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UK Soldier Deaths Court Ruling Will Harm Combat Missions
LONDON The British government warned on Wednesday that future combat operations could become more difficult after a court ruled that families of three soldiers killed in Iraq could sue the military for failing to protect troops on active duty. Britain's Supreme Court upheld the claim of relatives that the Human Rights Act applied to troops serving in battle abroad, and rejected the ...
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British Court Ruling Threatens Iran Sanctions
LONDON Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain's top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran's nuclear program. The Bank Mellat case and 50 more like it pending at the European Union's General Court have cast a cloud over the future of EU ...
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Analysts Assess Impact of Military Attack on Iran
The United States and the European Union believe Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its program is for peaceful, civilian purposes. The international community has been trying for years to persuade Iran to end its uranium-enrichment program, but to no avail. Low-enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear-power plants, but highly enriched uranium is an ...
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Champions Trophy scoreboard England vs South Africa Semi-final
The following is the scoreboard of the Champions Trophy semi-final between England and South Africa at The Oval here Wednesday. South Africa Colin Ingram lbw Anderson 0 Hashim Amla c Buttler b Finn 1 Robin Peterson lbw Anderson 30 Faf du Plessis c Buttler b Tredwell 26 A.B. de Villiers c Buttler b Broad 0 Jean Paul Duminy b Tredwell 3 David Miller not out 56 Ryan McLaren run out (Trott) ...
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England enter final with emphatic win over South Africa
England entered their second Champions Trophy final steam-rolling South Africa in the tournament's first semifinal match at the Kennington Oval here Wednesday. Jonathan Trott (82 not out) and Joe Root (48) guided England past South Africa's 175 in 37.3 overs after their bowlers put up an all-round show with Stuart Broad and James Tredwell striking thrice. Earlier, the Proteas were 80 for eight ...
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South Africa skittled out for 175 against England
South Africa riding on crucial knocks from David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt posted 175 all out in 38.4 overs against England in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy at The Oval here Wednesday. Miller (56 not out) and Kleinveldt (43) shared a superb 95-run stand for the ninth wicket after South Africa were reduced to 80 for eight. Spinner James Tredwell was the pick of the bowlers, ...
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India to have equal opportunity commission
A high-level Indian delegation led by Minister for Minority Affairs K. Rahman Khan met senior British ministers and officials to formulate the framework of an equal opportunity commission for India. Minister Khan and his delegation, that included Joint Secretary Y P Singh, met Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, chair of the ...
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Pubgoer clicks UFOs pic in UK
A pubgoer has allegedly taken a photograph of two glowing discs hovering above Bracknell in Berkshire last Friday before speeding out of view. Steve Lambert spotted the discs while he was outside the Running Horse pub making a phone call; he quickly used his phone to click a picture of UFO, the Mirror reported. He said that the disc were headed south-west at high speed towards ...
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Millions dont know difference between fruit and vegetable
Many UK citizens think that cucumbers, courgettes and avocados - technically fruit, as they have seeds - are vegetables, according to a survey. The survey conducted by GardeningExpress.co.uk, showed that just 51 percent people of the country could correctly identify a tomato as a fruit while 91 per cent believe that a pepper is a vegetable, the Daily Express reported. Only one percent ...
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Proteas media backs England to convert Ashes distraction into motivation for CT semi
The South African media has said that England will try to convert the distraction of a looming Ashes series into motivation for Wednesday's first ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval against South Africa. According to Sport24, although the Champions Trophy is a distant second in importance to the clash with fierce rival Australia and defending the Ashes, England is hoping to see a place ...
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Dhonis men practice ahead of semi-final clash against Sri Lanka
The Indian cricket team with a clean record in the preliminary stages of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in England had a strenuous session at the nets in Cardiff ahead of Thursday's semi-final clash against Sri Lanka. With this practice session yesterday, the in form Indian players are confident of facing the Sri Lankan team. The players were busy in enhancing their skills at Glamorgan County ...
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Cook has never felt more nervous ahead of CT semi with Proteas
England captain Alastair Cook has admitted that he is 'he has never felt more nervous' ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa, despite backing his team to withstand the pressure. Stating that the 'quarter-final' victory over New Zealand was most stressful moment of his reign, Cook said that he expected the Wednesday game to be worse, although he added that he is proud ...
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Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp over phone hacking
A British stunt double for actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp. for hacking her phone. Eunice Huthart, who worked with Jolie on films including 'Beyond Borders', 'Tomb Raider II' and 'Mr. 'n' Mrs. Smith', filed the lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that the media company hired private investigators to access her mobile phone voice-mail messages to seek information for news ...
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NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court
Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...
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Robber who tried to hide his face with clear plastic bag and the top 10 strangest disguises
The hapless thief who raided a petrol station with a see-through plastic bag covering his face is just one of many criminals to don a ridiculous ...
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My escape from war-torn homeland Fabrice Muamba tells his story for World Refugee Day
I had never seen snow until my first day in Britain. I was 11 years old and it was freezing cold. I couldn't speak any English and my family had fled our country, terrified for our lives.The whole way of life here was so different to Zaire, but people were so friendly.And Britain is now my home.I was a refugee, just like 50 million people now across the globe - from Syria to Afghanistan, ...
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Bill Oddie Leave Rolf Harris alone as he only cuddled his secretary
Rolf Harris should be left alone - because all he did was "cuddle his secretary".Rolf, 83, has been questioned by police as part of Operation Yewtree over historical allegations of sexual offences and remains on ...
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Eddy Shah rape trial Former escort tells court media tycoon paid her to work exclusively for him
A former call girl yesterday told a court how media tycoon Eddy Shah paid her thousands of pounds to work exclusively for him.Susan Davies, 53, who is accused of making a 14-year-old girl join in her sex sessions with Shah, first met him in a London hotel.Davies told the Old Bailey trial: "We talked quite a lot. Obviously we had sex."She was "flattered" when he said she ...
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College threatened to exclude girl who accused students of raping her
A girl was threatened with being excluded from college after accusing students of rape, a court heard.The 18-year-old was suspended after speaking to staff about the incident in her campus room. She claims she then got a letter from a senior member of staff warning her she faced "exclusion" for bringing the college into "disrepute by demeaning sexual actions with a group".But ...
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Joss Stone feeling fine again now men who plotted to behead her are in jail
Soul singer Joss Stone yesterday said she was feeling fine again after the "odd" plot by two men to rob her of 1million, decapitate her and throw her body in a river.The star was targeted by "cannabis- smoking layabouts" Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw, who were convicted of the bizarre conspiracy at their trial in April.But Joss, 26, has put the ordeal behind her. She ...
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New Asbo rules could let yobs off the hook as theyre too expensive police chief warns
Police may be forced to stop punishing anti-social thugs because Government reforms now make it too expensive.Yobs who breach Crime Prevention Injunctions - the new-style Asbos - are dealt with under contempt of court laws, but that can cost 1,500 a time.And Gavin Thomas, the Vice President of the Superintendents' Association, told MPs the bill could deter forces from pursuing yobs who ...
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Devendra Singh murder trial Husband bludgeoned wife to death with elephant statue
A husband battered his wife to death with a 4lb ornamental elephant after she asked him for a divorce, a court heard yesterday.Devendra Singh, 33, hit Charlotte Smith, 42, around the face and head with force that was "off the scale".Philip Bennetts QC, prosecuting, said: "Bone was smashed and shattered."After the attack in September, Singh cleaned the house, near Leek, ...
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Tina Nash attacked by new boyfriend two years after her enraged ex gouged out her eyes
Mum-of-two Tina Nash was left permanently blind by Shane Jenkin in April 2011, in a brutal attack that lasted 12 hours.Tina, 33, had hoped to rebuild her life after 18-stone Jenkin, 34, was jailed for life in a mental health unit last year.However, Tina was the victim of another assault in her home of Penzance, Cornwall, on Sunday, it is claimed.Roland Alli, 32, appeared before magistrates in ...
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Model born with no womb on her dreams of being a mum
When the news broke that the world's first successful womb transplant patient, a Turkish woman called Derya Sert, was pregnant, model Tabitha Taya felt like her emotions were all over the place.Even more so when, weeks later, it was announced that five women were to have womb transplants next year.From the age of 15, 26-year-old Tabitha has known that she will never be able to bear her own ...
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Amanda Knox pictured back in ex-boyfriend’s arms as they face Meredith Kercher murder retrial
student Meredith Kercher .Italy's top judges ruled the possibility that the 21-year-old died during a sex game that went wrong needed to be re-examined.And the move immediately cast doubt on whether the couple should be allowed to be in contact now they have been formally recalled.The pair, along with Knox's mother, spent Tuesday visiting New York together - sparking rumours they have ...
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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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