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Actress Farrah Fawcett has died aged 62
Posted on June 25, 2009
Actress Farrah Fawcett, who has died aged 62, achieved worldwide fame with her iconic role in 1970s show Charlie's Angels but subsequently made headlines for different reasons. In recent years Fawcett was best known for her courageous battle with cancer.
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Tehran appoints Mortazavi 'the butcher' to crack down on demonstrators
Posted on June 25, 2009
Saaed Mortazavi, a figure known in Iran as “the butcher of the press”, gained notoriety for his role in the death of a Canadian-Iranian photographer who was tortured, beaten and raped during her detention in 2003.
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    BBC caught in expenses detail cover-up
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    The BBC is poised to provoke a fresh row over expenses by refusing to disclose how much its executives spend on entertainment for their stars.
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    A deluge is coming, so cross your fingers it misses Glastonbury (but pack the wellies)
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Glastonbury is never quite Glastonbury without the rain and the mud. Ever since Marc Bolan arrived in a velvet-covered Mini at the first fesitval in 1970, rain has been a frequent visitor, with serious downpours in 1982, 1985, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007.
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    Supermarket salads can have more fat than Big Mac, watchdog finds
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Some supermarket salads have more fat, salt and calories than a Big Mac burger from McDonald's, a leading consumer watchdog has found.
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    Iraq inquiry can play the blame game, says Miliband
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    The inquiry into the Iraq war will be free to apportion blame after all, the Government announced yesterday in its latest climbdown over the terms of the investigation.
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    Repossession threat to Labour MPs over empty home
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Husband and wife MPs Alan and Ann Keen have not been living at the home they designate as their main residence for expenses purposes, it was revealed today.
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    Silvio Berlusconi: court orders villa party pictures seized
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    An Italian court has ruled that a collection of 5,000 photos which are said to show guests cavorting at Silvio Berlusconi's lavish villa in Sardinia should be confiscated for violating privacy laws.
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    Energy bills: the £1.7bn annual rip-off
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Energy companies are over-charging customers by failing to pass on £1.66 billion of savings they have made on falling wholesale gas and electricity prices.
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    Road pricing killed off by Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Plans to impose pay as you drive charges on every motorist in the country have been killed off by Lord Adonis, the new Transport Secretary.
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    Bank of England Governor Mervyn King left in dark by Treasury on bank reforms
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    The feud between the Bank of England and the Treasury intensified on Wednesday as Mervyn King said he had not been consulted on the contents of the Government's imminent White Paper on financial services.
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    Formula One breakaway at end as Max Mosley steps down
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Formula One and its millions of followers around the world were able to breathe a huge sigh of relief yesterday after Max Mosley was stripped of his power as FIA president in a deal that ends the prospect of a breakaway series.
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    Government debt: That’ll be £2.2 trillion, please
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    The amount of money owed by the Government is huge and rising, says Eamonn Butler, so why aren’t we pursuing simple, effective ways to reduce the burden?
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    The Great Purge has started in the Conservative Party
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    The Conservative Party you see at Westminster will not be with us for much longer. Bewildered and angry, the Tory backbenches find themselves caught up in a slow-motion purge. David Cameron contemplates the prospect that more than half his MPs will be replaced at the general election.
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    Wimbledon roundup
    Posted on June 25, 2009
     Anne Keothavong calls for crowd to lay off Brits at Wimbledon
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    400,000 Britons 'have serious drug problem', says UN
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Britain has the highest number of dangerous drug abusers in Europe, a United Nations report says.
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    Riot police crush protests in Tehran amid allegations of brutality
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    Twitter was flooded with lurid messages. “They pull away the dead — like factory — no human can do this,” said one. “They catch people with mobile — so many killed today — so many injured,” said another. “In Baharestan we saw militia with axe chopping ppl like meat — blood everywhere,” said a third.
  • Basij Militia brutaly are beating protesters to death on the streets of Tehran June 24 2009
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    Battle of Barbaji: A fight for hearts and minds in Afghanistan, but none are to be found
    Posted on June 25, 2009
    The plan was simple: with overwhelming force, the British soldiers would arrive in Babaji – one of the most dangerous insurgent strongholds in southern Afghanistan - and scare away the local Taliban without a fight......
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