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 Top public servants' pay frozen
BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
1 hours 50 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:08 GMT
Thousands of top-earning public sector workers, including judges and NHS managers, will have their pay fr...
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 EU concern over end of tanker bid
BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
14 hours 58 minutes ago
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:44:03 GMT
Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US...
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 Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
(AP)
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1 hours 50 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:51:47 GMT
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces in...
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 Bomb kills 5 as Gates, Ahmadinejad visit Afghanistan
(AFP)
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4 hours 1 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:40:28 GMT
AFP - A car bomb killed five people in Afghanistan on Wednesday, as the Iranian president and the defence...
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 Siemens may take over as lead firm in bid to solve dispute
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THE lead firm in the consortium building Edinburgh's tram line would be replaced with one of its partners...
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Pelosi faces biggest test on healthcare vote
(Reuters)
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7 hours 39 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:02:48 GMT
Reuters - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm-twister and deal maker -- faces ...
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 Relying on IT is not the cure-all
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136 days 21 hours 42 minutes ago
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT
Experts say digitizing medical records has resulted in increased errors, compromised patient care.
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Iceland opposition toughens on new "Icesave" talks
(Reuters)
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4 hours 2 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:39:57 GMT
Reuters - Iceland's opposition turned up the heat on the center-left government on Wednesday to hold out ...
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Gordon Brown is hit by fresh doubts over UK plc as exports crash
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
GORDON Brown's strategy to drag Britain out of the current economic crisis is "not credible", it was clai...
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Pope's brother slapped choirboys but denies role in German abuse scandal
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
POPE Benedict XVI's brother has admitted slapping pupils in the face at a school in Germany where he led ...
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 AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress
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5 hours 24 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:17:36 GMT
AP - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over he...
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'My baby girl Abbie died in my arms' weeping mother tells murder trial
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
A YOUNG mother sobbed yesterday as she told a murder trial how her five-month-old daughter died in her ar...
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Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks
(AP)
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1 hours 59 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:43:02 GMT
AP - Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is ...
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Three held over theft of Cypriot ex-president's body but family denies ransom claim
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THREE men have been arrested after the corpse of the former Cypriot president was found reburied in anot...
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 Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were 'almost burned'
(AP)
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4 hours 14 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:34 GMT
AP - Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the "stuck" accelerat...
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Why the explosion of social games excites veteran developers
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1 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT
When games like Farmville have 83 million users, designers who are used to working on games that took yea...
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Has Holyrood gone completely Caracas, ask critics
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
HE IS a revolutionary socialist leader of a corruption-ridden country that boasts the world's third-highe...
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 Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties
(AP)
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8 hours 43 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:59:15 GMT
AP - Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he ...
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Supercar in for repairs is taken on a 125mph joyride by garage staff
Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories
136 days 14 hours 42 minutes ago
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT
A driver put his sports car in for repair... then discovered mechanics had taken it on a 125mph joyride.
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Economists trim 2011 U.S. growth forecast
(Reuters)
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8 hours 1 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:40:59 GMT
Reuters - U.S. economists raised their forecast for economic growth in 2010 in March, the third straight ...
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 Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden
(AP)
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2 hours 2 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:39:43 GMT
AP - Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announceme...
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Rail bosses prepare for Easter strike as unions await ballots
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THE threat of a national rail strike over Easter came closer yesterday as Network Rail (NR) revealed it h...
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 Verdict wait in heroin death case - BBC News
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691 days 6 hours 47 minutes ago
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:55:04 GMT
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Venezuela: Despite the oil wealth there is a downside
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
IS VENEZUELA an aspirant southern-hemisphere Norway – or is it another Cuba in the making?
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€2.5bn airport carries Berlin's hopes
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
BERLIN'S giant new airport is costing €2.5 billion (£2.25bn) to build, can handle 27 million passenger...
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 Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base
(AP)
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3 hours 6 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:35:37 GMT
AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in east...
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 Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius
(Reuters)
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9 hours 39 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:02:33 GMT
Reuters - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out ...
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 Indonesia confirms Bali bomb mastermind killed
(AFP)
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3 hours 35 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:06:42 GMT
AFP - Indonesia's president on Wednesday confirmed that a bombmaker believed to be behind the Bali bombin...
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Riddle after respected directors suddenly leave royal jewellers
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
TWO of the three directors running one of Scotland's most historic firms have suddenly left the company i...
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 Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating
(Reuters)
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2 hours 15 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:26:50 GMT
Reuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top c...
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Japan reveals secret Cold War pacts on US nuclear weapons
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
JAPAN has confirmed for the first time the existence of secret Cold War-era pacts with the United States ...
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Psychiatrist report said James Bulger killer posed a 'trivial risk'
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
A PSYCHIATRIC assessment of James Bulger killer Jon Venables compiled before his release reportedly said ...
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Trams arrive early – just in time for election
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
A LARGE section of Edinburgh's controversial new tram line could be open as early as next year in order t...
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Row over 'identical' logo for Glasgow Commonwealth Games
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
CONCERNS have been raised over the Glasgow Commonwealth Games logo after it emerged that the company behi...
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Cow autopsy at Edinburgh's Science Festival slated as throwback to Dark Ages
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
ANIMAL rights campaigners have called for the live post-mortem examination of a cow to be dropped from...
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 Tributes as Labour MP Dunwoody dies - The Press Association
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691 days 7 hours 11 minutes ago
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:31:02 GMT
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 Obama pushing on health care end game
(AP)
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5 hours 21 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:20:58 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for ...
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Bid to prevent surge in abuse results in over 2,000 arrests
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
MORE than 2,000 people were arrested during a two-month crackdown on domestic violence, Scotland's bigges...
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Fifty offenders jailed every day by Scottish courts
Scotsman.com News - News
13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THE number of Scottish offenders sent to prison has risen to its highest level in a decade, according to ...
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 Aid group attacked in northwest Pakistan; 6 dead
(AP)
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3 hours 3 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:47 GMT
AP - Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthq...
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 Seventh charged in Rhys inquiry - BBC News
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691 days 6 hours 22 minutes ago
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:19:28 GMT
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 Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes
Wired Top Stories
8 hours 41 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:01:00 GMT
With a click of a mouse, cyclists can get the quickest, and flattest, route between Point A and Point B.
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Joy and anger as Stormont says Yes in powderkeg policing vote
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THE Northern Ireland Assembly's decision to agree to devolved policing and justice powers will build on t...
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Npower 4th energy firm to cut bills as wholesale prices drop
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
ENERGY firm npower yesterday became the fourth major UK provider to cut gas prices with a reduction of up...
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Troops killed in Afghan blast were 'poorly equipped and poorly trained'
Scotsman.com News - News
13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
TROOPS involved in an operation in which the first British female soldier died in Afghanistan lacked vita...
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 Daffodil pride blooming for show - BBC News
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691 days 6 hours 42 minutes ago
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:59:58 GMT
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 Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son
(AP)
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1 hours 48 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:59 GMT
AP - Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after ...
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 First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday: U.N.
(Reuters)
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2 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:59:48 GMT
Reuters - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young...
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'Heroes of Holocaust' honoured
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
GORDON Brown last night paid tribute to the "selfless humanity" of Britons who helped save Jews and other...
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Royal Regiment of Scotland sets off for Afghanistan
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THE first batch of troops from The 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland set off for Afghanistan i...
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SXSWi: Let the geolocation games begin
CNET News.com
1 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT
The competition will be particularly fierce at the annual digital-culture bash between Foursquare and Gow...
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Young mothers to get extra support from family nurses
Scotsman.com News - News
13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
YOUNG mothers are to be given extra support as part of a pilot scheme being launched in Scotland.
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 Palestinians complain to Biden about settlement plan
(Reuters)
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2 hours 53 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:48:25 GMT
Reuters - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,...
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Economic storm not over, says PM
BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
1 hours 47 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:54 GMT
Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is a...
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Democrats doubt deadline on healthcare
(Reuters)
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11 hours 18 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:23:35 GMT
Reuters - Congressional Democrats on Tuesday cast doubt on their chances of meeting the White House's Mar...
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Tartan Week: From curling to catwalk as ice star heads for New York
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
TEENAGE Olympic curler Eve Muirhead is set to swap the ice rink for the catwalk after being named as one ...
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Date set for UK budget
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3 hours 37 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:05:14 GMT
THE Budget will take place in two weeks, Gordon Brown confirmed today as he made a key speech pledging to...
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Families and officers pay tribute to soldiers killed on same day
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
TRIBUTES have been paid to two British soldiers killed on the same day in Afghanistan.
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Burma junta reveals new laws ahead of long-awaited elections
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
BURMA'S military government yesterday announced criteria for the formation of an election commission, one...
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Holyrood grinds to halt after dozens of Labour MSPs refuse to cross picket line
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
MSPs took the day off from parliamentary business yesterday because they objected to crossing a picket li...
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Labour party donor giving up non-dom status to pay full tax in UK
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
LABOUR donor Lord Paul yesterday said that he would give up his non-dom status and pay full tax in the ...
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 March 10, 2000: Pop Goes the Nasdaq!
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8 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT
The Nasdaq begins its spectacular collapse, signaling the end of the dot-com boom.
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My miracle son: Exclusive interview with mum of the boy her doctor lover tried to abort
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136 days 14 hours 42 minutes ago
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT
‘I look at my beautiful, bright son and can’t believe the man I loved tried to kill him.. I still won...
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Triple suicide puts pressure on PM over asylum seekers
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13 hours 42 minutes ago
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
GORDON Brown will today be urged to improve the way asylum seekers with mental health issues are handled ...
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