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The extent of support in Britain for the far-right British National Party (BNP) was revealed Wednesday with the publication of the personal details of more than 12,000 members and supporters on an internet site.
The list, published on the website Wikileak, gave the names, addresses, and in some cases the professions, of members who include serving and former... |
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For over 200 years, the Trappist monks of Belgium's Westmalle abbey have preserved their order through war, fire and revolution.
Now the abbey's famous Benedictine brewing monks are facing a new and unexpected challenge: commercial success.
The beer they brew within the abbey's walls has become so popular that they cannot keep up...
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A German Lufthansa AG airline collided with a bus on a Frankfurt airport runway, officials said Thursday.
The Airbus A340 aircraft and its 236 passengers and crew had just landed from Tehran and was taxing its terminal parking position when it hit the bus. The passenger bus was empty at the time of the collision.
No-one was injured...
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At the start of what became a journey into catastrophe was a take-off like any other. The plane taxied to its starting position at Madrid airport and began rolling down the runway.
But then it happened.
The McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 of the airline Spanair did not rise up into the blue skies above the Spanish capital, but instead...
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Bulgarian dairy farmers have blocked major roads in the east of the country in a further call for higher state subsidies, Bulgarian state radio reported on Thursday.
Milk producers set up a blockade on the main road between the capital Sofia and the port of Varna on the Black Sea, to press for higher subsidies of 0.20 lewa (ten euro...
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Moscow is "reconsidering" its cooperation with NATO, a high-ranking Russian diplomat told news agency Interfax on Thursday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko was quoted by the agency as saying any review of relations would "of course affect the military cooperation program."
The comments came in...
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Passengers on a flight from Britain to Crete were given the choice of either arriving at their destination without their bags or getting off the plane, British media reported Wednesday.
Already seated aboard the flight, the passengers of a Viking airlines flight were told the aircraft needed to reduce its weight before the journey and...
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Japanese automakers produce the most environmentally friendly cars, a study released in Germany Wednesday concluded.
Drawn up by the Traffic Club Germany (VCD), the study said that Japanese carmakers were ahead of their international rivals at a time when concerns are growing about high fuel costs and global warming.
"When it...
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After a weeks-long scandal over allegations of stalking, Swiss Army chief of staff Roland Nef resigned on Wednesday.
The Swiss government's Federal Council in a statement said it has formally acknowledged Nef's resignation.
Nef, 49, had been suspended from service in July after Zurich prosecutors launched investigations against him...
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Poland and the United States on Wednesday signed a deal to set up a missile defence base on Polish soil, part of a planned US system in eastern Europe that has inflamed tension with Russia.
After more than a year of tough bargaining, Poland formally agreed to host 10 US missile interceptors in return for a pledge of American military...
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Germany's key banking association added its voice Wednesday to the growing list of groups ruling out a sharp downturn in Europe's biggest economy this year.
German Banking Association chief Manfred Weber conceded that the global credit crunch, slackening world growth and resurgent inflation were likely to result in the nation turning...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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