Britain

Stop This Vicious Slaughter! England Must Stop Waging War On The Nazis!

Martin Lewis | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

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Martin Lewis

Meet The Old Dross - Same As The New Dross... This blog was filed on January 3rd 1944. There may have been a slight delay with the post appearing ...

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British Bill To Ban 'Extreme' Porn Infuriates Critics

The Independent | Jerome Taylor | Posted 12.30.2008 | World

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To some people it is exactly the kind of protective legislation that Britain needs in a world where access to a vast array of pornography is available...

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Pinter

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Social Justice, Britain, Harold Pinter, Christmas Eve, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter Death, Plays, Death, Playwright, Entertainment News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Harold Pinter once said, "Being thrown out of the U.S. embassy in Ankara with Arthur Miller, a voluntary exile, was one of the proudest moments of my life."

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Ahmadinejad's Alternative to the Queen's Christmas Message

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.25.2008 | World

Read More: Television, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Britain, Prophets, Judaism, Jesus, Christmas, Christianity, Iran, Queen Elizabeth II, Ahmadinejad Christmas Message Alternative, Ahmadinejad Alternative Queen's Speech, Queens Message to the Masses, Ahmadijejad, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

If Christ were on Earth still, he probably probably would have watched Iranian President Ahmadinejad's British Christmas day speech over the Queen's.

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Don't Turn Obama Into Blair

Indra Adnan | Posted 12.10.2008 | World

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Indra Adnan

Too many people in the UK remember the hope and subsequent betrayal of New Labour's victory in 1997 when Tony Blair metamorphosed from Bambi to Terminator in his first term.

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British Iraq Pullout To Begin In March: Reports

Reuters | Posted 12.09.2008 | Home

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Britain will start withdrawing most of its more than 4,000 troops from Iraq in March and plans to leave only 400 personnel by mid-2009, British newspa...

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Baby Pygmy Hippo Goes On Display (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.08.2008 | Green

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A rare pygmy hippo, born at a zoo in Hampshire, England, was on public display for the first time on Monday. "The newborn, who hasn't been named, yet ...

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Britain To Hold Separate Talks With Israelis And Palestinians

Reuters | Adrian Croft and Richard Balmforth | Posted 12.03.2008 | World

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will hold separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in London this month on the political and economic situation ...

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UK's New Science Minister Claims "Sixth Sense" Power To Predict The Future

Daily Mail | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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The Government's new science minister has raised eyebrows after he says he believes he has a 'sixth sense' to predict the future, it was revealed tod...

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Remembering Wartime Folly

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

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Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post Eric S. Margolis November 12, 2008 As Americans observed Veteran's Day, and other Western nations commemorated the 10...

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"Binge Britain": Devastating Report Concludes Police Overwhelmed By Booze-Fueled Mayhem

Daily Mail | James Slack | Posted 11.09.2008 | Style

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A ban on cut-price beer and wine and a higher drinking age may be needed to curb alcohol-related public disorder, MPs will say today. In a devastatin...

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Iceland Blames Britain For Its Financial Woes

New York Times | SARAH LYALL | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

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No one disputes that Iceland's economic troubles are largely the country's own fault. But there may be more to the story, at least in the view of Icel...

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Why Being Nouveau Pauvre Cheers Britain

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 10.29.2008 | Style

Read More: Britain, End of Conspicuous Consumption, English Versus American Response, Hard Times, Reaction To, Divorce, Economic Crisis, Guy Ritchie, Affluenza, English, Madonna, Financial Crisis, London, Austerity, Style News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

Despite their ancestors' experience with war-time thrift, the average Brit may be deeper in debt than their American cousin.

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Islamic Sharia Rulings To Be Rubber-Stamped By British Courts

Telegraph | Chris Hastings | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

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Civil rights campaigners are angry that ministers have approved plans to allow Sharia councils in Britain the right to settle disputes regarding money...

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Global Obama: Big Opportunities, Bigger Challenges

William Bradley | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

If he wins, Obama will have the global popularity that no American president has had in a great many years.

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Tainted Chinese Milk Spreads To Edible British Sex Toys

The Sun | ANDREA HAMMETT | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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CHAMPAGNE, check, strawberries, check, chocolate-flavoured willy spread - erm, come again. The novelty food product may spice up your bedroom antics,...

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Emissions "Must be cut" by 80% by 2050 says British Climate Change Committee VIDEO>>

George Spyros | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

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George Spyros

With dramatic video of melting arctic ice crashing into the ocean, including *insert metaphor* the fjord in Greenland that is believed to have produ...

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What the Debate Missed on Afghanistan: Brits Say Talk to Taliban

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

Our British allies are telling us that there is no military solution, that there must be a political solution -- there should be talks with the Taliban.

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British Bank Bailout To Be More Radical Than US Bailout

New York Times | Landon Thomas, Jr. and Carter Dougherty | Posted 10.08.2008 | Business

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At a news conference, Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted that the crisis had begun in the United States. "This problem started in America with irres...

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On Invasion Anniversary, British Govt Says: Talk to Taliban

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

The Brits are trying to get through to us, perhaps because they fear that some of the rhetoric of the presidential campaign risks locking the U.S. into a path of military escalation.

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Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A.

Peter Samuelson | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

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Peter Samuelson

If you wanted to have a democracy, honestly, you really should have taken the time to understand things a bit before you voted.

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Britain To Crackdown On 'Greedy' Bonuses

Times Online | Philip Webster and Miles Costello | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

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A crackdown on greed and excess in the City is being promised by the Government to clean up the financial system after the banking turmoil of the past...

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Grasshoppers Recruited As Climate Change Scouts

TimesOnline | Lewis Smith | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

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The rasping summer sound of grasshoppers chirping in fields and meadows is to be used to help to track climate changes. Grasshoppers, along with bush...

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Islamic Sharia Courts In Britain Now "Legally Binding"

Daily Mail | Matthew Hickley | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

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Islamic sharia law courts in Britain are exploiting a little-known legal clause to make their verdicts officially binding under UK law in cases includ...

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Britain's Spy Agency Seeking To Hire Gays

AP | JENNIFER QUINN | Posted 08.18.2008 | Living

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LONDON — Britain's domestic spy agency wants gay recruits to know: It's time to come out of the closet. After shunning them for decades over wo...

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