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Italian prosecutor seeks maximum term if Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are convicted of killing British studentAn Italian prosecutor has asked for life imprisonment for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, the pair accused of murdering Meredith Kercher, a British student.Knox, an American, is accused of instigating the (Read More)
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The dramatic colours of Africa mixed with the rich literary heritage of England provide the stunning inspiration for the work of British artist Yinka Shonibare. His bicultural outlook has made him one of the most celebrated figures on the global art scene. (Read More)
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Behind the scenes disagreement over footballing ideologies could threaten Tony Pulis's success storySuperficially, all seems well at Stoke City, but the club's serene public face masks a mini-crisis of ideologies being fought out behind the scenes.Although Tony Pulis's side stand mid-table in the Premier League and the poss (Read More)
The Guardian:
After a whistleblower revealed Canadian complicity in the torture of Afghan prisoners, a full public inquiry is vitalOne man has Canada in an uproar. Former second-in-command at the Canadian embassy in Kabul, Richard Colvin, told a parliamentary committee in Ottawa that all detainees handed over to the Afghanistan governmen (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Martin Johnson's men made it tough for their superior opponents, but nothing other than a New Zealand win was on the cardsEngland promised to show their spirit against the All Blacks, and they were as good as their word. If you wanted a moment that summed up the challenge they presented to a side generally reckoned to be th (Read More)
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Martin Johnson's journeymen are impossible to define as a 15-man entity, except as an unreliable bulldozerTwickenham had been a graveyard for the imagination, a cemetery for entertainment, until England summoned the old standby of yeoman spirit to encourage their bored punters to keep coming back for more. This is a despera (Read More)
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• Bowler could return for latter stages of ODI series• South Africa all-rounder ruled out of remaining gamesThe England cricketcamp has had the look of a field hospital in recent weeks so the sight of Stuart Broad running in to bowl at Centurion, coupled with the news that South Africa's Jacques Kallis would miss the remain (Read More)
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• Paul Nicholls hails dual Gold Cup winner for battling success• Victor now 11-10 to win King George for fourth time runningIt was not a race for the faint-hearted, but Kauto Star showed once again that he is not afraid to get his nose dirty when claiming the hardest fought of all his 12 Grade One victories and denying Impe (Read More)
New York Times:
A government report on the bailout of A.I.G. is must reading for taxpayers looking to know why the $182 billion “rescue” is the most troubling episode of the financial disaster.
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• England beaten for 17th time in 36 games since 2003• Johnson's side have scored just one try in three TestsFrancis Baron has helped to create the richest governing body and biggest rugby stadium in the world, but the second half of the reign of the chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, who is retiring next summer, (Read More)
New York Times:
The conservative firebrand Glenn Beck is planning voter registration drives and rallies, but he is cautious about how he might directly support particular candidates.
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
Scotland 9-8 AustraliaA scoreline to make some people weep this may be, but it is a result that had Murrayfield rocking in a way it surely never has since, oh, probably 1982, when Scotland last beat Australia. After 16 fruitless attempts to replicate that triumph, this – the seventeenth – was about as heroic a win as Scotla (Read More)
New York Times:
Movie studios have cut paid advertising and are leaning more heavily on free coverage in print, television and online outlets generated by publicists.
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
Ireland 41-6 FijiAs an exercise in readying themselves for the world champions in Croke Park on Saturday this was a useful enough night out for Ireland, if you can say that anything fits that category on an evening like this. We had been told that the worst of the weather would be gone by kick-off and sure enough that was h (Read More)