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Friday, December 5, 2008

Council to investigate Shannon dealings

ITN - 1 hour 24 mins ago

A council will hold an "independent serious case review" after social services were slammed in the wake of the Shannon Matthews trial. More »

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RBS passes on mortgage rate cut
Press Assoc. - 1 hour 13 mins ago
Royal Bank of Scotland became the latest lender to announce it would pass on some of Thursday's 1% interest rate cut to its borrowers. More »
- Council to hold Shannon case review Press Assoc. - 1 hour 24 mins ago
- Surviving conjoined twin remains 'very sick': hospital AFP - 1 hour 28 mins ago
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Blast kills at least six in Pakistan
ITN - 3 mins ago
A bomb blast in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least six people and wounded 75. More »
- US Jobless Rate At 15-Year High SkyNews - 1 hour 15 mins ago
- Antarctic Cruise Tourists Rescued SkyNews - 1 hour 33 mins ago
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Politics
Miliband slams Mugabe's 'rogue' regime in Zimbabwe
AFP - 1 hour 14 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Friday slammed the Zimbabwean government as a "rogue" regime, saying the cholera crisis demonstrated President Robert Mugabe has dashed hope for change. More »
- Shannon Matthews review launched Politics.co.uk - 1 hour 21 mins ago
- Brown piles pressure on banks to pass on rate Politics.co.uk - 1 hour 54 mins ago
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Business
US sheds 533,000 jobs
AFP - 19 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy lost a stunning 533,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year high of 6.7 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. More »
- Facebook delays employee stock sale: WSJ AFP - 38 mins ago
- Big job losses keep investors on edge AFP - 44 mins ago
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Sports
Football thugs jailed over rampage
ITN - 16 mins ago
Five "mindless" football thugs have been jailed for rampaging through a train and terrorising passengers as they attacked rival fans. More »
- Records mean nothing to title-chasing Scolari AFP - 2 hours 33 mins ago
- Enigmatic Keane remains centre stage AFP - 2 hours 37 mins ago
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Nortel defends its services U-turn
VNU Net - 20 mins ago
Telecommunications vendor Nortel has claimed its short-lived Global Services arm achieved what it set out to do and has reassured UK VARs it still has a strong services offering. More »
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Five facts about CERN's Large Hadron Collider
Reuters - 4 hours 5 mins ago
* Though built to study the smallest known building blocks of all things -- known as particles -- the LHC is the largest and most complex machine ever made. It has a circumference of 27 km (17 miles) - (Reuters) - Following are five facts about the 10 billion Swiss franc (6 billion pound) Large Hadron Collider, which the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Friday said would restart next summer after repairs: More »
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- Scientists get closer to creating artificial life: study AFP - 9 hours 32 mins ago
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Zimbabwe pleads for help amid growing cholera epidemic
AFP - Today, 02:34 am
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's government pleaded for international help after declaring a national emergency over a cholera epidemic that has left 560 dead, as Britain warned the country had become a "failed state." More »
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- Measles deaths drop 74 pct worldwide: WHO AFP - Today, 12:01 am
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Weaver urges stars to recycle
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Actress Sigourney Weaver is urging other Hollywood stars to recycle their outfits - as buying outfits to only wear once is a waste. More »
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Thieves steal millions from Paris jewellers
Reuters - 5 hours 5 mins ago
PARIS (Reuters) - Armed robbers stole millions of euros worth of gems in a raid on the luxury Harry Winston jewellers off the Champs Elysees, police said Friday. More »
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Medvedev on India nuclear mission
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