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Top Stories: London, Dec 26 (DPA) British police said Saturday they were helping their US colleagues in the investigations into the would-be airline bomber who tried to explode a device on a Northwest Airlines plane to Detroit the day before. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:20:01 -0500London, Dec. 26 : A proposal has reportedly been discussed among senior Labour Party figures that requires Gordon Brown to step down as the party leader in the new year but stay on as Prime Minister until the General Election. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500London, Dec 26 : Big Brother bosses have blasted reports that they were trying to take advantage of wounded soldiers by asking them to take part in the show. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:07 -0500London, Dec 26 : Susan Boyle will see in the New Year on a popular Japanese TV show, which could boost her popularity ratings in the Far East. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:03 -0500London, Dec 26 : A Scottish MSP has proposed celebration of Scotland's artistic talent. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:12 -0500London, Dec.26 : Follwoing are the best quotes of 2009 oted by a panel for The Mirror... ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:12 -0500London, Dec. 26 : Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is confident he can get the best out of Brazilian star Robinho. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:10 -0500London, Dec 26 : Top Gear is Britain's favourite television programme of the decade, says a new poll. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:09 -0500London, Dec 26 : With the economy improving, a record-breaking surge in divorces is expected this New Year. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:05 -0500London, Dec 26 : Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has revealed that she'll catch up with her fan mail during the festive break. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:14 -0500London, Dec 26 : Lady Gaga burst into tears on stage after she was told that her album sales have reached eight million worldwide. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:09 -0500London, Dec 26 : A couple has filed a lawsuit against Kiss rocker Gene Simmons for alleged assault. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:08 -0500London, Dec 26 : Scientists claim to have identified a family of "limpet-like" proteins that appears to play a vital role in repairing DNA damage which triggers cancer. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:04 -0500London, Dec 26 : 'Big Brother' bosses have built a secret sex den in the house, it has been revealed. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:03 -0500London, Dec 26 : Manchester United's Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, who is suffering from a ligament problem, needs knee surgery which could rule him out for three months. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:10:02 -0500Durban, Dec. 26 : England off-spinner Graham Swann has said that the past 12 months have been a dream. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:50:05 -0500Los Angeles, Dec 26 (IANS) Teenage sensation Miley Cyrus is all set to take a group of family and friends to spend New Year with her in London. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:30:02 -0500London, Dec 26 : Victoria Beckham has confessed that she is 'useless' when it comes to cooking. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:25 -0500London, Dec 26 : A pet puppy had a miraculous brush with death when it swallowed a toy fairy wand almost the length of her body. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:24 -0500London, Dec 26 : Ace Manchester United forward Michael Owen's recent Euro hat-trick has failed to boost his World Cup hopes, as England manager Fabio Capello shrugged off the striker's superb treble against Wolfsburg, raising serious concerns over Owen's fitness. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:22 -0500Durban (S. Africa), Dec. 26 : Captain Andrew Strauss has warned England's players to focus on today's crucial Second Test against South Africa here, and not to over-indulge in the Christmas spirit. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:19 -0500London, Dec 26 : Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has dismissed reports that Spain is putting pressure on the club into sending their star striker Fernando Torres for surgery to ensure that he is 100 per cent fit for the 2010 World Cup. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:17 -0500London, Dec. 26 : Former England cricket captain Sir Ian Botham recently revisited Seenigama, near Galle in Sri Lanka, which faced the brunt of the December 26, 2004 Asian Tsunami that claimed the lives of 33,500 Sri Lankans alone. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:15 -0500London, Dec.26 : England and Chelsea football captain John Terry admits he is driving his wife crazy by watching so much football on TV. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:25 -0500London, Dec 26 : Wayne and Coleen Rooney changed their Christmas plans to keep a hospital vigil over for her desperately ill little sister Rosie. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:24 -0500London, Dec 26 : Condemning Manchester City's treatment of coach Mark Hughes, Manchester United Boss Sir Alex Ferguson has taken a swipe at new manager Roberto Mancini by saying that he believes he will be in charge at Old Trafford by the time City have gone through a further six managers. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:09 -0500London, Dec 26 : Ben Affleck, the star of Armageddon and Pearl Harbor, has topped sperm bank California Cryobank's celebrity look-a-like sperm donors list. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:07 -0500London, Dec 26 : Burnt toast may soon be history, thanks to a glass toaster. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:05 -0500London, Dec. 26 : Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has said that the seriousness of England defender Rio Ferdinand's back injury could end his chances of playing in next year's FIFA World Cup in South Africa. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:02 -0500Hong Kong, Dec 26 (DPA) Hong Kong visitor arrivals surged 7.6 percent year-on-year in November, thanks partly to moves allowing more mainland Chinese into the former British colony, officials said Saturday. IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:10:02 -0500Dundee United caretaker manager Peter Houston admitted he would jump at the chance to join Craig Levein's Scotland coaching staff should the opportunity arise. Houston has been in the frame to join... Sky Sports Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:49:10 -0500Cardiff City's Kevin McNaughton and Plymouth Argyle's Jamie Mackie, right, tussle for possession in the Championship match at Cardiff City Stadium, which the visitors won 1-0. Photograph: Rebecca Nade... The Guardian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:41:50 -0500Police are searching an apartment block in London for clues surrounding the suspected plot to blow up a United States passenger plane. The search is focused on a basement in a block in central London... ABC Australia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:35:03 -0500Shrink DURBAN - England wrestled the initiative from South Africa in a final session shortened by bad light and rain on the first day of the second test overnight (NZT), grabbing three wickets within... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:09 -0500Police enter the basement of a building where police are searching in Mansfield Street in London, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The search was reportedly in connection with the attempted terrorist attack o... C News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:30:05 -0500Liverpool's players handed boss Rafael Benitez a welcome Christmas tonic with a battling win against 10-man Wolves.The hosts were poor throughout but forced their way into the game after Wolves contro... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:26:53 -0500A British-based student is at the centre of a major terror investigation on both sides of the Atlantic after a failed attempt to blow up a US airliner. As police searched a sought-after property in L... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:24:28 -0500England bowler Graham Onions celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa's JP Duminy on the first day of the second Test. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP Graham Onions tonight thanked his Durham... The Guardian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:16:46 -0500Scotland manager Craig Levein insists he has no agenda other than achieving success in his new post.The lure of a return to club football proved too strong for Walter Smith and Alex McLeish after they... BBC Sport Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:02:06 -0500"Monday will see a beaufitul start but it will be bitterly cold, just above freezing. "We will see a lot of rain meet that cold air on Tuesday and we might see a return to snowfall." Friday saw an o... Sky News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:01:47 -0500L ONDON — Police searched a London apartment Saturday as authorities probed the background of a Nigerian man who attempted to down a Northwest Airlines jetliner. A prestigious London university ... Boston Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:53:47 -0500(AP) ? LONDON - Police searched a London apartment Saturday as authorities probed the background of a Nigerian man who attempted to down a Northwest Airlines jetliner. A prestigious London uni... New Jersey Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:44:40 -0500Jordan Trowsdale, 13, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was last seen at the skate park in The Causeway in the town at around 5.45pm on Thursday. A search for the teenager was stepped up today ... Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:42:32 -0500The Nigerian man arrested Friday for trying to destroy Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdul Mattallab, is being investigated by London authorities. He reportedly had an apartment there, an... Christian Science Monitor Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:35:34 -0500Brussels/Washington - The European Union is to look into whether any safety rules had been breached after a passenger on flight from Europe to the US allegedly tried to set off an explosive device on ... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:52:11 -0500England bowler Graham Onions believes South Africa captain Graeme Smith's run out was crucial as England recovered on day one of the second Test.Smith fell for 75 after a mix-up with AB de Villiers as... BBC Sport Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:38 -0500A heroin user is being treated in a hospital in Cumbria for suspected Anthrax poisoning.Blood tests are being carried out on the patient who was admitted to Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary on Christma... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:31 -0500Swimmers across north-east England have taken to the waves for a traditional Boxing Day plunge.Hundreds of people of all ages, many in fancy dress, braved the cold of the North Sea to raise money for ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:31 -0500Two women have been rescued by an RAF helicopter after becoming stranded by ice in Snowdonia.The walkers were about 1,500 ft (457m) up Carnedd Dafydd, a peak above the Ogwen Valley, when they became t... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:30 -0500The children of a woman who has been missing for more than six months have made an appeal for help finding her.Susan Rushworth, 43, was last seen on 22 June near to her flat in Oak Villas in the Manni... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:27 -0500Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami that left 230,000 people dead. The devastating... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:36:57 -0500The UK is facing further cold, wintry weather as it moves towards New Year's Eve and a cold start to 2010, forecasters said. The forecast follows a spell of snow, sleet and ice which has gripped the ... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:36:55 -0500The mother of a man who vanished from a Swiss ski resort said the family was living "a nightmare". Myles Robinson was last seen in the early hours of Tuesday as he walked a family friend back to her ... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:36:53 -0500One fifth of parents in recession-hit Britain admit they have dipped into their children's savings accounts to make ends meet, a survey for a financial services company said Friday.About 22 percent of... eTaiwan News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:31:20 -0500Premier League leaders Chelsea failed to score for the first time in 34 games as they were frustrated by Birmingham.Joe Hart made two stunning first-half saves to keep out Daniel Sturridge's low shot ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:18:10 -0500Officers trying to find two tropical snakes stolen in a raid on the Isle of Wight have issued a fresh appeal.The flying tree snakes were removed from a locked vivarium inside a building at Northwood B... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:18:09 -0500A dog has been rescued after it became trapped in an underground water pipe in Herefordshire.The eight-year-old lurcher was stuck in the Bromyard area of Stoke Lacy on Christmas morning. Hereford and ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:18:08 -0500High-profile breaches of trust could lead people to turn to the Church, the Bishop of Lichfield has said.The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill said there had been so many "shocking betrayals of tr... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:18:06 -0500Thousands have braved sub zero temperatures to support Boxing Day hunts, as campaigners called for a vote to scrap the Hunting Act. As hunts met around the country, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn ... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:15:04 -0500Police searching for a teenage boy who went missing on Christmas Eve have found a body in a river near where he was last seen. Jordan Trowsdale, 13, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was last see... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:15:03 -0500B OSTON — Some freezing rain and sleet is making for slippery travel in parts of New England. As temperatures rise, however, forecasters expect the precipitation to change over to rain througho... Boston Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:09:18 -0500B OSTON — Some freezing rain and sleet is making for slippery travel in parts of New England. As temperatures rise, however, forecasters expect the precipitation to change over to rain througho... Boston Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:09:17 -0500New users Please take a minute to register. After you register and pick a screen name, you can publish your comments everywhere on the site. Boston.com Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:48:04 -0500LONDON (AFP) - The traditional British Christmas: a cosy fire, turkey, mince pies and sherry. Or, for some brave souls, stripping off in the bitter winter chill and charging headlong into the sea.In B... West Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:17:50 -0500London, Dec 26: British police said Saturday they were helping their US colleagues in the investigations into the would-be airline bomber who tried to explode a device on a Northwest Airlines plane to... New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:10:27 -0500A woman has died in hospital after she was injured in a head-on crash in north Oxfordshire.A 15-month-old boy, who was cut free from one of the cars, is still in a critical but stable condition in hos... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:57 -0500Detectives say they have intensified their search for a missing 22-year-old Essex man.Adam Passfield, from Sharpington Close in Galleywood, was last seen in Chelmsford early on 19 December. Specialist... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:54 -0500A man has appeared in court charged with murdering his wife in Hertfordshire.Amad Jumaily, 59, of Field Lane, Letchworth, is accused of murdering June Jumaily, 46, who was found with stab wounds on 23... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:53 -0500A driver being followed by police fled after his vehicle crashed into a house in Darlington.A marked police car had attempted to stop the Shogun Mitsubishi estate in Yarm Road on Christmas Day evening... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:51 -0500New roads being built as part of a £19m redevelopment of a Greater Manchester coal pit will be named after the miners who worked there.Bickershaw Colliery in Leigh closed in 1992 after 115 years... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:50 -0500A woman has died after a car crash in North Lincolnshire on Christmas Day.The 55-year-old was a back seat passenger in a Citroen Xsara when it was in collision with a BMW 320 in Scunthorpe just before... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:50:48 -0500The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance on a plane from Amsterdam as it prepared to land at Detroit with 278 people on board.US sources said he was subdued by passengers and ... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:49:44 -0500Dec 26 2009 A local councillor who calls the numbers at charity bingo sessions has stopped saying "two fat ladies 88" and "legs 11" because council officials fear players might take offence and sue. ... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:48:14 -0500By by Frederic Pouchot London - The office Christmas party, with its promise of HRISTMAS PARTY IS LATEST CASUALTY OF BRITISH RECESSIONfree alcohol, flirting and a chance to see colleagues let rip on t... Business Report Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:44:35 -0500London, England (CNN) -- Counterterrorism officers are searching buildings in London in connection with the alleged terrorist attempt aboard a flight to Detroit, police said Saturday. CNN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:24:12 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Eurotunnel has attacked Eurostar and Kent Police for their handling of last w... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:50:47 -0500When the curtain came up on Dick Whittington this year it marked a milestone in Colwyn Bay's history. The town's Theatr Colwyn can now claim to have been staging pantomimes for 100 years. In 1909 the ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:25:23 -0500Police are conducting searches at a mansion block in London in connection with the inquiry into an attempted act of terrorism on a US passenger plane.Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian being h... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:25:22 -0500The future of the multi-million pound home of a farmer who apparently killed himself with rat poison while he faced eviction is to be decided by a council.Bob Dearnley, who was in his 50s, died after ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:25:22 -0500Plans for a Northamptonshire school to become an academy will continue following the withdrawal of its sponsor, the county council has said.Northamptonshire County Council said it was committed to tac... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:25:21 -0500Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami that left 230,000 people dead. The devastating... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:22:39 -0500An intensive police search is underway in London after an apparent bid to blow up a US passenger plane as it approached Detroit. A mixture of powder and liquid is said to have been used in what the W... Euro News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:17:49 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis guided South Africa to 67 for two at lunch after England... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:32:56 -0500London, Dec 26 : 'None Of The Above', 'Funky McFunkmaster' and 'Lydia Mary Paper Scissors Stone'-these are just some of the bizarre names Britons have changed to this year, which is a record according... New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:25:13 -0500Washington, Dec. 26 : A failed attempt by a London student to bomb a Detroit-bound trans-Atlantic flight with a mixture of powder and liquid is being seen by the United States as "an attempted act of ... New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:25:09 -0500London - British police said Saturday they were helping their US colleagues in the investigations into the would-be airline bomber who tried to explode a device on a Northwest Airlines plane to Detroi... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:18:16 -0500A bus company is to give passengers free travel on New Year's Eve, after having already offered the early festive gift on Christmas Eve.Newport Transport managing director Chris Blyth, a former bus dr... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:05:38 -0500 |
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