Mobile giant Nokia recalls danger threat chargers
The Independent (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Mobile phone maker Nokia recalled 14 million potentially dangerous chargers today.
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Haye planning Wembley showdown with Klitschko
The Independent (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
David Haye could be heading for a massive showdown fight with one of the Klitschko brothers at Wembley Stadium.
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Voters warn both sides of America’s divide
Times Online - Alan Coren (Free subscription) | yesterday
There has been a strange feel to American politics in the wake of Barack Obama’s landslide last November. The magnitude of his victory, the new demographics it represented, and the moment it seized, all suggested a historic shift in the politics of America. But equally the scale of his ambitions and the immense difficulty of his inheritance — two quagmire wars, a trillion-dollar deficit,...
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Rupert Cornwell: Why can't the US learn to love its government?
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
What is it about Americans and government? The tea-party crowd were back in town the other day – more than 5,000 of them, gathered on the West Lawn of the Capitol to rail against the historic healthcare reform bill that the House of Representatives is expected to pass this weekend.
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Alan Watkins: Mr Cameron's plausibility stops at Dover
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Considering his wealth of inexperience, we may wonder at Mr David Cameron's sure-footedness as Leader of the Opposition. Having Mr Gordon Brown against him certainly helps matters along. And, on the whole, he has been lucky. Sometimes, however, a row will blow up out of nowhere. The fuss about grammar schools was a case in point.
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Dosh is the only thing that sticks to the likes of Teflon Terry
Times Online - Rod Liddle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The reason we have a steadily growing problem with unemployment in this country is that Lord Burns has all the jobs, and there is none left for anyone else.
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Own goals help Arsenal up to second
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Arsenal head into the international break resting nicely near the top of the Barclays Premier League table.
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Daniel Finkelstein: Cameron, Lisbon and aversion therapy
Times Online - Daniel Finkelstein (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
There have been times when it has appeared as though the best professional to help you to understand Conservative European policy would be a psychiatrist. But right now? I’d consult a behavioural economist.
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Robert Salaam: The actions of this madman cost us Muslims who serve our country so much
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
There isn’t a word to describe the heartache, pain, and sheer disgust that I felt when I woke up yesterday morning. A Muslim serviceman can always expect to face questions about his loyalty. When I was in uniform, for instance - a converted black sergeant from New Jersey - a converted black sergeant from New York, Hassan Akbar, turned on his fellow soldiers and murdered two of them.
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Mary Dejevsky: You don't need an MP's pay to live in SW1
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Of all the arguments advanced by disgruntled MPs against Sir Christopher Kelly's proposed curbs on their expenses, there is one that I find particularly, outrageously, dishonest. It is the one that says they will produce a Parliament of the super-rich. The same ardent defenders of the status quo tend also to have a uniquely disingenuous line about how the new rules will particularly deter women. Really?...
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Alistair Darling: There are substantial barriers to a climate deal
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
At Copenhagen in December, nations must agree about the future of the planet's climate. The richest nations need to make radical changes – but the developing countries do too, and they will need our help if they are to deliver the emissions cuts required. Climate finance is vitally important, and something we will address at the G20 meeting of finance ministers in St Andrews this weekend.
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The Sketch: When goodbye seems to be the longest word
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
What a long goodbye it is. There are six months to go but the committee has started its farewells. They've had over a decade together and now they await the deluge. Some will be standing down, others put down. Some will be promoted, others discarded. Meanwhile, we are entering the pre-election period of nothing happening.
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Sarah Churchwell: What I learned from Big Bird and Oscar
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet – like millions of children who grew up in the 1970s, I can tell you how to get to Sesame Street. It may be 40-years-old, but little about the show has dated: I have it on good authority – two nephews and a niece – that Cookie Monster still gobbles cookies mumbling "Om, nom, nom", Oscar is still grouchy,...
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Sean O'Grady: Why governments care so much about saving their car firms
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
What's so special about the car companies? Why save them?
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Benjamin R Barber: Cultural diplomacy doesn't change how countries do business
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
When presidents and prime ministers worry about what kind of art to hang on their walls – Barack Obama has hung African-American paintings but also opted for some fairly esoteric modern works – we get a sense of the power politics attaches to the arts.
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