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Topic: Prickly Capello ignores critics and hopes 'the past is the past'
Prickly Capello ignores critics and hopes 'the past is the past'  
By Ian Herbert at Wembley Fabio Capello offered an indignant and prickly riposte to his critics last night, declaring that he had ignored them as he sent his side out for the spectacular start to the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, which included a Jermain Defoe hat-trick and helped start the process of restoring his battered reputation.
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How the 3 Lions rated v Bulgaria  
Bound to have a few nerves as this was his first major game.
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Defoe hat-trick helps England outclass Bulgaria  
LONDON (Reuters) - A hat-trick from Jermain Defoe led England to an encouraging 4-0 win over Bulgaria as Fabio Capello's World Cup flops began their rehabilitation in some style in Euro 2012 qualifying Friday.
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England's win over Bulgaria entitles Fabio Capello to benefit of doubt |...  
Definitely 4-4-2, whatever Fabio Capello says.
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Hero Hart takes some beating  
He may have been short on experience but his display against Japan in Austria convinced many of us he was a far better bet than Rob Green or veteran David James.
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Defoe's dazzling hat-trick heralds a fresh start for England  
By Sam Wallace, Football Correspondent at Wembley Fabio Capello would like to consign the World Cup finals to history but not even he can quite convince himself to start believing in this England team again.
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England 4 Bulgaria 0: Jermain Defoe hat-trick helps Fabio Capello along...  
14 PM on 3rd September 2010Jermain Defoe gave the surgeon's knife a swerve and instead carved up Bulgaria with his first England hat-trick to bring a smile back to Fabio Capello's face.
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England 4 Bulgaria 0  
Defoe struck after only three minutes to give England an early advantage, scored his second on the hour and completed his hat-trick in the dying moments to cap a memorable display.
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JERMAIN MAN FOR SMOOTH ENGLAND  
So often overlooked as a starter for the national side during his career, Tottenham striker Defoe wasted no time in proving to his manager that he is the man to partner Wayne Rooney as England look to regain their pride.
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Hat's my boy! Deadly Defoe downs Bulgaria Jermain Defoe fired...  
22 AM on 4th September 2010Jermain Defoe launched England on the road to redemption with a Wembley hat-trick which cleansed World Cup memories and eased the pressure on manager Fabio Capello.
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England v Bulgaria: Fabio Capello hails Wayne Rooney's 'perfect'...  
Rooney played a part in all four of ’s goals – although, once again, he did not score himself, with Capello also full of praise for Jermain Defoe, who struck a hat-trick.
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England v Bulgaria: Jermain Defoe hails 'the sweetest hat-trick of my...  
“It was great playing up front with Rooney behind me because he is a fantastic players and if you make runs he will find you,” said Defoe.
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At last a team that looks like England ... so what has changed?  
Add to My Stories Having failed to play like England at the World Cup, at least Fabio Capello’s team looked like England again at Wembley last night: and in more ways than one.
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Revitalised Wayne Rooney emerges from his own shadow | Paul Hayward  
Over the dying summer months the thought must have floated through Wayne Rooney's head that duty is just not worth the candle.
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England hat-trick hero Jermain Defoe salutes Wayne Rooney  
Jermain Defoe became the first player to score a hat-trick at the rebuilt national stadium last night and said his rewards were the "sweetest" of his career as Fabio Capello's side sparked their qualification campaign for in some style.
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Defoe gets it Wright, Wright, Wright!  
"To score one is fantastic, so to get a hat-trick in front of all the fans and my family - it's a special night.
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Topic: Two Dead As Cargo Plane Crashes In Dubai
Two Dead As Cargo Plane Crashes In Dubai  
37pm UK, Friday September 03, 2010 Tom Bonnett, Sky News Online Smoke rises as emergency services circle the sceneThe United Parcel Service (UPS) aircraft ran into technical trouble shortly after leaving for Germany from Dubai International Airport.
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UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, killing two  
Two crew members aboard an American UPS cargo plane are believed to have been killed after the aircraft crashed in today.
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Smoke rises from the scene of a plane crash in Dubai Two Dead In Dubai...  
23pm UK, Friday September 03, 2010 Tom Bonnett, Sky News Online Smoke rises as emergency services circle the sceneThe United Parcel Service (UPS) aircraft ran into technical trouble shortly after leaving for Germany from Dubai International Airport.
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UPDATE 4-UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, two killed  
* Boeing 747 cargo jet crashes into Dubai military base * Two crew from UPS plane were killed * Plane reported trouble after takeoff, was diverted (Adds engine details, expert comment) By Firouz Sedarat and DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service Inc crashed shortly after takeoff into a military...
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UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport  
BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press Writer= DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.
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Cargo plane crashes on to busy road in Dubai  
59 PM on 3rd September 2010A UPS cargo plane crashed outside Dubai today, officials said.
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Cargo plane crashes outside Dubai  
An aircraft believed to be a cargo plane has crashed outside Dubai, an airport official said.
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Topic: Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island  
RAY LILLEYAssociated Press Writer= WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful 7.
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Damage after earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand State Of Emergency...  
36pm UK, Friday September 03, 2010 Huw Borland, Sky News Online No tsunami alert was issued and there appeared to be only two serious injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.
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Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hits New Zealand city  
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city Christchurch early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking building facades, but authorities reported no deaths.
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State Of Emergency After NZ Earthquake  
Huw Borland, Sky News Online No tsunami alert was issued and there appeared to be no serious injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.
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Topic: Kevin Pietersen facing a Twitter rap
Kevin Pietersen facing a Twitter rap  
If thought his public apology this week for his Twitter tirade would smooth things over with the England hierarchy, he was mistaken.
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Flower expects Pietersen action  
Cardiff Coverage: Live ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave and BBC Sport website; live text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles; Also live on Sky SportsKevin Pietersen will face disciplinary action over the Twitter tirade in which he accidentally announced his dropping from the...
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Kevin Pietersen faces ECB disciplinary hearing over tweet  
will face an England and Wales Cricket Board disciplinary hearing for his outburst on Twitter after he was left out of the one-day series against Pakistan to rediscover his form before the Ashes.
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PAKISTAN FIX TRIO FACING LIFE BANS  
Friday September 3 2010 PAKISTANS Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are facing life bans after the ICC suspended the players and charged them with various offences under their anti-corruption code.
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ICC: Pakistan Trio 'Have Case To Answer'  
54pm UK, Friday September 03, 2010 Alex Watts and David Williams, Sky News Online Test captain and fast bowlers and talked to detectives in Kilburn, north London, before being released without charge.
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Pakistan cricket corruption: Spotlight falls on Mushtaq Ahmed's past  
The police and the ICCs anti-corruption unit are investigating the allegations against three players, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, who are suspended and face serious charges.
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Dignified England will get on with the game, says Andy Flower  
England make their first appearance on Sunday since they became world champions in Barbados in May, but anythoughts of a grand homecoming have long been submerged by the corruption allegations surrounding their opponents, Pakistan.
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Topic: France's nightmare goes on with Belarus defeat
France's nightmare goes on with Belarus defeat  
By Saul Brookfield French hopes of rapidly turning the corner after their disastrous World Cup campaign proved ill-founded when new coach Laurent Blanc's first competitive game ended with a 1-0 defeat to Belarus in Paris last night.
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Armenia 0 Republic of Ireland 1: Keith Fahey leaves it late  
28 PM on 3rd September 2010Keith Fahey came off the bench to launch the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a hard-fought victory in Armenia.
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Armenia v Republic of Ireland - live! | Euro 2012 qualifier  
Gregg will be here from 3.30pm. Armenia is a long, long way from Ireland. In fact, you can see it's actually further than Iraq, so technically, it's east of the Middle East.
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Ireland triumph in Yerevan  
Keith Fahey's first senior international goal got Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign off to a winning start in a tight encounter which finished 1-0 in Armenia.
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France 0-1 Belarus | Euro 2012 Group D qualifier  
, under their new coach Laurent Blanc, failed to shrug off their old ways as they slumped to an embarrassing 1-0 home defeat against in their opening qualifier.
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New coach but same story as Belarus shock France  
LONDON (Reuters) - France learned the road to post-World Cup redemption will be long and hard as they suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Belarus on Friday, while Spain revelled in their status as world and European champions with an easy win over Liechtenstein.
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Topic: Top flight must add pizzazz to power if England are to rule the world
Top flight must add pizzazz to power if England are to rule the world  
Bath and Sarries in particular suggest Premiership is learning to add grace to grunt and grind.
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England show women's rugby has cast away the stereotypes | Robert Kitson  
Everything you need to know about the new age of women's rugby was crystallised into one jaw-dropping moment on Wednesday night.
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Brian Ashton: Sarries and Saints can challenge tenacious Tigers in...  
Tackling the IssuesSomehow, the sense of anticipation ahead of a new Premiership season is all the more acute when a World Cup is just around the corner.
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Peter De Villiers' support for murder suspect could prove final straw  
The South Africa coach, Peter de Villiers, is again fighting to hold on to his job after publicly supporting the prop Bees Roux, who has been charged with murder.
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Topic: Liberal heavyweight Sir Cyril Smith dies
Liberal heavyweight Sir Cyril Smith dies  
Mr Clegg said he was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Sir Cyril, who served as the Liberal and later Liberal Democrat MP for Rochdale between 1972 and 1992.
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Sir Cyril Smith, a true political giant, dies aged 82  
By Andrew GriceHe was a larger-than-life politician in more ways than one, and yesterday the Deputy Prime Minister led the tributes to him.
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Nick Clegg leads tributes to 'larger-than-life' ex-MP Sir Cyril Smith  
Mr Clegg said he was "deeply saddened" to hear of the death of Sir Cyril, who served as the Liberal and later Liberal Democrat MP for Rochdale between 1972 and 1992.
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Poll 'backs move from New Labour'  
44 ET Labour leadership challenger Ed Miliband has dismissed ex-PM Tony Blair's advice not to move a "millimeter" away from New Labour.
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Our covenant with Britain | David Miliband and Jon Cruddas  
These are historic times for our country. The biggest economic crisis since the 1930s is generating new political alliances. The is to define, shift and then occupy a new centre ground in British politics.The era of Blair and Brown is over.
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Britain may share military aircraft  
ReutersBritain and France will consider sharing Europe's new A400M military transport aircraft as part of closer military ties, but have ruled out common use of aircraft carriers, the countries' defence ministers said.
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UK and France won't share aircraft carriers, says Defence Secretary Liam...  
"Tankers, A400s, naval units but just to be clear not aircraft carriers, are areas where we can work towards pooling," said Mr Morin.
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UK moves closer to military partnership with France  
The defence secretary, Liam Fox, today spoke of the prospect of close co-operation with France, a country he called Britain's "natural" partner in Europe.
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Slovenia 0-1 Northern Ireland | Euro 2012 Group C qualifier  
got off to a stunning start in their qualifying campaign by defeating World Cup finalists in Maribor.
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England v Bulgaria  
34 PM on 3rd September 2010England face their first competitive match since their dismal World Cup when they take on Bulgaria in their opening Euro 2012 qualifying match at Wembley tonight.
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Topic: Tight security at Blair book event
Tight security at Blair book event  
Tony Blair is due to hold a public book signing, the first since his memoirs were released this week.
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Blair's pride over Northern Ireland  
Tony Blair has claimed the Northern Ireland peace process was one of the few times in politics he felt proud.
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World Cup 2010 qualifier: England v Belarus  
England forward Peter Crouch hopes his two goals in the 3-0 win over Belarus will have given manager Fabio Capello some food for thought ahead of the World Cup finals
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Euro 2012 qualifier: England v Bulgaria  
In the second instalment of our World Cup mini-series, veteran artist Paul Trevillion, co-author of the Observer's You Are The Ref strip, draws the England manager
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Topic: Britain's top general in Afghanistan admits it will get worse...
Britain's top general in Afghanistan admits it will get worse before it...  
“Over the course of this summer, the momentum of the campaign has continued much as we predicted it would earlier in the year.
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Afghan violence 'will get worse'  
Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, Britain's most senior military commander in the country has predicted.
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Andy Coulson under pressure as furore over phone hacking claims grows  
As New Yorkers look forward to a relaxing read tomorrow morning when they pick up a copy of the New York Times, little will they know that the paper has lobbed a political hand grenade 3,000 miles across the Atlantic via the pages of its Sunday magazine.
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Ex-UK deputy PM wants answers on tabloid scandal  
RAPHAEL G. SATTERAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) — Britain's former deputy prime minister pressed Friday for police to reveal more about what is alleged to have been a pattern of illegal eavesdropping at a major tabloid newspaper.
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Leading article: What this execution doesn't say about China and...  
There are lessons to be drawn from the sad fate of Akmal ShaikhThere was a dreadful inevitability about the execution of Akmal Shaikh in China, for all the 11th-hour visit by his cousins and last-minute intercessions by the British Government.
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Children at village school in Shanping, GuizhouSteep learning curve  
05 ET As Europe seeks closer ties with China, the emerging superpower appears anxious that EU aid and investment should reach beyond its cities.
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Nigel Hawkes: Love in a cold climate: Why baby boom is not down to...  
Behind The NumbersIf you believe what some newspapers report, last year's winter storms are about to be followed by a blizzard of September births.
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Shake-up of NHS 'incentives' in drive to curb caesareans  
12 PM on 3rd September 2010Plans to reduce the number of caesarean deliveries and give women greater access to home births are being considered by ministers.
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Economy suffers slowdown as double dip looms  
By Sean O'Grady, Economics EditorEconomists fear the dangers of a double-dip recession are "growing alarmingly" after the release of the latest "grim" survey of business confidence in the service sector, and evidence of collapsing order books in the construction industry.
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Slowdown in services and construction will keep lid on base rates  
Phillip InmanThe Bank of England is expected to maintain historically low interest rates next Thursday after a week of poor economic data concluded with figures showing a sharp slowdown in Britain's and a decline in construction orders.
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Simon Cowell praises  
Fellow judge Louis Walsh last night admitted he NEVER thought Cheryl and Ashley would split.
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Derek Hough pays late night visit to Cheryl Cole as her divorce from...  
07 AM on 4th September 2010Cheryl Cole was comforted by 'close friend' Derek Hough at her Los Angeles hotel room just hours before her divorce from Ashley Cole came through.
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Farah joins list of Commonwealth absentees  
By Simon TurnbullFor Mo farah, the man of the year in British athletics, the end of the road for the 2010 season has already arrived.
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Farah pulls out of Commonwealth Games  
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's European 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah withdrew from next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games on Friday and said he will not race on the track again this year.
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Cycling: David Millar to replace Geraint Thomas on the road  
Welshman Thomas, who is set to compete in the Tour of Britain later this month, has pulled out of the three-man team for the Melbourne race on October 3.
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Petacchi wins stage seven of Tour of Spain  
ORIHUELA, Spain (Reuters) - Italian Alessandro Petacchi won stage seven of the Tour of Spain Friday.
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95 snakes found in burst bag at Malaysia airport  
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, an official said Friday.
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Cricket corruption 'not widespread'  
Corruption in cricket is not widespread, it has been claimed as three Pakistan stars banned from playing over match-fixing allegations were questioned by police.
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Dr Fox, who was in Paris for talks with his French counterpart Herve Morin, said the "tough financial climate" meant it was in the interest of both nations to work together.
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Somalian-born Farah, 27, told the BBC: "I had a great 2010 season and my body is telling me that it is time to take a break from training and racing.
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Armenia v Republic of Ireland - live! | Euro 2012 qualifier  
Gregg will be here from 3.30pm. Armenia is a long, long way from Ireland. In fact, you can see it's actually further than Iraq, so technically, it's east of the Middle East.
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St Gordon and Sir Tony – the hairshirt v the linen shirt on the...  
the ex-PM has let it be known that he plans to work for a number of charities with global reach – and to do so for no financial gain.
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HSBC to stock 5 notes in  
14 PM on 3rd September 2010One of the UK's biggest banks today announced plans to stock 5 notes in nearly 400 of its cash machines.
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Javier Mascherano's move mocked the ideals behind freedom of...  
Fifty years ago a young Lancastrian working on Tyneside wanted to change his job.
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Church warden gored to death by bullock  
Tragic Margaret was flown by air ambulance to Walsgrave Hospital, in Coventry, shortly after 5pm on Tuesday, but she died from severe head injuries.
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UK services growth slowest for 16 months as hiring falls  
Sterling cut gains against the dollar and the euro after the downbeat services reading, which follows bigger-than-expected falls in the PMIs for manufacturers and construction, though all are still above the 50 line that divides growth from contraction.
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