Top Stories: London, 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 : '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 to a deed poll. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:06 -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 -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 terrorism."... ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:50:03 -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 : Vatican security arrangements have come under fire after Pope Benedict XVI was toppled during the Christmas Eve mass by a woman who had attempted a similar attack last year. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:16 -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 : The stupendous success of Slumdog Millionaire has dramatically improved the bleak lifestyle of child stars Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, with both being enrolled full-time in school, and are living in far better conditions than before. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:13 -0500Lahore, Dec. 26 : Holding former President General Pervez Musharraf responsible for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hassan has said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud could not have proceeded with plans of assassinating Bhutto without Musharraf's nod. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:12 -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 -0500London, Dec. 25 : Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi is wanted by at least three English County teams for next season's Friends Provident Twenty/20 competition. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:40:06 -0500London, Dec 25 : A new survey has revealed that almost 93 per cent of Britons would be skipping the church on Christmas Day. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:19 -0500London, Dec 25 : American scientists have broken new ground by discovering a new link between protein transport and spinal cord development in mice. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:13 -0500London, Dec. 25 : Liverpool is likely to filed talented Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani against the Wolves tomorrow as they seek to salvage their disastrous season. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:10 -0500London, Dec. 25 : Mame Biram Diouf will finally make his Manchester United debut next month after being granted a work permit. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:08 -0500Lahore, Dec.25 : A day after reports regarding former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members owning property worth more than 20 million pounds (2.7 billion rupees) across London were flashed in the media, a statement issued by the Sharif family has rebuffed the claims. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:06 -0500London, December 25 : An archaeological dig is all set to investigate a mystery Roman building underneath the Dewa Roman Experience premises in the city centre in Chester in the UK. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:03 -0500London, December 25 : Scientists have discovered that one species of a rare, ancient barnacle has extraordinarily high levels of a toxic chemical in its body, in order to repel hungry predators. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:02 -0500London, December 25 : In a new research, scientists have determined that the Amazonian manatee migrate from shallow to deep water to avoid being exposed to attack by predators during the low-water season. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:11 -0500London, December 25 : Reports indicate that Europe's GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite is returning remarkable new data on the way the pull of gravity varies across Earth. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:08 -0500London, December 25 : The reported 88,000-pound bill for Prince William's forthcoming three-day visit to New Zealand has sparked outrage. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:07 -0500London, Dec 25 : While Barbie is celebrating her 50th birthday this year, the sales of the popular doll are on a decline in the UK. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:05 -0500London, Dec 25 : Cate Blanchett's Brighton home, including her designer bathtub, has been put up for sale. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:02 -0500An al Qaida-linked suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane is studying at a UK university, it has been reported. The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery ... The Independent Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:27:19 -0500British aid agencies working in the wake of the 2004 Asian tsunami "left a legacy that is more than just bricks and mortar", according to a report.However, Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:11:08 -0500Parts of the South will see temperatures climb to 10C today, although much of Scotland will remain cold, with more snow showers likely. Yesterday saw an official white Christmas for some areas of the... Sky News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:10:57 -0500An al-Qaida-linked suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane is studying at a UK university, according to reports. The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance... ITN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:09:09 -0500An al-Qaida-linked suspect who allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane is studying at a UK university, according to reports. The Nigerian is accused of trying to detonate a powdery substance... ITN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:09:09 -0500Your account ' + welcome); } writeAuthHeader(100, true, 'http://www.mirror.co.uk/registration/index.cfm', null, false, 'http://www.mirror.co.uk/community/profile/', 2 ); //]]>... Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:54:01 -0500There's nothing I like more than settling down for the Boxing Day Test - in our house it's charades. For years the game was spoiled by the same bloke winning every single time. In the end I had to te... Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:53:51 -0500It's 3-1 with Bet365 that a Premier League penalty is retaken this weekend. The same firm offer 10-3 for 25 or more goals in the weekend's 10 Premier League fixtures. Quite a few may come at Anfield ... Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:53:49 -0500The news about Tiger Woods continues to be bleak. Apparently, he's spending his days eating cereal and watching cartoons. In other words, he's gone from living every man's fantasy life to living ever... Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:53:45 -0500In this photo released by Rolex, British yacht ICAP Leopard sails outside the heads near Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, after the start of the Sydney To Hobart yacht race. (AP Photo/Rolex... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:02:20 -0500There is shock in several of the Boxing Day papers after a woman was able to break through security and knock over 82-year-old Pope Benedict."Pope dopes" is the Daily Mirror's headline. It p... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:56:03 -0500Dec 26 2009 by Martin Shipton, Western Mail RHODRI MORGAN’S MP wife Julie, who faces a hard battle to retain her Cardiff North seat, said recent publicity about her husband leaving office had... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:53:43 -0500Dec 26 2009 by Sion Barry, Western Mail THE director of public relations at Golley Slater, Matt Appleby, has become the first chartered PR practitioner in Wales. There are only 25 chartered practi... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:53:29 -0500Queen Elizabeth II paid tribute to the country's troops fighting in Afghanistan in her annual Christmas speech broadcast Friday, praising their work while expressing her sadness for the casualties. T... Deseret News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:46:27 -0500After his team provided cannon fodder for Kentucky's historic 2,000th victory, Drexel Coach James "Bruiser" Flint voiced a sobering thought."They have a lot of young guys," he said of the Cats. "In th... Lexington Herald-Leader Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:35:31 -0500Hot conditions are causing the biggest headache for England coach Andy Flower ahead of tonight's Boxing Day cricket test against South Africa in Durban. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:42 -0500A British newspaper has named an Iranian woman shot dead during protests against her country's disputed June elections as its "person of the year". The Times said Neda Agha-Soltan became a "global sy... ABC Australia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:46:02 -0500Dec 26 2009 The Government's national consultation on Britishness has been criticised by the Tories as a "colossal waste of money" as they claimed it had been widely snubbed. The Conservative Party ... IC Wales Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:15:35 -0500Dec 26 2009 Have-a-go passengers who tackled a man trying to blow up a plane may have saved hundreds of lives, US intelligence sources have said. A Nigerian who said he was acting on al Qaida's inst... IC Wales Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:15:33 -0500Environment Secretary Hilary Benn is launching a campaign to boost support for the fox hunting ban.Mr Benn is urging people to sign up on a website backing the ban. He claims the Tories plan to make r... BBC Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:55:29 -0500Minutes from December's Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Thursday showed all nine members agreeing to keep British interest rates at 0.5 percent and to keep to the 200 billio... People's Daily Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:21:25 -0500Twelve Scouts have been honoured for their bravery including a 13-year-old boy who risked his life to save a friend who fell through ice on a lake.Damian Coles, of Stevenage, Herts, received a Scout b... BBC Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:37:58 -0500The young are the future, but they must still be reminded of the lessons of the past, says Clive James in his last weekly column for some time. BBC Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:37:56 -0500Dec 26 2009 Putting VAT back up in January could stall a recovery from recession, an economic forecaster has warned. The end of the temporary cut - taking the tax from 15% to 17.5% - could knock aro... IC Wales Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:35:26 -0500Dec 26 2009 The Government has been accused by the Tories of wrongly diverting millions of pounds from the National Health Service to pay for the healthcare of pensioners in Ireland. Under reciproca... IC Wales Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:35:22 -0500British secretary of state for business, skills and innovation Peter Mandelson was in India earlier this week. In an exclusive interview with ET, the secretary touches on a range of issues impactin... Times of India Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:27:43 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Scotland Yard has been ordered to reveal whether it has any evidence to support America’s cl... Times Online Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:39:25 -0500For our eighth annual Talent Special, we asked our experts to dig out their crystal balls and introduce the hottest new stars from the worlds of art, literature, food, fashion, music, theatre, film,... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:27:17 -0500Motorists heading home after their Christmas festivities found conditions had improved in many parts of the country following seven days of chaos on roads, railways and airports. But snow fell again ... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:27:14 -0500Ten Scotland Yard officers were caught using illegal drugs including cocaine, heroin and cannabis over the past year. Police in London can be subjected to substance and alcohol misuse testing at any... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:27:10 -0500Shoppers are expected to spend a record amount on the high street today as shops brought forward the start of their sales and cut prices by as much as 75 per cent. Almost all stores are starting th... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:27:04 -0500Nick Boles is a good bet for a fast-track promotion if the Conservative Party wins the general election. Although he would be a new MP if he wins the normally safe Tory seat of Grantham and Rutland, h... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:26:59 -0500Labour will today launch a hard-hitting campaign against David Cameron's proposal to repeal the ban on hunting with dogs. The move will be seen as an extension of its "class war" against the Conservat... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:26:57 -0500Obviously you don't have to have a big beer belly peeking out from your real-ale festival T-shirt to be a member of Camra – but it helps. It's also true that there are lots of real-ale bores (... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:26:53 -0500Obviously you don't have to have a big beer belly peeking out from your real-ale festival T-shirt to be a member of Camra – but it helps. It's also true that there are lots of real-ale bores (... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:11:58 -0500Today... Enjoy a Sherlock Holmes-themed walk around London. The Christmas Mystery Walk leaves Tottenham Court Road tube station at 10.45am (walks.com). After, visit the new Sherlock Holmes exhi... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:11:48 -0500Andrew Moray commanded an army in the Scottish Wars of Independence in the 13th century alongside his better-known counterpart.Wallace's contribution to Scots history is marked with several statues an... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:35 -0500THE Queen yesterday paid a moving tribute to the 106 servicemen who have been killed this year while serving in Afghanistan – the heaviest death toll since the conflict began eight years ago. The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:08 -0500THE first shots of a package holiday price war have been fired today with tour companies offering a host of discounts as they attempt to capitalise on a recovering market. The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:06 -0500TWO Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland resigned yesterday in the wake of a damning investigation into decades of church cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese. The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:06 -0500The show, which was completely reinvented in the early Noughties, topped a poll commissioned for Channel 4 for a special programme next week.Snow Patrol hit Chasing Cars was named the top tune of the ... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:03 -0500New research, carried out by eBay and TNS, has found that the average person will snub one in 11 presents they receive on Christmas morning.One in four people are believed to recycle unwanted presents... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:03 -0500Andrew Moray commanded an army in the Scottish Wars of Independence in the 13th century alongside his better-known counterpart.Wallace's contribution to Scots history is marked with several statues an... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:00 -0500ENVIRONMENT Secretary Hilary Benn will underline the government's opposition to hunting when he launches a campaign today aimed at supporting the current ban. The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:58 -0500The Most Rev Rowan Williams criticised the rush to create independent citizens who can stand on their own two feet.Preaching at Canterbury Cathedral, he said children needed to be nourished with a sta... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:56 -0500Liberal Democrat Scottish affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael has tabled a motion calling for MPs to back the Kelly Report recommendation that "the practice of permitting a Westminster MP simultaneo... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:55 -0500ALI Bastian was crowned the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas champion last night – beating this year's main competition winner, Chris Hollins, among others. The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:51 -0500Sara Payne, 40, was said by her family to be responding well to treatment. The child-protection campaigner fell ill on Wednesday and was initially thought to be in a life-threatening condition.A spoke... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:51 -0500England have not won a Test match in Durban for 45 years. On the other hand, nor have they lost one since 1928. The smart money, therefore, says that the match which starts at Kingsmead today will be ... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:50 -0500The first could hardly wait to make a festive debut, with a midwife in Glasgow giving birth to a baby boy at just 40 seconds past midnight yesterday – at the maternity unit in which she works.Staff ... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:49 -0500A fifth of parents have dipped into their child's savings a survey revealed yesterday.Some 22 per cent of parents said they had been forced to raid their child's account, with 44 per cent of those bor... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:48 -0500The Scottish Conservatives have criticised the "climate of fear" around medical workers who are afraid to highlight areas of malpractice or concerns over patient care in the NHS.It now wants to introd... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:47 -0500Natural burials in meadows or woodland eschew the use of gravestones and other permanent markers, and changes to the environment mean that over time a plan of where the dead have been placed might bec... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:47 -0500The politicians will gather representatives from Scotland's sporting organisations and local authorities, as well as young people to explore ways to increase sporting participation across the country.... The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:46 -0500Jessica Gill left her home near Milton Keynes but was found by a stranger, who returned her safely to her door then left without leaving his name. The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:09:44 -0500Dec 25 2009 A passenger aboard a plane at the US Detroit Metropolitan Airport caused a commotion and some minor injuries by setting off firecrackers, officials said. The devices went off as Northwes... IC Wales Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:08:04 -0500Dec 25 2009 Producers of Big Brother have defended themselves against accusations of trying to take advantage of wounded soldiers by asking them to take part in the show. Boxing Day's Daily Mail new... IC Wales Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:08:03 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Some would argue that Roberto Mancini is setting himself up for a fall at Manchester City ... Times Online Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:18:01 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Scores of foxhunters can sit easier in their saddles on the biggest day of the sport&... Times Online Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:17:38 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The Freedom of Information Act gave a perfect opportunity to test President Bush’s claim that s... Times Online Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:17:33 -0500 | 
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