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  CIA
activities shock Europeans
Dawn: BARCELONA
(Spain): From Scandinavia to the tropical Canary Islands, the
CIA’s clandestine use of European soil and airspace for
counter-terrorism missions is triggering outrage.. |
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 Merkel
asks party to support Israel
BERLIN, Feb 20:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on her conservative
Christian Democratic Union on Monday to make a clear statement
recognising Israel’s right to exist and include it in the
pa... |
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 Germany
says doesn't rule out sanctions on Iran
Khaleej Times:
TOKYO - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said
on Tuesday he did not rule out economic sanctions against Iran
in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions. We do not rule out
the possible... |
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 Siblings
Venus, Serena set up new clash
Dawn:
NEW YORK: Serena and Venus Williams set up another all-in-the
family clash after both scored straight sets victories in the
third round of the US Open on Friday. Serena saw off Francesca
Sch... |
 Merkel
at helm
KARLSRUHE, Germany, (AFP) Germany’s Social Democrats elected a
former East German as their new chairman yesterday as they
head into a coalition government under c... |
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 Afghan
president warns of more terror
Strasbourg - Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned of continued
terrorist attacks in his country, saying that efforts to
defeat extremists had not yet succeeded. "Afghanistan has,
thank God, had rema...Independent online |
 Terror
suspect gets 45 years jail
The
Australian: A YEMENI man arrested after an FBI sting operation
in Germany in 2003 was sentenced to 45 years in prison and
fined $US750,000 ($995,600) overnight for conspiring to
supp... |
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 Brazil
one win from finals
The
Independent Bangladesh: World champions Brazil will clinch
their place at next year's finals in Germany and maintain
their proud record as the only country to have played at every
World... |
 National
Gallery of Art puts on first big international show of
earliest European woodcuts
The
State: WASHINGTON: Years before Johann Gutenberg printed his
Bible, artists were tossing off little handbills printed with
religious pictures, such as an angel looking down on Mary and
the infant Jesus... |
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Sir Harry Lauder
is born on the 4th August 1870. An immensely popular
entertainer in his day, Lauder promotes an exaggerated
caricature of Scottish culture that nevertheless makes him a
fortune and earns him a knighthood. He even becomes the first
recording artist to sell a million records in the UK! For more
famous Scots
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Scots Historian
James Anderson is born on the 5th August 1728. A lawyer by
profession, Anderson writes some of the earliest books on
Scottish history including works on Mary Queen of Scots and
Scotland's relationship with England. For more famous Scots
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Today was a quiet day in the visit of George IV to Scotland
on the 19th August in 1822, the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since Charles II in 1650. George's visit saw the birth of the modern image of Scotland, orchestrated by Sir Walter Scott who had persuaded George that he had legitimate Jacobite lineage. Highland dress suddenly became immensely fashionable and lowlanders across Scotland rushed to discover highland ancestry so they could sport the suddenly trendy kilt in varieties of dashing new tartan.
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