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Man Who Sold Life On Ebay Bounces Back After Disney Buys Rights To Movie

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 12.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Ebay, Divorced, UK News, Man Who Sold Life on Ebay, World, Ian Usher, Panama, Adventures, A Life Sold, Travels, UK Inspiration, Travel Blog, Disney, News, Round the World, UK News

Ian Usher put his whole life on eBay in 2008 after his marriage broke down: his job, his car, his house, a motorbike and even an introduction to his f...

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Naked Maids Service In Trouble With Police

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Nude Maids, TV Canada, Naked Maids, UK News, UK World, America, Sex Trade, Naked House Maids, Housekeeping, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas, Occupy Movement, UK News

A controversial new housekeeping service in the conservative depths of Texas has caught the attention of local police, despite its insistence that it ...

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Syrian President 'Shitting With' The International Community, Says French Official

Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK News, UK World, France, Bashar Al Assad, Assad, Syria, UK Politics News

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is trying to "shit" on the international community, a spokesman for the French foreign minister has said. Speaking...

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Cameron Defends Arms Sales To Indonesia

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Military, UK Defence, UK News, Japan, Arms Sales, Indonesia, UK World, David Cameron, Burma, UK Politics News

David Cameron has defended his decision to promote British arms sales to Indonesia, arguing the South Asian country has the right to be able to defend...

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Man Who Murdered British Teacher In Bathtub Loses Appeal

PA | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, UK Crime, UK World, Lindsay Hawker Murder, Tatsuya Ichihashi Life Sentence, Japan, Tatsuya Ichihashi, Lindsay Hawker, UK News

The killer of British teacher Lindsay Hawker has lost an appeal against his life sentence for her murder. Tatsuya Ichihashi, 33, was jailed last ye...

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Norway Killer Anders Breivik Declared 'Sane'

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Anders Breivik Manifesto, Mental Illness, Utoya Island, Mass Murder, Norway, UK News, Utoya Shooting, UK World, Anders Breivik, UK News

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed a total of 77 people, most of them teenagers, last July has been legally declared sane ahead of his...

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Argentina 'Must Pay Back' £45m Arms Loan Used To Invade Falklands

Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Arms Sales, UK News, UK World, Falkland Islands, Argentina, Vince Cable, David Owen, Jubille Debt Campaign, UK Politics News

Britain is demanding that Argentina pay back £45m in loans that the country took out from the UK in order to buy ships and helicopters later used to ...

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Third $656m Mega Millions Claims Share

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Lottery, Baltimore, Kansas, Megamillions, UK World, Mega Millions Jackpot, Mega Millions Winner, Maryland Lottery, Illinois, Mega Millions, Maryland, UK News

The owner of a third winning ticket from the US Mega Millions lottery has come forward to claim their share of last month's record-breaking $656m jack...

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Diary from Kabul - A Message for Mr Cameron

Martin Middlebrook | Posted 09.06.2012 | Home

Read More: Beirut, Kabul, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Humour, Reconstruction, Photojournalism, World, UK Politics, David Cameron, Home News

War pays I can tell you. Kabul is a building site and the construction industry is booming off the back of reconstruction. Now Mr David Cameron of the swept back hair and boyish looks, you're a clever man, just this week you flew over Afghanistan, did you perchance bother to look out of the window? If you had you would have seen how capitalism really works.

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Obama Opens Easter Egg Roll - But Who Came Dressed As A Bunny?

Posted 09.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Diary, Obama, Easter, Joe Biden, UK News, UK World, Easter Bunny, President Obama, UK Politics News

It's a long-standing White House Easter tradition that the US president entertain children on the South Lawn for a egg roll, and this year Barack Obam...

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Egyptian Election Campaigners Flood Obama's Facebook Page

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 09.06.2012 | UK

Supporters of an Egyptian presidential candidate have hijacked the Facebook page of Barack Obama in a row over immigration papers. The President...

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North Korea To Push Ahead With Controversial Rocket Test

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 09.04.2012 | UK

North Korea is pushing ahead with a controversial rocket launch despite growing international condemnation. All three stages of the rocket have be...

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Why Do Filipinos Crucify Themselves On Good Friday?

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, Easter, Philippines, UK World, Good Friday, Crucifixion, UK News

Christians are by no means strangers to reenactments of Bible scenes – everyone's been in or seen a nativity play. But a minority of very, very d...

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Time to Rethink the Bahrain Grand Prix

Richard Burden | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Sport, Richard Burden, Damon Hill, UK Politics, Formula One, World, Formula 1, Bahrain, UK-Motorsports, Bahrain Grand Prix, Motorsports, UK Politics News

Damon Hill is right to call on the governing body of motor sport to rethink its decision to go ahead with this year's Bahrain Grand Prix. I say that as someone who is a motor sport nut as well as an MP with a keen interest in the Middle East.

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Thai Man Holds Wife Hostage At Knifepoint (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 05.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Thailand, UK News, Man Holds Wife Hostage, Hostages, UK World, Crime, Hostage Situation, Bangkok, Knife Crime, UK News

Thai police have arrested a man who held his own wife hostage at knifepoint on a Bangkok street. Sakdawut Hamsiri, 30, believed to be under the inf...

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HMS Dauntless Sets Sail For Falkland Islands (PHOTOS)

Posted 04.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Argentina, UK News, UK World, Royal Navy, HMS Dauntless, UK Politics News

HMS Dauntless, the Royal Navy's most advanced destroyer, has set sail from Portsmouth to patrol the waters around the Falkland Islands. The ship's ...

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Defence Secretary: Britain Will 'Robustly' Defend Falklands

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.06.2012 | UK

Read More: Falklands 30th Anniversary, Falklands Widows, UK News, UK World, Falkland Islands, Falklands Anniversary, Slideexpand, Falklands Conflict, Falklands Was, UK News

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond today rejected claims Britain would be unable to defend the Falklands against a fresh Argentinean assault as both cou...

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Pakistan, the Pakistanies and the Tropes of History

Aamir Aziz | Posted 31.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Modernity, Tribalism, Class Warfare, Feudalism, Social Realities, Pakistan, UK World, UK Politics, UK Culture, UK Universities & Education News

Hardly a day goes by without Pakistan featuring in international headlines with news of bloodshed, natural catastrophe, social disharmony, political unrest and everything except progress, stability and quasi perpetual peace.

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Argentinian Veterans Remember Fallen Comrades

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.06.2012 | UK

Read More: Ushuaia Vigil, Falklands 30th Anniversary, Falklands Widows, UK News, Falklands, UK World, Falklands War, Falklands Anniversary, Falklands Conflict, UK News

Argentinian veterans have remembered fallen comrades in a service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. The veterans gathered in...

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Falklands Widows Attend Memorial Service

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.06.2012 | UK

Read More: Falklands Widows, Falklands 30th Anniversary, UK News, UK World, Falklands, Falklands Anniversary, Slideexpand, Falklands Conflict, Falklands Was, UK News

Widows of soldiers killed in the Falklands conflict gathered on Monday for a service of remembrance. On the anniversary of the Argentinian invasion...

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Cruise Ship Adrift Off Philippines

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Azamara Quest Adrift, UK News, UK World, Azamara Quest Fire, Philippines Cruise Ship, Cruise Ship Philippines, Cruise Ship Adrift, Azamara Quest, Cruise Ship Fire, UK News

A cruise ship with reportedly up to 60 Britons on board was drifting in seas south of the Philippines today after a fire in one of the ship's engine r...

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Could Britain Retake Falklands If Argentina Invaded?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.05.2012 | UK Politics

Britain would find it difficult to defend, reinforce or retake the Falkland Islands if Argentina launched a fresh assault, according to a defence pres...

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Funeral For Tibetan Protester Jamphel Yeshi Who Died After Setting Himself On Fire In India (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Russia, Brics, India, New Delhi, Brazil, Slidewide, Tibet, South Africa, UK News, Self Immolation, Tibet Self Immolation, UK World, Tibet Protests, Free Tibet, China Tibet, Indian Parliament, UK News

The funeral for an exiled Tibetan protester who set himself on fire in protest at a visit from the Chinese president to India takes place today. J...

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Desmond Tutu Urges Britain To Give Up Claim Over Falklands

Posted 28.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Nick Clegg, UK Diary, UK News, Desmond Tutu, UK World, Falkland Islands, UK Politics News

A group of Nobel Peace Prize winners including Desmond Tutu has urged Britain to back down over its claim to the Falkland Islands. The retired Sout...

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Ten Years After the Arab Peace Initiative, it's Time to Think Smaller

Toby Greene | Posted 28.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Palestine, Arab Peace Initiative, 28 March 2002, Gaza, UK World, Api, Israel, Arab League, Foreign Policy, UK Politics News

28 March marks 10 years from the launch of the ground-breaking, Saudi-led, Arab Peace Initiative (API). But don't expect to hear the sound of celebrations. A decade later, the proposal, which seemed so promising on paper, has failed to make a mark on the ground.

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