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British woman may face death in Indonesia for drugs
JAKARTA (AFP) - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said on Saturday.The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms (three pounds, four ounces) of the drug, the ...
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Nuffield retail bond launches at 6 – but does it have a clean bill of health
Financial advisers caution about making direct comparisons with retail bonds, such as the Nuffield Health bond, and fixed rate bond savings accounts. Photograph: ...
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Census finds Christianity in Britain losing ground
Almost 10 percent of young people in the United Kingdom now identify themselves as Muslim and fewer than half as Christian, 2011 Census figures show. The new analysis of the 2011 data released Friday shows Christianity has been losing ground even faster than thought among those born in the country, The Daily Telegraph reported. A report last year said the Census found 4.1 million Christians, ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday May 18
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Meat of cloned cow offspring enters British food chain
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that meat from the slaughtered three-year old bull was sold and eaten last year. It is thought the meat, likely to have ended up in a pie or burger, was sold in ...
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Why Im so sorry for my teenage tricks
It's hard being a teenager. It's hard to like them. It's even harder having one. It's a karmic avalanche for everything you put your parents through when you were one.So, judging by the misery being inflicted by my 14-year-old, I must have been a vile one myself.One of my frequently recurring thoughts right now is that I wish I'd said sorry to my parents before they ...
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Cannes Film Festival gun drama Watch actor Christoph Waltz run for cover after shots fired
Cannes was hit by a gun drama last night after a weapon was fired - sending actor Christoph Waltz running for cover.The Oscar-winning star of Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained was being interviewed live on a beach-front set before a crowd of spectators when the man fired two shots into the air from a starting pistol.Witness Arthur Laiguesse said: "The bodyguards jumped over the ...
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Jurys Still Out On Electronic Cigarettes
A way to stop smoking, or an encouragement to start? The role of the e-cigarette is a controversial one, but already some schools, social venues and public bodies have decided to treat them as they would normal cigarettes and ban them. But those who support their use say they provide an alternative way to ingest nicotine without the harm caused by smoking, and say millions of lives could be ...
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Worlds largest flower blooms for first time in seven years
Titan arum , the plant that grows at a rate of around 10cm a day during its flowering phase, reached a height of 187cm when it bloomed. It produces a variety of obnoxious odours ranging from rotting meat, dung and rancid cheese to a nauseating gaseous stench. The flower typically grows once every seven and 10 years after which it is in full splendor for only 48 hours before starting to die. Its ...
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Philip Hammond breaks ranks on gay marriage
Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, pictured, broke cabinet ranks to suggest that there was "real sense of anger" among voters over the legislation, currently going through Parliament, to allow gay weddings. He said there was no great demand in the country for change and criticised the amount of parliamentary time devoted to the issue. "I have just never felt that this is what ...
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Malabar civet may have become extinct
Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in the first study of the world's most unique, threatened mammals and amphibians released on Friday said the civet's population status was presently unknown. The species was thought to be nearly extinct by the late 1960s and declared possibly extinct a decade later. But it was rediscovered in 1987. "There were further reports of the species in ...
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Widower accused of assaulting traffic warden as he took details of mourners cars at funeral
A grieving widower has been accused of assault by a traffic warden who was taking the numbers of mourners' cars at his wife's funeralMac Page, 66, was about to set off with a cortege carrying the body of his wife Rena when he noticed the warden taking details of four cars parked on a yellow line.Mac said: "I told him, that's my wife in that hearse, what are you doing". ...
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Crisis of masculinity This is a golden age for men
When Labour MP Diane Abbott claims British blokes are facing a "crisis of masculinity" she is barking up the wrong trouser leg.The way Diane tells it, British men are a bunch of homophobic, women-hating, porn-addicted, Viagra-quaffing, Jack Daniels-slurping brutes. This is not an accurate portrait of British men - it is a grotesque cartoon.Abbott says British men are incapable of ...
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Bedroom tax prompts surge in pleas for council aid
bedroom tax ".More than 25,000 people applied for discretionary housing payments (DHP) to help cover their rent in April, compared with 5,700 in the same month last year, according to an analysis of 51 councils by the Independent.The government has substantially increased DHP funding for local authorities to help those most affected by the withdrawal of what ministers call the "spare ...
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David Cameron ally Tory activists are mad swivel-eyed loons
The publication of remarks made by a senior Tory about 'mad, swivel-eyed loons' is an embarassment for David Cameron. Photograph: Brendan ...
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Legal General says businesses need more insurance
Many business owners do not realise that director loan accounts are a debt to the estate, which has to be repaid to the family in the event of death. 70% of businesses have no plans in place to be able to do ...
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New hospital comparison website
A new comparison enables patients and GPs to directly compare nearly 200 independent hospitals on a range of quality of care indicators for the first ...
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With same genetic test results 1-in-2 women would follow Jolie
A YouGov poll found 1-in-2 U.S. women would have a double mastectomy if genetic tests suggested they had a very high chance of developing breast cancer. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive on the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2012. UPI/Kevin ...
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World Briefing | Europe British Poisoning Inquest Constrained
A coroner overseeing a British inquest into the 2006 poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian security agent, ruled Friday that he had to exclude evidence on whether the Russian state was involved in the killing. The coroner, Robert Owen, said he accepted an application made by Foreign Secretary William Hague to keep some evidence surrounding the case secret on national security ...
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Muslim Community in Britain Reacts to Child Sex Scandal
A disturbing story of child sex abuse has been gripping the people of Oxford, England. Seven local men have been found guilty of rape, trafficking and arranging a child prostitution ring. The convicted men are of Pakistani and North African backgrounds. Their victims were as young as 11-years-old. The abuse had apparently been going on for eight years. Sara Thornton is the local police ...
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Cannes jewel heist Notorious Pink Panthers gang suspected of million-dollar raid
million-dollar jewel heist at the Cannes Film Festival .Detectives in the South of France believe a mob called the Pink Panthers - who have targeted the awards ceremony before - were ...
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Alton Towers The Smiler breaks down on preview night leaving thrill-seekers dangling
Thrill-seekers screamed with terror while they were trapped on a new Alton Towers rollercoaster when it broke down yesterday.A group of 16 journalists was stranded on the 18million ride, which has a world record 14 loops, for around 30 minutes.They were left dangling at a steep angle as they tried out the 50mph rollercoaster - called The Smiler - before it opens to the public next week.Octavia ...
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Andrew Moran Most wanted fugitive to face Spain court before extradition UK
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Cat sneaks inside prison and gives birth to six kittens
A cat sneaked inside a prison - and gave birth to six kittens.A jail employee found the new mum inside a truck normally used to transport inmates.Animal centre staff arrived to collect the family but the frightened cat ran off before it could be caught and left the kittens behind.The litter had to be bottle-fed every two hours until they were reunited with the cat, which was captured inside Parc ...
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Liam Atherton Parents face jail for letting sick baby die in cold while they hosted house party
A couple who let their sick baby die in the cold as they hosted a drunken all-night house party are facing jail.Four-month-old Liam Atherton succumbed to pneumonia while Matthew Atherton, 23, girlfriend Anne Turnbull, 30, and three pals guzzled 60 cans of lager, Jack Daniel's whiskey and wine, a court was told.The tot, who had a cold, had been put near an outside door left open during a ...
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Scotland's waterways seeing revival
Scotland’s waterways, the canals used to transport bulky goods and vast quantities of coal in the days before the development of the railways, are of great significance in terms of their role in the development of the country, new projects are making sure they remain so.
Scotland recently began investing heavily in its canal system with the introduction of the Millennium Link, a project to restore the Union Canal and Forth and Clyde Canals for use by recreational boaters, tourists and to encourage investment in the tourism, retail and commercial sectors. Read more
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