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Top Stories: Cape Town, Dec 15: South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has said that England's bowling attack lacks the sting without fast bowler Steve Harmison. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:20:01 -0500London, Dec 15 : Debbie Simpson, a mum of 13 kids, is getting in vitro fertilisation (IVF) this Christmas because she wants "nothing" more "than another baby". ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:50:06 -0500London, Dec 15 : A section of an Eiffel Tower staircase was sold off for 76,000 pounds at a Paris auction. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:50:05 -0500London, December 15 : Call it the Barack Obama effect - the US President has sent a relatively inexpensive watch to become an overnight best-seller after he was spotted wearing the same model. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:50:04 -0500London, Dec 15 : With all the Christmas shopping going around, couples often ignore the fun between the sheets and tend to complain they never get enough love, sex or affection in the run-up to December 25. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:50:03 -0500London, Dec 15 : Toy doll Barbie, known for her glamorous clothes and pneumatic figure, has undergone a traditional makeover for charity. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:20:18 -0500London, Dec. 15 : Ayrton Senna has been voted the greatest Formula One driver of all time by other grand prix racers. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:20:17 -0500Washington, Dec 15 : Leona Lewis' attacker has pleaded guilty to assaulting the star at a book signing in London and been ordered to remain in hospital under Britain's Mental Health Act. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:20:13 -0500London, Dec 15 : Scandal-hit golfing superstar Tiger Woods is planning a secret rendezvous with his alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel, it has emerged. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:20:08 -0500London, Dec 15 : Cori Rist, one of Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses, has revealed that golfer used to text other girls while in bed with her. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:20:08 -0500London, Dec 15 : Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's attacker has reportedly apologised for his "cowardly conduct". ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:11 -0500London, Dec 15 : Scientists from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and the University of Virginia have found a gene that can act as a potential therapeutic target for deadly form of childhood leukemia called mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL). ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:09 -0500London, December 15 : Kids are increasingly pestering their parents to buy them posh brands and latest technology, thanks to the rise of "aggressive" advertising aimed at them, says a study. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:07 -0500London, December 15 : Audio cassettes are returning to the shelves, thanks to the elderly listeners' rejection of latest formats of CDs and digital downloads. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:06 -0500London, Dec 15: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is likely to exploit West Ham United's financial crisis by making a six million pound bid to sign midfielder Scott Parker in the January transfer window. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:06 -0500London, Dec 15: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is expected to drop some of his under performing players for Wednesday's Premier League game against Portsmouth. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:04 -0500London, December 15 : A car crash has left a woman sexually aroused 24 hours a day. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:03 -0500London, Dec. 14 : Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs is at the centre of a betting controversy after winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:02 -0500London, December 15 : Quentin Tarantino's film 'Inglourious Basterds' has received 10 nominations at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:01 -0500London, Dec 15 (IANS) An Indian man has appeared in a London magistrate's court charged with the murder of his estranged wife, who was left dying on the streets with her hand chopped off. IANS Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500London, Dec 15 : First shoes are much closer to a girl's heart than her first kiss, says a new survey. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:50:10 -0500London, Dec.15 : Manchester United's Welsh star Ryan Giggs has said that all he could think about at the BBC Sports Personality Awards was how the club lost to Aston Villa, and how this defeat has motivated him to continue turning out for it. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:50:08 -0500Washington, Dec. 14 : After physically recovering from two knee operations that kept him away from football for 14 months, England midfielder Owen Hargreaves is trying to overcome his psychological hurdles to make a comeback. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:10:09 -0500London, December 15 : Tiger Woods' wife Elin has decided to go to Victoria Beckham for advice in a bid to save her marriage after the exposure of the golfer's sexcapades, it has emerged. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:10:07 -0500London, December 15 : Peter Andre has said he is not a "boob man," taking a dig at his ex-wife Jordan who is famous for her enhanced assets. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:10:03 -0500London, Dec 15 : Actress Emily Blunt says she can't wait for Christmas to fill herself as she has been on a strict diet for her new role. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:12 -0500London, Dec 15 : An ice-cube tray that makes frozen shapes of the Titanic has been criticized as "sick". ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:12 -0500London, Dec 15 : Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish still have adoption plans in mind even after their attempt to take on the responsibility of a Ukrainian youngster ended in a failure. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:10 -0500London, Dec 15 : If not an actor Hollywood star Nicolas Cage says, he would have been a criminal. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:09 -0500London, Dec 15 : Lady Gaga never fails to surprise her fans - the Poker Face singer recently staged her own gun show.aga straddled the gun even as she crooned at her third sell-out concert in Vancouver, reports the Sun. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:08 -0500London, Dec 15 : An experimental vaginal gel has failed to prove effective against HIV in human trials. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:07 -0500London, Dec 15 : Scientists from Stanford University in California have developed what they call 'flexible retinal implant' that would help restore vision of people with certain forms of visual impairment. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:05 -0500London, Dec 15 : A new study by scientists in the UK has shown that raging hormones during pregnancy not only prompt mood swings, but may also lead to a heightened ability to recognise threatening or aggressive faces. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:04 -0500London, December 15 : A computational zoologist at the University of Manchester, UK, has developed a new technique for simulating dinosaur movement in 3D and working out which gaits they most likely used. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:50:01 -0500London, Dec 15 (DPA) Britain's Prince Charles, a veteran campaigner on environmental issues, plans to urge the UN Copenhagen conference to take 'comprehensive and all-embracing' action to avert a climate change disaster, his office said Tuesday. IANS Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:20:02 -0500London, December 15 : Hilary Benn, Environment Secretary, UK Government, has warned at the ongoing Copenhagen climate conference that more than one billion people could suffer food shortages because of ocean acidification, unless climate change is tackled. ANI Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:10:06 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Almost every day someone who is waiting for a lung transplant dies. There are two basic... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:27:35 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Britain’s fishermen are to be offered extra catches next year if they agree to fit “big b... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:27:34 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The Foreign Secretary has sought to placate Israeli anger over the potential arrest of ... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:27:31 -0500House of Lords , peers have expressed outrage at plans to review their expenses. Lord Palmer, a cross-bencher, was horrified by plans to cap hotel bills at £140 a night – which, he said, would forc... Guardian Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:13:01 -0500Relatives of a father and daughter who died when a former police inspector crashed his car after an alcohol-fuelled evening abroad hit out last night at the French justice system which allowed him to ... The Guardian Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:12:51 -0500Britain will buy 22 Chinook helicopters from Boeing Co. as part of $1.5 billion investment in new equipment for troops in Afghanistan, the government announced Tuesday. The Seattle Times Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:07:48 -0500The British Government is to cut jobs and close an air base to raise the money needed to buy more helicopters for the operation in Afghanistan. Twenty-two Chinook helicopters are on order to boost mo... ABC Australia Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:05:32 -0500A government agency should compensate two farmers for losses incurred when it failed to pay out EU subsidies on time, says the parliamentary ombudsman.Ann Abraham recommended they be paid £3,500... BBC Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:57:01 -0500The UK's longest-serving sub-postmistress will stamp her last parcel this month after a career spanning seven decades.Mail was still being delivered by horse-drawn carriage and telegrams were at the h... BBC Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:56:55 -0500The Rev Canon Dr Alison Peden, 57, has been shortlisted for the role of Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Dr Peden is rector of Holy Trinity Church in Stirling, chaplain... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:56:07 -0500Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the UK's former special representative to Iraq, said Saddam Hussein was toppled so quickly that US and British forces were left "holding a baby without the materials for looking... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:55 -0500PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has warned that saving the environment is the "great moral crusade for our times" – equivalent to the abolition of slavery. The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:52 -0500THE fiancee of the 100th British serviceman to die in the Afghanistan conflict this year wept uncontrollably as she saw his coffin returned to the UK yesterday. The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:50 -0500CLOSING Dungavel detention centre to families and children would "end up with dead bodies in lorries in Calais" by boosting the human trafficking trade, immigration minister Phil Woolas claimed yester... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:49 -0500BRITISH Airways will go to court today in a desperate attempt to halt a 12-day strike by cabin crew which threatens to ground most of its flights from next Tuesday. The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:48 -0500Vanessa George, 39, who worked at Little Ted's Nursery in Plymouth, Devon, "plumbed new depths of depravity" by abusing those in her care, Mr Justice John Royce said yesterday.The "shockwaves" of her ... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:45 -0500New statistics have revealed that prescriptions for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased by 4,000 in the past year to 72,000 in Scotland, at an estimated cost of £2.5 mi... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:44 -0500Peter Tobin, 63, of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, was seen digging a hole in the garden of his then home in Margate, Kent, in the summer of 1991, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.Prosecutors said he was diggin... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:44 -0500The statistics show that almost half of new staff recruited in the 12 months from September 2008 were administrators.Overall staff rose by 2.1 per cent to 168,976. However, in that same period, the nu... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:43 -0500CALIFORNIA governor and former film star Arnold Schwarzenegger told the talks in Copenhagen yesterday that the "planetary transformation" needed to tackle climate change could not be the work of natio... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:42 -0500Described by some as the "Celtic curse", haemochromatosis is a genetic condition prevalent in Scotland, Ireland and other northern European countries which causes iron to build up in the body.Victims ... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:41 -0500Health officials said the rate of cases of malignant melanoma increased by 57 per cent among men and by 51 per cent among women, to a total of 1,085 cases in 2007.One of the main risks of developing s... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:40 -0500New statistics have revealed that prescriptions for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased by 4,000 in the past year to 72,000 in Scotland, at an estimated cost of £2.5 mi... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:40 -0500The rise represents another failure by SNP to deliver on its manifesto promise of cutting the use of drugs for depression by 10 per cent by 2009.It joins paying off student debt, reducing class sizes ... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:38 -0500CHILDREN'S charity Barnardo's is to broadcast a "frank and revealing" online Christmas Day message minutes after the Queen's speech, featuring young people's views on subjects such as racism and sexua... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:38 -0500The number of primary one pupils considered "overweight, obese or severely obese" was 19.8 per cent in 2008-9 – little changed from 20 per cent the previous year. Obesity during childhood can lead t... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:36 -0500Many of the men were destined never to return from the battlefields of the First World War, instead dying at places such as Loos, Ypres, Passchendaele and the Somme. These images form part of an archi... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:32 -0500The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) research showed that despite the best efforts by retailers to "tempt customers out" via early sales, heavy discounting and various promotions, consumers kept walle... The Scotsman Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:30 -0500Dec 16 2009 Britain's fishermen are to be offered extra catches next year if they agree to fit "big brother" cameras on their boats to monitor conservation measures. The plan was part of a deal in B... IC Wales Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:53:22 -0500Here's the wing commander... an injured swallow chick getting some special help to learn to fly again. Sasso, rescued seven months ago by staff at the Ramat Gan Animal Hospital in Israel, has been pu... Daily Mirror Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:33:08 -0500Published Date: December 16, 2009 Superstars like Elton John and Sting may pour scorn, but TV talent shows have long kept viewers happy-and Britain's "The X Factor" has just proved their enduring app... Kuwait Times Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:31:40 -0500Cole Finegan, managing partner of the Denver office of Hogan & Hartson, at the Denver Post Tuesday aftenoon. (THE DENVER POST | ANDY CROSS) Hogan & Hartson LLP, a Washington, D.C. law firm with a sign... Denver Post Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:25:05 -0500Andrew Strauss took one look at a green and patchy Centurion pitch on Tuesday morning - and conceded England may have to make a late decision on the balance of their first-Test team against South Afri... Ananova Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:20:34 -0500LONDON, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Ministry of Defence announced on Tuesday that it would buy 22 new Chinook heavy-lift helicopters from the United States, at the same time as it announced cuts els... SINA Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:14:20 -0500Figures released on Tuesday by the British government showed the inflation rate, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), had increased to 1.9 percent. Figures released by the British government's Office for ... People's Daily Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:14:17 -0500Britain's consumer price index (CPI) rose at an annual rate of 1.9 percent in November, its strongest gain since last May, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Tuesday. The ONS said th... People's Daily Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:14:07 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> England’s solitary Test victory in Centurion came courtesy of some uncharacterist... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:28:09 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> More than half of MPs believe that the law should be changed to allow doctors to help terminally... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:51 -0500END: Module - M63 - Article Related Attachements --> However, airline industry insiders said that, even if BA succeeded in winning an injunction, many cabin crew workers may simply not turn up for... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:50 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Thousands of British diplomats living abroad will lose their right to free boar... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:49 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The Gouais blanc grape, disparaged for centuries as an inferior wine ingredient fit only for peasa... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:47 -0500Pamela Anderson was on stage for barely 15 minutes yesterday but her debut as the Genie in Aladdin has already granted three wishes — to her bank manager, the marketing department and the dads i... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:42 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> British Airways will seek an emergency injunction at the High Court today to av... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:32 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Simon Cowell has sealed his status as the ultimate X Factor winner through a series of ... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:32 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The apparent disappearance of Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi poses several questions about his health. Wh... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:29 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Memories of John Close’s last day are etched on the mind of his sister, L... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:26 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The Conservative leadership executed an embarrassing climbdown last night after... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:18 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Financial institutions with more than $13 trillion in assets are relying on the summit in Copenhagen ... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:17 -0500Internal politics at the union Unite have played a significant part in the latest industrial dispute to engulf British Airways. Len McCluskey, an assistant general secretary at Unite, is one of the l... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:15 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A parliamentary inquiry today heaps blame on ministers and officials at the Department for Environ... Times Online Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:14 -0500December 15, 2009 The Israeli government has condemned an attempt in Britain to arrest a former Israeli foreign minister for alleged war crimes.An arrest warrant was issued in London over the weekend ... NPR Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:19:14 -0500December 15, 2009 The Israeli government has condemned an attempt in Britain to arrest a former Israeli foreign minister for alleged war crimes.An arrest warrant was issued in London over the weekend ... NPR Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:19:13 -0500IAN COBAIN in London A GROUP of British MPs is suing the CIA in the American courts in an attempt to force the agency to hand over information about Britain’s secret involvement in its extraordi... Irish Times Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:15:47 -0500The unanimous judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg that an order to hand over a journalistic document infringed the media's right to free expression is a reminder that media fr... The Independent Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:14:24 -0500Wayne Rooney scores the penalty that gave Manchester United the lead against Wolves. Photograph: Stephen Pond/EMPICS Sport Mick McCarthy defended his decision to field a virtual reserve team against... The Guardian Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:13:02 -0500Camp Delta at the US naval station in Guantánamo, Cuba. A joint US/UK military force is reputed to have detained hundreds of Iraqi and Afghan prisoners at the detention centre. Photograph: Chip Somod... The Guardian Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:12:48 -0500Virgin Atlantic has launched a tactical marketing campaign on the back of the British Airways Christmas strikes, claiming that “at least there’s one British Airline you can count on”... Travel Blackboard Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:10:37 -0500London - Champions Manchester United bounced back from a shock defeat last weekend to move alongside Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League after a 3-0 win over a weakened Wolverhampton Wand... Earth Times Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:10:19 -0500LONDON — A British woman admitted Tuesday breaching an anti-social behaviour order by having noisy sex.Caroline Cartwright was served with a civil order over marathon romps with husband Steve, descr... Times Colonist Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:58:05 -0500BAIRY ) managers last night warned they were in a "fight to the death" with unions over plans for an unprecedented 12-day strike by cabin crew which threatens to wreck the Christmas travel plans of ov... Business Week Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:57:10 -0500 |
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