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Newcastle women sexiest in Britain

A little about .... (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

London, July 4 - ANI: Women from Newcastle, home of Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole, have been voted as the sexiest in Britain.

Britain 74th in world happiness rankings

nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

British people are less satisfied with life than many in poorer countries and use too many of the earth's resources, according to a poll that ranks Britain 74th in the world below Georgia and Burma. Rather than measure Gross Domestic Product or GDP, the Happy Planet Index or HPI measures life expectancy, happiness and the environmental impact of different nations. The top ten countries are not...

• Britain 74th in world happiness rankings - The Telegraph

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www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Rather than measure Gross Domestic Product or GDP, the Happy Planet Index or HPI measures life expectancy, happiness and the environmental impact of different nations. The top ten countries are not the richest nations but middle income countries in Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Newcastle women ’sexiest’ in Britain

Timpu (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

London, July 4 (ANI): Women from Newcastle, home of ‘Girls Aloud’ star Cheryl Cole, have been voted as the ’sexiest’ in Britain. Click Here To Read the Full Post

Do you possess Britain’s Best Brain?

WiiSellit Blog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Nintendo and FIVE join forces in a new brain-based game show

Britain rallies opposition to Iranian threat to put embassy staff on trial

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Britain is attempting to build a united international front in opposition to Iran's declaration that it would put British embassy employees on trial for inciting demonstrations in Tehran.

Britain's help to the Third World to...

Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | yesterday

Britain's help to the Third World to be rebranded 'UKAid' - Home News, UK - The Independent Britain's development ministry is to change the name of its key aid distribution arm in a major rebranding exercise. Operations by the Department for International Development (DfID) in the developing world will be known as "UKAid" in an attempt to make clear that the contributions are...

Britain To Take Over

Ian Geldard (Free subscription) | yesterday

Britain To Take Over Government Of Turks And Caicos To Replace 'Corrupt' Officials http://htxt.it/SLxM

Britain urges EU action on Iran embassy arrests

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

Britain continued to push other European countries Thursday to take a tough stance against Iran for detaining employees of the British Embassy in Teh ran, but European Union diplomats meeting here were searching for other ways out of the standoff.

Spineless Britain

birdbrain (Free subscription) | yesterday

... on trial, they have made confessions." Nine embassy staff were held in Tehran last weekend. Britain says all but two have now been freed. EU governments are to summon Iranian ambassadors to protest against the detention of the embassy staff.... And what is stupid, stupid Britain doing? "Protesting" to ambassadors. What a spineless bunch of people--they should be going...

Return to Britain

Dave's deliberations (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

As the 10 of us proudly marched through customs and immigration at Birmingham Airport I was greeted by a short women with a Birmingham accent who smiled and said, “it’s good to be home, isn’t it” Her friendly jibe was likely due to the fact that we were loudly chorusing ‘Rule Britannia’ all the way from the plan to the arrivals desk. “Britannia rule the waves...

Britain Receiving the Kind of Diplomatic Support It can Expect from the EU

Reality Check (Free subscription) | yesterday

This parallels the kind of support Britain received from the EU during the hostage crisis in 2007 . The difference this time is that whereas in 2007 the Bush Administration offered a show of force to try to intimidate Tehran, this time, the Obama Administration is bending over backwards for Tehran .

Britain prepared to part-fund GM Europe takeover

Gasgoo.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Britain is prepared to help underwrite the planned takeover of the European arm of General Motors, possibly in the form of loans, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Friday.

• UK may part-fund GM Europe takeover - Reuters UK
• Britain ready to co-fund GM Europe spin-off - Financial Times
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THANKS, BRITAIN! Oh, look, a birthday prezzie...

Amygdala (Free subscription) | yesterday

THANKS, BRITAIN! Oh, look, a birthday prezzie ! A rare and valuable copy of the US Declaration of Independence has been discovered in the National Archives. An American antiquarian bookseller carrying out research at the archives in Richmond, Surrey, stumbled upon the document among some files. It is believed to be one of only 200 printed. Dating back to 4 July 1776, the manuscript is known...

• Rare copy of United States Declaration of Independence found in Kew - nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio
• Rare copy of United States Declaration of Independence found in Kew - The Telegraph

Newcastle women named sexiest in Britain

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

Geordie girls were yesterday named the sexiest women in Britain.