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Australian farmers misled by Rural Network dating agency (01 August 04:30) |
| All they wanted was a wife to make their solitary lives in the Outback a bit
more bearable. |
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Que? Spanish crew's lack of English sank the Mary Rose (01 August 04:30) |
| For generations, the reason why the Mary Rose sank during a battle with a French invasion force has divided historians. |
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Sicilian mayor takes a hammer to Garibaldi, the revolutionary hero (01 August 04:30) |
| Admirers of Giuseppe Garibaldi sprang to his defence yesterday after the mayor
of a town in Sicily tore down the sign bearing his name in the main square
and branded him “a ferocious... |
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Bells bequest hit by credit crunch, says cathedral (01 August 04:30) |
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Alligator bites boy's arm off (31 July 08:23) |
| An 11 year old boy has had his arm bitten off by an alligator after it
attacked him in a lake near New Orleans. |
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J.K. Rowling's wizard Christmas gift to the bookshops (31 July 04:40) |
| Excitement was followed by disappointment for millions of children - and many
booksellers - last year when J.K. Rowling revealed that although she had
written a Harry Potter preque... |
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Angelina Jolie and the superfast generation (31 July 04:30) |
| Which, do you think, is the most depressing part of the following story?
Angelina Jolie, according to Us Weekly magazine (not necessarily to be
believed) and about four million websites (e... |
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Total eclipse is no ill omen but spectator sport for Beijing Olympics (31 July 04:30) |
| The fireworks that will be shot into the sky to celebrate the opening of the
Olympics next week will be as nothing compared with the celestial display
over China tomorrow. |
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When men friends break up (31 July 04:30) |
| Here are the characteristics of my ideal man: a good sense of humour. This
means that he should be witty, not an irritating practical joker, and he
should cultivate a certain fashionable c... |
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Hidden depths of Van Gogh painting uncovered (31 July 04:30) |
| Otterlo A Vincent van Gogh portrait of a woman that was painted over
and hidden by the artist has been revealed in detail through a new X-ray
technique. Scientists from Delft Universit... |
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Double uh-oh seven: will pop pairing escape curse of the James Bond soundtrack? (31 July 04:30) |
| You can’t fault Jack White and Alicia Keys for courage. |
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The truth about film publicists (30 July 04:32) |
| It should have been the best weekend of his career. Christian Bale, the
British-born Hollywood megastar, was on home turf to promote his blockbuster
triumph The Dark Knight. But on Sun... |
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Forget space travel. The ocean is our final frontier (30 July 04:30) |
| Earth is spent, but the Universe awaits. It seems we can't get off the planet fast enough. Two thirds of Nasa's $17 billion annual budget is devot... |
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Beach huts hit the quicksand of housing slump (30 July 04:30) |
| Mudeford Spit Beach huts, once derided as glorified sheds where elderly
couples stored their deck chairs, gained new status in recent years as they
soared in price. Now, however, their val... |
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Yorkshiremen off to a flier as county gets its flag (30 July 04:30) |
| Hull Yorkshire residents will no longer land themselves in trouble for
flying their colours after a new Yorkshire flag was unfurled and registered
with the UK Flag Institute. |
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Indian call-centre workers demand money without menaces (29 July 04:30) |
| “There's a traditional perception that debt collectors are tough, that they
rough people up,” Manu Sharma, a smart Indian executive, said from his sleek
office in Delhi's outsk... |
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Girls will be girls at the Beijing Olympics - sex tests will prove it (29 July 04:30) |
| Suspicious-looking woman athletes participating in next month's Olympic Games
in Beijing will be forced to take a gender test, the Chinese authorities
have announced. |
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With Dubrovnik cheaper than Dorset, we need cheap flights (29 July 04:30) |
| Hooray, it's the end of cheap flights. All those horrible plastic seats, the
3am starts, the hidden luggage costs, the fat, slobby people going on the
wrong kind of holiday to Spain and Po... |
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Crowning glory or a costly folly? George Tupou V's coronation divides Tonga (29 July 04:30) |
| He is a graduate of Oxford and Sandhurst, wears a monocle and a pith helmet
and refers to himself with the royal “we”. But despite the grandiose
trappings of royalty, few monar... |
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Damien Hirst brings £65m of his wares to market (29 July 04:30) |
| The New Warhol or the Emperor’s New Clothes: Damien Hirst’s place in the
artistic pantheon will always divide the critics. What no one disputes is
his brilliance as a salesman. |
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Shrew identified as world's hardest drinking creature (29 July 04:30) |
| A tropical shrew with a taste for alcoholic nectar has been identified as the
hardest-drinking creature in the world. |
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There's more to Britain than Dickens, Chinese told (28 July 04:40) |
| Britain is seen by the Chinese as an expensive, old-fashioned, bureaucratic
and slightly miserable place to visit, according to British tourist chiefs. |
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Cheeky youths collar Gordon Brown for photo-op (28 July 04:30) |
| Five cheeky teenagers made the Prime Minister pose for a picture with them
twice - because one of Mr Brown’s aides could not work a camera phone. |
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Modernist development at British Museum will destroy key period details, say critics (28 July 04:30) |
| A plan by the British Museum to build a £130 million exhibition centre in its northwest corner has provoked anger from heritage groups that claim it will destroy some of the 19th-ce... |
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Virtual children will take guesswork out of making the medicine go down (28 July 04:30) |
| Using computers to test medicines could soon become routine, after the
introduction of European Union regulations that require stricter testing for
drugs intended for children. |
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Acupuncture used to improve flavour of tuna for sushi (25 July 04:30) |
| Their prized terriers are given samba-dancing lessons, their choicest beef
herds are treated to daily massages and now, in an effort to produce the
most delicious sushi in the world, J... |
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Gulp! Mystery oyster killer threatens to deprive France of its precious delicacy (25 July 04:30) |
| Gastronomes are in a cold sweat over warnings that they might be deprived of a
cherished delicacy by a mystery disease that is devastating France's oyster
population. |
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Council punishes decorator with on-the-spot fine for smoking in his van (25 July 04:30) |
| A self-employed painter and decorator has been given a £30 on-the-spot fine
for smoking in his own van because it is classified as a workplace. |
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Giant public screens planned for 2012 Olympics (25 July 04:30) |
| Like the television in a bar that you can’t keep your eyes off, a network of
giant outdoor screens is about to provide a constant neon distraction from
the charms of Britain’s ... |
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Bears besiege Russian mine after killing guards (24 July 04:30) |
| Terrified workers at a mining compound in one of Russia's most isolated
regions are refusing to go to work after a pack of giant bears attacked and
ate two of their colleagues. |
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Whatever floats your boat . . . (24 July 04:30) |
| Orchid Island Tao villagers of Orchid Island repeatedly toss a new boat
into the air as they carry it to the Pacific to be launched. |
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Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg turn their millions against smoking (24 July 04:30) |
| Two of the world’s richest men, with bank balances that rival the gross
domestic product of small countries, are joining forces to wage war against
a common enemy — the tobacco... |
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An authentic sand between the toes holiday (24 July 04:30) |
| Weymouth A hotel right on the beach and with stunning sea views is
available to Britons holidaying at home for only £10 a night. |
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Wheel your rubbish bin to the next village, householders in Litherskew told (23 July 04:30) |
| Residents in a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales are furious after being told that
they would have to push their wheelie bins 1½ miles miles to a nearby
village to be emptied. |
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Travel costs lower under Gordon Brown than they were with Tony Blair (23 July 04:30) |
| Tony Blair's final lap of world capitals before his retirement cost the
taxpayer more than £700,000. |
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Tall ships make a comeback as oil price hits exports (23 July 04:30) |
| A British schooner docked in Penzance yesterday carrying 30,000 bottles of
wine on a voyage that enthusiasts believe will herald a return to wind power
in merchant shipping. |
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Banned nude still scandalises (23 July 04:30) |
| An oil painting of a nude woman went back on show yesterday more than 60 years after it was banned for being “too brazen” – only to receive complaints about it because s... |
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Another sorry sat-nav tale (23 July 04:30) |
| That has to be the most ludicrous sat-nav screw-up yet. A driver delivering
cars from Turkey to Gibraltar got his 32-tonne truck stuck in a lane near
Skegness as his machine di... |
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‘Callous’ video campaign on YouTube backfires on divorcée (23 July 04:30) |
| The British actress who pioneered the “YouTube divorce” has lost her
settlement claim after the judge condemned her for humiliating her
Broad-way-mogul husband on the i... |
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Symbol of Britain that began with a one-horse town (21 July 04:31) |
| The white horse has been an enduring icon in human mythology and history, in
books, on battlefields and at many a finishing post. |
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Taxi driver takes snapshots of London life (21 July 04:30) |
| In taxi ranks and service stations across the capital he is known as the cabarazzi. |
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Indie band emerges from Dragon’s Den with the cash - and a rock revolution (21 July 04:30) |
| Once it was the dream of every new band to be signed to a big record label and
secure a fast track to huge album sales and the celebrity firmament. But now
it appears that such “star... |
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The shindig begins with nerves and half-naked dancers (21 July 04:30) |
| The 14th Lambeth Conference had everything befitting a party that has been ten
years in the planning: bouncers, paparazzi, an international guest list of
thousands, in Canterbury Cathedral... |
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Off to Mongolia but you can call on my mobile (21 July 04:30) |
| Hyde Park Hundreds of motorists in fancy dress set off from London in
the Mongol Rally. Up to 200 cars with only one-litre engines – and driven by
teams from 23 countries –... |
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Manchester City put faith in feng shui (17 July 04:52) |
| Manchester City are hoping the positive energy of feng shui will help them in
their pursuit of silverware this season. |
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Unsolved murder helps author Kate Summerscale win top prize (16 July 04:40) |
| An author who gave up her job to investigate and write about a notorious
unsolved murder that happened in 1860 has won the richest prize in
nonfiction. |
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Families escape to the countryside for the good life (16 July 04:31) |
| Families are moving to the countryside to bring up their children away from
city life and using broadband connections to work from home. |
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Stalin and Tsar Nicholas II neck and neck for title of greatest Russian (16 July 04:30) |
| He sent millions to their deaths in the gulag, but that has not deterred
Russians from voting en masse for Josef Stalin as the face of their nation. |
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Recession welcome to cinemas (16 July 04:30) |
| Rapturous reviews, a dead star and Batman’s global familiarity will all help
to sell The Dark Knight, but it is the crashing economy that could do the
most for its success. Cinema ti... |
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Blacktip shark snapped in photo of surfer off New Smyrna Beach, Florida (15 July 04:30) |
| Florida An amateur photographer captured by chance an image of a 6ft
blacktip “spinner” shark leaping from the waves as he took pictures of
fellow surfers. |
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