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    Coastguards' fury as Top Gear stars attempt to 'drive' across the Channel

    The motor vehicle-mad stars of the popular BBC show Top Gear have just tried another silly stunt - driving cars across the English Channel from Britain to France...... Coastguards' fury as Top Gear stars attempt to 'drive' across the Channel 20th July 2007 Daily Mail Top Gear stars are...
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    Cricket: England in control against India on first day of First Test

    Cricket - First test, Day one. It's the end of the first day of the First Test between England and India, with England on top... ENGLAND....VS..... INDIA Strauss back in the runs after Karthik blunder 19th July 2007 Daily Mail Current score First day of the First Test...
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    Partition of India: The unruly end of empire

    When Britain ruled India there were no such countries as Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 1947 India gained independence from Britain. The country then broke into two parts - India and Pakistan (West Pakistan on India's western border and East Pakistan on its eastern border were the same nation). In...
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    Tit for tat: Russia expels four British diplomats

    Four UK diplomats expelled as Russia retaliates By Matthew Moore and agencies 19/07/2007 The Telegraph Russia has expelled four British diplomats from Moscow, in tit-for-tat retaliation for the expulsion of four of its own officials by the British earlier this week. Moscow will also...
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    Father and son treasure hunters discover Viking treasure worth £1m

    Father and son treasure hunters discover Viking treasure worth £1m 19th July 2007 Daily Mail A £1 million collection of Viking artefacts, discovered by a father and son team of amateur treasure-hunters using metal detectors, is set to be unveiled at the British Museum. Experts say the...
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    Nato should send more troops to Afghanistan, say British

    British defence secretary Des Browne has said that other NATO troops need to be sent to Afghanistan. The number of British soldiers in Afghanistan has recently risen from 5,500 to 7,700 and Browne wants other countries - notably France and Germay - to pull their weight instead of leaving all the...
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    Muslim women's message of hate as Islamists are jailed for 22 years

    Another victory for the British against Islamic extremists. Four men were jailed today for a total of 22 years for soliciting murder against British citizens and threatening "Bomb, Bomb UK." Outside the OId Bailey in central London, crowds of Muslims spouted bile in protest, waving placards...
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    Man claims £1.5 million after being injured by a petal

    Commuter claims £1.5m after slipping on 'killer' petal outside florist By CHRISTIAN GYSIN 18th July 2007 Daily Mail It was one yellow petal lying forlornly on the ground next to Bella Patel's flower shop. But it caused a whole bunch of problems. A commuter who says he slipped on...
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    Russia in bid to shoot anti-Putin tycoon in London

    Hitman at the Hilton hotel Sworn enemies ... Berezovsky, who wants president Putin, right, to be overthrown, was target of Russian assassination plot. Berezovsky now lives in Britain. Picture, right: REUTERS By ONLINE REPORTERS July 18, 2007 The Sun A RUSSIAN hitman planned to execute...
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    Urawa give Man United tough workout in tour opener

    English champions Manchester United are taking part in a pre-season tour of the Far East where they are very popular. They have millions of fans throughout Japan and China and, thanks to the buying of Manchester United merchandise, such as shirts, in those countries the region is very lucrative...
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    The new arms race is deadly because Russia is so fragile

    The Cold War is back The new arms race is deadly because Russia is so fragile Fraser Nelson The Spectator The front cover of the current issue of Spectator A little over a week ago, Vladimir Putin tested a weapon deadlier than anything developed by the Soviet Union. A missile...
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    Camilla: "I don't want to become Queen."

    Camilla stuns Prince Charles with knife threat 17th July 2007 Daily Mail When a knife-wielding Camilla says she doesn't want to be Queen, Prince Charles better listen - or else. Onlookers were stunned today when the Duchess menacingly waved a blade under Prince Charles's nose as she...
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    Saddam's pal Galloway suspended from the Commons over illicit Iraq cash

    Saddam's friend George Galloway (who once praised the dictator for his "courage and indefatigability") has been suspended from the House of Commons over illicit Iraq cash. Scotsman Galloway, a member of Left-wing political party Respect, is Member of Parliament for London borough Bethnal Green...
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    Russia preparing 'targeted response very soon' in diplomat crisis

    Russia preparing 'targeted response very soon' in diplomat crisis 17th July 2007 Daily Mail Alexander Litvinenko died last November from a fatal dose of the radioactive isotope polonium 210. The murder has sparked a diplomatic rift between Britain and Russia The Russian government...
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    Enemy destroy all in their path

    Enemy destroy all in their path Keep your Enemy closer ... band storms the charts, their debut album at No1 July 16, 2007 The Sun BRILLIANT Coventry band THE ENEMY deservedly stormed to No1 yesterday with their debut album We’ll Live And Die In These Towns. The band — TOM CLARKE...
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    600 hurt as earthquake hits Japan, including world's largest nuclear plant

    New earthquake hits Japan as death toll rises Seven dead and 600 injured in quakes 16th July 2007 Daily Mail A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, hours after another quake of similar strength killed at least seven people in...
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    Man astounds world by becoming first person to swim to freezing North Pole

    Meet the Brit, Lewis Pugh, who has the astonishing ability to increase his body temperature allowing him to swim in icy cold water. He has just become the first person to swim to the North Pole. He now has several swimming "firsts" to his name...... Briton astounds the world by becoming the...
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    Britain expels four Russian diplomats as Russia refuses to extradite murder suspect

    British-Russians relations fall furthern into the mire as the British expel four Russian diplomats in response to the refusal by the Russians to extradite the chief suspect of the murder of British citizen Alexander Litvinenko last year Many are now asking: Is this the start of a new Cold War...
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    Robot air attack squadron bound for Iraq

    Robot Air Attack Squadron Bound for Iraq Sunday July 15, 2007 7:01 PM By CHARLES J. HANLEY AP Special Correspondent The MQ-9 Reaper (originally the RQ-9 Predator B) is outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles. They...
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    British death rate in Iraq surpasses that of the US

    It looks like the British are being engaged in more dangerous fighting than the Americans in Iraq. The British death rate is higher than that for the US Army. British death rate in Iraq higher than US By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph 15/07/2007 Daily Mail Deaths...