‘EU referendum could cost £80m’
It could cost £80m to run a UK referendum on the European constitution, ministers have revealed. In a written parliamentary…
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Yukos heading back to US courts
Russian oil and gas company Yukos is due in a US court on Thursday as it continues to fight for…
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Nadal puts Spain 2-0 up
Result: Nadal 6-7 (6/8) 6-2 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 Roddick Spain’s Rafael Nadal beats Andy Roddick of the USA in the…
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Indonesia ‘declines debt freeze’
Indonesia no longer needs the debt freeze offered by the Paris Club group of creditors, Economics Minister Aburizal Bakrie has…
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Apple laptop is ‘greatest gadget’
The Apple Powerbook 100 has been chosen as the greatest gadget of all time, by US magazine Mobile PC. The…
Read MoreOff-colour Gardener storms to win
Britain’s Jason Gardener shook off an upset stomach to win the 60m at Sunday’s Leipzig International meeting. Gardener clocked 6.56…
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Campbell: E-mail row ‘silly fuss’
Ex-No 10 media chief Alastair Campbell is at the centre of a new political row over an e-mail containing a…
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Da Vinci Code is ‘lousy history’
The plot of an international bestseller that thousands of readers are likely to receive as a Christmas present is ‘laughable’,…
Read MoreEthiopia’s crop production up 24%
Ethiopia produced 14.27 million tonnes of crops in 2004, 24% higher than in 2003 and 21% more than the average…
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Satellite mapping aids Darfur relief
Aid workers trying to house, feed and clothe millions of homeless refugees in the Sudanese region of Darfur are getting…
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