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The Hague AffairSpectator.co.uk - - 33 minutes ago This so-called story is fast becoming an ideal case study for any student of politcs and the British press. Neither party comes out of it looking especially good. Tony Blair memoirs 'break sale records'BBC News - 18 minutes ago Tony Blair's memoirs, based on his time as the prime minister, have broken sales records, booksellers have said. A Journey became Waterstone's fastest-selling autobiography ever and shot to the top of Amazon's best-seller list. Video: Inside Story - A Journey Tony Blair: reviews of A Journey from both sides of the Atlantic Telegraph.co.uk Thousands evacuated as Hurricane Earl prepares to hit US east coastTelegraph.co.uk - - 1 hour ago Thousands of residents and holidaymakers were evacuated from the east coast of the United States last night as Hurricane Earl prepared to hit land with winds of up to 145mph. Obama issues US hurricane warning The Press Association |
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The Early Word: Mideast Peace Talks
New York Times - - 48 minutes ago
Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin direct peace talks today at the State Department, presided over by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Thousands mourn bombing victims
The Press Association - 3 hours ago
Thousands of Shiite Muslims, thumping their chests and crying, began mourning at funeral prayers after a triple bombing killed at least 35 people in the city of Lahore.
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Pakistan mourns as Lahore toll up BBC News
TV channel hostage taker shot dead
The Press Association - 3 hours ago
A gunman shot dead by police after he took hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters in the United States said he hated its television shows because they promoted population growth and environmental destruction.
Author disowns gunman's interpretation of provocative novel Washington Post
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Parents quizzed on 'honour killing'
The Press Association - 30 minutes ago
The parents of suspected honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed have been questioned by detectives investigating her murder. The Muslim teenager disappeared from her home in Warrington, Cheshire, in 2003 amid fears that she was being forced into an ...
Parents held again over daughter's 'honour killing' This is London
Parents arrested over suspected 'honour' killing The Guardian
Alcohol minimum price '45p a unit'
WalesOnline - 1 hour ago
The Scottish Government has said it wants the minimum price for a unit of alcohol to be set at 45p. This means a two-litre bottle of supermarket-brand cider would treble in price from about £1.32 to around £3.80 and supermarket-brand vodka would go up ...
Alcohol pricing 'would save £700m' The Press Association
Downing Street dismisses new phone-tapping claim
This is London - 3 hours ago
New claims that the Prime Minister's media adviser knew of illegal phone-tapping while he was editor of the News of the World were denied today.
Coulson under the spotlight again Spectator.co.uk
RBS to cut a further 3500 jobs
BBC News - 3 hours ago
Royal Bank of Scotland, which is more than 80% government-owned, is planning to cut 3500 jobs from its technical and back office division in the UK.
400 London jobs to go at RBS as part of huge cull This is London
RBS cuts 3500 jobs in UK FT Adviser
UK house prices on downward trend
Financial Times - - 6 hours ago
UK house prices fell in August for the second month in a row, marking the first back-to-back house price declines since February 2009, according to a closely watched index.
Trichet: ECB to keep unlimited lending through year-end
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank extended its liquidity safety net for vulnerable euro zone banks on Thursday, with a commitment to provide unlimited one-week and one-month funding until at least January 18.
Spanish Bond Sale Boosts Euro Wall Street Journal
Ten Random Questions About the Apple Music Event
PC World - 23 minutes ago
Just about all of the news turned out to be less than dramatic, but, as usual, I'm left asking questions about the upshot of the announcements about the iPod and Ping.
Apple's Ping - a capsule review The Guardian
Samsung Galaxy Tab: Review
Telegraph.co.uk - - 1 hour ago
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a new, much-publicised, Android-based tablet that draws heavily on Samsung's popular Galaxy S handset.
Samsung Galaxy Tab revealed at IFA The Guardian
God didn't create the Universe: Stephen Hawking
NDTV.com - 20 minutes ago
PTI, Updated: September 02, 2010 19:23 IST London: God didn't create the universe - it was actually a result of the inevitable laws of physics, British physicist Prof Stephen Hawking has concluded.
God, Hawking and the Universe BBC News (blog)
Guns N' Roses bottled off stage after late arrival
BBC News - - 1 hour ago
Guns N' Roses have walked off stage at a gig in Dublin after being booed and having plastic bottles thrown at them by the crowd.
Leeds & Reading Festival - 2010 Live Review Contactmusic.com
'The Stig'
BBC News - 1 hour ago
Former Formula Three driver Ben Collins has won a legal fight to publish an autobiography in which he claims to be The Stig - the mystery driver on BBC Two's Top Gear show.
Doubts cast on Tony Blair's Princess Diana claims
Telegraph.co.uk - - 5 hours ago
Tony Blair's claim that he tackled Princess Diana over her relationship with Dodi Al Fayed has been cast into doubt after it emerged that the Princess had not yet become involved with the Egyptian millionaire at the time of the alleged conversation.
Capello boosted by Rooney
SkySports - 1 hour ago
England coach Fabio Capello is encouraged by Wayne Rooney's return to goalscoring form ahead of Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier with Bulgaria.
Capello happy with Rooney form The Press Association
Pakistan players asked to be dropped
Yahoo! Eurosport UK - 12 minutes ago
Mohammad Asif, Mohamad Amir and Salman Butt will not feature in the rest of Pakistan's tour of England at their own request. Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan told reporters that the trio had asked the Pakistan Cricket Board not to ...
Craigan to captain Northern Ireland
The Press Association - 34 minutes ago
Motherwell defender Stephen Craigan will captain Northern Ireland on Friday when he wins his 50th cap against Slovenia in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
Healy desperate to show his worth BBC Sport
Slovenia v Northern Ireland: The kids are alright for Warren Feeney Belfast Telegraph
Hip fracture 'was excruciating'
BBC News - 1 hour ago
Amy Brown fractured her hip four months ago. She received surgery within the 48 hours recommended by orthopedic specialists. However, an annual audit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, shows one in five elderly people with broken hips do not get ...
'No excuse' for 'sub-standard' hip fracture care Telegraph.co.uk
Preventative Surgery for Some Cut Breast-, Ovarian-Cancer Risk
Wall Street Journal - - Aug 31, 2010
Women who have mutated genes known to substantially increase the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer were able to lower that risk if they underwent a mastectomy or had their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, ...
New breast cancer campaign is launched Chester Standard
NHS pay-offs worth £100000 approved
Telegraph.co.uk - - 8 hours ago
Senior NHS managers could receive pay-outs topping £100000 in a national severance scheme just approved by ministers. By Stephen Adams Under the "mutually agreed resignation scheme" (MARS), managers who want to leave will be able to apply for up to a ...
NHS trust chiefs offered £130000 payout to leave The Guardian
NHS resignation scheme approved The Press Association
Kids swap DNA for fairground rides
Nature.com - - 21 hours ago
If attendees at the Minnesota State Fair aren't too busy revelling in the performances of Kiss or "Weird Al" Yankovic, or enjoying a celebrity cow-milking contest, they might just try spitting for science.
Uefa's treatment of Dundee United was appalling
BBC Sport (blog) - Aug 27, 2010
The Tannadice club were dealt with appallingly this week in Athens, and it falls to the top man in the Scottish Football Association to fight their corner.
Tears For Fears
DotMusic.com (blog) - Aug 27, 2010
They traversed the worlds of indie angst, pop gold and mature AOR rock all in the space of three albums. But do Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith still want to rule the world?
Deepwater Horizon: After the oil
Nature.com - Sep 1, 2010
When oil stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the ecosystems under assault started on a long road to recovery. Amanda Mascarelli meets the researchers assessing their chances.
Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country
New York Times - - Aug 29, 2010
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Orange County has been a national symbol of conservatism for more than 50 years: birthplace of President Richard M. Nixon and home to John Wayne, a bastion for the John Birch Society, a land of orange groves and ...














