Brothers seek more reform on feudal island
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22-May-2008 15 related
        

Two media magnate brothers went to court Wednesday in an effort to move a tiny, car-free island in the English Channel further away from its feudal past. Sark, 25 miles off France, changed its constitution last month to allow each of its 600 residents to run for election. Until then, the... [read full story]                    

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Windfall tax plea to save lives over the winter

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Thousands more lives could be lost in the cold this winter because of spiralling heating bills, it is claimed today. Already 20,000 deaths a year, mainly among the elderly, are recorded in England alone because of the...

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The Desert Capitalists

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Mukhul Devichand finds out how the Marwari trading caste from India's western deserts has become a pre-eminent global economic and political force - from bombay to Paris to London. When Lakshmi Mittal, Britain's richest...

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