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Doctors remove golf legend Seve Ballesteros' brain tumour in seven-hour operation
Daily Mail News (subscribe) | 51 minutes ago | Sport
Severiano Ballesteros has undergone a seven-hour operation to remove a rare type of brain tumour. Specialists at a Madrid Hospital decided to remove the entire tumour which was said to have been well-developed, measuring around five centimetres. -
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Disconnected 999 call of murdered girl played to court
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Modern conflict near ancient ruins
BBC News (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | International
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It's official: Madonna and Guy Ritchie to divorce
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Atletico ban ruins Torres return
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sport
LIVERPOOL striker Fernando Torres has spoken of his disappointment after hearing his much-anticipated return to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League could be scuppered.
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White House 'approved waterboarding of alQaeda suspects'
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The White House gave written approval for CIA agents to use waterboarding during the interrogation of captured alQaeda suspects according to a report. -
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McCain and Obama clash in final debate
Financial Time (subscribe) | 36 minutes ago | International
John McCain, trailing in opinion polls in the race for the White House, met Barack Obama for their third and final presidential debate under pressure to show he could yet turn his campaign around -
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Drunk in plane bomb threat
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A DRUNK man claiming to have a bomb strapped to his body tried to hijack a Turkish Airlines plane bound for Russia yesterday, but was overpowered by passengers. -
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EU leaders back Brown initiative for global finance
The Herald (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | International
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday threw their weight behind a call from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for sweeping change in global financial institutions. -
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Nancy Reagan fractures spine in fall at home
News Scotsman (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | International
FORMER US First Lady Nancy Reagan has been taken to hospital with fractures to her spine and pelvis after a fall at home. - see all breaking news
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Poverty: Let’s Make A Difference!
Smashing Magazine (subscribe) | yesterday | International
Today is the Blog Action Day . Today bloggers all across the globe unite and publish posts that are related to poverty. We want to raise awareness, start a global discussion and add momentum to an important cause. Smashing Magazine strongly believes that together we can make a difference by informing people about the problem and donating money to charity organizations. We considered various options... -
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Brown's fifth fightback of the year: Is it enough?
The UK Daily Pundit (subscribe) | 14/10/2008 | Politics
He's been feted in Le Monde , lauded in the New York Times , and even Polly Toynbee's back on board. But is it enough to prevent certain defeat at the next general election? Probably not, says Peter Riddell . Definitely not, insists Rachel Sylvester : "...we are still clearing up the debris of the night before; the hangover has not yet arrived. By the time Britain next goes to the polls, recession... -
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Silent Hill: Homecoming Pushed Back to February
Evil Avatar Forums - News Items (subscribe) | 14/10/2008 | Video Games
If only in Europe it looks like Konami is keen to move the new Silent Hill game out of the Christmas rush. Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net) has the news. ---Quote--- Konami has told Eurogamer that Silent Hill: Homecoming has been pushed back to February 2009 in Europe. The spooky PC, 360... -
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Cue titles
Lenin's Tomb (subscribe) | 14/10/2008 | Other
The concerted intervention by global states into the financial markets has, for the time being, restored 'confidence' to the banking system , lowering inter-bank rates and stimulating an increase in share values. As a televisual drama, we can now consider it concluded for the time being. The climax has been reached, and the iconic freeze-frame image (left) should now usher in the titles: Executive... -
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Asian markets jump, Tokyo up 14%
AMERICAblog (subscribe) | 14/10/2008 | International
This run may not last (nor will it cure the long term problems in the economy) but if nothing else, it's good to see that the global markets are retrieving some of the recent losses. Europe unexpectedly kicked this off after the UK launched its rescue plan followed by EU leaders over the weekend. The European investment of $2.7 trillion is much greater than the $700 billion (or even $1.8 trillion,... - see blog ranking see all discussions
