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Times Online March 09, 2006 Three arrests in organised crime raids By Times Online and agencies More than £140,000 as well as fuel and cigarettes were seized today as part of a huge cross-border police operation against organised crime along the Irish border. Two men and a woman were...

Catholicism shows how evil it can be.... 100 Dublin priests accused of abuse since 1940 · 350 children in one archdiocese affected · Church may sell property to pay compensation Owen Bowcott Ireland correspondent Thursday March 9, 2006 The Guardian The full extent of child abuse scandals...

By JOHN COLES HERO Kenneth Cummins has reached the age of 106 — after surviving fighting in BOTH World Wars. Kenneth witnessed the horrors of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 conflicts while serving at sea. He survived German torpedo attacks and a sinking before going on to become a cruise liner...

Letter From Europe: An Odd Couple The Aspen Institute Berlin March 2006 Berlin RECENTLY I HAD THE PLEASURE of hosting Patrick Chamorel of the Hoover Institution for a presentation titled, "What's the Matter With France?" You got the feeling Berliners were showing up for a little relief. As...

How ironic that as soon as the ban on British beef is finally lifted France, the country that illegally still had a total ban on British beef despite there only being a partial ban everywhere else, has 40 countries banning the exports of its chickens over fears of bird flu..... Zut alors! Les...

V for Vendetta is a new British movie set in a totalitarian Britain of 2020 - Don't worry, Tony, it's only a film (for now) by PAUL HARRIS, Daily Mail 9th March 2006 It is several of Tony Blair's nightmares rolled into one. Parliament is ablaze and the face of Big Ben is about to...

This is worse than a crime… it’s a blunder.” (Talleyrand, on Napoleon’s execution of the Duke d’Enghien) The French have always gone their own way in international relations. Back in the days of the early Louis, the French, annoyed by several Italian republics, made an alliance with the...

UNUSUAL FISH IS THE REAL DEAL JOHN THOMSON 06 March 2006 Staff at a north-east aquarium delved into the reference books when they came face to face with an unusual fish washed up on the Moray Firth coastline. The thin, 3ft-long silvery fish with a large head, goggle eyes and a...

Just work harder, Italian PM tells poor · Latest TV outburst diverts focus from weak economy · Berlusconi ends Vatican row by cancelling visit John Hooper in Rome Wednesday March 8, 2006 The Guardian As a comforter of the poor, Silvio Berlusconi has secured a place for himself somewhere...

The Times March 08, 2006 Princes get ethics lesson: no torture and no revenge By Ruth Gledhill Sandhurst cadets are taught how to overcome the desire to abuse prisoners ARMY officer cadets are being given training in how to overcome the desire to abuse prisoners and inflict revenge on...

Recent reports that Britain will take its soldiers out of Iraq in a early 2007 have been found to be false. 'No timetable' for Iraq withdrawal 7th March 2006 Downing Street insisted there was no "strict timetable" for British troops withdrawing from Iraq, after the UK's senior commander...

6th March 2006. JEAN-Baptiste Colbert, the 17th century French finance minister who made a name for himself with his destructive embrace of protectionism and mercantilism, presides over Paris once more. The past few weeks have seen a fresh tide of protectionist sentiment, led by France, sweep...

Man saved by pigeon poo By ALASTAIR TAYLOR A MAN who plunged 30ft down a mill chimney survived — by landing in 6in-deep PIGEON POO. Phil Harrison scaled the disused chimney in pursuit of a hawk that escaped from a pal’s aviary. But as he grabbed the bird at the top, wire mesh...

France and Germany, 2 countries not renowned for democracy, want to revive the EU Constitution, even though the French and Dutch public voted AGAINST it and the EU promised that it wouldn't come into effect if just ONE country votes against it - French in EU treaty bid By MICHAEL LEA...

Yet ANOTHER crazy law brought to us by the idiots in Brussels - EU plans for car headlights fines by RAY MASSEY, Daily Mail 7th March 2006 Motorists could be forced to drive with their headlights on at all times under EU plans. Those who fail to switch on could face fines of up to £60...

The Times March 07, 2006 Why black sheep are barred and Humpty can't be cracked By Alexandra Blair, Education Correspondent TRADITIONAL nursery rhymes are being rewritten at nursery schools to avoid causing offence to children. Instead of singing “Baa baa, black sheep” as...

Jewish plot to kill Bevin in London Peter Day March 05, 2006 JEWISH terrorists plotted to assassinate Ernest Bevin, the foreign secretary, in 1946, as part of their campaign to establish the state of Israel, newly declassified intelligence files have shown. The plan was devised by Irgun...

Jailed killer's magic books ban Shaun Tuley is imprisoned at Frankland jail A maximum security prisoner has been banned from reading magic books - in case he picks up escapology tips. Prison authorities told convicted murderer Shaun Tuley he was not allowed to buy the conjuring guides on...

The Times March 06, 2006 World's fastest internet will send Britannica to Shoreditch in 7 sec By Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent A BRITISH-designed internet system promises to break the “four-minute mile” of broadband technology by delivering the fastest web service on the planet to...

Britain's first three new Astute Class submarines will enter service over the course of the next few years. They will be called HMS Ambush, HMS Artful and HMS Astute. They'll be the most powerful submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy. But the MoD is looking at having the futuristic...