The IAEA, in a report, indicates that Iran may already have tested a nuclear warhead design. A Britsh Newspaper reported that the UN Nuclear Watchdog has asked Iran to explain the evidence that it has...
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03 11 2009 Extra £30bn for bailed out banks. The Treasury has announced the injection of some £25.5 billion into The Royal Bank of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Scotland and some £5.7 billion into The Lloyds Banking Group, this new money being necessary in complying...
In an unprecedented incident, 35 people including elite Islamic Revolutionary guard generals killed in a suicide bast in the Iranian province of Sistan va Baluchestan. Iran squarely blamed US and Britain for...
(I refuse to use title case to refer to that lot.) So, in a year when the UK is experiencing a recession the like of which has not been seen for 30 years, and public spending is being cut every which way it possibly can, one family can do as it likes with tax-payers' money....
A teenage girl once dubbed "Britain's youngest mom" has been caught growing marijuana in her home. Amy Crowhurst became Britain's youngest mom when she fell pregnant at the age of 12. Now 19 and the single mother of two from Crawley, West Sussex, Crowhurst admitted producing...
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The sister of the only documented Briton to die in the bloodbath of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia is calling for the UN to put Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Comrade Duch on trial for her brother's torture and...
The Attic, a bar in Newcastle, England, is encouraging its patrons to get too drunk to drive home. Every customer can take a breathalyzer test before they leave the bar, and get refunded their tab if they are...
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On Thursday, September 10th, following a petition signed by more than 30,000 people, gay war hero Alan Turing received a post war era apology from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who issued a lengthy apology...
European leaders under mounting public pressure, are calling for a conference on the future of Afghanistan, and their involvement in the conflict and peace keeping operation. Could their be worse time for this? What Afghanistan needs at the moment is backing and support. The...
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Britain's Prince Harry is having trouble quitting smoking. The prince, who will turn 25 later this month, started smoking when he was 14. He managed to quit the habit for a year, but started again when he joined the Royal Air Force. Now the Prince is turning to hypnotherapist...
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Minors are more likely to get drunk in Britain than anywhere else in the industrialized world, according to a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Britain also has the highest proportion of teenage mothers, young people without jobs or...
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Yassine Bouhadi, 26-year-old security guard in the French town Villevieille, was hit by glass shards on Monday when his iPhone exploded while he was sending a text message. This was the second incident involving exploding iPhones in France this month. A French teenager...
" Army Chief Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday dismissed British press reports that weapons of British origin had been used against the LTTE in the Eelam war IV. Sri Lanka’s largest ever...
"Boris Johnson is seeking a deal to block an expected surge in prostitution and human trafficking in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games. The mayor of London wants mobile phone operators to work with his office, the police and voluntary groups to help target numbers...
That's right, this bizarre combination of four different animals that looks like the modern-day Frankenstein's monster apparently is claimed to be Britain's ideal pet. With the ears of a rabbit, face of a cat, body of a golden retriever, and tail of a horse, the image...