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UNITED KINGDOM News, Aug 16, 2011


UK Slashes Science and Engineering Ph.Ds
Science Now
"It's embarrassing that UK Research Councils feel they have to do this in the 21st century. It's clear that the real cause is significant cash and real terms cuts to research spending," says Imran Khan, director of the United Kingdom's Campaign for ...
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Investment Makes Haven Holidays' UK Holiday Parks Even Better Value for Money
Marketwire (press release)
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Aug. 15, 2011) - Haven Holidays confirm that the company's ongoing investment in their 35 holiday parks across the UK is reaping dividends with their customers. Last winter they spent around £55million ...
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UK Flooring Direct Now Offers Complete Online Flooring, Real Wood Flooring and ...
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
After seven years of consolidation which has seen the company become one of the fastest growing retailers in the United Kingdom, UK Flooring Direct represents a fully comprehensive online flooring service. The site has recently been enhanced with even ...
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UK Government Backs Country Wide Super Fast Broadband
ITProPortal
United Kingdom is all set to embrace a country wide super-fast broadband with the government backing the project with a £530 Million funding. The Culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is expected to announce, this week sometime, details of the funding that ...
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Facebook, Twitter execs to meet with UK officials on proposed ban
GMANews.TV
Following last week's riots in the United Kingdom, officials of Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion will reportedly meet with UK officials to discuss a call by Prime Minister David Cameron to ban rioters from social networks. ...
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Currencies: What's in store this week?
Interactive Investor
Starting the week trading very much in line with trends from last week, there is plenty of independent data from the United Kingdom to move the value of the pound - beginning with the release of the Bank of England's (BoE) minutes for the last monetary ...
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Half of UK Net Users Have Not Benefitted from Faster Broadband
Prfire (press release)
A new ISPreview.co.uk survey of 815 broadband users in the United Kingdom (*) has revealed that almost half (48%) have internet connection speeds that are no better today than they were three years ago, yet 68% still expect their future use of the ...
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Syrian Government Stands 'Shoulder to Shoulder' with UK During Riots
The Spoof (satire)
He told the assembled Syrian and Western journalists that "The United Kingdom and Syrian Arab Republic are united in this difficult hour." He went on to claim that "Both of these great nations are threatened by seditious and reckless anarchists, ...
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Holiday Amid Riot Gives U.K. Cabinet Historical Moment
Bloomberg
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg In the annals of the United Kingdom, no one can remember the last time the Prime Minister, his Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Home Secretary and Mayor of London were on vacation abroad when the nation was ...
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(Photo by International Mission Board)
Mission Network NEws (press release)
United Kingdom (MNN) ― Rioting across the UK last week led to the arrests of over 1500 people in a matter of days. The shocking hours of looting and criminal activity erupted out of a peaceful protest on Saturday, August 6. Demonstrators took to the ...
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Mission Network NEws (press release)
US and UK zombies demand top dollar
Network World
The going rates are $110 to $180 per 1000 machines in the US and United Kingdom, $20 to $60 for countries in the rest of Europe and less than $10 for anywhere else. The research, called "Measuring Pay-per-install: The commoditization of Malware ...
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'Heavy-handed tactics tarnish UK image'
Press TV
Latest reports indicate that the British security forces have detained nearly 3000 people since an unprecedented wave of unrest hit the United Kingdom. The British courts are said to have worked around the clock over the weekend to process a third of ...
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Press TV
Are we connecting?
Jerusalem Post
As an ex Brit who made aliya some 13 years ago, I visit the United Kingdom from time to time. What has struck me, especially during these past two years, is the hesitation on the part of my UKfriends to mention Israel. Whenever I return home, ...
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Iranian report attacks Jews, Israel and the UK
Jerusalem Post
The Iranian study asserts that the “Zionist Lobby” embodied by Rupert Murdoch, the founder of News Corp. and the owner of several newspapers in the United Kingdom, is responsible for the telephone-hacking scandal in England. ...
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Chat with Brit scribe Naomi Canton about UK riots
Rediff
Naomi Canton, a free-lance journalist based in the United Kingdom, was at the ground zero of the riots that had set the nation ablaze recently. The unprecedented violence scorched several cities across UK and left three Asians dead, among others....
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Rediff
Scotland lags behind rest of UK in broadband stakes
BroadbandWatcher
The report states that Scotland is somewhat lagging behind the rest of the UK, with only 61 per cent of the population having access to broadband, compared to 74 per cent across the entire United Kingdom. Perthshire, Scotland is one of the affected...
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BroadbandWatcher
UK: Concern Social Networks Targeted As BlackBerry Helps Police Identify Rioters
Eurasia Review
Reporters Without Borders is not minimizing the gravity of the situation in the United Kingdom and the urgency of the need to restore order, but it believes that the provision of personal data to the police sets a disturbing precedent in a western ...
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Eurasia Review
'UK is more criminal than US'
Press TV
... in major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol, contributing to Britain's worst unrest since the 1980s. Reports say that more than 3000 people have been arrested in the brutal crackdown of UK police on protesters across the United Kingdom.
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Press TV
NHI 'not the answer'
News24
by Phil In 2001, we returned from the United Kingdom after spending 4½ years living and working all around Britain. My wife and I are both trained medical professionals and qualified from the Free State University in the early '90s. ...
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UK House Prices -2.1% On Month In August - Rightmove
RTT News
(RTTNews) - The average asking price for a home in the United Kingdom was down 2.1 percent in August compared to the previous month, property tracking website Rightmove said on Monday, standing at 231543 pounds. That follows the 1.6 percent contraction ...
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UK Online Retailer Gets World Exclusive on Metal Gear Solid 'Ultimate' HD ...
GamePro.com
Zavvi notes in its support pages that the company does "not ship certain products outside the United Kingdom. These include, but are not limited to, all games consoles and other electronic products." It doesn't specifically mention software, ...
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Bank of America to sell Canadian card business
Los Angeles Times
Bank of America Corp. plans to sell its $8.6 billion credit card business in Canada to TD Bank Group and will exit its credit card businesses in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The moves are part of a broader shift by Bank of America out of its ...
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6 dead from 2 families in UK attack
News24
Its economy used to be predominantly agriculture-based, but the 116km² island has become a major offshore financial services hub in recent years. The Bailiwick of Jersey is not a part of the United Kingdom but a British crown dependency with its own ...
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Law and disorder
Manila Standard Today
Not quite, but the Department of Foreign Affairs nonetheless should have issued a travel advisory to Filipinos against travel to the United Kingdom if only to show that violence and lawlessness can erupt even in the most civilized of societies. ...
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BCB to honor United Kingdom Sunday, Aug. 21
Brazil Times
The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Huber, will present "Mind The Gap," in its salute to the United Kingdom Sunday, Aug. 21, at 8 pm, in Forest Park rain or shine. As travelers to London, England, know, "Mind The Gap," appears on ...
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GP Strategies Acquires TK Holdings Ltd and Beneast Training Ltd subsidiary
MarketWatch (press release)
... announced that GP's wholly-owned subsidiary, General Physics (UK) Ltd, has acquired the entire share capital of TK Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary Beneast Training Ltd, an independent training provider located in the United Kingdom. ...
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As Calm Returns to England, Leaders Consider Roots of Rioting
Lubavitch.com
by Mordechai Lightstone - London, UK After nearly a week of rioting and chaos, a sense of calm has finally returned to the streets in cities across the United Kingdom. What started as a youth protest in North London last Sunday after the death of a ...
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Lubavitch.com
UK Economy: Chancellor George Osborne Hints At Scrapping "Pointless ...
eGov monitor
Mr. Osborne believes keeping this tax rate is making the United Kingdom "uncompetitive". He argued the high level of top rate tax is driving entrpreneurs and businesses out of the UK at a time when the economy needs them to create jobs here. ...
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Quality Through And Through - Renault Ups The Ante
Autochannel (press release)
MAPLE CROSS, UNITED KINGDOM – Aug 15, 2011: Renault has made no qualms about its relentless pursuit of quality in recent years, for both product and service. Indeed, quality is at the very heart of its business, as emphasised by Chairman and CEO, ...
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Autochannel (press release)
An American Expat's Take on the UK Riots
The Root
But the United Kingdom is a small country, and her name and face are known. Unless a miracle happens, this young black woman's life is utterly ruined. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, I have lived in London now for 25 years. ...
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MDC-UK: £3000,00 withdrawn without treasurer's consent
Zim Diaspora
There are reports that prior to the provincial elections presided over by the Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo, several branches across the United Kingdom were allegedly set up and some of these branches were manned by one person. ...
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MP calls suppression of protests in UK worrisome
Tehran Times
Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Sunday, Jalali said that the British officials blow every incident in Iran out of proportion, and now the Iranian media should use their capacity to report the realities on the ground in the United Kingdom and condemn ...
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19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads
The Guardian (blog)
In a 1949 book, Rees Jeffreys – described by former prime minister David Lloyd George as "the greatest authority on roads in the United Kingdom and one of the greatest in the whole world" – wrote that cyclists paved the way, as it were, for motorists. ...
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UK Pound For Pound List: Khan #1, Froch #2, Cleverly #3
BoxingNews24.com
By Adam Fillingham: With the United Kingdom's boxing scene thriving right now I thought I would create an unofficial Pound for pound list. This is all my own opinion and not based on fact so feel free to disagree. The World Boxing Association (WBA) and ...
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BoxingNews24.com
Mary Kenny: Scots and Welsh quick to distance themselves from England's shame
Irish Independent
Scroll down the booking system of an airline for "country of origin" and the United Kingdom pops up just before the United States, (and just after the United Arab Emirates). Thus "the UK" came into common parlance, and hardly anyone spoke about ...
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Millbury soccer camp brings a European flair to the sport
TheDailyMillbury.com
The coach this week in Millbury was Sam Burrow, from Southhampton in the United Kingdom. He was a coach in England for a few years before coming to the states. The past five months he's been coaching as a part of Mass. Premiere Soccer and he has a ...
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Redmond 'LOLUFOLD' Lee Wins Sky Poker Primo
Marketwire (press release)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Aug. 15, 2011) - Online poker room Sky Poker has once again proved to be a happy hunting ground for poker games expert Redmond 'LOLUFOLD' Lee this week after he captured first place in the £12500 Primo on Sunday ...
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Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL) Joint Venture Profits From Summer Movies
World Market Media (blog)
The company's Ad Sales segment offers an international exposure to the business and focuses on selling advertising on plasma TV displays, and cinema and theater Web sites in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Ad Sales also generates business in the UK ...
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Electric car fails to set speed record
USA Today
Don Wales and his 19-year-old son Joe were taking turns at attempting to break the record in South Wales, United Kingdom when the calamity happened. As Joe drove, the car's front wheel sheered off, reports the UK's Sky News. He wasn't hurt but the run...
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USA Today
Britain can no longer waste money in Afghanistan: Lord Oakeshott
The Nation, Pakistan
The United Kingdom has already wasted £14bn on the war in Afghanistan and cannot afford to waste any more in military operations there at a time of financial crisis, Lord Oakeshott has said. "We have wasted £14bn on going to war in Afghanistan, ...
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Huawei Set To Sell Own-branded Smartphone Soon
ITProPortal
Huawei's executive vice president for the United Kingdom, Mark Mitchinson, has told in an interview, that the company, which is one of the largest handset manufacturers in the world will accelerate plans to sell its own mobile handsets in the UK ...
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ITProPortal
William Hill CEO Warns UK Government Of "Minefield"
Gambling Kingz
Asked in the interview if William Hill would consider returning to the United Kingdom, even if the new regime meant that the group lost its tax benefits, he answered that there was "not a chance in hell of us coming back from Gibraltar" for now. ...
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Gambling Kingz
Chemists protest against UK funding cuts
Nature.com (subscription) (blog)
Today, some 100 senior chemists around the world – including six Nobel Laureates – have sprung to the defence of synthetic organic chemistry in the United Kingdom, which is to be selectively squeezed of funding by the UK's Engineering and Physical ...
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UPDATE: Ormonde Mining awarded four new permits that extend La ...
Fairfax rates shares in Ormonde Mining (LON:ORM) as a 'buy' after the firm said it has been awarded four new permits, which extend the area of the La Zarza copper project in the Huelva Province of southern Spain by around 95 square ...
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Infiniti to triple number of planned UK outlets | Motor Trader ...
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Motor Trader Magazine | Motor Industry: News - Jobs - Awards. The award-winning and longest running UK magazine for car retailing professionals. Your first stop for News, Jobs and Reports for the motor industry. ... Location: Southern England – home based role, United Kingdom; Aftersales Manager (S1183) at Automotive Retail Group (c/o Southgate Consulting) Location: North West London, United Kingdom; Business Manager (2505) at Profitlink Group Ltd ...
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Jagansindia: Jagansindia opens New Office at United Kingdom (UK ...
Jagansindia opens New Office at United Kingdom (UK... Apple copycat 'hiPhone 5' comes calling in China · Too much Facebook use can make kids narcissistic ...
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UK PM recalls Parliament for London riot crisis, United Kingdom ...
British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled Parliament from its summer recess Tuesday and.
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UK riots aftermath: A nation's pain - United Kingdom - NZ Herald News
I want to be able to bury him so that he is at rest, but the police cannot release the body, says Khansa Ali, 22, the pregnant wife of one of the three men ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/united-kingdom/news/article.cfm?l...
Hype Tracker | news buzz tracker, daily graphs | United Kingdom (UK) |
HypeTracker.com provides discussion forums and daily graphs showing the trends and usage of key terms in various news websites over time along with a ...
www.antya.com/detail/Hype_Tracker/26429
London shopkeeper laments lifetime's work wrecked ... - United Kingdom
"Everything is gone. My life is gone," said shopkeeper Sivaharan Kandrah as he surveyed the wreckage o... < Local News | Expatica United Kingdom.
www.expatica.co.uk/.../london-shopkeeper-laments-lifetime-s-...

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