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New report: Why troops should leave AfghanistanINTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 ...
Addressing the Brookings Institute think tank in Washington on July 14 he called for "a sort of surge", while claiming "I think we can win the war in Afghanistan". Fitzgibbon's speech dovetails with an emerging ...
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Les vies des autres
Heard pontificating on BBC News 24 this afternoon, a talking head saying that holidays are one of the last things to fee the pinch of the current 'credit crunch', because it's difficult for parents to tell ...
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Peter Preston: Free rein for m'learned friends
My BlackBerry had a buzzy morning on Thursday. Suddenly, it seemed, media lawyers from some of London's most fearsome firms wanted to offer free opinions in the matter of Robert Murat and the 600,000 libel ...
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Man bailed after body discovery
A 20-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body in a village has been released without charge, police have said.
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Man charged over fatal stabbing
A man has been charged with murder after the death of a 42-year-old man in a Lincolnshire hospital.
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RAF mounts waterfall rescue bid
A rescue operation is under way after a man was injured in a fall at a waterfall on the North York Moors.
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Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan: report
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported prospective U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16 months.
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Blaze destroys derelict building
A fire has destroyed a derelict building in Horsham, West Sussex. Crews were called to the former college site, in Hurst Road, late on Friday.
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Tomato growers upset with FDA
We have 678 guests online Produce industry leaders, furious over the muddled federal investigation of a major salmonella outbreak that led to hundreds of millions of dollars of dumped tomatoes, are demanding ...
Grant Park Festival soars on Gershwins' hits
"Zoom, zoom, the world is in a mess," wrote Ira Gershwin, in a song from the 1937 Fred Astaire film "Shall We Dance?" He went on to suggest that the only remedy for such a state of affairs was to "Slap That ...
UW crew's Cold War win is still worth a toast
The Washington eight's victory in the Moscow Cup on July 19, 1958, remains one of the biggest upsets in rowing history.
'Confidence' low? Time to buy
This too shall pass. In life, as well as the financial markets, that's useful advice.
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The six-day forecast ... weekly poll The Indiana Area school board is considering an offer from the Army to put their logo on free wrestling mats and to open the school to recruiters.
Landing a fish solution soon
The average American chewed and swallowed a little more than 16 pounds of fish and shellfish last year.
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