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Sunday 12th March 2006 ‘UFO sighting really took my breath away’ By Carron Taylor WAS it a bird? Was it a plane? No, it was a shining silver pyramid, according to two colleagues who spotted a UFO in the skies of Putney, London last week. Michelle Medhat was sitting at her office desk last...

Anglosphere: What about the French? By JAMES C. BENNETT WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- What's the matter with the government, academia and media of France? Since Sept. 11, despite the genuine sympathy of the ordinary French in the street for the victims, the response of the elite elements has too...

(Don't) scatter my ashes on Snowdon Jan 26 2006 Rhodri Clark, Western Mail Snowdon is one of Britain's highest mountains. HAVING your ashes scattered on Snowdon may seem the perfect ending for many mountain walkers, but worried conservation officers are asking them to consider...

London graves desecrated by Boudicca's army Boudicca was Queen of the Iceni tribe, who fought against the Romans. Excavations in the City of London have uncovered possible evidence of the desecration of Roman graves by Boudicca's forces when London was sacked and burned in AD 60/61...

Romans invaded Britain earlier than previously thought - This Roman villa was discovered by archaeolgists in Hampshire. New Roman finds could turn history on its head SHAN ROSS Key points • Roman artefacts found dated decades older than accepted arrival in UK • History records invasion...

British indie band The Guillemots release their first album this month. From left to right: Fyfe Dangerfield, Rican Caol, MC Lord Magrão, and Aristazabal Hawkes. Fyfe Dangerfield (a.k.a. Fyfe Hutchins) - singer and keyboard MC Lord Magrão - guitar Aristazabal Hawkes - double bass Rican...

The Sunday Times March 19, 2006 Getting the sack really would help French workers Protesting French students need an economics lesson, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth Last week thousands of students rioted in France to protest about regulations that would allow employers to sack workers...

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS? GHOSTS SPOTTED AT OPTICAL MUSEUM IN LONDON By Richard Moss 16/03/2006 The Sutcliffe Gallery Room. A decorator had a ghostly encounter here with a man wearing a tricorn hat. © The College of Optometrists Staff at one of London’s smaller museums, the British Optical...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The old misalliance Adam Thorpe on That Sweet Enemy, a continuing drama of Franco-British relations by Robert and Isabelle Tombs Saturday March 18, 2006 The Guardian That Sweet Enemy: The French and the...

Wales Beware the Welsh Teggie, witches and more Feb 27 2006 Tryst Williams, Western Mail WALES' legendary monsters will be in the spotlight this week, in a new television programme. Beasts like "Teggie" - the nation's answer to the Loch Ness Monster, and ghoulish phenomena such as...

Here's a poser for you: you're a member of a highly-advanced alien civilisation and have just travelled to Earth in your hyperdrive-powered craft intending to enjoy a long-weekend break. The trouble is, you can't decide whether to: a) nip over to rural Idaho, abduct a farmhand and anally probe...

Put Troubles behind you with a trip down the IRA heritage trail By Tom Peterkin in Crossmaglen (Filed: 18/03/2006) County of Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. "The people here are the friendliest in the world," said Tommy McKenna as he sipped his pint of Guinness in an upmarket hotel bar in the...

Chirac blamed for the failings of France by Colin Randall in Paris (Filed: 18/03/2006) Jacques Chirac: 'In mourning for himself' As the sun begins to set on the era of Jacques Chirac, students rampage in the Latin Quarter, the unions are restless and opinion polls reveal a nation that...

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Australia, England and Canada have won the most medals so far in the Commonwealth games. Australia, England and India have won the most golds. Correct at end of day two. ................Gold ....Silver.... Bronze.... Total 1. Australia ....12 ......9 ..........8 .............29 2. India...

French kept Europe in dark about infected wild duck by Dominic Kennedy and Adam Sage The Times March 17, 2006 Brussels was given the wrong date for the discovery of a bird flu case. FRANCE kept quiet about the discovery of a wild duck with bird flu while it encouraged the EU to soften its...

British Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott (who once ate a meal of curry with baked beans piled on top), says he hates foreign food - Prezza hates foreign muck Jabba: Deputy PM John Prescott. A snail: The French love eating them - dipped in garlic. By TONY BEANNICI (sorry...

PROOF OF THE WILD PANTHER? 16 March 2006 A Gruesome attack in which a pregnant sheep was stripped to the bone could be conclusive proof that a big cat is prowling the Tamworth area. Helen Machin News Reporter The savage incident comes in the same week as the Herald was passed pictures...

Britain has the lowest debt burden of the G8 nations. But spare a though for America - The Times March 17, 2006 US spends its way to 28 Eiffel towers: made out of pure gold From Tim Reid in Washington IF YOU are worried about how much you owe on your credit cards, this might put...

In the darkly-lit streets of 19th Century London, there was a bodysnatching craze......... Whitechapel bodysnatchers The thought of corpses being dug up from a cemetery in the middle of the night makes the blood run cold. But it often happened in the Victorian East End. In ill-lit streets...