meeting with speaker of...
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