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    The never before seen colour photographs of the bloody battle of Passchendaele

    Colour photographs of the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele Hell on Earth: The never before seen colour photographs of the bloody battle of Passchendaele By VICTORIA MOORE 11th July 2007 Daily Mail They are the most remarkable pictures of one of the most hellish places on earth. Never...
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    Toxic tyre fires burn in Ulster as loyalists celebrate Battle of the Boyne

    Pro-British Loyalists in Northern Ireland early this morning set fire to a huge pyre of tyres and the hated Republic of Ireland flag that was sat on top of it. They were celebrating the 1690 Battle of the Boyne between the Williamites (supporters of the protestant King William III of...
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    TV captures moment Queen loses her temper with celebrity photographer

    TV captures moment Queen loses her temper with celebrity photographer 11th July 2007 Daily Mail This is the extraordinary moment the Queen lost her temper and stormed out of a photoshoot, after a celebrity photographer dared ask her to remove her crown. The astonishing footage is taken...
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    The public remains unconvinced about Global Warming

    British Public Unconvinced By Climate Crisis July 3, 2007 Daily Express Global warming?!?!: Traffic drives through a flooded motorway. Many areas of Northern England have been hit by flooding and colder than normal weather this summer. Findings by Ipsos Mori show Britons believe that...
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    Posh London thieves climb out of Bentley then steal gems armed with silver handguns

    Smart deception: £10m London jewel thieves arrived in Bentley · Stylish appearance and air of affluence fooled staff · Armed raiders take rings, necklaces and diamonds Audrey Gillan Wednesday July 11, 2007 The Guardian London's elegant Sloane Street Stepping from a £118,000...
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    The new Eurofighter Typhoon finally enters service

    Typhoon Fighter Enters RAF Service Wednesday July 11, 2007 Sky News The new Eurofighter Typhoon fighter has finally entered service with the RAF. Eurofighter Typhoons fly in diamond formation. The Royal Air Force will have 232 of them, more than any other air force...
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    "Devil May Care" - first James Bond book for 40 years

    The first James Bond in 40 years will be released in 2008, but written by Sebastian Faulks. The novel will mark the centenary of James Bond creator's birth. Ian Fleming, a WWII veteran, died in 1964. And there'll surely be a James Bond movie based on the book in a few years' time... Faulks...
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    July 21st bombers each sentenced to minimum of 40 years in prison

    July 21 Al Qaeda bombers sentenced to life By Richard Holt 11/07/2007 The terrorists each tried to commit mass murder in London, two weeks exactly after 52 innocent people were killed in the 7/7 bombings All four July 21 bombers have been given life sentences for conspiracy to commit...
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    Pro-British Loyalists in NI to light pyre of tyres to celebrate Battle of the Boyne

    Northern Ireland Loyalists (those who wish for NI to remain part of the UK) have created a pyre made of tyres that will be burnt tonight to mark the Williamite victory in the Battle of the Boyne against the Jacobites in 1690. The Jacobites were supporters of the deposed Catholic King of England...
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    Bin Laden's son weds Englishwoman from Cheshire

    Bin Laden's son weds grandmother from Cheshire by NICK McDERMOTT 11th July 2007 Daily Mail 'Mrs Bin Laden': Jane Felix-Browne A grandmother from Cheshire has married Osama bin Laden's son following a holiday romance. Jane Felix-Browne, 51, married the scrap metal dealer - 24...
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    'Al-Qa'eda will punish UK for Rushdie award'

    'Al-Qa'eda will punish UK for Rushdie award' By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor. 10/07/2007 The Telegraph Osama bin Laden’s second in command has issued a warning that Britain faces fresh terror attacks as a "punishment" for the knighthood bestowed on Salman Rushdie. Ayman...
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    Glasgow Airport attempted bomber close to death

    Glasgow Jeep Man 'Unlikely To Survive' Tuesday July 10, 2007 Sky News A terror suspect injured in the Glasgow terror attempt is unlikely to survive, one of his doctors has said. Jeep on fire at Glasgow Airport A member of the medical team treating Kafeel Ahmed at the Royal...
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    Brown's foreign policy is still a mystery

    Brown's foreign policy is still a mystery By Irwin Stelzer 10/07/2007 The Telegraph Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appointed the anti-American ex-UN official Mark Malloch Brown to the government as the new Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN 'I cannot forecast to you the action of...
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    Facing jail, Muslim juror whose hijab hid an MP3 player

    Facing jail, juror whose hijab hid an MP3 player 10th July 2007 Daily Mail 'Laughing at the court': Ruhela Khanom in her headscarf A Muslim juror was thrown off a murder trial when she was caught listening to an MP3 music player under her headscarf. Ruhela Khanom, 20, was...
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    Live Earth: Saving the planet while the English swim for their supper

    LITTLEJOHN: Saving the planet while the English swim for their supper 9th July 2007 Daily Mail RICHARD LITTLEJOHN When it comes to 'climate change' - what we used to call the weather - I'm with Professor Higgins. In Herefordshire, Hertfordshire and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever...
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    Arctic Monkey Alex goes ape for Alexa

    Arctic Monkey Alex Turner has fallen for a girl who is, appropriately, called Alexa..... Monkey Alex goes ape for Alexa I bet that you look good singing karaoke ... Alex and Alexa hook-up July 09, 2007 The Sun ALEX TURNER has a way with words in his hit songs – but his chat-up...
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    Revived threats of a two-speed Europe need not be taken too seriously

    Charlemagne The two-speed myth Jul 5th 2007 From The Economist print edition Revived threats of a two-speed Europe need not be taken too seriously BRUSSELS has played host to many lost causes over the years. Charlemagne's favourite is the harmlessly dotty rattachiste movement, which...
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    Parisians urged to be nice

    July 9, 2007 The Times Parisians urged to be nice Adam Sage in Paris In a recent worldwide poll, Paris was voted the third most beautiful city in the world - in terms of architecture, monuments, glamour, etc - after Sydney and London The tourist lost near the Place de l’Opéra in...
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    Prince set to be Gurkha Harry

    Prince Harry is to join one of the British Army's most feared regiment - the Gurkhas. Knife ... how Harry might look as a Gurkha Prince set to be Gurkha Harry By JAMIE PYATT July 09, 2007 The Sun Fearsome: A British Army Gurkha cleaning his deadly Kukri knife SOLDIER...
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    21/7 plotters - three found guilty

    Guilty ... Ibrahim Guilty verdicts in 21/7 case By ONLINE REPORTER July 09, 2007 THREE men were found guilty today of an extremist Muslim plot to launch a series of suicide bomb attacks on the London transport system exactly two weeks after 7/7. Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar and...