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At least 59 dead in Pakistan blast
Pakistan’s conflict with militants took a savage turn yesterday at the country’s main weapons complex where two suicide bombers set off blasts that killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds.
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Japanese discontent voiced in novel sales
Thursday, 21 August 2008
"We’re going to hell!," shouts a Japanese fisherman as he boards a factory ship bound for freezing waters off Russia.
Glitter 'agrees to return to UK'
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Paedophile Gary Glitter finally agreed today to leave Thailand and return to the UK, Thai police said.
Dozens killed in Pakistan suicide blasts
Thursday, 21 August 2008
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings at a weapons factory near Islamabad which have left at least 46 people dead and 70 others wounded.
Teenagers notch up record GCSE results
Thursday, 21 August 2008
One in five exams were awarded top grades and more than 65.7 per cent were at grades A+ to C, up from 63.3 per cent last year.
BAE secures £3bn ammunition contract
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Arms giant BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply ammunition to British troops, it was announced today.
GCSE results reveal 'two-tier' schools
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Labour is presiding over a return by stealth to the era of grammar and secondary modern schools, a study suggests today.
BAA must sell three airports
Thursday, 21 August 2008
The UK's aviation industry is on the brink of its biggest shake-up for 20 years, with the Competition Commission set to break up BAA's airport monopoly by forcing it to sell two of its London sites, and one of either Edinburgh or Glasgow.
Karzai teases Brown on Afghanistan visit
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Gordon Brown visited Afghanistan today to praise British troops, but couldn't escape questions about his leadership.
East European immigration levels falling
Thursday, 21 August 2008
The number of Eastern European migrants seeking work in Britain has fallen to its lowest level since 2004 after topping more than 850,000.
Gang chases teenager to 100ft death fall
Thursday, 21 August 2008
A teenager who fell to his death from a block of flats was trying to escape a gang of masked youths by climbing down the outside of the building, police said today.
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