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Four bridges collapse, main roads are blocked and hundreds are evacuated as 12 inches of rain falls in Cumbria in 24 hours A policeman swept away and killed during the devastating flooding that hit north-west England was trying...
In last Sunday's article, 'Vast Majority of Britons back IoS call for UK forces to leave', we referred to Oxfam's report, The Cost of War in Afghanistan. We would like to make it clear that this report reflected the cost of the...
Jamie Oliver has given to the charity shop in Edinburgh Chef Jamie Oliver and television presenter Lauren Laverne are among the celebrities who donated items to a new charity shop due to open in Edinburgh. It is the first...
Conservative MP David Curry has been forced to quit his post as chairman of Parliament’s Standards Committee — because he has been accused of fiddling his own expenses. Mr Curry, MP for Skipton and Ripon in North Yorkshire,...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some areas.
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Nominees for key U.S. Treasury international posts said on Friday they must work to persuade China to change its currency practices or there cannot be critical adjustments to global trade and...
ULAN BATOR, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- World Vision International has announced it will implement a 500,000 U.S. dollar preventive project to combat the spread of A/H1N1 virus in Mongolia. Alex Snary, World Vision country director for...
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese officials must stop harassing and detaining human rights activists targeted during U.S. President Obama's visit, Amnesty International said Friday. Government security forces kept dozens of...
This photo taken by Zhao Peng on Oct. 31, 2009 shows Qi Lin touring an SOS Children Village in Kaifeng, central China's Henan province. Qi Lin, a 14-year-old student of No. 8 High School in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20.11.2009 - . - While countries around the world are recovering from the crisis, there are growing doubts that the reforms and restructuring needed to balance the global economy...
