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    How Chirac might look after UK drubbing

    From The Sun - TONY Blair and Gordon Brown last night gave Jacques Chirac two black eyes, plunging Anglo-French relations into the deep freeze. TAKE THAT! First the PM stunned Paris by demanding an end to EU farmers’ handouts — which would hit the French hardest. TAKE THAT! Then the...
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    Battle of Trafalgar bicentenary celebrations

    Britain celebrates victory over Napoleon - 200 years on. The biggest gathering of warships, during peacetime, IN HISTORY celebrated Nelson's victory yesterday, a victory which paved the way for Britain to dominate the world's seas for a century. Today, the Royal Navy is still the world's...
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    Trafalgar bicentenary celebrations are underway

    Hundreds of warships, modern and old and from all over the world, are gathered off Portsmouth off the South Coast to celebrate the bicentenary of Nelson's victory over Napoleon. Tonight, there will be one of the biggest fireworks displays Britain has ever seen. It is the largest gathering of...
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    2 die of bubonic plague in Tibet

    Two died as plague reported in Tibet (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-06-27 14:26 Two persons died of bubonic plague and three others are recovering from the disease in the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, the regional government's information office reported on Saturday. The outbreak...
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    My virility doesn't matter - the EU's does.

    Why are Continental Europeans so against Anglo-Saxon capitalism when you consider that out of the countries with a population of of over 10 million, four of the five richest countries in the world, per capita, are Anglo-Saxon countries, and out of those countries with a population of more than...
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    Leopards are living wild in Britain, survey suggests

    The sightings of mystery big cats in the UK has been well-known for years, with not many people taking them seriously. However, for some reason, sightings of leopard-like, puma-like or lynx-like big cats have increased over the last few years, with an average of four sightings EVERYDAY. The...
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    A drop in the ocean.

    Britain and Japan prove the most generous countries in giving aid to the victims of the tsunami. Not only have both of those countries given more money than any other country, they have both given a larger contribution of the money that they pledged than almost anyone else, and are both FAR...
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    What New Europe thinks about Blair's CAP mission

    This is how Britain's EU allies, the eastern European states of the EU, think about Blair's mission to sort out the dreadful Common Agricultural Policy. If anyone, it is Slovenia which understands Britain and its stubborn insistence on the rebate for as long as the common purse is an infusion...
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    Tar sands make oil in Alberta

    Oil sands mining becomes profitable By The Washington Post FORT McMURRAY, Alberta -- Along Highway 63 here the rolling hills give way to massive open pits, huge waste ponds and tangles of pipes and refining equipment that spew smoke into the air. In the pits, shovel trucks load dirt into...
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    The Eurozone is in free-fall

    More proof that Britain was right to keep the £. The countries that have the Euro are grinding to a halt. Eurozone's growth 'is grinding to a halt' Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph 24/6/05 The eurozone is sliding towards a Japanese-style "liquidity trap" and may have trouble holding...
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    Foreign investment plunges in France and Germany

    The UK is still well on its way to becoming Europe's largest economy. Foreign direct investment has plunged in France and Germany, who both have the euro currency. France (probably needless to say) is the worst hit, with its inward investment alomost HALVED. The UK, on the other hand, saw its...
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    21,000 gather at Stonehenge to celebrate summer solstice

    Thousands celebrate solstice at Stonehenge Staff and agencies Tuesday June 21, 2005 A man jumps in the air from the top of one of the stones as the sun rises over Stonehenge. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty An estimated 21,000 people today gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sun rise...
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    "Leave Bush and Blair alone," says Geldof.

    Leave Bush alone, Geldof warns stars By Hugh Davies (Filed: 21/06/2005) Bob Geldof has reportedly warned a top recording artist not to publicly criticise the White House during the worldwide television broadcast of the Live 8 concerts next month. The warning came after Geldof insisted that...
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    Sweden - "Don't blame the UK for the EU's crisis."

    Blair insists the UK will get rid of its rebate only if France and other rich EU countries reduce or get rid off their CAP subsidies. U.K.'s Blair Says He Will Seek New EU Budget Accord `Quickly' June 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said he will seek a new agreement on the...
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    French and Italian press attack Chirac

    France under Chirac has been a disaster. He's alienated the US, the UK, Japanese, Eastern Europeans, Now the Dutch and Swedes. The Italians are no fans of him. A new likely successor to Shroeder, Angela Merkel is no fan of Chirac, even tabling a German parliamentary motion to support Britain on...
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    German Chancellor "held hostage" by France

    Germany held hostage by France to manipulate them to oppose the war to remove Saddam Hussein's regime and liberate Iraq from an evil dictator. From The Telegraph - Germany seeks closer ties with Britain By Anton La Guardia Chancellor was a 'prisoner' of French president in 'catastrophic'...
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    Scrap the CAP. How Europe cheats Africa.

    Why the British are right to try to persuade the French to reduce their CAP subsidies. How Europe cheats Africa Heather Stewart describes how the EU's cosseted farmers are helping to keep a continent in poverty Sunday June 19, 2005 The Observer If Africa is to be freed from poverty...
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    The Sun's tractor rumbles the EU.

    From The Sun - From MICHAEL LEA in Brussels THE Sun’s Tractor Boys ploughed through Brussels yesterday to ram home the message: “Hands Off Our Rebate.” Our sparkling blue tractor was adorned with Sun logos to draw attention to the massive EU spending on farm subsidies. And we made sure it...
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    English-speaking nations will lead the world this century

    THE ANGLOSPHERE CHALLENGE By James C. Bennett Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Century Despite repeated predictions of the decline of America and the other English speaking nations (the anglosphere) as the world's pathfinding cultures, James C. Bennett...
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    UK now runs the EU

    THE SUN THE rumblings of a political earthquake can be heard across Europe. More countries chuck the EU constitution into the dustbin. Humiliated French President Jacques Chirac is derided by his own countrymen as the Sick Man of Europe — the title the French once bestowed on Britain. German...