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Britain moves closer to arming Syrian opposition
Britain moves closer to arming Syrian opposition Britain pressures EU to amend Syria arms embargo and allow opposition to receive arms Asharq Al-Awsat 25 May 2013 London, Asharq ...
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Mapping Britains battles in Manipur
Manipur: By the time the war ended, it was one of the most brutal campaigns in military history. For the British, the war may have ended in victory, but the empire was never the same again, the end of the Raj was near. For Japan, the loss of South Asia marked the end of its era of aggression, the end of its imperialist ambitions. The decisive battles of Imphal and Kohima during World War II have ...
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British zookeeper dies after being mauled to death by tiger
FILE: Jae Jae, a male Sumatran Tiger scratches a tree, as the public watch from behind glass, at London Zoo. A zookeeper at a wildlife park in Cumbria died after being mauled by a ...
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New insurance for cosmetic surgery
In the wake of the findings from the government enquiry into cosmetic surgery, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has a new insurance scheme for ...
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Large waists increase risk of diabetes
The research, commissioned by Diabetes UK and Bupa, shows that just 37 % are aware that having a large waist is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes, despite strong evidence that this is the case. Diabetes UK defines a large waist as 31.5 inches or over for women and 35 inches and over for ...
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3 more suspects arrested in slaying of soldier in London
Three more suspects were arrested Saturday evening in the hacking death of a British soldier in London. Counter-terrorism officers took the trio, ages 21, 24 and 28, into custody on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, the BBC reported. Police said the arrests were made at two locations in southeast London. The 21-year-old and 28-year-old suspects were shot with stun guns but didn't ...
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Three Arrested in Soldiers Killing in Britain
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Joe Root strikes maiden hundred for England in second Test
New Zealand at Headingley yesterday. England had been wobbling at 67 for three and had just lost Jonathan Trott and captain Alastair Cook to successive balls before Root came to the crease. The 21-year-old Yorkshireman, roared on by a partisan Leeds crowd, struck 104 to help England recover to 337 for seven by the close. "It's pretty special. I just enjoy playing my cricket and ...
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Arrested Development LIVE Season 4 blog reviews of all 15 new episodes as theyre released on Netflix
to get your chicken on . Conservative estimates from people who may or may not have been plucking stats out of high altitude suggest that 5% of the on demand video streaming giant's bandwidth may be swallowed up be eager punters logging on for the 15 new episodes. Factoring in that Netflix reportedly accounts for a third of North America's internet usage at any time, well, that's ...
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National Dental Plan offers individual dental insurance
National Dental Plan will launch two new products; Wisdom Benefits provides savings on cosmetic dental treatment, and Dencover is a low-cost plan suitable for those looking for a less comprehensive package. Other products will ...
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UK Healthcare donates to Simeon Centre Counselling Service
UK Healthcare has made a donation to the Simeon Centre; a Bolton based mental health charity that offers a confidential counselling service for people living in the ...
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Uniformed French soldier stabbed in neck while on patrol in Paris
A French soldier stabbed in the neck Saturday while on patrol in Paris was expected to survive, said authorities, who had yet to make an arrest in the attack. Sky News reported the 23-year-old victim was with two other soldiers when his assailant approached from behind in a busy underground train station about 6 p.m., cut him with a knife or box-cutter and fled. Sky News said CCTV footage ...
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British Police Arrest 3 New Suspects in Soldiers Killing
British police have arrested three new suspects in connection with Wednesday's murder of a British soldier in London. Scotland Yard issued a statement saying three men in their 20's were arrested Saturday, two of them at a residential address in southeast London and one on a London street. Officers used stun guns in two of the arrests, but no one was hospitalized. All three were ...
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Ton-up Root puts England on top against Kiwis
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) - Joe Root's maiden Test century, on his Yorkshire home ground, left England well-placed in the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley on Saturday.England were 337 for seven at stumps on the second day after Root made 104, having come in with England in trouble on 67 for three following Friday's first day wash-out.Together with Yorkshire ...
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British police arrest three more in connection to soldier’s killing
A picture of victim Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is displayed with flowers left by mourners outside an army barracks near the scene of his killing in Woolwich, southeast London, on May 23, 2013. (Toby ...
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Michael Le Vell Lovers in angry bust-up at actors local pub
Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell had an angry bust-up after coming face-to-face in the actor's local pub.Blanca Fouche was furious when she walked in to find the troubled actor enjoying a drink with her reported love-rival Emma Dodd.The pair exchanged words as shocked Le Vell, who denies 19 sex charges, looked on.Emma later ran from the pub and has since gone to Abu Dhabi where her ...
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Woolwich attack English Defence League chief and Muslim share hug at protest
As thousands of English Defence League and anti-fascist protestors took to a city's streets yesterday, a remarkable scene unfolded away from the crowds in a back lane.Onlookers feared the worst as a row flared between EDL chief Tommy Robinson and Muslim political commentator Mohammed Ansar.But within moments the pair stunned watchersby smiling and embracing each other."It's ...
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Madeleine McCann Monster who killed lookalike is linked by police
snatched Madeleine McCann .Urs Hans von Aesch, who had links to the Algarve in Portugal where Madeleine vanished, shot himself dead after poisoning and abusing Ylenia Lenhard, who resembled the British victim.He killed the blonde, blue-eyed five-year-old in his native Switzerland two months after Madeleine disappeared.Interpol detectives twice contacted Portuguese authorities about 67-year-old ...
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Mental health Young at suicide risk as health cuts bite
Charity forced to turn away at least 200 children and teenagers a year and warned there could be a huge rise in the number of young people committing ...
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Thousands of confidential medical records are left in car park
In a shocking security blunder, DHL Healthcare left out documents reportedly containing patients' names, addresses and details of their medical ...
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Comedy rich list Peter Kay tops list of UKs richest comedians
Britain's top comedians are laughing all the way to the bank, building up fortunes to rival Premier League football stars.Despite the recession, our comedy rich list based on publicly available accounts, reveals that the UK's most popular comics are among the country's highest earners and tot up millions in profits.Heading the list ...
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Linda Wootton Double heart and lung transplant dies nine days after she has benefits stopped
A double heart and lung transplant patient died just NINE DAYS after the Government stopped her benefits and ordered her to go back to work. Linda Wootton, 49, was on 10 prescription drugs a day, suffering high blood pressure, renal failure and regular blackouts. Yet Atos - the private firm carrying out the Government's controversial work capability assessments - ruled she was fit enough ...
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Woolwich attack Fiancee of butchered soldier Lee Rigby in tears as she says goodbye to her guardian angel
Brave Aimee West wept as she laid flowers near the spot where Army drummer Lee was killed, composing herself as she read tributes tied to the railings of his ...
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Woolwich attack This is one war we have to win
It was cruel enough that Rebecca Rigby had to see pictures of her dead husband's beheaded body lying in a heap on the road.Even more cruel that Lee Rigby's family and his fiancee had to watch footage of his killers - their hands dripping blood - waving the knives and meat cleavers they'd used to hack the life out of him.But just to make sure their souls and sanity were destroyed ...
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Hospital sends out six confidential medical records to wrong patient
Greater Manchester's Tameside Hospital for an assessment last month. Four weeks later she received a referral letter, but also a bundle of medical reports, including mental health assessments, for six others. Tracy, 32, from Droylsden, said she no longer trusts the hospital to keep her personal records safe. She said: "The worst thing is, I know one of the women whose letters I ...
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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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