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Canoe couple John and Anne Darwin may have £1 million hidden in ... - Telegraph.co.uk
 CBC.ca | Canoe couple John and Anne Darwin may have £1 million hidden in ... Telegraph.co.uk - John and Anne Darwin, the couple jailed for six years for staging his death in a canoeing accident, may have hidden up to £1 million in secret bank accounts and foreign investments which the police fear will be impossible to trace. The secret pictures and emails that reveal canoe wife was lying ... Mother Of All Liars |
Karadzic to run his own defence - Reuters UK
 Times Online | Karadzic to run his own defence Reuters UK - By Ellie Tzortzi BELGRADE (Reuters) - Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own defence at the Hague tribunal and is convinced he will be cleared of charges of genocide, relatives and associates of the war crimes suspect said on Wednesday. Video: Karadzic arrest part of pro-EU power grab -- Serb Deputy PM Rice hails arrest of Karadzic and hopes Mladic next |
Voters head to by-election polls - BBC News
 Times Online | Voters head to by-election polls BBC News - Voting in the Glasgow East by-election is getting under way with polling stations open from 0700 BST. Nine candidates are contesting the Westminster seat, which was left vacant following the resignation of Labour's David Marshall on health grounds. Brown's Doordie Election Labour faces by-election test |
Obama promises Israel 'unshakeable' commitment - AFP
 Boston Globe | Obama promises Israel 'unshakeable' commitment AFP - JERUSALEM (AFP) - Barack Obama headed for Europe Thursday after vowing to forge an "unshakeable" bond with Israel if elected the next US president and stressing the need to head off the "grave threat" of a nuclear Iran. Video: Obama Says He's Committed to Israel's Security Obama Meets With Israeli and Palestinian Leaders |
Max Mosley v News of the World timeline - guardian.co.uk
 autosport.com | Max Mosley v News of the World timeline guardian.co.uk - March 30 2008: The News of the World splashes on its exposé under the heading "F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers" with an inside double page spread. Judgment due in Mosley case Mosley privacy case ruling due |
Hamza loses extradition plea - Scotsman
 BBC News | Hamza loses extradition plea Scotsman - ABU Hamza, the radical Muslim cleric who was jailed for stirring up religious hatred, was yesterday refused permission to appeal to the House of Lords over his extradition to the United States on terrorism charges. Abu Hamza's US appeal blow Cleric Hamza loses bid to stop extradition to US |
David Cameron launches biggest Conservative shake-up for decades - Telegraph.co.uk
 RTE.ie | David Cameron launches biggest Conservative shake-up for decades Telegraph.co.uk - Under the new arrangement, Ulster Unionist MPs would take the Tory whip and be offered posts in any future government. By Andrew Porter, Political Editor David Cameron is to launche the biggest shake-up of the Conservative Party for decades as part of ... UUP, Tories consider closer links Tories and UUP consider merger plan |
Bride-to-be dies in diving trip - BBC News
 Daily Mail | Bride-to-be dies in diving trip BBC News - A bride-to-be who died while diving in the South Pacific is believed to have suffered the bends. Jayne Bloom, 38, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, died after diving off Chuuk, an island in Micronesia in June. British bride-to-be dies in scuba accident on wedding holiday British woman died during a diving trip week before wedding |
Lambeth diary: Anglicans in turmoil - BBC News
 BBC News | Lambeth diary: Anglicans in turmoil BBC News - The Lambeth Conference is taking place in Canterbury amid controversy over the issue of homosexual bishops. The BBC's religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott is recording his thoughts from the conference over the next few weeks, as debate on the ... Evangelist Brian Mclaren challenges Lambeth on emerging culture Cardinal accuses Anglican Communion of 'spiritual Alzheimer's' |
Ireland: Jail for drug gang caught after cocaine smuggling blunder - guardian.co.uk
 BBC News | Ireland: Jail for drug gang caught after cocaine smuggling blunder guardian.co.uk - Three Britons were yesterday jailed for a total of 85 years in Cork for taking part in a bungled cocaine smuggling operation. Drugs worth €440m (£345m) were recovered from the sea off south-west Ireland last summer after an inflatable dinghy being used ... Gang travelled on false British papers How a £1 billion drug deal sank in Irish Sea |
With a jig President al-Bashir plays peacemaker in Darfur - Times Online
With a jig President al-Bashir plays peacemaker in Darfur Times Online - President al-Bashir of Sudan, who was charged last week with masterminding a campaign of rape and genocide in Darfur, flew into the war-ravaged region yesterday, claiming the role of peacemaker and revelling in a hero's welcome from his supporters. Defiant president visits Darfur Bashir returns to Darfur |
Engineer Dies After Helmand Raid - Glasgow Daily Record
 ITV.com | Engineer Dies After Helmand Raid Glasgow Daily Record - ABRITISH soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan yesterday after a gun battle with the Taliban. Two others have been injured. Soldier killed by bomb in Helmand British soldier killed by bomb in Afghanistan |
Bomb kills three in Philippines - BBC News
 The Southern Ledger | Bomb kills three in Philippines BBC News - A crudely-made bomb has killed at least three people and injured at least 10 others in the southern Philippines. The bomb went off while the bus was parked in a terminal in the town of Digos, on the island of Mindanao. At least 3 dead in explosion aboard Philippine bus Bomb on bus kills 3 in southern Philippines |
Bottled water down the plughole - Manchester Online
 Daily Mail | Bottled water down the plughole Manchester Online - WASTEFUL bottled water has gone past its sell-by date, according to the results of a new survey carried out by leading independent consumer champion Which? It's 141 times dearer than tap water – but half can't taste difference We're losing our taste for bottled water with sales on the slide |
Passport Staff Strike Causes Travel Chaos - Glasgow Daily Record
 Times Online | Passport Staff Strike Causes Travel Chaos Glasgow Daily Record - SCOTS holidaymakers yesterday told of their misery after they were refused new passports because of a strike. Staff at the passport office in Glasgow are taking part in three days of industrial action to protest over pay. Holidaymakers may suffer as three-day passport strike begins Passport staff strike |
Penguin balloons spark sea rescue - The Press Association
 AFP | Penguin balloons spark sea rescue The Press Association - A major rescue operation launched after reports of a light aircraft crashing into the sea turned out to be a false alarm sparked by two inflatable penguin balloons, coastguards have revealed. Penguin Picked Up After 999 Alert Lifeboat picks up two penguins |
Visa curbs on foreign brides and bridegrooms to tackle forced ... - Times Online
 Politics.co.uk | Visa curbs on foreign brides and bridegrooms to tackle forced ... Times Online - Teenage foreign brides and bridegrooms are to be barred from entering Britain on marriage visas under measures announced yesterday to tackle forced weddings. New rules tackle forced marriage PM's retreat on migrant test |
World's biggest aircraft model unveiled at Heathrow - Telegraph.co.uk
 Telegraph.co.uk | World's biggest aircraft model unveiled at Heathrow Telegraph.co.uk - The world's biggest aircraft model - a replica Airbus A380 - has been unveiled at the approach to Heathrow. By David Millward, Transport Editor Weighing in at 45 tonnes, the plane is taking the place of the British Airways model Concorde, which greeted ... A380 model record breaker Model A380 breaks world record |
An authentic sand between the toes holiday - Times Online
 NEWS.com.au | An authentic sand between the toes holiday Times Online - Weymouth A hotel right on the beach and with stunning sea views is available to Britons holidaying at home for only £10 a night. The offer is open only until it next rains, however, as the hotel is made of sand. Huge sand hotel open for business Sand hotel welcomes guests |
Japan hunts for injured after powerful quake - AFP
 China Daily | Japan hunts for injured after powerful quake AFP - ICHINOSEKI, Japan (AFP) - Rescue teams searched under dense fog and rain Thursday for victims of a powerful earthquake in northern Japan that left more than 100 people injured, some of them seriously. Strong quake jolts north Japan, 99 injured Dozens injured as strong quake jolts north Japan |
