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G8 what did it achieve | The panel
Natalia Antonova, acting editor-in-chief of the Moscow News Fundamental disagreements between Vladimir Putin and the rest of the G8 leaders on Syria have resulted in a sense of alienation for Russia at the summit.During a visibly uncomfortable encounter with US president Barack ...
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Ongoing protests in Brazil and Royal Ascot the best news photographs of the day
Firefighters work to put out a burning vehicle set on fire by protestors in Sao Paulo, Brazil as protests continued overnight. Photograph: Nelson ...
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China firm forays into British yacht hotel markets
A sunset over Tower bridge in London on June 19, 2012. Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group will invest nearly $1.6 billion to acquire a British yacht maker and build London's tallest residential towers, state media reported ...
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Reckless British bankers could face jail commission
LONDON (AFP) - Bankers found guilty of reckless misconduct in Britain could end up in prison and be stripped of bonuses, under draconian proposals to clean up the City of London published on Wednesday.The radical penalties were put forward by an official commission which said that a string of scandals in British finance had caused an "enormously damaging" loss of trust.The ...
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Britains FTSE creeps higher Fed in focus
* FTSE 100 down 0.6 percent before Fed statement* Ex-divs knock 1.8 points off the indexBy Tricia WrightLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares fell ...
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George North available for British Lions
Saturday's first Test against Australia after recovering from his hamstring problem. North was a doubt for the series opener at Suncorp Stadium after sustaining the injury a week ago, but Rob Howley, the assistant coach, revealed he has fully recovered. "George came through a fitness test this morning and I've never seen him in better shape. He'll be available and ...
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Pregnant Kate Middleton misty-eyed over giving birth
A friend of mine dreamed of a water birth that would be both "relaxing" and "soulful". I think she thought she was going swimming with ...
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Borehamwood suicide pact Devastated father of train death teen speaks of his grief
The school sweethearts are believed to have already been on the tracks when they were hit by a train near Elstree and Borehamwood station in Hertfordshire on Monday ...
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NIHRs Deputy Chairman receives a delegation from British Institute of International and Comparative law
Manama: June 19 -- (BNA)-- The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)'s Deputy Chairman cum Head of the Committee on Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up , Mr. Abdullah Ahmed Al-Durazi, received this morning a British delegation led by the Birmingham School of Law Professor Geoffrey Jowl, at the NIHR's premises in the Seef District. At the meeting, NIHR's Deputy Chairman ...
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Major supermarkets launch traffic light food labelling system
A new front-of-pack food label that has the support of health groups and all the major supermarkets has been launched to help tackle the obesity ...
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Girl Guides Latest Promise Drops God Line
Girl Guides will no longer pledge their devotion to God when they join the organisation, it has been announced. The phrase "to love my God" has been dropped from the promise after a consultation suggested different words are needed to include the non-religious. Instead, girls joining the organisation will now be asked to "be true to myself and develop my beliefs". A ...
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Doctor Who could Green Wings Mac get a bite at the role | Media Monkey
, claims the Sun. The paper says the actor - who was also in The Hour and movie Notting Hill - he was considered for the part when David Tennant quit, but lost out to Smith. Skyfall actor Rory Kinnear is the 2/1 favourite to win the role, the Sun says, with Torchwood's Burn Gorman, Threesome's Emun Elliott and Coupling's Richard Coyle also in the running. Sadly there seem to be no ...
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UK set for hottest day of the year so far
The hottest temperatures are likely to be in London or to the south and west of the capital, say forecasters. Photograph: Federico ...
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Chinese firm to buy British yacht maker Sunseeker
The Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is buying the British yacht maker Sunseeker, whose yachts have appeared in several James Bond films, in the latest example of a trend for Chinese companies to acquire top luxury global brands.The company said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy a 91.8% stake in privately held Sunseeker for 320m.Chinese companies have started to acquire top international ...
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Southgate favourite to take England U21 role
Gareth Southgate is the overwhelming bookmakers' favourite to replace Stuart Pearce as England Under-21s manager.Pearce was yesterday informed by the Football Association that his six years at the Young Lions helm would come to an end when his contract expires at the end of the month.Former international team-mate Southgate is expected to fill the void, with bookmakers pricing the former ...
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Chinas Dalian Wanda to spend $1.6 billion on UK yacht maker hotel
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said it would spend $1.6 billion (1.0 billion pounds) to buy British yacht maker Sunseeker and develop an upmarket London hotel, the latest example of a trend for Chinese companies to acquire top luxury global brands.The company said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy a 91.8 percent stake in privately-held Sunseeker for 320 million pounds ...
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Proud Bonner beaming about England inclusion
Terming her call-up to England's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 squad as a "massive achievement", uncapped Gemma Bonner will go to Sweden eager to "make the most of the ...
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Would the threat of jail be enough to end bankers reckless behaviour
Jail threat for reckless bankers to help clean up system Commission led by Andrew Tyrie recommends jailing bankers for 'reckless misconduct' and enforcing a wait for ...
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Treasury told send reckless bankers to jail
George Osborne is facing pressure to radically overhaul Britain's banks by introducing a new law to jail bankers for "reckless misconduct" and force bankers to wait up to 10 years to receive their bonuses.The proposals, among the key measures recommended in ...
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G8 and tax avoidance QA
The leaders of the G8 stand for a family group shot during the summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ...
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Minutes from the June Bank of England meeting
FOMC meeting: In addition to the normal statement, the Fed will publish FOMC members' projections for growth and the Fed funds rate, followed by a press conference with Chairman Ben Bernanke. He is likely to once again stress that QE tapering is not a tightening of monetary policy but rather a reduction in monetary easing and that QE tapering will not imply that the Fed has moved the timing ...
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Tom of Finland and friends battle of the beefcakes – in pictures
Keep Your Timber Limber at the ICA pulls together boundary-pushing drawings by eight artists that challenge gender, sexual and political stereotypes and highlight issues of war and censorship.From Tom of Finland's erotically charged bikers and sailors to Judith Bernstein's penis flagpoles, here's a selection of images that use the simplest tools to defy the most ingrained ...
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Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding
Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...
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England set up all-British final
England secured their place in the IRB Junior World Championship final after claiming a thrilling 33-21 semi-final victory over New Zealand in France on Tuesday. The win sets up an all-British final against Wales, who had earlier beaten defending champions South Africa 18-17 in their semi-final.Four-times champions New Zealand started the game well with an early try from hooker Epalahame ...
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Britains response to the NSA story Back off and shut up | Simon Jenkins
British intelligence had spied on delegates at two G20 summits , those chaired by Gordon Brown in 2009. Laptops and mobile phones had been hacked, and internet cafes installed and bugged. With many of the same heads of government gathering for ...
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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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