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French students murder: Stabbed 'for computer games and PIN codes' - Telegraph.co.uk
 ABC News | French students murder: Stabbed 'for computer games and PIN codes' Telegraph.co.uk - By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent, and Lucy Cockcroft Detectives investigating the horrific murder of two French students in London fear that they were tortured and killed for two computer games and the PIN codes to their bank cards. Theft link probed in murder case Police pursue burglary theory in French student murders |
Freed hostage Betancourt arrives in France - AFP
 Washington Post | Freed hostage Betancourt arrives in France AFP - PARIS (AFP) - Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt was greeted Friday by President Nicolas Sarkozy after she touched down at an airbase near Paris following her release from a six-year hostage ordeal. Video: What now for Farc? - 04 July 08 Betancourt, Former FARC Hostage, Is Greeted By Sarkozy in Paris |
ETS Europe: The company behind the marking "fiasco" - Telegraph.co.uk
 BBC News | ETS Europe: The company behind the marking "fiasco" Telegraph.co.uk - By Graeme Paton, Education Editor ETS Europe won a contract in February 2007 to mark school tests for 11 and 14-year-olds. The company - part of the US testing firm Educational Testing Service - signed a £154 million, five-year contract with the ... Sats exam results delayed School test results will be late |
Alex Allan, Britain's leading spymaster, gravely ill in hospital - Telegraph.co.uk
 BBC News | Alex Allan, Britain's leading spymaster, gravely ill in hospital Telegraph.co.uk - By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent Doctors are running a series of tests on Britain's top spymaster to try and identify the mystery illness which has put him in a coma. British spy chief in coma as Yard denies assassination claims Did Russians or al-Qaeda poison Britain's top spy? |
Sharia will 'inevitably' become part of British law, says barrister - Telegraph.co.uk
 Sky News | Sharia will 'inevitably' become part of British law, says barrister Telegraph.co.uk - By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Editor Islamic law will "inevitably" become part of the British legal system and work should start immediately on specific changes, according to a leading barrister. We must have equality before the law Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge |
Brown 'bottled it', says Cameron - guardian.co.uk
 BBC News | Brown 'bottled it', says Cameron guardian.co.uk - Gordon Brown was today accused by the Conservative leader David Cameron of failing to provide leadership over the reform of MPs' expenses. PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms' PM 'bottled expenses reforms' |
Jesse Helms: Stubborn on the Right - TIME
 ABC News | Jesse Helms: Stubborn on the Right TIME - J.Scott Applewhite / AP There's a special place in the United States Senate for the skunk, the single-minded dissident who refuses to go along with the gang and instead uses stubbornness, tenure and the chamber's arcane rules to advance himself and his ... Video: Former Sen. Jesse Helms Dies at Age 86 Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies |
Zimbabwe post-election death toll rises to 103: opposition - Africasia
 Times Online | Zimbabwe post-election death toll rises to 103: opposition Africasia - Zimbabwe's opposition said Friday post-election violence had claimed the lives of 103 of its supporters and some 5000 were missing after being abducted by President Robert Mugabe's ruling party. Mugabe defiant on return to Zimbabwe Mugabe welcomed home by thousands |
UPDATE 1-Biofuels blamed for food price crisis-report - Reuters UK
 Aljazeera.net | UPDATE 1-Biofuels blamed for food price crisis-report Reuters UK - LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75 percent -- far more than previously estimated -- according to a confidential World Bank report published in a British newspaper on Friday. Biofuels cause 75pc increase in food prices, report says Push for green biofuels 'to blame for soaring world food prices' |
Murdered teenager Shakilus Townsend begged: "I don't want to die" - Mirror.co.uk
 ITV.com | Murdered teenager Shakilus Townsend begged: "I don't want to die" Mirror.co.uk - By Mirror.co.uk 4/07/2008 The 16-year-old boy stabbed to death by a hooded masked gang asked for his mother and begged "I don't want to die" as he lay bleeding in the street, it was revealed today. Stab victim pleaded for his mother Shakilus Townsend, 16, lured into London knife murder ambush by ... |
Injured soldiers to get new military ward - Telegraph.co.uk
Injured soldiers to get new military ward Telegraph.co.uk - By Nick Britten Injured soldiers are to benefit from a new military ward being built to replace the beleaguered Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM). Plans for new military staff ward New hospital ward for hurt soldiers |
Belarus' president escapes bomb attack - Telegraph.co.uk
 Calgary Herald | Belarus' president escapes bomb attack Telegraph.co.uk - By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic president of Belarus, escaped unscathed after a nail bomb exploded during Independence Day celebrations in central Minsk. Belarus bomb explosion wounds more than 50 Belarus blast, not far from leader, wounds 50 |
Brown hints 2p rise on fuel duty will be abandoned - guardian.co.uk
 Daily Mail | Brown hints 2p rise on fuel duty will be abandoned guardian.co.uk - Gordon Brown yesterday gave his strongest signal yet he is going to abandon the 2p-a-litre increase in fuel duty within weeks, as oil prices hit yet another record high. Tories launch by-election drive World Cup flag row councillor to stand by-election for SNP |
Taiwan rolls out red carpet for Chinese tourists - AFP
 WELT ONLINE | Taiwan rolls out red carpet for Chinese tourists AFP - TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AFP) - Taiwanese lion dancers and singers in traditional costumes on Friday gave a warm welcome to the first Chinese tourists to arrive here on a direct regular flight in nearly six decades. RPT-China, Taiwan airlines to see lift from new flights China-Taiwan direct: Readers react |
Boris braced for more deputy sleaze claims - This is London
 Times Online | Boris braced for more deputy sleaze claims This is London - Boris Johnson was braced for more damaging allegations about the background of his deputy mayor Ray Lewis today. The Mayor, who has defended Mr Lewis, was in the dark about the sleaze allegations when he gave him the job, his office said. High stakes at London's City Hall Boris Johnson aide in sex quiz |
Church's ruling Synod set to meet - BBC News
 BBC News | Church's ruling Synod set to meet BBC News - The Church of England's ruling Synod is bracing itself for more disagreements at its meeting in York. Some 1300 clergy have threatened to leave the Church unless guaranteed the oversight of male bishops alone. Consumer-testing the new Church recruitment campaign How to solve the question of female bishops |
Iran Indicates It's Willing to Discuss Nuclear Incentives Plan - Bloomberg
 Calgary Herald | Iran Indicates It's Willing to Discuss Nuclear Incentives Plan Bloomberg - By Ladane Nasseri July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Iran indicated it's willing to discuss an incentives package from world powers intended to persuade the Persian Gulf nation to suspend uranium enrichment. Radio says Iran to respond to nuclear offer on Friday Iran envoy gives Solana atom offer response |
It's enough to drive you trucking mad - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | It's enough to drive you trucking mad Stuff.co.nz - By NICK CHURCHOUSE - The Dominion Post | Saturday, 05 July 2008 REVVED UP: Traffic on Auckland's Queen St comes to a halt during the truckie's protest. 4000-truck protest brings road charges inquiry Southern truckies' protest strong |
Navy signs deal to build biggest ever UK super-carriers - Times Online
 ITV.com | Navy signs deal to build biggest ever UK super-carriers Times Online - The Royal Navy was promoted into the maritime superleague yesterday when ministers signed the long-awaited contract for two 65000-tonne aircraft carriers. £4bn MoD deal for giant aircraft carriers fuels concerns over ... The weighty successors to Ark Royal |
US, Poland reach tentative pact on missile shield - AFP
 BBC News | US, Poland reach tentative pact on missile shield AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States and Poland reached a tentative pact Wednesday on a controversial missile defense shield, part of which Washington wants to site in the former communist country, a senior State Department official said. Video: Poland won't host US anti-missile shield Poland's security still key postulate in missile talks with US |
