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- Countering Iran
(The Weekly Standard)
The Weekly Standard - What are we going to do about Iran? When Hillary Clinton surreally promised to obliterate the Islamic Republic if the mullahs nuked Israel, she at least recognized that a nuclear-armed clerical regime is a serious menace, and that successful diplomacy with Tehran without the threat of force is fantasy.
- Safety traffic. Another Ukrainian dream?
Ukraine's critical traffic situation is a generally known fact. Unbiased statistics gives expressive figures: during five years preceding 2003 in Ukraine 173 thousand traffic accidents were recorded with the 28 thousand dead and 191 thousand injured
- Britain's next government must beat mood of retreat
LONDON ? Has the political tide in Britain now turned? And is the Labour Party under Prime Minister Gordon Brown now heading for defeat? Certainly if one goes by the recent British local election results, including the election of a colorful new
- NBC Shows Available on iTunes UK
Quietly, as always, Apple has made a selection of NBC TV shows available on the UK iTunes Store. This confirms earlier reports of NBC Universal trying to get its content back on the software-based, online digital media store operated by Apple Inc. Heroes
- Financial worries drive Europe shares to weekly loss
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - European stocks fell on Friday, racking up their first weekly loss in a month, after another round of downbeat financial earnings and a record high oil price weighed on the broader market. The FTSEurofirst 300
- UK Uses CCTV, Terrorism Laws, Against Pooping Dogs
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that it seems the UK is trying make up for their judicious use of surveillance cameras that, according to recent research, do not actually deter crime, by using the surveillance network to prosecute petty crimes.
- British Pound: Busy Week Ahead
The British pound extended its losses against the US Dollar, as investors remain confident the BoE should be cutting rates in the near future. Despite the lack of any significant economic news, investor sentiment remained bearish, as Experian expects
- U.K. filmmaker examines street-life
LONDON -- Noel Clarke has been tagged as Britain's answer to Spike Lee. That's because he's a black man who has written, directed and starred in his own movie, the upcoming 'Adulthood,' reflecting the uncomfortable reality of life on the urban front
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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earths surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UKs strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. The UK currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside of the EMU for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. Regional assemblies with varying degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999.
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