Archive for December, 2011
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Tainted New Year Honours
Ex-convict Gerald Ronson and Conservative Party supporter Paul Ruddock both honoured
David Cameron accused of being 'out of touch' with decent British people
Government source says Prime Minister has no personal involvement in deciding who receives ...
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Cameron:”We are all in this together”. Utter rubbish.
The elderly and disabled are unable to afford basic help in their homes as rates rise up to 33% this year.Millionaire stating that " we are all in this together" to an elderly or ...
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U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in peace bid
(Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspected of major human rights abuses as part of a long-shot bid to improve the prospects of a peace ...
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iPad 3 rumor mill: two new iPads planned for January
We’re not even in 2012 yet, but it seems that the iPad 3 rumor mill is in full swing.
The latest rumor: Apple is preparing two new iPad models for a January debut, sources tell ...
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Freedom of tweets: Occupy Boston in cop court case
A secretive court case in Massachusetts rages on over attempts by the state to get information regarding Twitter users connected with Occupy Boston. The case highlights fears that political speech is increasingly being criminalized ...
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Architects of EU disasters in charge again.
The debt-stricken eurozone is set to enter 2012 in a gloomy mood with Italy's borrowing costs remaining near the 7 per cent danger zone. The Italian PM has pledged more efforts to revive the ...
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Spain set to fire opening salvos in austerity drive.
(Reuters) - Spain's centre-right government will announce billions of euros in savings measures on Friday, using its first decrees since sweeping to power at November elections to give the nation a foretaste of tougher ...
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Venezuela’s Chavez: Did U.S. give Latin American leaders cancer?
(Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated on Wednesday that the United States might have developed a way to give Latin American leaders cancer, after Argentina's Cristina Fernandez joined the list of presidents diagnosed ...
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Man in Afghan army uniform kills 2 NATO troops
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO says a man wearing an Afghan army uniform has killed two service members in eastern Afghanistan.
The alliance says the two NATO troops were killed on Thursday when the man ...
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YouTube Slam begins video clip battles for users’ votes
Viral videos are being pitched against each other in a battle for popularity under YouTube's new Slam service.
The Google-owned clip website has announced that it will put a new crop of videos "head-to-head" each ...









