Are you terrified of earthquakes, floods or tsunamis? Does the prospect of terrorist attack or nuclear holocaust fill you with dread? Or does it take that ancient Mayan stuff about 2012 to get your juices flowing? Whatever your paranoia, fear not: if the End Times really are coming, then a small financial investment is all » Read More
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She was the prime minister at the height of her powers, using every arm of the state to crush the striking miners. He was the Soviet heir apparent who had authorised a large donation to help striking comrades in the UK. Now newly released Downing Street documents have shed fresh light on the relationship between Margaret » Read More
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The bid by the US Federal Drug Administration to approve the first genetically modified animal – a modified salmon – for human consumption will certainly not be an isolated addition to our cuisine. A host of domestic animals, including several other species of fish, have also been genetically altered by scientists – mostly to improve » Read More
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Al-Qa'ida showed that it has the strength to strike all over Iraq yesterday by making a string of attacks that left at least 56 dead, half of them policemen and soldiers, and 250 wounded, across at least thirteen cities and towns. The bombings came a day after the US cut the number of its troops in » Read More
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A dog has made an amazing recovery after munching his way through 2lb of stones. Springer spaniel Samson, from Musselburgh, East Lothian, was admitted to the PDSA pet hospital in Edinburgh by his concerned owner who noticed he had lost his appetite and appeared bloated. Cheryl Douglas, 36, thought her pet might have been suffering from a » Read More
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In a few months, Chris Clarkson has gone from part-time player and bricklayer to one of the more unlikely building blocks in Leeds' Wembley-bound team. The 20-year-old back-row forward, who is in line to play against Warrington in Saturday's Challenge Cup final, was still working with his father on porches and conservatories earlier this year after » Read More
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England's beleaguered football coach Fabio Capello was back in the line of fire yesterday after an attack on his laboured attempts to speak English. The man dubbed "Flop Fabio" after the England team's lousy showing in the World Cup, which saw them limp home after a 4-1 drubbing from an inspired German side, was the target » Read More
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Barack Obama's pledge to shut down Guantanamo Bay will not be honoured until at least a year after the President's self-imposed deadline – and may not be completed in his first administration. The man in charge of the seven prison camps at the US naval base in Cuba is yet to receive direct orders to begin » Read More
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It is being heralded as the first "prommercial" and will be proclaimed as the future of the music industry. It may also help rescue the tattered reputation of television advertising. Not bad for a 15-year-old British electronica band without a record label. Faithless have struck a deal with Fiat which could transform the way music is » Read More
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During the 1960s women's magazines were booming. Woman, for example, was selling 3.5 million copies per week – the maximum its printing presses would permit. And – riding on the boom, was the art of illustration, which, due to the prohibitive cost of photography at that time, filled the pages of these publications. Romantic fiction was » Read More
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