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  Blair
plans final push to settle EU budget
The Guardian: Tony
Blair is to make a final diplomatic push this week in an
attempt to prevent Britain's European Union presidency ending
in failure. The prime minister is trying to win over leaders
with a compromise... |
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 McCartney
attacks China over fur
BBC News: Sir Paul
McCartney has vowed never to perform in China after seeing
horrific undercover footage of dogs and cats being killed for
their fur. The former Beatle also said he would boycott the
2008 Be... |
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 Musharraf
asked to resolve uniform issue by 2007
The News
International: Statement says process of democratisation will
not be irreversible until two offices separated; hails
Pakistan’s progress in restoring democracy VALLETTA: Leaders
of the 53-nation Commonwealth... |
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 M&S
bans man-made fats from foods as health fears increase
The
Times: MARKS & SPENCER is to become the first big retailer to
ban man-made fats from its foods, pledging to remove them by
April, write Jonathan Leake and John Elliott. The move follows
concern about the s... |
 Saudi
Arabia asks for "road map" of world oil demand
By
Ghaida Ghantous and Simon Webb: RIYADH (Reuters) - Oil giant
Saudi Arabia asked consuming nations for a "road map" of
future oil demand on Saturday in response to repeated calls
for Riyadh to ramp... |
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 Asian
leaders seek trade flexibility
The
Boston Globe: BUSAN, South Korea -- Pacific Rim leaders called
on Europe to be more flexible during world trade negotiations,
warning yesterday that talks next month could be the last ... |
 Putin
sees scope for projects with N Korea
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Russian President
Vladimir Putin says drawing North Korea into large-scale
development projects is a way of helping to ease tensions on
the Korean peninsula. Mr. Putin... |
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 French
violence hits fresh peak
A
night of rioting in France has left 1,408 vehicles burnt out
and resulted in 395 arrests - the highest tolls yet in 11
nights of unrest. |
 Iran
president stands by Israel remark
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood by his call for Israel to be
"wiped off the map", as thousands of Iranians marched through Tehran
on Friday chanting "death to Israel" and "death to America". |
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French bosses break open the bubbly
WHILE the French
countryside withers in a prolonged drought and the country's
citizens roast on the beaches for their traditional month-long
summer holidays, French business is showing signs of a
profit-fuelled renaissance.
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Sweet or sour? London has a taste for Chinese flotation's but
investors are not sure IT took more than 5,000 years for
the secrets of silk production to make their way to Europe. At
times, the London Stock Exchange's push to hook up the huge
potential of Chinese manufacturing to its capital markets has
seemed just as slow. So for the LSE's new business director
(check) Tracey Pierce, the successful transplant of orange
grower Asian Citrus to London on Wednesday, while it only
raised £12m (E17.7m, $21m), comes as a huge relief. |
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Saint-Gobain goes for growth in UK LIKE many of his peers
in the French business establishment, Jean-Louis Beffa, the
boss of Saint-Gobain, knows that if you want to buy growth,
one of the best places to do so is in Britain, where ownership
is an issue of price, rather than nationality. |
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7th August 1987,
swimmer Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim the Bering
Strait between the USA and Russia. Despite the cold, she
manages the feat in two hours and six minutes. Read today's
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On 19 November 1703, the “Man in the Iron Mask”, a prisoner in the Bastille prison in Paris, died. His true identity was the cause of much intrigue and is celebrated in the literary works of Francois Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas. To read about international news click here |
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On 18 November 1926 George Bernard Shaw refused to accept the Nobel Prize money of £7000 awarded to him a year earlier. He said: “I can forgive Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.” To read current Nobel Prize articles click here |
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On 17 November 1292 John Balliol acceded to the Scottish throne. Balliol was crowned 13 days later on 30 November. Six representatives of the Scottish political community had turned to Edward I of England for advice in deciding the succession to the throne. To read more about John Balliol click here |
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