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Bonnie Belts out British entry
Engelbert Humperdinck , who represented the UK last year, finished in second to last place with just 12 points for his ballad Love Will Set You Free.The current favourite to win is Denmark's entry Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest, with odds of 4/6. Bookies say it could lead to the biggest payout ...
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Eric Schmidt defends Googles tax affairs following Commons criticism
Eric Schmidt has defended his company's financial affairs after a Commons committee branded the internet giant devious and unethical for sheltering its multibillion-pound profits from UK ...
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Woman Finds 325-Pound Bear Inside Her Condo In Lake Tahoe
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (CBS/AP) — Nevada wildlife officials said they were forced to euthanize a bear that entered an Incline Village condominium because the bruin posed a danger to the public. A woman phoned authorities after encountering the 3-year-old, 325-pound male bear inside her unit late Thursday night on Lake Tahoe’s north ...
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The United States and Britain on Monday pledged to forge ahead with diplomatic efforts to end the civil war in Syria saying they had found common ground with Russia on how to proceed.
WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States and Britain stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria, but President Barack Obama warned old suspicions could trample new "common ground" on the crisis. Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to build momentum behind a new US-Russia sponsored conference on Syria, now expected to take place in June, as they met at the White House. ...
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Tim Southees late burst gives New Zealand hope against England
England suffered a late collapse of four wickets for 12 runs to wreck Joe Root and James Anderson's good work with bat and ball on day three of the first Test ...
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Why charging for plastic bags is not the answer
Many years ago I covered the independence ceremonies on the Caribbean island of Dominica.And there was something sad about watching the Union Jack lowered for the last time.Especially as the flag that replaced it displayed a sick-looking purple parrot.So I can understand why national flags stir the heart.And how the Cross of St George could egg on medieval armies to even greater violence.It ...
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Bedroom Tax triggers 338 per cent leap in hardship payments
The impact of the Bedroom Tax has seen the number of people pleading for emergency cash handouts soar.More than 25,000 people applied for discretionary housing payments in April to help cover their rent - a 338 per cent leap on the same month last year when just 5,700 people asked for the cash.The revelation comes days after it emerged grandmother Stephanie Bottrill, 53, of Solihull, West ...
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Tory party out of control over Europe says Lord Howe
Lord Howe has accused David Cameron of running scared of his backbenchers and endangering Britain's future in Europe. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex ...
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Ed Miliband vows to curb corporate tax avoidance
Ed Miliband has vowed to rip up the rule book as prime minister and go it alone if there is no international consensus to tackle multinationals engaging in ...
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London bankers plan to dodge new EU crackdown on bonuses
An EU crackdown on bankers' bonuses in the City of London will just lead to a surge in basic salaries and other initiatives to circumvent regulations, experts warned on Saturday.Banks, still unpopular for their leading role in the financial crisis, are keeping their avoidance plans under wraps, but industry figures were happy to boast privately that they could run rings round ...
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At Google we aspire to do the right thing. So we welcome a debate on international tax reform | Eric Schmidt
At a time when families are having to tighten their belts and funding for vital public services is under pressure, corporate taxation is rightly a hot topic. And as a company that has always aspired to do the right thing, we understand why Google is at the centre of that debate. In the interests of moving the argument forward - away from accusation and toward action - here are three principles ...
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Obama Vows to Work with Britain on Syria
President Obama vowed Monday to work with Britain to pressure the Syrian government to end its bloody civil war, calling the violence there appalling. With Prime Minister David Cameron at his side, Obama said the two allies would work to strengthen moderate opposition against the hardline regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The two also discussed the Mideast peace process and a possible ...
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Out out out Can anybody stem the Eurosceptic tide
stand down at the next election after more than 20 years' service, is not a stirrer or controversy seeker. He chairs the foreign affairs select committee and has a mild attachment to the EU because of the economic benefits he believes it brings, but his views seldom make news.So it was a startling moment when, as Ottaway ended a short address during the Queen's speech debate last week, ...
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Tories just about held it together in the past. This time its different | Andrew Rawnsley
As the Conservative party has spent the past week tearing itself and the reputation of its leader to shreds, I have been logging the bulletins issued by Number 10 that claim to describe the temperamental condition of the prime minister. Faced with an unprecedented revolt against the government's programme by its own MPs, we were told ...
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This is a new farcical low and David Cameron is losing control | Geoffrey Howe
Europe within the Conservative party to a new, almost farcical, low. Having previously opposed the introduction of legislation in this parliament to hold a referendum in the next one, the prime minister suddenly allowed a free vote among backbenchers, with the government abstaining, on the extraordinary basis that the party had no policy on the issue.Then, once more than 100 backbenchers had ...
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Poor performance of AEs linked to winding down of NHS helpline
NHS Direct health advice service referred an extra 120,000 patients to accident and emergency departments in the past year, compared with the final 12 months of the Labour government.The increase in the number of calls to the 0845 service that were considered to require "urgent or emergency" assistance came as staffing levels dropped significantly. More than 1,200 fewer people worked ...
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Human cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments
heart attack in 2005 and has lived with the consequences - extreme exhaustion and breathlessness - ever since. "I was separated from my husband and so my children, Charlotte and James, had to grow up overnight because suddenly they were caring for me," she says.Charlotte agrees: "It turns your world upside down. I worry about my mum day and night, 24/7."Heart failure leaves ...
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UKIP soars as Tories implode Sunday Mirror poll reveals voters defection over Europe
the UK Independence Party has shot up four points to a new high of 19% in the wake of Tory infighting. But there's no good news for Labour. The party has slumped three points to 35%its worst result since October 2010 with its eight-point lead over the Tories last month down to six. David Cameron's party is down one point on 29% with the Lib Dems unchanged on 8% and other parties ...
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Lord Feldman denies he branded Conservative activists “swivel-eyed loons”
party activists "swivel-eyed loons" as the PM faced calls to sack him. The Tory Party co-chairman, Mr Cameron's close friend, allegedly made the remark about grassroots Tories who were forcing their MPs to take hardline positions on gay marriage. Today Lord Feldman insisted it was "completely untrue" he made the comment - attributed by four newspapers to an unnamed ...
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England v New Zealand report Joe Root grows in stature to sow seeds of revival
England 232 & 180-6 v New Zealand 207: Yorkshire batsman brings England back into the first Test with gutsy innings but late flurry of wickets also offers Kiwis hope of victory, writes Stephen Brenkley at ...
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Europe and the US should heed Latin America on drugs
drugs . There is a growing belief that the current punitive-based approach has failed. It has visited a savage level of violence on Latin America as narco cartels, moving cocaine and cannabis into the US, have butchered and bribed their way through the continent. The killing and corrupting of public officials - judges, police, politicians - threatened, and still threatens, to demolish the ...
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Pope Francis leads pep rally at Vatican meets with German Chancellor Merkel
Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians ...
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Southee treble rocks England in first Test
LONDON (AFP) - Tim Southee bowled New Zealand back into contention in the first Test against England with a dramatic burst late on the third day at Lord's on Saturday.At stumps, England were 180 for six in their second innings -- a lead of 205 runs.England were in the process of building a sound position at 159 for two when paceman Southee wrested back the initiative with three wickets for ...
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Eurovision 2013 live Song contest final show voting and results as they happen as Bonnie Tyler sings for UK
UK entrant Bonnie Tyler is taking on 25 Eurovision finalists from across the continent in Malmo, Sweden this evening.Last year's competition brought us the bizarre world of Jedward, Engelbert Humperdinck flopping, the Russian grannies ...
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Cairns gets big bing of exposure across United Kingdom
MICROSOFT'S bing has given Cairns a boost in the UK. Yesterday the search engine giant used a Getty image of The Great Barrier reef on its homepage, exposing Cairns to millions of searchers across the ...
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London bike sharing a success
London in July of 2010 became one of over 44 cities in the world to introduce an aspect of communal consumerism into its public transport system with the implementation of a bike-sharing network and just ten weeks later had recorded over 1 million trips taken, proving the initiative to be feasible and sustainable.
Bike-sharing has been around since as early as the 1960s when the first community bike-sharing scheme was introduced in the Netherlands, but it lacked formal sharing systems and was overly-reliant on the good nature of the public, leading to mass theft, which ultimately destroyed the system. Read more
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