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Best of London Designer Sale - credit crunch, schmedit crunch!

December 4, 2008

Catwalk Queen / Gemma

Psssst! If you're in London today or tomorrow, get yourself to The Hospital Club on Endell Street for the Best of London Designer Sale. It was deathly quiet today....

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Mumbai Highlights Britain’s Threat from Within

December 4, 2008

Roger L. Simon / Carol Gould

Young British Muslims raised on hate are a ticking time bomb.

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Conservative Episcopalians Vote to Create Alternative Branch

December 4, 2008

Washington Post / Michelle Boorstein

Conservatives from the Episcopal Church voted yesterday to form their own branch of Anglicanism in the United States and said they would seek new recognition in the worldwide church because of their ...

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New Pentagon Policy Says ‘Irregular Warfare' Will Get Same Attention as Traditional Combat

December 4, 2008

Washington Post / Ann Scott Tyson

The Pentagon this week approved a major policy directive that elevates the military's mission of "irregular warfare" -- the increasingly prevalent campaigns to battle insurgents and terrorists, often ...

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Car Show sputtering - Mid-day report

December 5, 2008

Universal Hub / jeffcutler

If you're planning to attend the New England Auto Show at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center this weekend, I want to know why.

Key dates in the 24-day search for Shannon Matthews

December 5, 2008

guardian.co.uk UK news

Key dates in the search for nine-year-old schoolgirl Shannon Matthews

Mark Lawson: It's a tough call, but England must go back to bat again

December 5, 2008

Guardian Unlimited World Latest / Mark Lawson

For 40 years, refusing or threatening to refuse to play cricket has been one of the diplomatic tactics at Britain's disposal for showing disapproval of anti-democratic governments.

Sampras back in London and relishing life

December 5, 2008

Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - "Did you guys miss me?" asked Pete Sampras when he faced the media at the Royal Albert Hall on his first visit to London in six years this week.

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Colvin returns to the Pats

December 4, 2008

Projo.com Boston Red Sox

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Islamification Of England Continues: Eid Festival A Go, Nativity, Not So Much

December 4, 2008

Stop The ACLU / William Teach

Coming to a school in America soon: School cancels Christmas nativity in favour of Muslim Eid celebrations Greenwood Junior School sent out a letter to parents saying the three-day festival of Eid ...

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Body downgrades MLA levels of pay

December 4, 2008

BBC News | Politics | UK Edition

The independent body charged with recommending pay levels for MLAs downgrades their salary status to 82% of an MP's.

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Jobs go at Troubles murder team

December 4, 2008

BBC News | UK | UK Edition

The special police team set up to investigate murders during the troubles is to make 75 staff redundant.

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Win a Free Trip to England!

December 4, 2008

iowahawk / iowahawk

Lately I've been writing occasional pieces for the UK site Anorak, custom-designed for its highly discerning audience of drunk pub chavs.

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Pole dancing robots at London's MuTate

December 4, 2008

Boing Boing Gadgets / John Brownlee

Oh, yeah, shake it, honey. Shake those servos. Let me see some of that sweet, sweet axle grease. Yeah, press those headlamps together. You know you want it. [[SMACK]] Huh? "USER TILT?

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Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates

December 4, 2008

washingtonpost.com - Business / Howard Schneider

The Bank of England cut interest rates to World War II levels and the European Central Bank made the deepest-ever rate cut in its ten-year history, as Europe's two main central banks moved to combat a ...

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London Evening Standard to drop edition from Monday

December 4, 2008

guardian.co.uk Media / Oliver Luft

The London Evening Standard will implement distribution changes next week, dropping from three to two editions a day and cutting the numbers of newsagents that sell the paper.

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Jury goes out in Boy George trial

December 4, 2008

BBC News | Entertainment | World Edition

The jury retires to consider its verdict in the case of singer Boy George who is accused of falsely imprisoning a male escort.

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Karen Matthews guilty of kidnapping Shannon with Michael Donovan

December 4, 2008

The mother of Shannon Matthews has been convicted, along with her boyfriend’s uncle, of kidnapping her own nine-year-old daughter in an unlikely plot to keep thousands of pounds in reward money.

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Bank of England Slashes Rates 100 Basis Points

December 4, 2008

The Big Picture / Barry Ritholtz

The Bank of England cut its benchmark rate by one percentage point to 2% — a level not seen since 1951.

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George Clooney and Matt Damon Overserved in London

December 4, 2008

Bitten and Bound / Missy

George Clooney and pal Matt Damon set out on a city club crawl in London and from the looks of it, they rather enjoyed themselves.

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Plan to privatise local services

December 4, 2008

BBC News | England | UK Edition

A north London council approves a feasibility study looking into how private companies could deliver most of its basic services.

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Nomura to Slash Staff in London

December 4, 2008

WSJ.com: Markets

Nomura said it will lay off up to 1,000 staff members in London, in a bid to cut costs after purchasing Lehman Brothers' equities and investment-banking operations in Europe.

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Christmas in the North of England, 2007

December 4, 2008

Semicolon / Sherry

“Tonight is the school Nativity play performed by Class 1 with an awful lot of help from the rest of the world because Class 1 can do nothing unaided. Mary and Joseph are the worst of the lot.

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Redskins' Carter Likely a Game-Time Decision vs. Ravens; Fletcher Expected to Play

December 4, 2008

washingtonpost.com - Redskins / Post

Coach Jim Zorn said he expects Andre Carter to be a game-time decision on Sunday while he is "optimistic" about London Fletcher.

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Miss University of London, guess what? Looks count in a beauty contest

December 5, 2008

Telegraph Opinion

Ceri Radford says University of London contestants are neither helping nor hindering the quest for equality.

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