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    England World Cup boost as Rooney is given all-clear.

    England's best player Wayne Rooney broke a metatarsal in Manchester United's 3-0 defeat against Chelsea on April 29th and looked like he could miss the World Cup. This caused fans around the country to feel suicidal. Yesterday, the nation held its breath as Rooney flew from Germany to a...
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    666 woman's car-free birthday

    666 woman's car-free birthday June Dumas said she would not be driving on her birthday A woman born weighing 6lbs 6oz on 6 June at 0600 BST, and who is 66 on 6/6/06, is refusing to drive on her birthday to help avoid accidents. Retired East Sussex nurse June Dumas said despite her...
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    French and Italian wines to be turned into disinfectant.

    Britain, the world's largest importer of wine and the only significantly growing market in Europe, has sparked crisis for European wine producers, particularly France and Italy, because it prefers wines from the New World - California, Australia, South Africa, Chile - to those from France and...
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    Al-Zarqawi has been killed.

    Times Online June 08, 2006 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a video posted on the internet Al-Zarqawi killed, says Iraqi PM By Philippe Naughton and agencies in Baghdad Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda terror leader who led the brutal insurgency against US forces in Iraq, has been...
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    Ex-US cop in UK is sacked for wanting to protect public

    In the week when a Gloucestershire car thief, throwing bricks and tiles from a roof of a house, was given a KFC meal to "protect his human rights", an ex-New York police officer, now living in Britain, has been given the sack from the probation service for daring to put the rights of victims and...
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    Anthrax alert closes Houses of Parliament.

    Breaking News. Terror alert closes Houses of Parliament (Filed: 07/06/2006) Man arrested for throwing suspect white powder anthrax around central lobby. Police evacuated the lobby of the Palace of Westminster this evening after a man was seen throwing a suspect white powder. The central...
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    Spooky coincidences of boy born on 6/6/06

    Damien is born on 6.6.06 By JOHN COLES A HORROR film fan who prayed that her baby would be born on 6.6.06 named her new boy DAMIEN. The boy — weighing SIX lb SIX oz — was born SIX days after his mum was first induced. Special needs teacher Suzanne Cooper chose the name as horror classic...
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    Police gave thief KFC meal to protect 'human rights'

    Siege police order suspect a KFC 'to protect human rights' 6th June 2006 Tuck in: The suspected car thief during his rooftop seige [[To see him tucking into his KFC meal, click here - http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/06/chambersSWNS070606_600x600.jpg]] Cornered on a rooftop, the...
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    English mascot chosen... to lead out Germany!

    6 year old English boy Luke Moffat entered a competition to be a World Cup mascot. He thought he would be walking out with the England team during one of their opening World Cup games. Instead, it has turned out that he will be leading out GERMANY - England's fiercest football arch-rivals and...
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    7/7: the heroism and the humour

    7/7: the heroism and the humour Magnus Linklater Those caught up in the bombings displayed a peculiarly British calm and self-mockery NONE OF US knows how we will respond to extreme danger until it happens. Will we freeze in panic? Scream uncontrollably? Or set about methodically helping...
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    Woman who fired arrows at Welsh flag is "racist"

    An Englishwoman who organised a St George's Day celebration at her pub that involved a game where people had to fire arrows at a dragon has been branded racist by the irritating politically correct brigade. Legend has it that St George, England's patron saint, slayed a dragon. As she couldn't...
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    British special forces to use strap-on stealth wings.

    Special forces to use strap-on 'stealth wings' By MATTHEW HICKLEY, Daily Mail 6th June 2006 An expert demonstrates the lightweight carbon fibre mono-wings Elite special forces troops being dropped behind enemy lines on covert missions are to ditch their traditional parachutes in favour...
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    RAF celebrate WWI veteran's 110th birthday.

    RAF Birthday Treat for UK's Oldest Man Landmark: Henry Allingham is 110 Britain's oldest man is having his 110th birthday marked in style with an RAF flypast over his home town. Two Tornadoes from No 31 Squadron are scheduled to fly over the five-star Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, East...
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    New Yorkers bowled over by cricket on the curriculum

    The Times June 06, 2006 New Yorkers are bowled over by cricket on the curriculum From James Bone in New York NEW YORK is finally getting a school where children can play cricket, eat shepherd’s pie, and pronounce tomato so that it does not rhyme with potato. Come September, genuine...
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    Lazy French have day off as they take abolished holiday.

    The lazy Frogs have had a day off today - even though the Bank Holiday that normally fell on this day has been abolished. Chirac's Bank Holiday ban is ignored as workers take the day off From Adam Sage in Paris Times London June 5, 2006 THE collapse of President Chirac’s authority will be...
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    World Cup, here we come.

    The England team flew to Germany today for the World Cup and they looked smart in their Armani suits. They have won their last 6 games in a row. All they have to do is win just 7 more games in a row and they'll be World Champions. England captain David Beckham flies the flag as Sven-Goran...
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    10,000 inflatable Spitfires head for Germany.

    Fears for the worst as 10,000 Spitfires head for Germany By Adam Lusher (Filed: 04/06/2006) The last time they flew across the Channel, they were 32 feet long, with Rolls-Royce engines and wings bristling with 20mm cannons. Now they measure all of 18 inches, have no engine and not so much...
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    Is Prince Philip a god?

    On the Pacific island of Vanuatu, one of the world's tiniest nations, they worship Prince Philip, the Queen's husband, as a God. Is Prince Philip a god? from RICHARD SHEARS, in Yaohnanen Village, Vanuatu 3rd June 2006 Simply divine: Villagers treasure their portraits of the Prince...
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    Teenagers are 'dummying down'

    The nation that gave the world punks now has teenagers who suck dummies ("pacifiers" as they call them in North America) - Teenagers are 'dummying down' by ELANOR MAYNE, The Mail on Sunday 4th June 2006 Yeah baby: One teenage clubber with her dummy If you think only suckers follow...
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    Crouch hat-trick crushes Jamaica.

    Crouch's first England hat-trick helped the World Cup second-favourites crush Jamaica. It was also good news to see Michael Owen scoring his first goal since his recovery from a broken foot, and he played a whole game for the first time for months. The game only finished around 2 hours ago but...