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Gordon Brown threatens to end Afghan mission unless corruption is tackledTimes Online - Nov 6, 2009 Gordon Brown warned the Afghan government today that he will not continue to risk the lives of British troops to defend a corrupt regime. Afghanistan: Britain should pull out of 'our Vietnam' Telegraph.co.uk US Army gunman's act "impossible": grandfatherReuters - - 24 minutes ago AL-BIREH, West Bank (Reuters) - The grandfather of a US Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act. Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence The Associated Press Daunting task ahead for Copenhagen after Barcelona talks on climate changeXinhua - - 5 hours ago BARCELONA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The last negotiating session before the United Nations (UN) climate change conference in Copenhagen in December concluded Friday in Barcelona, Spain, making little progress in the ... When did saving the planet get so dull? Telegraph.co.uk |
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German politician with Scots father remembers Berlin's greatest day
Scottish Daily Record - - 1 hour ago
THE memory of his aunt's first visit from the East to the West of Germany and her tears of joy as she saw laden supermarket shelves is still vivid for German politician David mcallister.
Video: Reflecting on the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Stop seeking compromise with Israel: Hamas leader
Reuters - - 11 hours ago
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions.
Marwan Barghouti could stand as Palestinian president Telegraph.co.uk
Israeli concern over Abbas move BBC News
Afghanistan reject UN, foreign criticism of Karzai
AFP - 3 hours ago
KABUL - Afghanistan Saturday rejected criticism of President Hamid Karzai by foreign leaders and the senior UN official in the country, accusing them of disrespecting the country's sovereignty.
UN Security Council Reacts to Afghan President's Re-election Voice of America
Kabul rejects 'foreign criticism' Aljazeera.net
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Murder hunt after letterbox firework kills woman
guardian.co.uk - 7 minutes ago
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman died in a house fire caused by a firework pushed through the letterbox. Mary Fox, 59, became trapped in the house in Carpenter Court, Bodmin, Cornwall, after pushing her 17-year-old son to safety from ...
Cornwall: mother-of-five died saving 'bullied' son from fire Telegraph.co.uk
Murder probe into firework death BBC News
'Stitch-up' reports on MP expenses
The Press Association - 2 hours ago
There have been accusations of a "behind-the-scenes stitch-up" following reports that key elements of the proposed plan to clean up the system of MPs' expenses could be scrapped.
Doubts cast over expenses reforms BBC News
Kelly's MP expenses proposals may be overruled guardian.co.uk
Simon Mann celebrates freedom with wife
Telegraph.co.uk - 3 hours ago
Simon Mann, the freed mercenary, celebrated his freedom with his wife Amanda as he thanks people for the "warmth" shown to him since he was released from jail.
Video: Equatorial Guinea: poverty and rights abuses amid oil wealth
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
WRAPUP 1-UK urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal
Reuters - - 41 minutes ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov 7 (Reuters) - British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts on Saturday to work toward a $100 billion deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm ...
G20 summit tries to tackle rifts BBC News
Market Report: Rare bright note for RBS and its investors
Independent - - 9 hours ago
Royal Bank of Scotland has had a miserable week. The European authorities have ordered it to flog bits of itself it would rather have kept; the taxpayer has increased its effective stake to 84 per cent; and yesterday, to cap it all, ...
We aim to put the taxpayer in profit, says Hester Times Online
RBS already halfway through £60bn 'buffer' Telegraph.co.uk
BA cabin crews balloted over cuts
The Press Association - 2 hours ago
Union leaders have served formal notice of a ballot among thousands of British Airways cabin crew in a dispute over new contracts and job cuts.
Walsh dismisses 'irrelevant' strike threat as BA loses £292m Telegraph.co.uk
Drugs tsar sacking causes 'concern'
The Press Association - 7 hours ago
The sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser has caused "serious concern" among the scientific community, the Science Minister Lord Drayson has acknowledged.
Are your drugs laws working? Ask a scientist guardian.co.uk
Minister 'backs adviser autonomy' BBC News
Early copies of Modern Warfare 2 break street date
GamesIndustry.biz - 18 hours ago
Copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have begun turning up on consumer's doormats, with both LoveFilm and The Hut sending the game out early.
Digital distributors boycott MW2 bit-tech.net
Dell Launches 9.9mm Thick Adamo XPS
TrustedReviews - - 20 hours ago
Any more viral and the Adamo XPS would've given us Swine Flu. So it's about time Dell fessed up... Happily late last night it came clean and officially outed what has become the world's thinnest laptop.
Jim Carrey's new film A Christmas Carol opens
ITN - 42 minutes ago
The legendary Back to The Future director and flagbearer of motion capture with Beowulf and Polar Express has turned the classic Dickens story into a 3D masterpiece for movie-goers.
A Christmas Carol Times Online
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STV: We will not allow ITV to kill off Taggart
Scottish Daily Record - - 48 minutes ago
TAGGART will be back on Scotland's screens next year - even if ITV refuse to show it in the rest of Britain. STV vowed that the cast would return for a new series as they stepped up their multimillion pound legal battle with the UK network.
STV calls in Taggart to put ITV in the dock Times Online
It was murder... but we're back The Sun
Jamie Archer threatens to quit 'X Factor'?
Digital Spy - - 1 hour ago
Jamie Archer has reportedly been considering his future on The X Factor due to his worsening relationship with Simon Cowell. Archer, 34, threatened to quit after he was banned from going on tour with Bon Jovi ...
No 1 FOR SUPER SATURDAY X FACTOR EXCLUSIVES Mirror.co.uk
Jedward vow to KO X Factor supremo Simon Cowell with Ghostbusters routine Scottish Daily Record
Kevin Garside: Manchester United search for rhythm as Chelsea hit peak
Telegraph.co.uk - - 2 hours ago
Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea may have peaked in November, but Sir Alex Ferguson's reshaped Manchester United still have plenty of room for improvement.
Premier League Preview: Wigan Athletic - Fulham
Goal.com - - 29 minutes ago
Wigan Athletic and Fulham meet on Sunday with just one Premier League point separating them in 11th and 12th positions. Both sides would, in all likelihood, be reasonably satisfied if those were their final league spots at the end of the ...
Fulham's Paul Konchesky praises Premier League referees Telegraph.co.uk
Konchesky questions red cards SkySports
David Haye: I'm ready to make history by chopping down Valuev
Scottish Daily Record - - 2 hours ago
DAVID HAYE swears he's rust free despite a year out the ring and vows his iron fists will send Nikolai Valuev to boxing's scrapyard.
Six-footer Haye has a mountain to climb Mirror.co.uk
'Poor communication prevents hospital patients receiving best care'
Times Online - Nov 5, 2009
Thousands of patients dying in hospital are not receiving the care they deserve because of poor communication between medical staff, an official report concludes.
Poor care 'could be killing patients' Telegraph.co.uk
NHS communication failure 'rife' BBC News
Leeds: Swine flu puts strain on hospitals
Farsley Today - 3 hours ago
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Swine flu jab: Don't call us. we'll call you Essex Echo
Four more die of swine flu expressandstar.com
Young 'must have swine flu jab'
BBC News - - Nov 5, 2009
The party urged the government to act as evidence suggested the young were more likely to get the virus - and to develop complications.
Swine flu: schoolchildren 'could receive vaccine' Telegraph.co.uk
'Small increase' in swine flu cases WalesOnline
30 SEO Problems & the Tools to Solve Them (Part 1 of 2)
SEOmoz (blog) - Nov 3, 2009
Every day, SEOs are challenged in their jobs to solve problems big and small - some are technically complex, others are merely time consuming, repetitive and tedious.
Lisbon Treaty: more of Britain's powers surrendered to Brussels
Telegraph.co.uk - - Nov 3, 2009
Britain's power to govern itself is to be surrendered increasingly to Brussels after the European Union's Lisbon Treaty was finally ratified.
Dawkins et al bring us into disrepute
guardian.co.uk - Nov 2, 2009
As a professional philosopher my first question naturally is: "What or who is an atheist?" If you mean someone who absolutely and utterly does not believe there is any God or meaning then I doubt there are many in this group.
Johnson primed for battle
BBC Sport - Nov 3, 2009
Such is the injury crisis that has engulfed the England rugby union team this autumn that, when Martin Johnson enters the room, you half expect him to stagger about like a 19th century naval surgeon, his white tunic splashed with blood, ...
Government's chief scientist backs David Nutt on cannabis
Telegraph.co.uk - - Nov 3, 2009
Professor John Beddington, the Government's chief scientist has backed Professor David Nutt, the sacked drugs adviser, over his claims that alcohol and cigarettes are more harmful than cannabis.