Top Stories: London, Dec. 26 : A proposal has reportedly been discussed among senior Labour Party figures that requires Gordon Brown to step down as the party leader in the new year but stay on as Prime Minister until the General Election. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500London, Dec.26 : Five years have passed since the devastating Tsunami wrecked havoc in South Asia killing thousands of people across several countries, but British aid agencies carrying out relief and re-building work have not being able to perform the work that was expected from them. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:10:01 -0500London, Dec 26 : Big Brother bosses have blasted reports that they were trying to take advantage of wounded soldiers by asking them to take part in the show. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:07 -0500London, Dec 26 : Susan Boyle will see in the New Year on a popular Japanese TV show, which could boost her popularity ratings in the Far East. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:03 -0500London, Dec 26 : A Scottish MSP has proposed celebration of Scotland's artistic talent. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:12 -0500London, Dec.26 : Follwoing are the best quotes of 2009 oted by a panel for The Mirror... ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:12 -0500London, Dec. 26 : Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is confident he can get the best out of Brazilian star Robinho. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:10 -0500London, Dec 26 : Top Gear is Britain's favourite television programme of the decade, says a new poll. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:09 -0500London, Dec 26 : With the economy improving, a record-breaking surge in divorces is expected this New Year. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:05 -0500London, Dec 26 : People do celebrate Christmas but the significance of the day seems to be missing as there is no room for Jesus, the Archbishop of York said in his Christmas sermon. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500London, 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 -0500London, December 26 : Experts have determined that even after five years of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that struck Indonesia, local communities are not well prepared to face such a disaster, despite the fact that the technology is in place. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:50:04 -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 -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 : 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 : Beauticians in Dubai are luring women by offering a controversial product claimed to make them look younger - made from newborn baby placenta. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:15 -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 -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 26 (DPA) British police said Saturday they were helping their US colleagues in the investigations into the would-be airline bomber who tried to explode a device on a Northwest Airlines plane to Detroit the day before. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:20:01 -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 -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 : 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 -0500England grabbed three wickets after tea to wrest control from South Africa on the first day of the second Test at Kingsmead overnight. South Africa was 5 for 175 when bad light stopped play with 29 o... ABC Australia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:08:13 -0500A senior minister has said the next general election campaign should not descend into a "hideous" class war.Earlier this month, Gordon Brown said Conservative policy had been "dreamed u... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:00:05 -0500Dec 27 2009 The former London student charged with attempting to blow up a transatlantic airliner carrying 278 passengers was barred from Britain. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab finished an engineering c... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:57:26 -0500Police searched a flat in central London on Saturday, among other addresses, as the investigation into a Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a US airliner took an international dimension. SBS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:28:39 -0500Unite is not holding out hope for successful peace talks, its officials are overhauling membership lists during the Christmas period. Unite is scrambling to update cabin crew details after the previou... The Guardian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:50:45 -0500Britain's most important drug-control organisation has come under fire over its lack of accountability and transparency. MPs on the Home Affairs Committee called for a scrutiny body to oversee the Se... Independent UK Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:39:38 -0500If the decade began with David Cameron on the verge of historic victory, it ends, this month, in his humiliation and failure. The 53-year-old former prime minister has seen his bid to become head of t... Independent UK Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:39:20 -0500The family of a tourist who has been missing in the Swiss Alps for five days say they are enduing a "nightmare".Myles Robinson, 23, disappeared after leaving the Blue Monkey bar in Wengen to... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:33:48 -0500DETAILS were emerging last night about the recent movements and lifestyle of the Nigerian student who allegedly tried to detonate the explosive device. The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:42 -0500AIRLINES and airports scrambled yesterday to tighten security in the wake of the attack. Passengers flying to America from the UK were warned to allow extra time for additional security measures and t... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:40 -0500Deep snow curtailed hunting in many areas, but in Corbridge, Northumberland, crowds cheered on the Tynedale Hunt.Joint master Frank Houghton-Brown said he hoped a new, Conservative government would ov... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:38 -0500HUNDREDS of GP practices across Scotland have still not agreed to provide under-fives with the swine flu jab, leading to fears that protection will be delayed for vulnerable children. The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:36 -0500THOUSANDS of Scots are missing out on surgery that could transform their lives because not enough priority is being given to the treatment of obesity. The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:34 -0500The procedure, which has been hailed as the most exciting development in the field for 50 years, appears to disrupt signals from the brain that help keep blood pressure raised.Initial tests suggest it... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:34 -0500THE row over the Eurostar train breakdowns escalated yesterday when the Channel Tunnel's operator accused the company of ignoring safety rules when evacuating passengers. The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:34 -0500The procedure, which has been hailed as the most exciting development in the field for 50 years, appears to disrupt signals from the brain that help keep blood pressure raised.Initial tests suggest it... The Scotsman Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:32:32 -0500A wealthy British student who tried to blow up a packed airliner in a Christmas Day terror attack was stopped by a hero passenger who wrestled him to the ground. Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:13:46 -0500For the first time, this newspaper compiled heartfelt messages of love from families to the troops battling the Taliban at Christmas, in a unique edition which was delivered to the war-torn count... Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:13:43 -0500The background and motives of suspected terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab remained shrouded in mystery Saturday as the 23-year-old Nigerian was charged by the U.S. Justice Department with attemptin... The Detroit News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:20:23 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A record 12m shoppers hit the Boxing Day sales yesterday, even though the discounts on offer wer... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:09:16 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The earnings of more than a dozen private school “super-heads” have risen ... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:09:14 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Rail chiefs have been attacked by politicians and passenger groups for providing only 30% of a n... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:09:13 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The family of a British tourist who has been missing since Tuesday after vanishing in the middle... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:09:10 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Labour's vote is hardening, increasing the prospect of a hung parliament after next year’s... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:09:08 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The “class war” strategy of Gordon Brown was in disarray last night after cabinet mi... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:09:07 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A United Nations human rights envoy has accused China of ignoring his attempt to save Akmal Shai... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:59 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A Eurostar executive who presided over the chaos that disrupted the travel plans of 100,000 peop... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:56 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The great Christmas slump in front of the television screen may have had its day. This year&rsqu... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:53 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A body thought to be that of a 13-year-old boy who disappeared on Christmas E... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:51 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Foreigners could be barred from bringing libel actions with tenuous links to the UK under reform... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:49 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> As Christmas presents go, it is even beyond the vivid imagination of Adrian M... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:48 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The attack on a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day appears to be the ... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:36 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was saved from Hitler’s persecution of the Je... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:34 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Lord Paul and Lord Taylor of Warwick have become the latest peers to be investigated ... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:33 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A property developer has banned homeowners from keeping cats or dogs to protect birdlife on near... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:08:32 -0500Dec 26 2009 A British-based student at the centre of a major terror investigation on both sides of the Atlantic is to be charged in Detroit with trying to blow up a plane, US officials said. Umar Fa... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:39:34 -0500Dundee United caretaker manager Peter Houston admitted he would jump at the chance to join Craig Levein's Scotland coaching staff should the opportunity arise. Houston has been in the frame to join... Sky Sports Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:49:10 -0500Cardiff City's Kevin McNaughton and Plymouth Argyle's Jamie Mackie, right, tussle for possession in the Championship match at Cardiff City Stadium, which the visitors won 1-0. Photograph: Rebecca Nade... The Guardian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:41:50 -0500Shrink DURBAN - England wrestled the initiative from South Africa in a final session shortened by bad light and rain on the first day of the second test overnight (NZT), grabbing three wickets within... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:09 -0500Liverpool's players handed boss Rafael Benitez a welcome Christmas tonic with a battling win against 10-man Wolves.The hosts were poor throughout but forced their way into the game after Wolves contro... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:26:53 -0500England bowler Graham Onions celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa's JP Duminy on the first day of the second Test. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP Graham Onions tonight thanked his Durham... The Guardian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:16:46 -0500Scotland manager Craig Levein insists he has no agenda other than achieving success in his new post.The lure of a return to club football proved too strong for Walter Smith and Alex McLeish after they... BBC Sport Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:02:06 -0500"Monday will see a beaufitul start but it will be bitterly cold, just above freezing. "We will see a lot of rain meet that cold air on Tuesday and we might see a return to snowfall." Friday saw an o... Sky News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:01:47 -0500P olice searched a London apartment Saturday as authorities probed the background of a Nigerian man who attempted to down a Northwest Airlines jetliner. A prestigious London university said Saturday t... The Globe and Mail Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:55:16 -0500Jordan Trowsdale, 13, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was last seen at the skate park in The Causeway in the town at around 5.45pm on Thursday. A search for the teenager was stepped up today ... Daily Mirror Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:42:32 -0500Brussels/Washington - The European Union is to look into whether any safety rules had been breached after a passenger on flight from Europe to the US allegedly tried to set off an explosive device on ... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:52:11 -0500LONDON: Police on Saturday were searching several buildings in central London as part of an investigation into a Nigerian man who tried to blow up a US airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit, a spo... Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:50:53 -0500England bowler Graham Onions believes South Africa captain Graeme Smith's run out was crucial as England recovered on day one of the second Test.Smith fell for 75 after a mix-up with AB de Villiers as... BBC Sport Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:38 -0500A heroin user is being treated in a hospital in Cumbria for suspected Anthrax poisoning.Blood tests are being carried out on the patient who was admitted to Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary on Christma... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:31 -0500Swimmers across north-east England have taken to the waves for a traditional Boxing Day plunge.Hundreds of people of all ages, many in fancy dress, braved the cold of the North Sea to raise money for ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:31 -0500Two women have been rescued by an RAF helicopter after becoming stranded by ice in Snowdonia.The walkers were about 1,500 ft (457m) up Carnedd Dafydd, a peak above the Ogwen Valley, when they became t... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:30 -0500Police have said the people responsible for causing a three-day power cut that affected 94,000 homes in Kent and London may never be caught.People in Dartford, Orpington, Erith, Bexleyheath and Crayfo... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:39:29 -0500Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami that left 230,000 people dead. The devastating... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:36:57 -0500The UK is facing further cold, wintry weather as it moves towards New Year's Eve and a cold start to 2010, forecasters said. The forecast follows a spell of snow, sleet and ice which has gripped the ... IC Wales Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:36:55 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The prime minister sought to reassure the public today after it was revealed a studen... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:45:37 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The prime minister sought to reassure the public today after it was revealed a studen... Times Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:44:42 -0500One fifth of parents in recession-hit Britain admit they have dipped into their children's savings accounts to make ends meet, a survey for a financial services company said Friday.About 22 percent of... eTaiwan News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:31:20 -0500Premier League leaders Chelsea failed to score for the first time in 34 games as they were frustrated by Birmingham.Joe Hart made two stunning first-half saves to keep out Daniel Sturridge's low shot ... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:18:10 -0500 | 
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