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BBC News, London, UK--November 21, 2008, by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, ...

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 hour ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Minneapolis ___________________________________________________________________________________ Friday, 21 November, 2008, 0:00 GMT 24:00 +00:00:Europe/London TOP STORIES No agreement for US car bail-out US carmakers are given a deadline to produce a viable...

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Shimon Peres awarded honorary knighthood

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

Source: Haaretz

Britain's Queen Elizabeth awarded President Shimon Peres honorary knighthood Thursday in an official ceremony in Buckingham Palace, London. Nobel Peace Prize winner Peres met the queen at the ceremony after which the two held a private meeting. Peres would not...

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Michael Jackson to testify in British court

Folkestone :: United Kingdom | about 7 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Jackson will appear in a British court next week to testify in a lawsuit brought against him by a Bahraini prince, the singer's lawyer said on Thursday. The reclusive 50-year-old pop star is...

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Gurkhas hold rally for right to settle in UK

London :: United Kingdom | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

LONDON: Hundreds of Gurkha veterans rallied yesterday outside the Houses of Parliament and are to hand in a petition at Downing Street seeking the right to settle here. The rally was led by Tul Bahadur Pun and Lachiman Gurung, two...

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Khoka serves legal notice on CEC

London :: United Kingdom | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

C UNB, Dhaka Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka today served a legal notice on the chief election commissioner (CEC), urging rescinding an Election Commission (EC) decision on barring city corporation mayors from contesting general elections. On November...

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EU Farm Ministers Agree to Agricultural Reforms

Brussels :: Belgium | about 6 hours ago | Political News

Source: Voice of America

European Union farm ministers have agreed to agricultural reforms that include cuts in some subsidies and shifting more money into rural development...They just cut a little bit the subsidies for big farms...The problem is this CAP [Common Agricultural Policy], with...

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UN calls for moratorium on death penalty

Rome :: Italy | about 2 hours ago | Political News

Source: Inquirer.net

A UN committee on Thursday called for the second year running for a moratorium on the death penalty around the world, a spokesman said. The resolution was adopted by the UN human rights committee by 104 votes in favor and...

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2010 Tour to start from Rotterdam

Rotterdam :: Netherlands | about 11 hours ago | Political News

Source: Miami Herald

Race organizers say the 2010 Tour de France will start in the Netherlands. The 97th edition of the showcase race will begin on July 3 in Rotterdam, which the Amaury Sport Organization said was chosen ahead of Utrecht, another Dutch...

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Bulgarians unhappiest Europeans

Brussels :: Belgium | about 17 hours ago | Political News

Source: EU Observer

Bulgarians, the EU's newest members, are also by far the bloc's unhappiest citizens, a new EU survey showed on Wednesday (19 November). Bulgarians gave their satisfaction with life a rank of five out of 10, and their happiness a rank...

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Daily Mail, UK: Four in ten convicts involved in foreign prisoners ...

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

Source: Androscoggin News

MPs were also told that only 333 of the original 1,000 criminals mistakenly released without being considered for deportation have actually been booted out. To add to the farce, 90 of them have still not been traced - 30 months...

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