SAfrica Supreme Court rules against Zuma in graft case

South African ANC party leader Jacob Zuma will indeed face criminal charges after the country's supreme court overturned an earlier court ruling tossing out the indictment. General elections are coming up in the...

Army launches probe over Prince Harry racism row

The Prince Harry racism row is generating plenty of headlines in the UK today, with many pointing out that any other officer using such terms would be asked to resign. The British army has launched an...

Israelis Snub UN Ceasefire Call

Israel indicated today that it will ignore a UN resolution calling for an immediate cease fire to the bombing of Gaza. Israel still enjoys the support of the US, which has not called for an end to the bombing."...

Man charged over head in bag find

A man has been charged with murder over the human head that was found in a shopping bag in the UK on New Years Eve. The intact head was found along with other bones and decomposing body parts in Hawthornvale, England." Police have arrested and charged a 54-year-old man over...

Blow for Brown as Cameron leads UK poll by seven points

Gordon Brown's political recovery in the UK as a result of his leadership during the global economic crisis. His rival David Cameron has pulled ahead it polls. It appears thatthe business world is losing...

SNP threaten to resign if Scottish budget plan isn't backed

The Scottish National Party, which controls the devolved parliament of Scotland, is threatening to resign if their Labour and Tory peers don't back the budget they've proposed. " THE SNP yesterday vowed to...

Gunman kills Hungarian teachers

A gunman has shot dead a principal and a teacher at a school in Budapest. The special needs school is located on the northern tip of  large island in the Danube, in an area called Csepel." A gunman has shot dead a school principal and another teacher in the Hungarian...

Grumpy British hotel staff deterring visitors

The UK's tourism boss has said that poor service at UK hotels is discouraging people from visiting Britain, at a time when the country vitally needs tourism money. The British pound has collapsed to unprecedented lows, and the one bright spot to this is that it could attract...

Transport police will replace conductors on new London buses

New London mayor Boris Johnson's plan to reintroduce the old routemaster buses was fleshed out in a bit more detail today, as the mayor revealed he plans to have the buses stagged by transport police rather than...

Princess Beatrice's BMW is stolen

Princess Beatrice, the fifth in line for the British throne, has had her BMW stolen after she left the car unlocked with the keys inside, according to reports. The princess is the grandaughter of Queen Elizabeth....

UK Interest Rates May Reach 315-year low

The Uk may reach a decision to lower its interest rates to the lowest in the Bank of England's 315 year history today. The move would be designed to stimulate the economy and avoid deflation." The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates to the lowest level in its...

Atheist bus ad campaign provokes bitterness in Barcelona

Following its launch in London, the atheist bus ad compaign has spread beyond the UK, now landing on the shores of predominantly Catholic Spain. Barcelona will begin running the ads on its buses in Spanish, and...

100,000 caught in UK rail fiasco

The busiest railway in the UK is in complete meltdown today, with London's Euston railway station being virtually shut down. The disruption was caused when power lines came crashing down when an express train...

President-elect sees 'trillion-dollar deficits for years to come'

President-elect Barack Obama says he sees trillion-dolalr debts "for years to come" on Monday, regardless of whether his economic reforms are sucessfull. " Monday, President-elect Barack Obama took Capitol Hill by storm to promote his massive economic stimulus plan that, at...

M&S cuts 1,250 jobs and shuts 27 stores in UK

UK retail giant Marks & Spencer is going to lay off 1,230 workers and shut 27 stores following poor sales. The store's gross retail margin for this financial year will be 175 basis points below last year,...
 

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