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Family in hospital vigil for battling Smeaton
The Herald (subscribe) | 31 minutes ago | UK
Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton's family and fiancee were at his hospital bedside today as he battled for survival. -
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UK banks set to unveil bailout plans
FT.com - Europe homepage (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | Economy
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Blair intervened in tobacco ban
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | UK Politics
LONDON (Reuters) - New information suggests that Tony Blair personally intervened when he was prime minister to secure Formula One's exemption from the tobacco advertising ban, The Sunday Telegraph said. -
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Mother denies Scarlett neglect
Metro.co.uk (subscribe) | 15 minutes ago | UK
The mother of murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling has denied she was guilty of neglecting her daughter and said she would not answer a court summons to face such allegations. -
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North Korea to resume disablement after nuclear deal
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | International
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday it would resume taking apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant and allow in inspectors in response to a U.S. decision to remove it from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal.
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Man killed as cars crash into flats
Metro.co.uk (subscribe) | 2 hours ago
A pedestrian died after two stolen cars collided and hit a block of flats, police said. -
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Finance leaders endorse G7 plan
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | International
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance leaders from the International Monetary Fund's 185 member countries on Saturday endorsed a plan by major economies to chart a course out of the credit crisis, hoping the broader support will calm markets. -
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First Marmite now ketchup
The Sun (subscribe) | 4 hours ago
TOMATO ketchup has been banned from schools in a move towards healthy eating -
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Brown urged to freeze fuel duty
Metro.co.uk (subscribe) | 12 hours ago | Economy
Petrol retailers have called for a freeze on fuel duty to help reduce forecourt prices even further. -
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U.S. space tourist blasts off in Russian rocket
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | International
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - U.S. business tycoon Richard Garriott blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War. - see all breaking news
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The U.S. conservatives get desperate
Rupert's Read (subscribe) | yesterday | International
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/11/uselections2008-johnmccain1 Check out this article by the excellent Michael Tomasky, on just how bad and nasty things are now getting in the lower echelons of the McCain-Palin campaign... -
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Now we’re getting somewhere
Crooked Timber (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Politics
The British government has abandoned proposals for non-voting preference shares and is moving towards full-scale nationalisation of the banking sector. According to the London Times(h/t Felix Salmon) the latest proposals would leave the government owning 70 per cent of Royal Bank of Scotland and 50 per cent of Halifax. The London stockmarket is likely to [...] -
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Yes, British councils were right to invest in Iceland
Liberal Conspiracy (subscribe) | 10/10/2008 | Politics
ICELAND has – to use the technical term employed by trained economists – gone tits up, and such staid bodies as Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and West Yorkshire Police Authority are suffering the collateral damage. Incredibly, Gordon Brown has responded by invoking anti-terrorism legislation, although rumours that he has asked his friend Dubya to add [...] -
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Searching for an identity
Peter Black AM (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Sciences
Sometimes being a liberal can be a lonely place and no more so when pushing one's principles forward in the face of apparently unmoving public opinion. I was heartened therefore to see this small grassroots revolt growing up amongst groups chosen as guinea pigs to trial ID cards. According to the Observer, plans to build support for identity cards by introducing them among 'guinea pig' groups, such... -
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Barça Go To Benidorm
FCB News (subscribe) | 10/10/2008 | Football
The draw for the last 32 of the Copa del Rey was made today and Barça have been paired with Benidorm CD. The first game will be played on October 29th with the return at Camp Nou on November 12th. The date could vary a day either way depending on the TV companies. Barça last played Benidorm in the 1998/99 Copa del Rey winning 3-0 at home and 0-1 away. Benidorm play in Group III of the Segunda Division... - see blog ranking see all discussions
