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City workers have been awarded £13.2bn in bonuses so far this year, suggesting that the credit crunch has yet to be felt in the pockets of most bankers.
The figure is down a modest 1% on...
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After spending eight years at the helm of one of the most ideologically driven administrations in American history, George W. Bush is ending his presidency in characteristically aggressive...
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Panic over Japan's looming population crisis has prompted the labour ministry to enforce laws encouraging more "family time".
Recent studies have found that Japan's...
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MUMBAI, India – Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/29/mumbai-tajmahalhotel
Check this survival story out.
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A refreshingly non-sycophantic interview with Paul McCartney from the Guardian.
McCartney comes across as a aging dad, still concerned with proving how cool and edgy he is. Which I'd say...
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Jorn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House, has died aged 90.
Although he came up with the original design, Utzon did not stay to complete the interior of the...
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The mystery of The Italian Job's cliff-hanger has been resolved after almost 40 years by Sir Michael Caine.
The 1969 film ends with a gang of gold thieves hanging over a ravine in a bus....
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A 52-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly couple were found dead at a bungalow in Dorset.
Officers found the bodies of a man in his 80s and a woman in her...
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The Papua New Guinea jungle has given up one of its darkest secrets - the systematic slaughter of every male baby born in two villages to prevent future tribal clashes.
By virtually wiping out...
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This may stop the cycle of violence, but it also stops the cycle of reproduction... Their twisted pacifism is pretty short sighted.
Also, what's the Mail doing...
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A worker died and at least three people were injured after being trampled by a crowd of shoppers at a Wal-Mart in the New York suburbs.
Police said a throng of shoppers broke down the doors to...
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