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British minister defends £825m aid to help India's poor

Britain will spend £825m over the next three years in aid to India, a nuclear-armed power that sent a spacecraft to the moon last month, to lift "hundreds of millions of people" out of poverty, the secretary of state for...

Roger McDermott: Dmitry Medvedev is overstating a resentful Russia's strength in a bid to make...

On November 15, the president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, used a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington to challenge the US president-elect, Barack Obama, to turn away from the foreign policies pursued by...

Jose's the odd Warn out!

NEWCASTLE are planning to cut their losses on Spanish flop Jose Enrique and make a January move for Stephen Warnock. Full-back Enrique was signed from Villarreal for £5million by ex-boss Sam Allardyce in August 2007. But the...

Defoe defied as the Hammers grab point

West Ham 0 Portsmouth 0 THERE WAS a time when a goalless draw that signalled your seventh game without a victory would be greeted with a barrage of boos, especially when it was in a home game with Portsmouth, writes DAVE EVANS....

Bush hopes Obama maintains ties with India

On whether President Bush will leave this (the agreement) up to the next President -- as far as final bureaucratic things are still on his table -- Perino said, "Well, I think that the next administration will be able to decide...

Allard interested in role at CSU

By Anne Mulkern and Joey Bunch The Denver Post Retiring U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard said today he would be willing to play a role in a new leadership plan for Colorado State University, if asked. Citing unnamed sources, the Greeley...

Bihar launches administrative reform mission with British aid

A British sponsored administrative reform mission was launched here Tuesday to further improve the state governance, modernise the administration up to the world standard and make it more people friendly.

Sens meet to discuss woes

In place of practice, Ottawa returns home after latest loss and holds team meeting before off-ice workout OTTAWA — It's never a good sign when an NHL team is spending as much time in meetings as it is on the ice, according to...

Holyfield convinced he'll re-write boxing history

The former champion Evander Holyfield is convinced he'll re-write boxing history next month in Zurich when he challenges WBA heavyweight champ Nikolai Valuev. The 46-year-old could become the oldest title-holder ...

Masterpiece

I think Jason Alexander will always be George Costanza to me...but this week he plays a serial killer. The above picture doesn't even look like him! Anyway, Newsday.com has a review of the newest Criminal Minds episode,...

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