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Economic blues push crude into mid-$40s

London :: United Kingdom | about 9 hours ago | Business News

Source: Houston Chronicle

Prices may dip below $25 a barrel next year if the recession spreads to China, Merrill Lynch & Co. said in a report today. U.S. fuel consumption during the four weeks ended Nov. 21 was down 6.2 percent from a...

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European markets surge ahead of rate decisions

London :: United Kingdom | about 17 hours ago | Business News

Source: Boston Herald

European stock markets rose Thursday, despite a mixed performance in Asia, as investors cheered Sweden’s Riksbank massive rate cut and predicted aggressive moves later from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. British shares was up 85.26 points,...

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Rowling launches Potter-world fable collection in Scotland

London :: United Kingdom | about 7 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Online retail giant Amazon bought one of seven original copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, hand-crafted by J.K. Rowling, at auction last December for more than $4 million Cdn. (Sang Tan/Associated Press) Blockbuster author J.K.

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Ministers postpone Heathrow Airport runway decision

London :: United Kingdom | about 13 hours ago | Political News

Source: Times Online

Ministers have postponed a decision on whether to allow Heathrow Airport to build a third runway, in move that has been taken as indicating a possible weakening in support for the project. A decision had been expected this month on...

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European court makes landmark DNA sample ruling

London :: United Kingdom | about 17 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Kansas City Star

Marper for harassing his partner and "S" for attempted robbery - but the charges against the two were dropped. The two, whose cases were unrelated, first appealed to the police to have their DNA and fingerprints removed from the database....

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Brown: I've confidence in Speaker

London :: United Kingdom | about 9 hours ago | Political News

Source: BBC

Mr Martin has been criticised after one of his staff allowed the Commons office of Tory MP Damian Green to be searched as part of a Home Office leaks inquiry. Gordon Brown told the BBC the Speaker had a "very...

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Vampire film has London premiere

London :: United Kingdom | about 15 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: BBC

Stars Robert Pattinson, 22, and Kristen Stewart, 18, walked down a black carpet blasted with dry ice...The film, based on the series of novels by Stephanie Meyer, opens in UK cinemas on 19 December. In its first weekend in US...

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Home Secretary warns on systematic leaking threat

London :: United Kingdom | about 10 hours ago | Political News

Source: The independent

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith insisted today that it would have been "wholly inappropriate" for her to have intervened in police operational decisions over the Damian Green affair. In a Commons statement, Ms Smith said she backed the right of MPs...

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Tesco defections send Morrisons sales soaring

London :: United Kingdom | about 15 hours ago | Business News

Source: Times Online

Wm Morrison, Britain’s fourth largest supermarkets group, today unveiled an 8.1 per cent surge in sales, smashing City forecasts and outstripping its biggest rival, Tesco. In a third quarter results announcement suggesting the value retailer is thriving amid the economic...

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Connecting London and New York - Amazing telescope

London :: United Kingdom | about 6 hours ago | Technology News

Posted by vishnughimire

This amazing telescope was built by a Victorian inventor to build a friendship between two large cities: London and New York. The project was resurfaced and now everyone can wave to their friends in New York effortlessly. According to the...

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