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Gordon Brown is another prime minister bitten by his pet subject - Times Online
 Mirror.co.uk | Gordon Brown is another prime minister bitten by his pet subject Times Online - Gordon Brown has succumbed to an affliction common to many leaders: mishandling an issue where he had made his reputation before entering 10 Downing Street. Gordon Brown dismisses Labour critics Levy, Cherie and Prescott: own words |
China earthquake brings out citizen journalists - Telegraph.co.uk
 Malaysia Star | China earthquake brings out citizen journalists Telegraph.co.uk - By Malcolm Moore Minutes after the earthquake struck in Sichuan on Monday the internet was alive with videos and eyewitness accounts of the disaster. Video: Powerful Earthquake Shakes China British seismologist explains cause of earthquake in Sichuan |
Ministers quit Pakistan cabinet - guardian.co.uk
 Boston Globe | Ministers quit Pakistan cabinet guardian.co.uk - This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Monday May 12 2008. It was last updated at 18:11 on May 12 2008. Pakistan's fragile coalition government suffered a bruising blow today when Nawaz Sharif, leader of the second largest party, ... Pakistan’s coalition government founders What to do with Pakistan's judges |
Obama, in W.Virginia, All but Says Clinton Will Win - New York Times
 Sioux City Journal | Obama, in W.Virginia, All but Says Clinton Will Win New York Times - By JIM RUTENBERG and JOHN SULLIVAN CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Senator Barack Obama acknowledged in a speech on Monday that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would probably win Tuesday’s Democratic primary in West Virginia as both candidates traveled the state to ... Video: WV Voters Ready for Primary Sending a Message: WV Clinton Backer Calls for 80 Point Win |
A high price for Serbia's master of spin - BBC News
 Canada.com | A high price for Serbia's master of spin BBC News - Was Serbian President Boris Tadic a master of spin on election night, or just genuinely excited? He announced, with around 50% of the votes counted, that his pro-European coalition had won the election, and that it was a victory for those who wanted to ... Pro-Western bloc claims victory, but not a majority, in Serbian ... Official preliminary results reaffirm victory of pro-Western bloc ... |
Gaza rocket strike kills Israeli - BBC News
 GulfNews | Gaza rocket strike kills Israeli BBC News - A 70-year-old Israeli woman in the southern village of Yesha has been killed by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials have said. Egyptian intelligence chief in Israel for talks Olmert to Egypt: No Gaza truce if Shalit is not released |
Mother's horror at bakery murder - BBC News
 MSN UK News | Mother's horror at bakery murder BBC News - The mother of murdered teenager Jimmy Mizen has said his family are experiencing shock, horror and pain following his death. Jimmy, who was 16 on Friday, was attacked in a baker's shop in Lee, south-east London, on Saturday. Prime suspect in Jimmy Mizen stabbing 'known to the family' Bakery murder: Mother speaks of Jimmy Mizen's 'legacy of love' |
Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines as Vladimir Putin names cabinet - Telegraph.co.uk
 Canada.com | Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines as Vladimir Putin names cabinet Telegraph.co.uk - By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's new president, was cast adrift within his own administration as Vladimir Putin filled the government with unquestioning loyalists. Putin names Cabinet, bringing loyalists from Kremlin World in brief: Vladimir Putin shuffles his Cabinet |
Burma accused of 'crime' against its people - Times Online
 Voice of America | Burma accused of 'crime' against its people Times Online - The Burmese military Government has been accused of unleashing “crimes against humanity” on its people by keeping is borders closed to foreign disaster relief experts. Burmese blogs and news sites have been documenting the devastation ... Finally, US aid touches down in Burma |
MPs demand more time for fertilisation and embryology debate - Times Online
 Times Online | MPs demand more time for fertilisation and embryology debate Times Online - Gordon Brown was accused last night of forcing through measures to liberalise embryo research as one of his most senior colleagues refused to support him in the Commons. Protests at forced voting for bill on embryos MPs divided on plan to cut abortion limit |
Dead babies discovery 'a tragedy' - BBC News
 BBC News | Dead babies discovery 'a tragedy' BBC News - Police have described the discovery of the remains of two babies in toy boxes at a house in Greater Manchester as a "tragic matter". Babies' remains found in house in Manchester Babies' bodies found in house near Manchester |
Man in 20s stabbed to death on Oxford Street - Times Online
 Times Online | Man in 20s stabbed to death on Oxford Street Times Online - The victim, believed to be in his early 20s, was attacked in fornt of hundreds of commuters and shoppers outside a McDonald’s restaurant near the Oxford Circus underground station in London shortly before 5pm. Man stabbed to death in city Man stabbed on Oxford Street |
Bin Laden host Hassan al-Turabi held after rebel raid on Khartoum - Times Online
 Times Online | Bin Laden host Hassan al-Turabi held after rebel raid on Khartoum Times Online - Sudanese authorities have arrested the country's leading Islamist ideologue after the weekend attack on the capital by Darfuri rebels. Chad closes border with Sudan Darfur rebel leader vows to wear out government forces in long ... |
'Foster care turned my life around' - BBC News
 24dash | 'Foster care turned my life around' BBC News - By Lucy Rodgers With a predicted shortage of more than 4000 foster carers across England during the next year, experts have warned hundreds of children will be denied the family stability they need. Carers say give fostering a go 5000 foster parents are needed urgently for children in ... |
Man cuts up car in clamp protest - BBC News
 Telegraph.co.uk | Man cuts up car in clamp protest BBC News - A man has sawn his car in half with an angle-grinder in protest at it being clamped outside his home. Ian Taylor, from Tredworth, Glos, said the untaxed Ford Fiesta was parked on his drive with only part of a rear wheel poking out on to the pavement. Clamped driver chops car in half Clamped driver cut car in two |
Israeli police widen probe into Olmert donations - The Associated Press
 Canoe.ca | Israeli police widen probe into Olmert donations The Associated Press - JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police raided Jerusalem's City Hall on Monday, searching offices and confiscating documents as part of a widening corruption inquiry against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Israeli police seize documents in Olmert probe Poll: 6 of 10 Israelis think Olmert can't make peace while under ... |
'Madness of tombstoning returns' - BBC News
 BBC News | 'Madness of tombstoning returns' BBC News - Every year across the UK the practice of "tombstoning" claims lives and causes serious injury. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has repeatedly warned people not to take part in the practice, which it describes as "absolute madness". Two men feared paralysed 'tombstoning' on year's hottest weekend yet Two Injured During Alleged 'Tombstoning' Incidents |
New Irish PM urges voters to say "yes" on EU treaty - Reuters UK
 Telegraph.co.uk | New Irish PM urges voters to say "yes" on EU treaty Reuters UK - By Jonathan Saul DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's new prime minister Brian Cowen on Monday kicked off his party's campaign to urge voters to back the European Union's reform treaty in next month's referendum in his first major test as premier. Cowen launches treaty campaign Cowen urges Yes vote in Lisbon referendum |
Insurance could free the people from fears on old age - Times Online
 Times Online | Insurance could free the people from fears on old age Times Online - Gordon Brown proposed a new insurance-based system yesterday to fund care for the elderly, the cost of which is forecast to reach £24 billion in the next 20 years. 'They paid taxes all their lives' Brown pledges social care reform |
14-year-old girl critically ill after being hit by a yacht - Mirror.co.uk
14-year-old girl critically ill after being hit by a yacht Mirror.co.uk - By Mirror.co.uk 12/05/2008 A 14-year-old girl was today in a critical condition after she was hit by a yacht while clutching an inflatable rubber ring being towed by a speedboat. Schoolgirl fighting for life after smashing into a yacht while ... Girl critical after boating crash |
