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Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid was given the Victoria Cross in 1944 A Victoria Cross awarded to a 21-year-old World War II bomber pilot has sold at auction for £335,000. The VC, which was presented to Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid...
Herman Van Rompuy's quirky exterior conceals a ruthless political operator who will stop at nothing to get his way as president of the European Union. By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Belgium's PM Van Rompuy and EU Trade...
Uganda news round-up: Anti-homosexuality bill 'will harm country's fight against HIV/Aids'; first lady calls for men to better support their wives through childbirth; the World Cup comes to Uganda A Ugandan government bill that...
Denuclearisation will only come when bridges have been built with Pyongyang and it feels firmly set on a new economic course Negotiations over the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula look set to resume . Sadly, they are...
Seven-time boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has announced he is to stand for election in the Philippines on the back of his latest world title win. No pain, no gain: Pacquiao waved to the crowd with his damaged right wrist, an...
Political parties representing minority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka are holding talks in Switzerland, the first since the conflict ended in May. Sri Lanka's social welfare minister said they aim to find a shared position on...
David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the...
MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity said the former Georgian republic "anticipates" its recognition by Belarus, but "do not insist" on an immediate decision. "We are tied by a long...
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...
A mother-of-three who placed a petrol bomb under the car of her former partner has been jailed for two years. Caernarfon Crown Court was told that Einir Hughes, 34, from Nefyn, Gwynedd, carried out the "revenge attack" after...
