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'Armed forces threatened by EU purchases' Simon McGee Political Editor 13 October 2005 THE quality of Britain's armed forces are under threat from the Government's policy of promoting increased harmonisation with European armies that are little better than "military youth movements"...

Germany's economic performance in the past decade or so has been marked by slow GDP and productivity growth, weak job creation, high unemployment and low rates of return on investment. Japan and many of the rest of Europe's mature economies aren't doing any better -- cold comfort, perhaps -- but...

Britain's War on Pigs. By Robert Spencer FrontPageMagazine.com | October 6, 2005 Pigs are disappearing all over England, but not because of some porcine variant of Mad Cow Disease: rather, the most implacable foe of the swine is turning out to be multiculturalism. The latest assault...

BRUSSELS, (AFP) - Jacques Chirac is ignorantly hostile to reform; Pervez Musharraf is "not a democrat"; and Dick Cheney's style is to stick up "two fingers" to the outside world. Oh, and Vladimir Putin is a liar. Jacques Chirac is "ignorantly hostile." Former Hong Kong governor Chris...

EU 'making 230 new laws a day' news.scotsman.com . . . The European Commission has been responsible for an average of about 230 pieces of new legislation a day since the start of July, it has been claimed. The figure was exposed by the UK Independence Party in response to a Commission pledge...

BRIGHTON, England (AFX) - France and Germany, the euro zone's two largest economies, came under unexpected attack today from Prime Minister Tony Blair as he accused them of failing to embrace economic reform. In his keynote address to the Labour Party faithful here, Blair made his most overt...

Nonprofit France September 23, 2005 If you thought starting a business in France was difficult, try closing one. Last month, a French court ordered Nestlé to reopen an unprofitable factory shut down in June. Apparently, the Swiss food giant hadn't met all of France's labor law requirements --...

I may as well post some pictures of the new Wembley Stadium, which should open in about March 2006. In summer 2002, work began on the 90,000 capacity Wembley Stadium, the new site of the English National Stadium. -------------- Building in progress. -------------- The famous 30m...

"Down with America" is the title of a recent song by the popular Belgian musician Raymond van het Groenewoud. Written in Dutch and published by EMI , "Weg met Amerika" ("Down with America") will be available in record shops as of next week, and was played on Belgian state radio last Thursday and...

A new film portraying the horrors of the 1982 Falklands War between Britain and Argentina. The Argentine ship, Belgrano, sinking after it was attacked by the Royal Navy. A survivor took the photo whilst he was in a lifeboat. 7 September 2005 Argentine film aims to heal wounds of Falklands...

7 September 2005 BUSH: THEY WERE UNDERPRIVILEGED, SO THIS IS WORKING VERY WELL FOR THEM From Ryan Parry in New Orleans BUNGLING Barbara Bush yesterday claimed poverty-stricken refugees who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina are actually better off thanks to the devastating floods. The...

American group Antony And The Johnsons win the Mercury Prize - which should only be won by a British music artist. Antony Hegarty of Antony And The Johnsons Antony And The Johnsons have been named winners of the Nationwide Mercury Prize. Their album I Am A Bird Now beat a shortlist of 12...

British Rockers Franz Ferdinand Reveal All About New Album In a brand new interview Alex Kapranos has been talking about how the recording of the hugely anticipated second Franz Ferdinand album is shaping up, and reveals a somewhat unexpected Bhangra and RnB influence. The new exclusive...

PINK PANTHER From BBC News Cat in the pink over new colour Brumas was named after a polar bear due to his originally white fur A west Devon couple are baffled by how their nine-year-old white cat turned pink after a weekend stroll. Brumas, who was named after the first polar bear to...

A Hitler blitz that misfired 08:15am 5th September 2005 Fake: Propaganda planned by the Nazis. Loom carefully at the two adverts at the top of the page. The one on the left reads "Take French Laxative" and the one on the right reads "Smoke Turkish Tobacco. Who Cares For The British...

A Hitler blitz that misfired 08:15am 5th September 2005 Fake: Propaganda planned by the Nazis. Loom carefully at the two adverts at the top of the page. The one on the left reads "Take French Laxative" and the one on the right reads "Smoke Turkish Tobacco. Who Cares For The British...

Why Bush should be ashamed to beg for help by ESTHER SWALES, Mail online 16:01pm 5th September 2005 Compare how America coped after the hurricane to how London coped after the 7/7 bombings. On that day, the emergency services arrived there almost straightaway and Blair flew from...

NewScientist.com news service David Windle All components must join without gaps or edges to ensure low radar observability (Image: BAE Systems) The existence of a secret programme to produce Britain's own stealth plane has been revealed with the declassification of a single photograph...

Hurricane Katrina - Britain Offers Assistance British Embassy, Washington D.C., 2 September 2005 Her Majesty The Queen sent the following message to President Bush following the devastation to the Southeast United States caused by Hurricane Katrina: "I was deeply shocked and saddened to learn...

The Russian fleet anchors off the northern coast of the island of Unst, the most northerly island of Britain's Shetland Islands, which are off the northern coast of Scotland. Russian fleet makes final blip on the Shetland radar Sam Jones Saturday September 3, 2005 The Guardian They may...