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Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, left, celebrates alongside teammate Gareth Barry after scoring against Everton during their English Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 24, 2011.
Football   Manchester City   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: Gareth Barry  
 Sporting Life 
Barry Predicts Glut Of Silverware
| Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry is convinced there will be more trophies to follow after the ecstasy of winning a first league title for 44 years. | Barry accepted he took a leap of faith wh... (photo: AP / Jon Super)
Spain's queen cancels UK Jubilee trip over Gibraltar
Britain   Gibraltar   Photos   Spain   Wikipedia: Disputed status of Gibraltar  
 The Australian 
Spain's queen cancels UK Jubilee trip over Gibraltar
| SPAIN's Queen Sofia has cancelled a planned trip to London tomorrow to attend Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebration lunch due to tensions with Britain over the disputed territor... (photo: AP / J Pat Carter)
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Dried fruit products chips, Food expo 2009 world trade center pasay manila philippines, food preparaton and cooking demonstration, new products promotion, Friday, March, 8, 2009 The Independent
'Fat tax' call over unhealthy foods
| Such a move should be combined with subsidies on healthy foods such as fruit and vegetables, said academics on bmj.com. | The group released their findings ahead of the... (photo: WN / james)
Food   Photos   Tax   Vegetables   Wikipedia: Fat tax  
Beer - Drinks - Alcohol Chicago Sun-Times
Binge drinking costs Brits billions
| LONDON — The girls slumped in wheelchairs look barely conscious, their blond heads lolling above the plastic vomit bags tied like bibs around their necks. | It’s an... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Health   London   People   Photos  
Pedestrians pass an electronic display sign showing the British FTSE 100 in London, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Independent online
FTSE 100 rebound capped
Britain's top share index bounced slightly higher on Tuesday after sharp falls in the previous session, as investors bought beaten commodity and banking stocks, though th... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain   Economy   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: FTSE 100 Index  
Chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch, left, and Chief executive of News International Rebekah Brooks leave his residence in central London, Sunday, July 10, 2011. France24
News Corp's Rebekah Brooks charged over phone-hacking scandal
| REUTERS - Rebekah Brooks, a former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, has been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone ... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Crime   Photos   Scandal   UK   Wikipedia: News International phone hacking scandal  
various types of drugs - tablets - medicine The Guardian
Exporting medicines for profit puts British patients' health at risk, say MPs
| Report by MPs and peers says selling on treatments intended for NHS to other EU countries has caused serious shortages The UK has seen shortages in medicine for diabete... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Health   Medicines   Photos   Profits   Wikipedia: Pharmaceutical drug  
Euro - Currency Wall Street Journal
European Stocks Rise
By MICHELE MAATOUK | LONDON—European stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday after German gross domestic product figures came in significantly better than expected. |... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
German   London   Photos   Product   Wikipedia: DAX  
Gold set - Bracelet -  Jewellry - jewelry store, jeweller - jeweler, goldsmith - investment - golden Reuters
Gold falls to 4-1/2 month low on Greece risks
| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold dropped to its lowest since late December as the euro sank against the U.S. dollar on worries that a worsening debt crisis in Greece could sp... (photo: WN / Akgun Semra)
Jewelers   Photos   Prices   Singapore   Wikipedia: Gold  
Twitter - Social media - Mobile phone BBC News
Twitter embraces UK's policymakers after eventful year
Ahead of their one-year anniversary of operating in the UK, Twitter has told the BBC it now wants to have a closer role with government and policymakers. | The site has r... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Internet   Photos   Technology   Twitter   Wikipedia: Twitter  
Platts Eyot near Hampton on the River Thames England (copy own work from English wiki) BBC News
Could the River Thames be longer than the River Severn?
What is the UK's longest river? It is a question that regularly pops up in pub quizzes and trivia books but the answer may not be clear cut. | Textbooks tell us the ... (photo: Creative Commons / Motmit)
England   Photos   River   Travel   Wikipedia: River Thames  
Oriental garden lizard  - wildlife Skynews
Earth In Crisis As Wildlife Numbers Plummet
| ZSL's Professor Tim Blackburn: 'We are living in a planet in crisis' Earth is a planet in crisis with wildlife populations declining by more than 30% in ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Conservation   Earth   Photos   Wikipedia: Wildlife   Wildlife  
England national soccer team player Gary Neville laughs after cracking a joke during a World Cup news conference at Mittelbergstadion in Buehlertal, Germany, Thursday June 29, 2006. England face Portugal in a World Cup quarterfinal soccer match in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday July 1, 2006. The Daily Telegraph
Gary Neville joins Roy Hodgson's England coaching staff on four-year contract
New England coach Roy Hodgson has sprung a major surprise by appointing Gary Neville to his coaching team. | Patriotic: Gary Neville will command the respect of the Engla... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Football   Photos   Sports   Star   Wikipedia: Gary Neville  
Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini laughs before his team's English Premier League soccer match against Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday Oct. 23, 2011. The Daily Telegraph
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admits he always believed he could win title, despite mind games
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has admitted to indulging in mind games in the Premier League title run-in, and said he always knew City could win the title. | Ex... (photo: AP / Jon Super)
Football   Photos   Sports   Star   Wikipedia: Roberto Mancini  
Politics Business & Economy
- British GM workers agree deal on Astra production
- Cameron delivers speech on euro crisis and UK economy: Polit
- Eurozone crisis live: Cameron to warn of huge risk from euro
- Jay-z plans star-studded London party
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron walk to Marine One on the Ellipse in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
David Cameron: it is 'make or break' for the euro
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- Cameron delivers speech on euro crisis and UK economy: Polit
- Bank of England warns borrowers to prepare for sharp rise in
- General Motors to save Vauxhall factory at Ellesmere Port
- Eurozone crisis live: Cameron to warn of huge risk from euro
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron walk to Marine One on the Ellipse in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
David Cameron: it is 'make or break' for the euro
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Society & Culture Science & Technology
- In pictures: half a million gold buttons for the Queen
- British Library explores UK landscape over millennium
- Stealth boards Matt Reeves thriller, Howard Deutch comedy-dr
- Nicole Scherzinger strikes the Jolie leg pose for 'Men
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron walk to Marine One on the Ellipse in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
David Cameron: it is 'make or break' for the euro
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- Tidal power gets a stormy birth off coast of Scotland
- Apps Rush: London 2012 Official Join In App, Schemer, Facebo
- 'Extraordinary' operation to install water turbine o
- Councils 'must lower carbon emissions'
Twitter - Social media - Mobile phone
Twitter embraces UK's policymakers after eventful year
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Health Sport
- Briton seeks sex change at 78
- Olympic flame within reach of London Games chiefs
- Government database flooded with tip-offs over illegal immig
- Porn star Johnny Anglais debates at Oxford Union
Food sticky rice porridge mixed with coconut milk
How to make the most of milk
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- British GM Workers Agree Deal on Astra Production
- Dozens Continue to Occupy Moscow Square
- UK's Cameron Urges Action to Resolve Euro Crisis
- Titterrell leaves Leeds
Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, left, celebrates alongside teammate Gareth Barry after scoring against Everton during their English Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 24, 2011.
Barry Predicts Glut Of Silverware
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Terrorism Human Rights
- Hearing begins in CIA rendition case
- Explosion trial hears accused 'knew alleged suicide bom
- Turkish attack on civilians tied to information from US mili
- Scottish independence: Military man says Scots SAS is needed
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, center, arrives at a polling station during the first round of the French presidential elections in Sarcelles, north of Paris, Sunday, April 22, 2012.
Disgraced Strauss-Kahn faces new rape claims over sex party at Washington hotel
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- Three Kingdoms: the shape of British theatre to come?
- German Sues Macedonia in EU Human Rights Court
- Landlords Still Discriminates Against Black Tenants
- How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing 'Terrorists' - and
A journalist records the verdict of the judges in the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012.
Liberian warlord 'would not be safe' in UK prison
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