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But many voters believe the new government will be too weak to last. 2. Tories plan to block pupils' appeals data: 07.04.08 Children will be stripped of the right to an independent appeal after being excluded from school under a Conservative plan to restore order in the classroom. 3. Study gets to grips with 'easy' cricket catches data: 10.04.08 Scientists believe they have worked out why even the most experienced cricketer cannot always take an apparently easy catch. 4. Serbia vows to hold elections in Serb-dominated parts of Kosovo data: 07.04.08 Serbia's minister for Kosovo, Slobodan Samardzic, said Serbia's parliamentary and local vote, planned for May 11, would also be held in the Serbian regions of Kosovo. Kosovo's president, Fatmir Sejdiu, called the move an attempt to challenge Kosovo's statehood. 5. Chinese banks pass on CIT Group data: 07.04.08 Major Chinese banks - including Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China - decided not to invest in the U.S. commercial lender because of concerns about the company's ability to finance itself. 6. Dow falls after downbeat reports data: 27.03.08 A pair of pessimistic reports on home sales and business spending reminded investors about the precarious state of the economy. 7. Nepal goes to polls to end 'dark times' data: 10.04.08 Nepal will elect an assembly today to write a new constitution putting an end to a decade of Maoist insurgency and possibly centuries of royal tradition. 8. Schumacher to help distribute McLaren's spy fine data: 27.03.08 Ferrari's retired world champion Michael Schumacher will help distribute $60 million (30 million pounds) paid by McLaren as punishment for last year's spying controversy, Formula One's governing body said on Wednesday. 9. Hijacked yacht crew 'feared pirate attack' data: 07.04.08 Fears were growing last night for the crew of a luxury yacht hijacked off the African coast, as the British former girlfriend of one crewman revealed that he had been worried about a pirate attack. 10. Jean Todt’s talk with the press data: 27.03.08 11. World food prices soar as Asia consumes more data: 07.04.08 Price rises are leading to protests and some governments are responding with controls on prices and exports. 12. Number of complaints against the NHS soars data: 07.04.08 A growing number of NHS complaints are being upheld amid falling nursing standards and rushed GP appointments, according to a report published today. 13. EU anxiety as Sarkozy prepares to take helm data: 27.03.08 In July France takes over the bloc's six-month rotating presidency, and the prospect is beginning to worry some as President Nicolas Sarkozy is seen to face a steep learning curve. 14. Captain Birdseye actor John Hewer dies data: 19.03.08 The actor who starred as Captain Birdseye in the adverts for fish fingers for more than thirty years has died 15. Call to improve care of elderly data: 10.04.08 Standards of elderly care could be in danger if workers' pay and conditions do not improve, a committee says. 16. Europe begins to criticize Chinese crackdown in Tibet data: 27.03.08 Europe on Wednesday sharpened its tone over China's military actions in Tibet as officials said they were considering sending a fact-finding mission to Beijing and a Chinese diplomat sought to defend the crackdown on protesters. 17. Tensions threaten Kosovo's tenuous peace data: 27.03.08 Analysts and diplomats warn that the conflict could boil over if the international community does not overcome divisions. 18. Sarkozy asks China to talk with Dalai Lama data: 27.03.08 The French president urged China to conduct a "true dialogue" with the spiritual leader of Tibet. 19. Progress in Korea nuclear talks data: 10.04.08 North Korea says a deal is reached with the US over disclosure of its nuclear activities. 20. Heather Mills torn to shreds by judge over Paul McCartney divorce data: 19.03.08 Heather Mills's reputation has been torn to shreds after the High Court judge presiding over her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney accused her of "make-belief", inconsistency and inaccuracy. 21. Latest Pictures: The 90th anniversary of the RAF data: 07.04.08 Pictures from 90 years of the RAF. 22. Oasis Hong Kong Airlines goes bankrupt data: 10.04.08 The long-haul budget carrier, which tried to offer premium service and spacious seats at low prices, suddenly went into liquidation Wednesday, canceling all flights. 23. Richard Hammond: Please let me go home data: 07.04.08 As the nation was going potty over the calamitous launch of Heathrow's Terminal 5, I was stuck in Marrakech airport trying to get back to Gatwick after last week's brief family hols. 24. Rivals 'should share licence fee' data: 10.04.08 Some of the BBC's licence fee could be shared with other broadcasters, media watchdog Ofcom says. 25. Nikolai Baibakov, Stalin's oil minister, dies at 97 data: 07.04.08 Nikolai Baibakov, who oversaw Russian oil production during World War II and went on to become one of the Soviet Union's top economic officials, died Monday in Moscow. 26. Paul Scofield, British stage actor, dies at 86 data: 27.03.08 Scofield, who won international fame and an Academy Award for the film "A Man for All Seasons," has died in southern England at the age of 86. 27. Beijing pollution 'not a danger' data: 07.04.08 Olympic chief Jacques Rogge claims air pollution in Beijing will not endanger athletes' health at the 2008 Games. 28. Jobs: Mirror Works: Live wires data: 07.04.08 A row about the last song played at a concert prompted two friends to start recording shows and selling CDs instantly to departing fans. 29. Every British Olympian to be drug tested before Beijing data: 27.03.08 Every British athlete competing in the Beijing Olympics will be dope tested at least once before this year's Games as part of the country's most comprehensive pre-Olympic testing programme, UK Sport announced on Wednesday. 30. Prince William and Kate Middleton on ski break data: 19.03.08 Prince William took his girlfriend Kate Middleton to the slopes of Klosters this week for a invigorating skiing holiday. --- --- --- -x- |