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SNP hopeful of historic victory in Glasgow East byelection - guardian.co.uk
 ITV.com | SNP hopeful of historic victory in Glasgow East byelection guardian.co.uk - John Mason, the SNP candidate in the Glasgow East byelection, is accompanied by an activist as he casts his vote in Barlarnark. Photograph: Alan Simpson/PA Scottish Labour officials believe they will narrowly win today's Glasgow East byelection but the ... Macintosh to launch party leadership bid Glasgow East by-election: polling suggests photo finish |
Barack Obama demands end to divide between Europe and America - Telegraph.co.uk
 Canada.com | Barack Obama demands end to divide between Europe and America Telegraph.co.uk - Senator Barack Obama told a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Berlin of his desire to see Europe and America consign their divisions to history. McCain critical of Obama speech Full script of Obama's speech |
Painter fined for smoking in van - BBC News
 Times Online | Painter fined for smoking in van BBC News - A painter and decorator from Ceredigion says he is "dumbfounded" after being slapped with a £30 fine for smoking a cigarette in his own van. Council punishes decorator with on-the-spot fine for smoking in ... Man on tea run fined for smoking in 'workplace' van |
Bishops march on London over deadline to halve poverty - Times Online
 BBC News | Bishops march on London over deadline to halve poverty Times Online - Nothing unites warring factions so much as a common enemy and, as 650 bishops left their encampment in Canterbury to march on the capital yesterday, they at last had a single purpose. Gordon Brown hails bishops in march against world poverty Gordon Brown joins bishops in call to cut world poverty |
Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Underway in South Africa - Voice of America
 Times Online | Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Underway in South Africa Voice of America - By VOA News Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's opposition and ruling parties are underway Thursday in Pretoria, South Africa. Zimbabwean peace talks begin amid talk that a deal is close Zimbabwe: MDC Zanu PF Talks Finally Begin in South Africa |
Darwins: How one simple lie led to the destruction of a family - Independent
 Sydney Morning Herald | Darwins: How one simple lie led to the destruction of a family Independent - By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter From the bay window of her seafront home in Seaton Carew, Anne Darwin watched the RAF helicopter which, along with five lifeboats, led the 36-hour search for her missing husband. Assets of John and Anne Darwin frozen as police try to reclaim ... How to disappear without a trace |
Britain and Ireland agree to tighten border check - Times Online
 BBC News | Britain and Ireland agree to tighten border check Times Online - People travelling between Britain and the Irish Republic by air or sea will be required to show an identity document under proposals announced yesterday to impose the first formal checks for more than 80 years. UK and Ireland plan border checks Border controls proposed |
Sarkozy making wrong calls with TV reforms - Financial Times
 Times Online | Sarkozy making wrong calls with TV reforms Financial Times - Of all the reforms launched by President Nicolas Sarkozy in his first year in office, few have provoked as much sound and fury as his proposal to ban advertising from France’s public broadcasting sector. France to slash military manpower by 15 percent France reveals defence closures |
Briton held in Greece after newborn strangled - Reuters UK
 Times Online | Briton held in Greece after newborn strangled Reuters UK - ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court has ordered a 20-year-old British woman to be held pending trial after she was charged with strangling her newborn baby on the Mediterranean island of Crete, her lawyer said on Thursday. Crete baby death: Mother in court over murder allegations Baby death mother back in hospital |
Serbia IDs man behind Karadzic's false identity - The Associated Press
 ABC News | Serbia IDs man behind Karadzic's false identity The Associated Press - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - The real Dragan Dabic has emerged - and the 66-year-old construction worker was shocked Thursday to discover his identity had apparently been stolen by one of the world's most notorious war crimes suspects. Video: Karadzic plans to defend himself in The Hague Karazdic caught, attention turns to Mladic |
Search for man missing in Thames - BBC News
 BBC News | Search for man missing in Thames BBC News - A major search has been taking place for a missing man last seen entering the River Thames in Berkshire. Peter Jones, 43, of Slough, was attending a boat party when he disappeared. Man 'drowns' in end-of-school river boat tragedy Family's plea to missing man |
Boy, 17, denies Rhys murder - Daily Mail
 ITV.com | Boy, 17, denies Rhys murder Daily Mail - By Daily Mail Reporter A teenage boy accused of shooting schoolboy Rhys Jones pleaded not guilty to his murder yesterday. The 17-year- old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court with six others, all charged with ... Teenager denies Rhys Jones shooting Teen Denies Murdering Rhys Jones |
Bike thief takes leader’s ‘old friend’ - The Herald
 Telegraph.co.uk | Bike thief takes leader’s ‘old friend’ The Herald - David Cameron cut a forlorn figure in his T-shirt and shorts with his mobile phone clamped to his ear and rucksack dumped by his feet. Opposition leader eyes 'Sharia law for bike theft' Cameron's bike is nicked |
Dining with Gordon Brown at Chequers: so do you take a bottle to ... - Telegraph.co.uk
 BBC News | Dining with Gordon Brown at Chequers: so do you take a bottle to ... Telegraph.co.uk - Nothing in life's etiquette assault course had prepared me for that Sunday. I awoke, tremulous with nerves, excited but dreading what lay ahead. the new woman running Britain Labour's biggest fear is a Brown Stalingrad |
Brit saves pal...then dies in Taliban blast - The Sun
 Times Online | Brit saves pal...then dies in Taliban blast The Sun - By TOM NEWTON DUNN A SOLDIER killed in a Taliban bomb blast had just driven an ambulance to save an appallingly wounded comrade, it emerged last night. MoD names soldier killed in Afghanistan Wife's tribute to soldier |
UK waterways 'rise in popularity' - BBC News
 BBC News | UK waterways 'rise in popularity' BBC News - There are now more boats on Britain's inland waterways than during the industrial revolution, according to a report by British Waterways. Canals 'More Popular Than Ever' Canal holidays booming as more boats on waterways than Industrial ... |
Land Girls honoured at Downing Street - Telegraph.co.uk
 BBC News | Land Girls honoured at Downing Street Telegraph.co.uk - The Land Girls who kept the country supplied with food and timber during the Second World War have been formally thanked by Gordon Brown - but he admitted their efforts should have been recognised earlier. Lumber Jills get war recognition Land girls finally honoured |
US to help Pakistan upgrade F-16 fighter jets - Xinhua
 Voice of America | US to help Pakistan upgrade F-16 fighter jets Xinhua - WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The US government proposed shifting 230 million US dollars from its counter-terrorism aid package to Pakistan to help the country upgrade its aging F-16 fighter jets, the White House confirmed on Thursday. Bush uses anti-terror funds to strengthen Pakistan air force Pakistan May Get US Funds for F-16 Upgrade Fighter (Update1) |
Government tightens ecotown planning standards - guardian.co.uk
 Telegraph.co.uk | Government tightens ecotown planning standards guardian.co.uk - At least one worker per household in the government's new ecotowns should be able to get to their job by walking, cycling or using public transport, according to plans outlined today by the housing minister, Caroline Flint. 'Paralysis' warning over planning “Chronic problems” plague planning system |
Bottled water fad evaporates - Belfast Telegraph
 Which? | Bottled water fad evaporates Belfast Telegraph - By Lisa Smyth The reasons for buying bottled water are drying up - it is expensive, bad for the environment and many people think it tastes the same as tap water, a survey has found. Bottled water down the plughole It's 141 times dearer than tap water – but half can't taste difference |
