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    Who can we count on to stand by us: Europe or America?

    Who can we count on to stand by us: Europe or America? By Simon Heffer 20/12/2006 The Telegraph Britain and the United States should always remain good friends. Britain should never rely on - and trust - the Continental Europeans. Why, I wonder, does Tony Blair go on? I...
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    British Lord stings Senators Rockefeller and Snowe: 'Uphold Free Speech or Resign'

    Some one on another forum, in response to this story, wrote: Goddess Britannia loves free speech WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Lord Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley, has sent an open letter to Senators Rockefeller (D-WV) and Snowe (R-Maine) in response to their recent open letter...
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    EU (Britain and Sweden excluded) VS USA on CO2 emissions

    IN THE EU, ONLY THE BRITISH AND THE SWEDES WILL MEET THEIR KYOTO TARGETS. Europe (not counting Britain and Sweden) have no right to lecture the United States on not having signed the Kyoto treaty........ EU vs. USA on CO2: Sellafield power station, Cumbria: Britain is one of just two...
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    Solved at last: the burning mystery of Joan of Arc

    Solved at last: the burning mystery of Joan of Arc France's favourite saint was martyred by her English foes, who ordered her remains to be cast into the Seine. Now scientists believe they have established the facts surrounding her execution Alex Duval Smith in Paris Sunday December 17...
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    Spare us the "People's Prostitute" routine

    Littlejohn: Spare us the 'People's Prostitute' routine... 18th December 2006 Daily Mail BRITAIN SHOULD NEVER LEGALISE PROSTITUTION THE WAY THE DUTCH AND GERMANS HAVE DONE. Let's get the caveat out of the way from the off. The five women murdered in Ipswich were tragic, lost souls...
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    Last veteran of both world wars dies aged 106

    Last veteran of both world wars dies aged 106 19th December 2006 A hero: Captain Kenneth Cummins served in the Royal Navy in the First World War and in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War The last remaining Briton to see active service in both the First and Second World...
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    Brits are are £2,200 richer than Europeans without the Euro

    The British have kept the Pound and are now richer than the French, Germans, Italians and Spanish who all have the Euro. Of the world's largest economies (US, UK, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, China), the British are now the 2nd-richest in the world after the United States...
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    Robot santas attack in Dr Who Christmas special

    The Runaway Bride is a special episode of the long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. The special is to be produced for Christmas 2006, set to air on December 25 (Christmas Day)[1], and will play much the same role that The...
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    Amazing pictures of RAF Hercules landing on an Afghan landmine

    Amazing pictures of an RAF Hercules plane that hit a landmine in Afghanistan. Amazingly, all 31 people onboard the plane managed to escape..... VIP plane hits landmine RAF Hercules puts down on runway in the Afghan desert, top left, bursts into flames as it strikes the landmine, top...
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    American kids are wimps.

    Peter McKay Daily Mail 18th December 2006 Little Britain's Vicky Pollard: British kids would easily beat their soppy American counterparts in a drinking contest. The illegal drinking age in the US is 21 compared to just 18 in Britain. A month after Miss Great Britain, Danielle...
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    The Suffolk Ripper: police arrest man.

    Police arrest man over Suffolk murders Lee Glendinning A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering five prostitutes who have been found dead in Ipswich over the past three weeks. The man was arrested at his home in Trimley, near Felixstowe at 7:20 this morning police...
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    Charles to build mansion for Wills and Kate

    A house in a place called Harewood Park could become the future King and Queen's countryside home..... The Sunday Times December 17, 2006 Charles plans a mansion fit for lovebirds John Elliott Beaming ... proud Kate, right, watches the Prince's passing out parade THE Prince of...
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    Liberté, egalité, fraternité - but less so for women

    In the Gender Gap Report of 2006, France ranks just SEVENTIETH in the world when it comes to the rights and the freedom that women have in their. In Britain, women got the vote in 1918 but in France they didn't get the vote until as recently as 1944 (so much for Republics, then). And when...
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    The Foolishness of France

    The Foolishness of France Mark Steyn Steyn Online December 11th 2006 Considering that it seems to be every prominent Canadian’s preferred second nationality, from the Governor-General and the new Leader of the Opposition down, France is a faraway country of which we know little. One had...
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    Caught out: the BBC crew who played cricket in the middle of the sea

    The Goodwin Sands are a ten-mile long sandbank off the coast of Kent, Southern England, in the English Channel and completely surrounded by water. Thanks to British eccentricity games of cricket were often held there for over 150 years until some humourless killjoy managed to get it banned in...
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    Clean teeth and coffee? Give me gingivitis and tea, any day.

    The British are the tops, Guv-nah Josh Kjenner (American) The other day, I decided that maybe my teeth could use a little less uniformity and a lot more serration. After replacing my toothpaste with syrup, my toothbrush with a ball of icing, and my floss with a skillsaw blade, I then...
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    For 63 mins Iraqis were united in a dream of glory. Then Qatar scored

    Football (or soccer as it's called in North America) is THE most popular team sport in the world. Nearly every country has its own national team, including Iraq whose team recently played Qatar in the final of the football tournament at the Asian Games. The Iraqis won the silver medal Saddam's...
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    The Ghost Map

    Thanks to the Industrial Revolution which started in Britain in the late 18th century, Britain's cities during the 19th century were probably the dirtiest - and smelliest - in the world. Thanks to the dirty water that people drank, outbreaks of cholera and typhus were common. Industrial...
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    Tears as 'Belgium is splitting up' satire convinces thousands

    Christophe Deborsu, a news reporter, delivers the fake bulletin as Flemish Belgians wave Flanders (Northern Belgium) flags(Alexis Haulot/Reporters) The Times December 15, 2006 Thousands of Belgians were thrown into a panic by news that the Flemish half of the country had declared...
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    Prince William graduates from Sandhurst Royal Military Academy

    Rule Britannia: A new portrait of the Royal Family commemorating the commissioning of Prince Harry into the British Army by artist Sergei Pavlenko © PA It's a common occurence for the Queen to attend the passing out parade at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst to inspect the new...