Tag: britain
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April 14, 2008 08:35 AM EDT --
Many Americans who feel that their civil liberties are being curtailed - and law enforcement excesses perpetrated - in the name of homeland security, may derive a certain measure of comfort . . . more
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June 09, 2008 07:39 AM EDT --
We had a recent discussion in POD, the alternate history magazine about what it would have taken for the Germans to have knocked Great Britain out of the war in the summer of 1940. I want to start . . . more
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September 25, 2006 03:39 AM EDT --
The head of the Muslim Council of Britain said that -
Britain will face have to deal with up to two million Islamic terrorists unless there is an end to 'demonising' of Muslims, the leader of . . . more
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March 25, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
By Marty Salo
News Correspondent
Supposedly, in Iran, there were some 500 Iranian students who gathered on the shore near where the soldiers were captured, and shouted "Death to Britain" and . . . more
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April 11, 2007 08:33 AM EDT --
Following the British Government's decision to allow the kidnapped hostages the right to sell their story. What would you sell your life story for?
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May 10, 2007 08:49 AM EDT --
Just ten days before his 14th anniversary as his an elected official, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced his resignation from his post, effective June 27th. Blair, 54, began his term of service . . . more
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August 23, 2007 12:54 PM EDT --
I read crime fiction quite extensively. Probably three of every four books I read are set in the United Kingdom. British police procedurals are my favorite genre, with British crime fiction . . . more
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December 18, 2007 06:46 AM EST --
Sticky Toffee Pudding
This pudding originated in the Lake District of England - and just about every pub in the Lake District claims the recipe originated there! However, it can now be found . . . more
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April 07, 2008 08:21 AM EDT --
I'm a big fan of the English. They are highly civilized, rich in culture and history. If only they'd learn to drive correctly and speak the language properly, they'd be a perfect people. . . . more
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April 15, 2008 11:03 PM EDT --
Driving through the little villages of England, one comes across many cottages with thatched roofs. Many of these villages consist of just one main street. Some of the lanes winding through . . . more
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January 03, 2007 06:35 PM EST --
A doctor at a family planning clinic in London, England told a 20-year-old patient that she needed an exorcism because “there was something sinister moving around inside her stomach.”
A medical . . . more
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April 03, 2007 06:15 PM EDT --
By Marty Salo
News Correspondent
It seems that Britain is content to let the hostages languish while they allow for "diplomacy to work."
Part of the good news about the situation . . . more
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March 23, 2007 09:04 PM EDT --
By Marty Salo
News Correspondent
Hmm, while at work today, one of my co-workers saw this alert and said something like "Man, it seems like the British are like the French."
"If I were . . . more
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August 10, 2006 10:52 PM EDT --
although i don't read much about politics on gather, i am so glad that jennifer hodge recommended a new author to me. his name is ambrose musiyiwa, and he's written quite a bit about . . . more
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April 04, 2007 02:05 AM EDT --
The Bush Gang is looking to 'escalate (the UK/Iranian prisoner issue) into an irreconcilable confrontation'. Neocons, like John Bolton see this issue as their' casus belli to expand it's . . . more
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July 23, 2007 04:27 PM EDT --
I just read the news about the western reaches of the Thames flooding! London it'self is safe, due to the flood measures in place, but west of the city is flooding terribly.
The photo . . . more
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December 13, 2007 12:03 PM EST --
The first time I ever made a Christmas cake, I must have been 14-years old. It was in my Food & Nutrtion class I was taking. Mrs. Gray was our teacher. She was a proud woman whol . . . more
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August 09, 2006 01:45 AM EDT --
Yikes...
ALMOST a quarter of British Muslims say the 7/7 bombings can be justified because of the Government's support for the war on terror, according to an opinion poll.
And nearly half of those . . . more
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August 15, 2006 07:01 PM EDT --
Here in America the term "racial profiling" is enough to make your average politically correct, card-carrying ACLU member piddle on the carpet, yet the British authorities seem convinced that . . . more
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March 31, 2007 01:26 PM EDT --
We have to face up to this, for the rich and powerful people who rule our countries and our world, the blood of some people is more valuable than the blood of other people. The blood of American . . . more
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