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Thailand sinks into crisis as demonstrators close airports and railways
Times Online (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | International
Thailand sank deeper into political chaos yesterday as anti-government demonstrators forced the closure of airports and railway lines, stranding foreign and domestic passengers and increasing fears of yet another military coup. -
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Search Continues At Blaze Mansion
Sky News (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | UK
Detailed forensic searches will continue today as detectives try to unravel the mystery surrounding a millionaire's fire-ravaged country estate. -
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Gustav Heads For Cayman Islands
Sky News (subscribe) | 26 minutes ago | International
Hurricane Gustav has gained strength over the Caribbean and is swirling towards the Cayman Islands and the Gulf of Mexico. -
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Calais Rapist: Manhunt Launched
Sky News (subscribe) | 26 minutes ago | UK
A man who raped a UK journalism student at an illegal immigrants' camp in Calais is believed to be a people smuggler and may have fled to England, police have said. -
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Hard-pressed households hit by new energy price rises
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Economy
TWO of Britain's biggest energy suppliers announced more bad news for households yesterday with steep rises in gas and electricity prices.
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Just for the record: the Oz Olympic music was phoney too
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | International
CHINA is not the only country to fake a musical performance during an Olympic opening ceremony. It turns out that Australia also knows a thing or two about miming music. -
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Zimbabwe talks continue as economic pressure rises
The Irish Times (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | International
Zimbabwean power-sharing talks resumed in South Africa yesterday to try to end the post-election political deadlock that has worsened a catastrophic economic decline. -
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Patel leads England to victory
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Sport
LONDON (Reuters) - Left-arm spinner Samit Patel took five for 41 and scored 31 runs to lead England to a 126-run victory over South Africa in the third one-day international at the Oval on Friday. -
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Putin says U.S. provoked Georgia crisis
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 4 hours ago | International
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin launched a fresh attack on the United States, saying U.S. advisers were involved in the Georgian conflict and accusing the White House of provoking the crisis to help Republicans win the U.S. election. -
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New Labour: It aint over till the fat lady sings.
The Lone Voice (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | UK Politics
And here she is singing the swan song of New Labour, as badger haired chancellor says "the economy is fucked"... Britain is facing "arguably the worst" economic downturn in 60 years which will be "more profound and long-lasting" than people had expected, Alistair Darling, the chancellor, tells the Guardian today. In the government's gravest assessment of the economy, which follows a warning from a... - see all breaking news
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Profess too much
Chicken Yoghurt (subscribe) | 28/08/2008 | Politics
This is a new one on me. Did you know that ‘professing to belong to a proscribed organisation’ is a criminal offence? I only found out when I read about those blokes who’ve been supposedly plotting to kill Gordon Brown and Tony Blair: Ishaq Kanmi, of Cromwell Street, faces additional charges of belonging or professing to [...] -
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Samsung X360: light as an Air, more features than an MBP
CrunchGear (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Samsung appears to have made an incredibly hot little item. They call it the X360, which seems to infringe equally on Microsoft and Lenovo’s trademarks. Samsung took aim at the MacBook Air’s form factor and seems to have succeeded at taking some of the shine off of Apple’s wispy little offering. The X360 weighs slightly [...] -
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The Crimean of the century?
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (subscribe) | 28/08/2008 | UK
Askold Krushelnycky, London Independent: Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, could be the next flashpoint in the new Cold War. And any violent disturbance in Crimea could provide the political seismic shock to split Ukraine itself along its existing fault lines of ethnicity, language and religion. The Crimean peninsula is the only [...] -
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The Retro Wireless USB Microphone
Coolest Gadgets (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
If you have a thing for retro design you’re going to love this USB microphone. It features of course a retro inspired microphone. Which yes is a little more bulky than it needs to be, but it’s worth it to get the overall retro look. It uses radio-frequency identification, so you can move about the room with it as long as you’re within three meters. As you’re wandering you won’t have to worry about... -
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Meet Fujitsu Amilo Mini Ui 3520 netbook
jkkmobile (subscribe) | 28/08/2008 | Technology
Press pictures and specs just in.. Click here to see more Specs: 8.9’’ WSVGA Display (1024 x 600) Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (1,6 GHz) 1024 MB DDR2 667 MHz RAM 60 GB HDD (3600 rpm) LAN, WLAN 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth ExpressCard slot USB 2.0, VGA out Webcam 1,3 Megapixel, Digital Array Microphone 4 cell 4800mAh battery Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition 233 x 29 / 36 x 175 mm, - see blog ranking see all discussions
