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Pope Benedict XVI delivers final farewell address in St. Peter’s Square
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his final farewell address in St. Peter’s Square, Rome in front of the general audience before stepping down as Pontiff and elaborated the reasons behind his retirement from papacy.
Benedict, 85, elected pope in 2005, made a stunning announcement on February 11 that
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2013 09:40
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Cameron to restrict immigrants from accessing legal aid
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron has indicated to ban immigrants from being able to automatically receive legal aid in civil cases by making Britain a toughest country on benefits for foreigners.
Mr. Cameron has already requested Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling to devise a "residency test" in
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:37
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Lord Rennard sex scandal: Clegg faces criticism over lack of action
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg faces a huge criticism over failure to do enough regarding the alleged inappropriate behaviour of ex-Lib Dem chief executive, Lord Rennard while having been informed about the rumors against the peer.
Mr. Clegg has refused any covering-up of the alleged peer and
Last Updated on Monday, 25 February 2013 09:34
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Britain’s credit rating downgrade raises questions on coalition’s economic strategy
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
U.K. Chancellor George Osborne has shown no interest to change the planned course to reduce the deficit after Moody’s stripped Britain of its prize AAA credit rating first time since 1970s during the issues of weak growth and rising debt.
Mr. Osborne is now more convinced that the Coalition will
Last Updated on Saturday, 23 February 2013 08:53
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Jimmy Savile Scandal probe: Pollard report to be made public
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
BBC has made an effort to claim its openness and transparency by publishing thousands of pages of evidence gathered during an inquiry into Newsnight's decision to drop its investigation into the deceased ex-presenter Jimmy Savile.
Around 3,000 pages of emails, interviews and submissions from BBC
Last Updated on Friday, 22 February 2013 12:19
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Horsemeat probe: Cancer-prone horse drug entered French food chain
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
A British minister has told on Thursday that a cancer prone equine drug has been identified in horse carcasses exported from Britain to France destined to enter the human food chain.
The head of Food Standards Agency has pointed to the indication of breaching the rules intended to prevent horsemeat
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 February 2013 09:47
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Fresh arrests of six ex-NoW journalists made over phone hacking probe
Category: England Written by Afsheen Shafiq
Metropolitan police have arrested six journalists on Wednesday including two working currently at The Sun as part of fresh investigation into alleged phone hacking at the News of the World.
According to Scotland Yard, the detectives working on the Met’s Operation Weeting had identified another
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 09:42
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