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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The UK News.com http://www.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/6224488e41617199/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:39:16 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:39:16 -0400 30 FC Midtjylland 0 Manchester City 1 (after extra-time, Man City win 4-2 on penalties): A lucky escape for Hughes' men - European, Football - The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290532/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:20 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290532/ A US judge has thrown out a copyright infringement case against Veoh Networks Inc, an Internet video start-up with high-profile Hollywood backers, ruling that video-sharing companies are not solely ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290530/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:23 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290530/ Holders Manchester United will face Celtic in the Champions League group stages following the draw in Monaco. Sir Alex Ferguson's side, who beat Premier League rivals Chelsea on penalties ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290533/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:17 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290533/ A sculpture of a crucified frog threatened with eviction from Bolzano’s new modern art museum after being condemned by the pope, the minister of culture and local right-wing politicians is sta... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290534/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:13 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290534/ The European Union is considering sanctions against Russia as punishment for refusing to withdraw its troops from Georgia and for recognising the two breakaway enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290523/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:45 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290523/ Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo was named Uefa's European Club Footballer of the Year today after scoring 42 goals last season including eight in the Champions League. The awa... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290529/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:24 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290529/ The FTSE 100 was up 13.9 points at 5542 and the FTSE 250 was up 58.3 points at 9195.4p at 11.48am today. The banking sector rallied on the FTSE 100, cheered by results from Credit Agricole, which we... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290535/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:09 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290535/ The US economy expanded at a stronger-than-first-reported 3.3 per cent annual rate in the second quarter, as consumer spending and net exports were more robust than initially estimated and inventori... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290531/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:18 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290531/ Manchester United, the defending European champions, will face Celtic in the Champions League group stages following the draw in Monaco. Sir Alex Ferguson's side, who beat Chelsea on penalties in ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290525/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:39 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290525/ As Michael Jackson looks forward to his fiftieth birthday on August 29, we explore 50 highs and lows of his extraordinary record-breaking career: click on blue links for video. Plus tell us what we've... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290526/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:34 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290526/ Despite often being overshadowed by the major summer festivals, Get Loaded in the Park on Clapham Common held its own this year, not even allowing the cider drought halfway through the day dampen, o... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290527/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:29 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290527/ BRITAIN’S most senior Asian policeman was illegally bugged and spied on in a clandestine operation sanctioned by Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner, according to leaked Scotla... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290521/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:40 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290521/ Britain’s most senior Asian officer will announce formal legal proceedings this week against Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, alleging racial discrimination at Scotland Yar... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290522/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:44 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290522/ Vladimir Putin accused President Bush tonight of orchestrating the war in Georgia in a plot to get John McCain elected to the White House. In his most explosive allegation since the South Ossetia ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290524/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:48 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290524/ Tropical Storm Gustav has strengthened towards renewed hurricane force as it approaches Jamaica, where residents have boarded up homes in preparation. Gustav gathered force about 130km (80 miles) e... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290518/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:14 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290518/ All large ships entering the Northwest Passage and other Arctic waterways must register with the Canadian Coast Guard first, Canada's PM says. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement du... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290520/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:12 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290520/ The birth of a giant panda cub has been caught on camera at Oji Zoo in Kobe, Japan. The baby is the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial semination in two decades. The newborn i... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290519/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:11 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17290519/ MK Dons manager Roberto Di Matteo has confirmed the League One club have agreed a fee with Blackburn for midfielder Keith Andrews. Andrews has been left out of Di Matteo's last three squad... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285661/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:12 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285661/ Investigators are preparing to trawl through rubble and blackened timbers to search for the bodies of a millionaire and his family as the final embers from the blaze at their home are damped down. ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285644/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:23:01 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285644/ The body of a baby girl found at a recycling centre may have travelled miles through the waste collection system, police said today. Officers are working on the theory that the newborn bab... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285668/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:27:56 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285668/ According to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, the Nepalese workers were recruited in 2004 in their home country by KBR and its Jordanian contractors, Daoud & Partners http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285660/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:13 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285660/ Mary Dejevsky: What does Russia want? (latest instalment) "/> Mary Dejevsky: What does Russia want? (latest instalment) "/> Mary Dejevsky: What does Russia want? (latest instalment) "/> http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285672/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:27:50 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285672/ Passing along the road to Tkviavi, the lush green fields, bountiful orchards and gentle slopes of the Caucasus foothills give off the air of a sleepy rural paradise. But the scorched earth and burnt... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285664/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:07 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285664/ The director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe today announced he is to step down. Jon Morgan, who has been in the role just over a year, leaves the job only days after it was reve... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285666/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:02 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285666/ People living in deprived areas of the UK are likely to die decades earlier than their counterparts in more affluent areas, according to a new report which reveals a postcode lottery in life expecta... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285647/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:56 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285647/ One of Britain's most senior police officers today pointed the finger of blame squarely at Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair as he launched his discrimination claim against the force. ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285670/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:00 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285670/ Barack Obama is taking the stage in Denver for the speech of his career after getting a big boost and a big challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton. His former rival's address, perhaps the best sp... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285654/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:26 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285654/ The number of people dying who were suffering from C difficile has risen by 28 per cent in England and Wales, new figures revealed today. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said 8,324 death ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285646/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:58 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285646/ Russia was dealt a humiliating blow by its own allies today after a specially convened summit in Tajikistan withheld support for the Kremlin’s recognition of the independence of the two breaka... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285659/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:15 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285659/ Nasa has confirmed that computer viruses have made it into space, after finding that computers on board the International Space Station were harbouring a malicious worm. The worm, known as W32.Ga... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285651/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:40 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285651/ A new Cold War between Russia and the West grew steadily closer yesterday after the Kremlin gave a warning about “direct confrontation” between American and Russian warships in the Black... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285650/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:44 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285650/ Uefa president Michel Platini said today that he was unhappy with the transfer system and was considering asking for a review into possible changes. Under current rules, players can be tra... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285662/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:10 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285662/ Ipswich have completed the signing of Fulham defender Moritz Volz on loan until the end of the season. The former Arsenal right-back had been a target for Town boss Jim Magilton since las... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285663/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:08 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285663/ DENVER : Really. All week we've been having a long-running and complicated transfer of the first lady mantle from Hillary Clinton to Michelle Obama. "No one has been more gracious and more forth... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285652/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:24 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285652/ Here is a thought-experiment for the executives at the Ladies Professional Golf Association. What would American sports look like if all the major sports associations required athletes prove that they... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285653/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:25 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285653/ High fuel prices and the darkening economic climate are forcing Toyota, the Japanese car giant, to cut production at its main British factory. As part of plans announced today in Tokyo, the Japane... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285648/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:50 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285648/ Shaun Wright-Phillips has re-joined Manchester City today after passing a medical. The England winger, who will cost £8.5million from Chelsea, has agreed a four-year contract. He spent seve... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285649/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:47 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285649/ Dramatic footage of the exact moment police marksmen shot dead two members of a prolific bank raid gang was shown in court today. Jurors at Kingston Crown Court watched covert surveillance... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285671/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:27:53 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285671/ As I watch Barack Obama's speech to the Democratic convention, I remember another speech: the one that made Martin Luther King cry. Obama's speech - and in a way his whole candidacy - might ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285655/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:21 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285655/ The nominee did not look or sound like most Americans. He spoke with flair in a flat-voweled land. He was optimism in a time of gray, a tomorrow man in a country where many felt their best days were b... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285657/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:20 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285657/ I will resume my coverage of the Democratic convention (current theme: "Yes, It's Still Going On") as soon as possible, but first I need to address a disturbing issue that we all need to be more ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285656/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:18 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285656/ Russia in the Caucasus The Russians and the Georgians have long had a testy relationship. The Russians absorbed Georgia, along with Armenia and Azerbaijan, into the trans-Caucasus region of the old R... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285658/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:17 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285658/ Heavy summer rains have helped one of the UK's most ancient creatures to flourish in south west Scotland. Specimens of the tadpole shrimp were recorded at least 220 million year ago. It is now almos... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285643/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:57:52 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17285643/ Police today remained unable to enter the fire-ravaged home of a missing millionaire following a suspected arson attack. The secluded country estate belonging to Christopher Foster, his wi... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280676/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:48 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280676/ A computer expert who hacked into top secret US military networks lost his last-ditch legal appeal today and will be extradited to the US in the next two weeks. Gary McKinnon, 42, asked t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280675/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:46 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280675/ Everton have agreed a deal to sign Ecuador midfielder Segundo Castillo from Red Star Belgrade. The 26-year-old will link up with David Moyes' squad and undergo a medical in the next 24 ho... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280679/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:42 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280679/ There is no Tesco, no Marks & Spencer, and the residents – heavily outnumbered by sheep – are among the poorest in the land. But while it is surprising that the remote region of Br... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280659/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:54 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280659/ Mick Channon, the former England footballer turned racehorse trainer, is recovering in hospital following a car crash on the M1 yesterday. Channon and his son Jack were involved in a serious accid... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280656/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:57 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280656/ Eighteen sailors on a Royal Navy warship have tested positive for a class A drug, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said today. The crewmen were caught during routine testing onboard H... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280678/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:41 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280678/ Having forced the tie into extra time, during which the opposing managers jabbed their fingers at each other in the technical area, Liverpool did not secure their place in the group stage of the tou... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280655/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:08:01 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280655/ Italians have been left shocked by a ferocious assault on Franciscan monks by hooded thugs at a monastery in the foothills of the Alps, which has been compared to incidents seen in the film 'A Clock... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280657/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:49 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280657/ Classic Times Fantasy Football is back. Sign up for £3 a team or 3 for £6 Steven Gerrard will undergo surgery today that will rule him out of England’s two World Cup qualifying ma... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280654/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:08:02 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280654/ Hindu mobs ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India as authorities struggled to control spiralling religious violence in the region, police said today. The... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280672/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:51 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280672/ THE rain was hammering on the roof, my shoes were ruined and the contents of my handbag were a sorry little pile outside my front door. I couldn't believe that I'd chosen this night of all nights to l... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280650/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:21:33 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280650/ Further intelligence reaches me about the stinging criticism of Gordon Brown by Tony Blair which was revealed in a scoop by the Mail on Sunday this month http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280681/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:36 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280681/ A soldier's family have been frightened out of their home by a spider thought to have been brought to Essex from Afghanistan in a kitbag. Lorraine Griffiths and her three children have moved out of t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280647/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:23 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280647/ By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - Iran could emerge as a big winner, at least in the short term, from the rapidly escalating tensions between the United States and Russia over Moscow's intervention in G... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280661/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:12 -0400 Asia Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280661/ By Shawn W Crispin BANGKOK - A tense political standoff between anti-government protesters and Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej continued on Thursday, with thousands of demonstrators refus... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280664/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:10 -0400 Asia Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280664/ By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - Generations of Iraqi leaders have succumbed to the "Iraqi curse" - dying violent deaths while in office or soon after leaving it. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's dat... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280662/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:13 -0400 Asia Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280662/ Pendragon, the car dealership, today slashed its dividend after revealing a sudden freefall in the sale and price of new and used vehicles during June, dragging pre-tax profit for the first six mont... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280652/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:08:06 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280652/ Classic Times Fantasy Football is back. Sign up for £3 a team or 3 for £6 With time running out before the transfer window closes, Manchester United hope to engineer a breakthrough in t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280660/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:55 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280660/ House prices down 10 per cent and the certainty that they will go lower doesn't actually matter that much from an economic perspective http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280683/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:30 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280683/ By Kosuke Takahashi TOKYO - The killing of a young Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan has shocked Tokyo. It represents the deteriorating security situation in the west Asian nation, exacerbated... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280663/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:08 -0400 Asia Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280663/ Paul McCartney will perform for the first time ever in Israel next month - more than 40 years after The Beatles were blocked from giving a concert in the country. The former Beatle, who a... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280680/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:38 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280680/ Seals in Antarctica are helping to gather information on climate change. The have been fitted with monitors that will allow scientists to collect data from under sea ice. Nick Bryant reports from Sy... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280648/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:21 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280648/ Tropical storm Gustav continued its destructive sweep across the Caribbean today, this time heading for Jamaica and the wealthy banking enclave of the Cayman Isles. Its maximum wi... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280677/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:39 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280677/ Britain's wealthy have finally been bitten by the credit crunch according to Savills, the UK property agency, which today revealed that deals involving country piles worth up to £5 million are... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280651/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:08:09 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280651/ A man who supplied machine guns used in nine gangland murders was jailed for life today - and the sentencing judge warned that the death toll caused by his weapons could rise still further. ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280669/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:59 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280669/ By Stella Gonzales MANILA - About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic L... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280665/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:05 -0400 Asia Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280665/ By Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene Central banks were created to manage liquidity with fiat money, to preserve the value of their currency and to safeguard the stability of their national... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280015/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:01 -0400 Asia Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17280015/ Some 70 African migrants are feared missing in the central Mediterranean after a large rubber dinghy taking them to Europe capsized, the Malta representative of the UN refugee agency said yesterday.... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276212/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:37:40 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276212/ Grim evidence that the slide in the housing market is deepening emerged today as the Nationwide building society reported that prices were falling at their fastest annual rate in almost 18 years. ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276205/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:33:47 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276205/ No tears need be shed for the ICC Champions Trophy, a misnomer of a tournament conceived out of pure greed. Like most things with a solely monetary value, it is a worthless affair. Its postponement,... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276207/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:33:40 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276207/ Thousands of anti-government protesters defied a court order to leave Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's official compound today as the group's leaders vowed to stay until his administration fel... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276214/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:37:37 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276214/ Microsoft’s latest internet browser includes a piece of software that allows internet users to hide the audit trail of websites they have visited. The InPrivate feature on Internet Explorer ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276208/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:33:37 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276208/ Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has agreed to help Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez improve urban planning. While he was in office Mr Livingstone made a deal with Mr Chavez to ex... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276215/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:37:35 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276215/ The wellspring, and sole star, of the current vogue for ‘burlesque’ style shows Dita von Teese has finally completed her transition from fringe entertainer to high street icon by securin... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276209/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:33:35 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276209/ Property bargains are increasing daily as sellers cut their asking prices in an attempt to make wary buyers commit in a slow summer market – but the mortgage drought and a loss of confidence a... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276206/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:33:45 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276206/ OFFICIAL figures released this week suggest that road and air traffic in Scotland continued to grow in 2007 – setting up an inevitable clash with Scotland's climate change targets. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276203/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:45:18 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276203/ The Mayor of Venice defended a controversial new bridge over the Grand Canal as Italy’s “most important contemporary architectural achievement of recent decades” yesterday despite ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276210/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:33:33 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276210/ Adult and youth courts in the Midlands are being cancelled because more offenders are being given on-the-spot fines, according a letter leaked to The Times. Magistrates have agreed to reduce the ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276211/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:33:31 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276211/ llion customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland, American Express and NatWest were found on a computer which sold for the grand total of £35.88 on eBay.If you're a customer with any of these banks then... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276202/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:45:23 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276202/ Brazil's Supreme Court has delayed a decision on the future of one of the country's biggest indigenous reserves. One of the judges deciding whether the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation should remain a... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276200/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:12:24 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276200/ Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has announced plans for a massive irrigation project to increase the country's food production. He said a green belt would be established along Lake Malawi, whic... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276201/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:12:24 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17276201/ The message from Hillary Clinton to supporters in Denver was as neon as the tangerine pantsuit she wore to the ball. All that she stood for during her historic quest to be American's first woman pre... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269601/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:01:03 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269601/ The moment that every museum chief most dreads came to John Leighton late last year. The Duke of Sutherland informed the director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland that he wished to s... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269599/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:53 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269599/ To the wider public Titian himself is not as widely known nor does he seem quite as accessible as some of the other painters who have fetched high prices in the saleroom in recent years. He is not a... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269598/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:51 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269598/ A group of former Google employees is hoping to outmanouvre their old boss by developing a rival search engine they claim provides a more comprehensive guide to the web. Cuil, which went live tod... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269600/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:49 -0400 The Times http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17269600/ Jack Hutton was the highly professional and dynamic editor of Melody Maker who ensured the music paper's transition from the jazz age into the Beatles era and beyond. A lifelong journalist, publisher ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266088/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:35 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266088/ Almost 1.8 million children – one in seven in Britain – live in households in which no one works, with more than three million families in total unemployment, figures from the Office for N... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266090/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:31 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266090/ In what is thought to be a legal precedent, a Muslim man has been found guilty of child cruelty after forcing two boys to flog themselves during a religious ritual. A jury at Manchester Crown Cou... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266096/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:15 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266096/ One of Britain's biggest exam boards, Edexcel, has been called in to help re-mark this year's national curriculum tests after record requests from schools. Teachers have asked for more than 40,000 rev... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266097/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:12 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266097/ The delicate hair cells of the inner ear that are crucial to hearing have been grown successfully in mice for the first time by scientists who believe that the technique may one day be used to restore... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266099/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:07 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266099/ They're both in Wales, they're both predominantly hilly areas, and in fact they're next door to each other; but in terms of human happiness, they could not be more different. Powys, the princip... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266093/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:23 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266093/ Zimbabwe's opposition leaders accused President Robert Mugabe yesterday of abandoning talks aimed at forming a unity government, saying he would fail if he tried to rule alone. The Movement for D... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266103/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:20:57 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266103/ Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, could be the next flashpoint in the new Cold War. And any violent disturbance in Crimea could provide the political seismic shock to s... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266102/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:00 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266102/ They are famed for their shapely hips, tidy ponytails and colourful sun visors, but the growing number of foreign golfers on America's women's tour will soon have to prove they possess brains as well ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266104/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:20:54 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266104/ Britain has made a claim to extend its territorial boundary around Ascension Island in the South Atlantic to give it exclusive rights over any natural resources that may be found in the sea or on the ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266098/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:10 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266098/ America's biggest food workers' union has stepped up its pressure on Tesco's US operation, by reporting its ready-meals supplier in the US to a labour-relations tribunal yesterday for the alleged unfa... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266110/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:20:44 -0400 The Independent http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6224488e41617199/id/17266110/