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Lib Dems win first round in fight to cut drivers' speed

08.10.2008 23:56    cambridgelibdems.org.uk
Liberal Democrat councillors are celebrating victory after winning the first round in their battle with the county council over reducing speed limits on two major roads in Cambridge.


Lib Dems attack Tory's £1.2m plan for weekly rubbish collections

08.10.2008 23:56    cambridgelibdems.org.uk
Cambridge City Liberal Democrats have attacked a Tory plan to bring back weekly rubbish collections at an initial cost of £1.2 million to the ratepayers.

PACE issues resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina, angering RS leaders

08.10.2008 23:12    setimes.com
On September 30th, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at smoothing its future path towards EU membership.
PACE issues resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina, angering RS leaders

Bulgaria vows support for Cyprus reunification efforts

08.10.2008 23:12    setimes.com
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgaria supports all UN Security Council resolutions that condemn Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and call for the withdrawal...


US defence secretary visits Kosovo

08.10.2008 23:12    setimes.com
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday (October 7th) that US troops will remain in Kosovo at least until the end of 20...

Serbia warns Montenegro against recogising Kosovo

08.10.2008 23:12    setimes.com
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic on Monday (October 6th) warned neighbouring Montenegro not to recognise Kosovo's independence, sayin...

Lajcak praises successful local elections in BiH, urges return to EU agenda

08.10.2008 23:12    setimes.com
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- High Representative Miroslav Lajcak on Monday (October 6th) welcomed the successful local elections at the...

The truth about US air strikes in Afghanistan

08.10.2008 22:53    rediff.com
The military investigator's report found that more than 30 civilians not 5 to 7 as the military has long insisted died in the air strikes against a suspected Taliban compound in Azizabad in western Afghanistan on August 22, the New

Salmond welcomes banking rescue package

08.10.2008 22:51    thescotsman.scotsman.com
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond today welcomed the £50 billion rescue plan for UK banks as a "very substantial" set of measures.

Seven Questions: Dexter Filkins on the Taliban's Long War

08.10.2008 22:27    foreignpolicy.com
With the Taliban growing fiercer by the day, Dexter Filkins, a grizzled war correspondent for the New York Times and author of The Forever War, shares his tales from tribal Pakistan and explains why it may be too late to
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Judge Orders Release of Uighurs at Guantanamo

08.10.2008 22:27    antiwar.com
U .S. human rights and civil rights groups lauded a federal court decision Tuesday that orders the release of 17 Muslim minority Chinese men who have been held without charges for seven years at the infamous U.S. military detention facility

Pakistan 'Greatest Single Challenge' to Next President

08.10.2008 22:26    antiwar.com
C alling Pakistan the "greatest single challenge" to the next U.S. administration, a bipartisan group of South Asia experts recommends cutting aid to the Pakistani army unless it commits itself to the counter-insurgency struggle against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. "The

Good Morning, Ehud!

08.10.2008 22:26    antiwar.com
I n colloquial Israeli Hebrew, when someone discovers something that everybody else already knows, we say: "Good morning, Elijahu!" Why Elijahu? I don't know. Now one could say: "Good morning, Ehud!" That's what I said to myself when I read

Have No Illusions

08.10.2008 22:26    antiwar.com
I have to admit once being not enamored of, but hopeful about the candidacy of Barack Obama. In " The Year of the Insurgents ," I underlined why I thought the conventional wisdom about this election year was dead wrong,

Two 50-Year-Olds Released From Guantanamo

08.10.2008 22:26    antiwar.com
A s the U.S. courts put pressure on the government to justify the long detention of prisoners at Guantánamo without charge or trial (following the Supreme Court's ruling , in June, that they have constitutional habeas corpus rights, and that

Hugh Reilly: Spare change? No, it's all gone to the donation junkies

08.10.2008 22:25    thescotsman.scotsman.com
LAST Friday, I was dragged along to a "lively" pub by two friends, Bobby and Tony.

'Terror activities should not be carried out'

08.10.2008 22:24    rediff.com
I condemn terror in all forms. Terror activities end up killing innocent people and hence I feel terror activities should not be carried out.'
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'One can see a lot of Chetan Bhagat in his books'

08.10.2008 22:24    rediff.com
Sharman Joshi talks about his latest movie, a multi-starrer titled Hello, which is an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's bestseller One Night @ A Call Centre.
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Sakshi bids farewell to Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii

08.10.2008 22:24    rediff.com
Sakshi Tanwar on the last day of Kaahani Ghar Ghar Ki. The longest path breaking soap opera will come to an end on Thursday after a successful eight-year run.
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