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Newlyweds recreate famous YouTube wedding dance on U.S. television as Chris Brown's song rockets up the charts
Posted on July 26, 2009
U.S. singer Chris Brown's song Forever has rocketed up the charts after newlyweds Jillian Peterson and Kevin Heinz recreated their now famous church entrance on American television.
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Gurkhas welcome Joanna Lumley in Nepal 'homecoming'
Posted on July 26, 2009
The actress Joanna Lumley was garlanded with strings of marigolds as she arrived in Nepal today to a hero's welcome.
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    Where might Gordon Brown bump into scientists, poets, internet gurus, and even Cameron (Diaz, that is)? At TED, the festival of new ideas
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    Carole Cadwalladr reports from the coolest conference on Earth that attracts a vast web audience
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    Darling warns banks on loan rates
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    The chancellor is to quiz bank bosses over how much they charge small firms for loans, saying he is "extremely concerned" their rates may be too high.
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    Iran accused of 'Zionist' tactics
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    One of the defeated moderate candidates in Iran's presidential election, Mehdi Karroubi, has accused security forces of using harsher methods than Israel.
  • US steps up Middle East diplomacy
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    Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    A different kind of jury—one made up of black cultural leaders—weighs in on the Simpson verdict and the Million Man March.
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    The lost herd
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    When Gordon Brown became Prime Minister in 2007, he made great play of appointing figures from outside party politics to create a “government of all the talents”. One by one, they have resigned. So why have his “goats” fled?
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    Lies, damn lies
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    John Pilger: Murdoch’s papers have relentlessly assaulted common truth and decency, but their most successful war has been on journalism itself.
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    Taking the Mickey out of football transfers
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    With his glossy brochure and glass legs, Michael Owen’s move to Man Utd is the strangest deal of a mad year.  
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    Secret Labour tax on having a patio: Millions of homes assessed for charge which hammers middle classes
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    Shocking new details of a stealth tax of up to £600 for householders with views of any kind, patios, conservatories and even a nearby bus stop are revealed for the first time today.
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    Rugby Union World Cup Bid
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    England set to land rugby’s 2015 World Cup
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    Moto GP Donnington preview
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    Valentino Rossi on pole after last-ditch qualifying effort at Donington Park
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    Swine Flu Plc: Cashing in on the pandemic
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    Huge pharmaceutical companies, face-mask manufacturers and even internet opportunists are raking in the money. Tim Persinko and Susie Mesure report.
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    Formula 1 preview
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    Hungarian Grand Prix: Ferrari's Felipe Massa 'stable' following emergency surgery
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    Tour de France
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    Alberto Contador deserves his ovation after perfect stage show
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    Plan for tuition fees to hit £7,000 a year
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    STUDENTS face tuition fees of £7,000 a year by 2013 under plans being developed by both Labour and the Conservatives. Both parties are studying an overhaul of the system under which top universities would be allowed to lift fees above the current legal limit of £3,225, while many former polytechnics would offer no-frills degrees for free.
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    £3.1bn in deferred tax payments is a 'time bomb'
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    HM Revenue and Customs has allowed companies to defer VAT and other payments of more than £3.1bn – a surge of more than £700m in just two months. But industry figures have warned that the deferrals have placed a time bomb under the UK economy that would likely explode in the autumn.
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    Sir Richard Branson teaches African entrepreneurs Dragons' Den-style
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    Sir Richard Branson is determined to give young South Africans a chance to thrive in business through his Branson School of Entrepreneurship.
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    This is how we let the credit crunch happen, Ma'am ...
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    A group of eminent economists has written to the Queen explaining why no one foresaw the timing, extent and severity of the recession.
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    Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    When an insurance firm boss saw a field hospital for the poor in Virginia, he knew he had to speak out. Here, he tells Paul Harris of his fears for Obama's bid to bring about radical change.
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    Revealed: £12bn hidden costs of Afghan war
    Posted on July 26, 2009
    An Independent on Sunday assessment of the "hidden costs" of fighting since the Taliban was ousted in 2001 reveals that the bill works out at £190 for every man, woman and child in the UK – and would pay for 23 new hospitals, 60,000 new teachers or 77,000 new nurses.
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