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Turks want Duchess in quiz on TV 'orphans' documentary
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Five-star raiders' gold rush to jail!
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The Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates by a quarter of a point in May was unanimous, minutes of the rate-setting meeting show. |
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Subtext to partners' messages
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| A SURVEY in England has revealed that partners read each others short messages secretly. |
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Mother should be allowed to die
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| A MOTHER who suffered profound brain damage after a tragic holiday accident in Turkey should be allowed to die, a UK judge. | |
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Inventive flyers trying to break rules
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| Passengers have come up with inventive ways to get around new security measures, Manchester Airport has revealed. |  |
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China Eastern Airlines is reported to have imported all its aircraft from the West, where people were generally bigger, but the company planned to reduce by about 20 the number of seats on the new Airbus 321 to enlarge the bottom-line seating space.
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GERMAN drugs maker Schering has issued a warning to customers not to use haemorrhoid cream on their faces.
The warning came after a male stylist said on Norwegian television that many photo models used the cream in the morning to get rid of puffy eyes, which the drug company said seemed to have boosted demand for such products at pharmacies.
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A COUPLE caught having sex in a mosque during Ramadan have been jailed for 18 months for what the judge called an "abominable" affront to religion.
Peter Kimani and Jennifer Wairimu pleaded guilty to having sex in a place of worship after being caught on October 3 at the Abubakar mosque in Gilgil, about 100 km north of Nairobi, Kenya. Neither is a Muslim.
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 | Singer Katie Melua has entered the record books by playing the world's deepest underwater concert.
Melua and her band performed for workers on a gas rig 303 metres below sea level on the Statoil Troll oil rig in the North Sea.
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: Parked Driver Faces Yellow Peril
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A COUNCIL workman painted a yellow line under a parked car - before a traffic warden slapped a ticket on it.
Driver Nasser Khan was left stunned to receive the ticket as he had left his vehicle where there was a gap in the lines.
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The Ethnic Minority Games held in southwestern china descended into farce when it was marred by violence and cross-dressing cheats.
The games, supposed to celebrate sport, culture and national unity, featured athletes representing China's 55 ethnic minorities to compete in blow-pipe darts, horse-riding events and other traditional sports.
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: Pressure on Tony Blair to quit office
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 | While the pressure towards Tony Blair quitting his office increases, most of the party deputies, according to a poll, wanted him to quit the leadership of the party and the office of prime minister within a year.
The Daily Telegraph Newspaper published the results of the poll held by BBC Radio 4, with the foresight that the disagreement on leadership may any time divide the party.
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Children in Brighton, England, are to be the first in the UK to be taught Chinese.
All 1,200 students at Brighton College will learn French, Latin and Spanish, but from this term they will learn Mandarin.
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 | An armed gang burst into a bar in Mexico and flung five human heads onto a crowded dance floor, in an apparent warning to a rival drug gang.
Up to 20 men entered the bar in Uruapan city, Michoacan state, fired into the air, forced revellers to lie down and then threw down five heads.
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| Thursday, September 07 | | · | DIY Driller Looks For Oil – in His Front Yard |
| Wednesday, August 16 | | · | Racism Fears Over Checks |
| · | Soldier free after killing |
| · | 'Drug' Submarine Found |
| Wednesday, August 09 | | · | No Catch as Virtual Sex Fantasy Becomes Reality |
| · | Five-Year-Old Boy's 60-Mile Railway Adventure |
| Thursday, August 03 | | · | Shorts And Miniskirts Are Free In British Businesses Everyday |
| · | ‘Little Britons’ Copy Teachers |
| · | Murdered Ex-Pat Was 'Meal Ticket' |
| · | 300,000 Euros For Loo With a View |
| Saturday, July 29 | | · | Britain does it as well |
| · | Documents say British royals asked whether claimant to throne could be declared. |
| · | Former boxer gets life for 'one punch' murder |
| · | George Michael plans to sue photographer for harassment |
| Saturday, July 22 | | · | Explosion takes fizz out of summer drinks |
| · | ID Cards Not Lookýng Good |
| · | British 'geek' wants to buy Moon plot with 1 mln pound gameshow jackpot |
| Friday, July 21 | | · | Queen laments effect of Britain's hose pipe ban on palace lawn |
| Saturday, July 15 | | · | Synod Set to Debate Women Bishops |
| · | Sunday Trading Decision Splits Industry |
| · | Only a Third of People Want a Complete Smoking Ban in UK |
| Saturday, July 08 | | · | Government Underestimates Number of Migrants in UK by 200,000 |
| · | Britons Cannot Name Their Human Rights |
| Tuesday, July 04 | | · | British, Irish Governments Plot New Course |
| · | Anti-Terror Raid: We Got it Wrong, Says Police Chief |
| Friday, June 23 | | · | Women ??Honoured? in the List. |
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