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Two arrested on drug charges Two men from Upper Gwynedd were arrested Wednesday and face multiple drug-related charges after police found an AK-47 and a shotgun. (Mon Nov 17 01:34:16 2008 PST)[$drug_related(100%),...

Boy wonder: A revealing view of Bruce Chatwin's early years at Sotheby's

On a crisp winter morning 50 years ago Bruce Chatwin stepped off New Bond Street and into the galleries of Sotheby's for the first time. He was an 18-year-old, dough-faced boy straight from Marlborough College. The following...

Faith in the Classroom [2008-11-16]

Religion Looking to Maintain Its Role in Schools .- England's Catholic Education Service (CES) said that media reports alleging the failure of church-based schools to adhere to the law on admissions were false, reported the...

Steelers could spoil perfect year

• It's not far-fetched to think Kerry Collins and the Tennessee Titans could be undefeated entering the final two weeks of the regular season.The Titans (9-0) are at the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-5) today, then play Brett Favre...

Close encounter with Mount Etna

Maps of Europe's most active volcano are continually out of date. Contours shift with the movement of molten rock - as Martin Redfern discovered when he joined a geologist and his team of students, surveying the changing...

Home comfort boosts Moore

JAMIE Moore will get crucial home advantage when he takes on Michele Piccirillo for the European title early next year. The Salford light-middleweight's promoter Frank Maloney reached an agreement with the Italian fighter's...

Want charisma? Try some Greek: IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME by Charlotte Higgins; NIKE, NURSES AND NEON...

Anyone following the recent collapse of financial institutions will have noticed dozens of references to characters in the drama displaying hubris and meeting their nemesis but not offering an apology. One of the great delights...

Boxing: Gilmour: BBBC must do right thing and strip Murray of belt if he calls off McAllister...

Nov 13 2008 Hugh Keevins LEE McALLISTER'S bid to win the British light-welterweight title has been put on hold for a second time. Now the Aberdonian's manager, Tommy Gilmour, is calling on the British Boxing Board of Control to...

Irish angered by Czech president

By John Murray Brown in Dublin and Tony Barber in,Brussels Ireland was last night embroiled in an unseemly row with Vaclav Klaus over an outspoken attack by the Czech president on the European Union's Lisbon treaty. The...

Clare Longrigg: Go on holiday - and live like a mafia boss

At the height of his powers, the notorious Sicilian mafia boss Totò Riina used to celebrate a murder by throwing a banquet at his farmhouse near Corleone. The island's most powerful criminals would drink champagne and pile...

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