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Fifa play their part in a French farce

WHAT magnificent, pompous rot is being peddled around the globe as a consequence of Ireland’s misfortune against the French. If you ever doubted that the game of football had grown too big for itself, too self-important, here...

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Hugo Chávez defends Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter

Venezuelan president courts outrage with praise for Carlos, Mugabe and Amin at gathering of leftist political parties Hugo Chávez has defended the jailed Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter and said his...

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England's Jenny Duncalf and Nick Matthew reach Qatar Squash Classic finals

Jenny Duncalf the British national champion showed why she is currently regarded as the world's best player by defeating Malaysia's Nicol David the world No 1 for the second week running to reach the Qatar Classic women's final...

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Ahmadi-Nejad tests Brazilian diplomacy

By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran Brazil’s status as an emerging world power receives a serious diplomatic test on Monday when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, president, hosts Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad,...

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Jordan quits over trial No7

By ALLY ROSS and COLIN ROBETSON THE prospect of a seventh bushtucker trial sensationally forced Jordan out of the jungle early today She tearfully quit I'm A Celebrity, confessing: "I can't take any more." Road warrior ......

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Bank for women opens in Iraq

A bank branch run by women, exclusively for female customers, has opened in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf. Jim Muir reports from Baghdad. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. This page is best...

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I'm A Celebrity: She's out! Katie Price quits after being picked for seventh Bushtucker trial

She had threatened to leave for days. Last night after she was chosen to complete yet another grim 'bushtucker trial' on I'm a Celebrity, Jordan decided she had had enough and quit the show. The glamour model, also known as...

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LAUREN BOOTH: 60,000 cockroaches, 10,000 crickets, six giant breasts... and not one belly laugh

One night last week, I had to ask myself why (like 11million others) I’d spent time watching pettiness, cruelty and fake belching, passed off as ‘entertainment’, on ITV1. That’s right, I’ve been watching series nine of I’m A...

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Mika: At home with fame

From early childhood, Mika knew he was destined to sing. He invites Elisa Bray to his pad I'm trashed," says Mika, flicking on the kettle at his London apartment. "I was given three days off and it's only when you stop working...

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Downhole debuts its Malaysian operation

Published Date: 23 November 2009 DOWNHOLE Products, a Portleven-based oil and gas tools company, has marked its 15th anniversary by opening an office in Malaysia. The company – which already has bases in Bahrain and the US...

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