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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 ... Canoe couple's assets are frozen |
Barack Obama meets Angela Merkel in Berlin - Telegraph.co.uk
 Times Online | Barack Obama meets Angela Merkel in Berlin Telegraph.co.uk - Senator Barack Obama has held "very open" talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, just hours before he is due to give a major speech on US-European relations. Barack Obama meets Angela Merkel ahead of Berlin speech Obama in Germany on European tour |
Serbia seeks key to Karadzic's false identity - The Associated Press
 Times Online | Serbia seeks key to Karadzic's false identity The Associated Press - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Radovan Karadzic was preparing his false identity during the autocratic rule of his mentor, an official said Thursday, promising to track down the people who helped the Bosnian Serb warlord stay on the run from genocide charges. Video: Karadzic plans to defend himself in The Hague Rice hopes former Bosnian commander Mladic is the next |
Gordon Brown joins bishops in call to cut world poverty - guardian.co.uk
 BBC News | Gordon Brown joins bishops in call to cut world poverty guardian.co.uk - Gordon Brown today joined an Anglican-led demonstration urging world leaders to halve global poverty levels in the coming years, calling the march of more than 500 bishops one of Britain's "greatest public demonstrations of faith". Bishops do the Lambeth walk to end poverty Brown hails Anglican bishops' march |
David Cameron has bicycle stolen on shopping trip - Telegraph.co.uk
 Telegraph.co.uk | David Cameron has bicycle stolen on shopping trip Telegraph.co.uk - David Cameron has become the latest victim of crime after his bicycle was stolen while he was shopping in west London. By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor The Conservative leader had locked the bicycle to a bollard while he picked up dinner from ... 'Hacked off' Cameron has his bike stolen David Cameron has his bike stolen |
Win or lose, by-election vote will deliver verdict on Salmond - Scotsman
 Daily Mail | Win or lose, by-election vote will deliver verdict on Salmond Scotsman - By Ian Swanson ALEX SALMOND has declared today's by-election in Glasgow East a trial of strength between his government and Gordon Brown's. Glasgow goes to the polls Labour fears for Glasgow East as by-election rests on knife-edge |
UK waterways 'rise in popularity' - BBC News
 Times Online | 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 ... |
Six Major ISPs Join P2P Crackdown - TrustedReviews
 TrustedReviews | Six Major ISPs Join P2P Crackdown TrustedReviews - It looks like the carte blanche crackdown we feared on P2P file sharing is gathering momentum... News is breaking today that six of the country's largest ISPs have agreed to deals with the BPI to monitor and warn customers about the illegal file ... Illegal downloaders to get warning letter in government clampdown Carphone Warehouse kowtows to BPI |
Soldier killed driving ambulance - The Press Association
 Telegraph.co.uk | Soldier killed driving ambulance The Press Association - A British soldier was killed by a suspected roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan as he drove an ambulance back to base, the Ministry of Defence has said. British soldier killed in Afghanistan named Soldier killed in Afghanistan named |
Obama's pro-Israel stance no surprise to Arabs - Reuters South Africa
 Canada.com | Obama's pro-Israel stance no surprise to Arabs Reuters South Africa - By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, July 24 (Reuters) - Barack Obama has convinced Arabs and Iranians he will put Israel's interests first if he becomes US president, after a Middle East tour that ended on Thursday. Obama begins European tour Obama makes surprise visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall |
Murdered man faced jail sentence - BBC News
 BBC News | Murdered man faced jail sentence BBC News - By Angie Brown A man murdered while walking with his girlfriend and her two children in Edinburgh was facing a prison term for drugs offences. Knife gang murders man in front of children City gang in street killing |
Strong quake hits northern Japan - International Herald Tribune
 Vancouver Sun | Strong quake hits northern Japan International Herald Tribune - AP HACHINOHE, Japan: A powerful earthquake that sent boulders tumbling onto a national highway injured more than 100 people across a wide swath of northern Japan, officials said Thursday. Japan recovers from strong quake Japan hunts for injured after powerful quake |
Zimbabwe rivals start peace talks - BBC News
 Times Online | Zimbabwe rivals start peace talks BBC News - Representatives of Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties have begun power-sharing talks in South Africa, an official there has said. Zimbabwe power-sharing talks begin amid high hopes for deal Zimbabwe's MDC, ruling party start full crisis talks |
NZ judge backs girl over - CNN International
 ABC News | NZ judge backs girl over CNN International - (CNN) -- A New Zealand judge has made a 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name can be changed from Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, the country's national news agency reported Thursday. 'Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii' not a girl's name, New Zealand ... Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do |
British and Irish Governments in illegal immigrant crackdown - Times Online
 BBC News | British and Irish Governments in illegal immigrant crackdown Times Online - Formal border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will be introduced to prevent the movement of illegal immigrants to and from Britain, according to proposals published by the two governments today. UK and Ireland plan border checks GOVERNMENTS PROPOSE BORDER CHECKS |
French firms free to renegotiate 35-hour week - guardian.co.uk
 Times Online | French firms free to renegotiate 35-hour week guardian.co.uk - France has moved a step closer to ditching the compulsory 35-hour week, which was introduced a decade ago. Parliament passed a law late yesterday that will allow companies to negotiate individual deals with unions on working hours and overtime. France drops the 35-hour working week French firms 'can opt out' of 35-hour week |
EU seeks to halt cruelty to seals - BBC News
 BBC News | EU seeks to halt cruelty to seals BBC News - The European Commission has proposed that the EU ban all trade in seal products from countries that fail to meet high animal welfare standards. Seal products ban doesn't go far enough EU to ban trade in 'cruelly' obtained seal fur |
Candidates Spar Over Troop Surge and Iraq Chronology - New York Times
 ABC News | Candidates Spar Over Troop Surge and Iraq Chronology New York Times - By MICHAEL COOPER Senator John McCain was chiding Senator Barack Obama for “a false depiction of what actually happened” in Iraq in a television interview this week. Our view on Iraq: Why can't Obama admit the obvious? The surge worked McCain's Interview on CBS |
Bottled water fad evaporates - Belfast Telegraph
 Daily Mail | 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. It's 141 times dearer than tap water – but half can't taste difference Bottled water down the plughole |
Land Girls honoured at Downing Street - Telegraph.co.uk
 Telegraph.co.uk | 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. Land girls finally honoured Badge of honour for the wartime Midland land girls |
