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Freed Iraq hostage Kember back at local church
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Reuters - Christian peace campaigner Norman Kember went to a service of thanksgiving at his local church in London on Sunday, attending for the first time since he was freed from kidnappers in Iraq earlier in the week.
Muhammad Cartoons Appear at London Rally
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AP - About 200 people held a free-speech demonstration in central London on Saturday, with several carrying posters of the Danish caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that infuriated much of the Muslim world.
Drogba double gets blues back on track
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AFP - Didier Drogba got Chelsea back on track on a day that saw Reading ensure they will join the Premiership leaders in the top flight next season.
Freed hostage thanks rescuers amid criticism
CNN
Freed British hostage Norman Kember has arrived in London after being held captive in Iraq for nearly four months.
Britain Iraq hostage returns home
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AFP - Norman Kember, the British hostage held in Iraq for almost four months before being freed this week, arrived back in London on a flight from Kuwait, the domestic Press Association news agency reported.
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Freed British hostage arrives home
CNN
Freed British hostage Norman Kember has arrived in London after being held captive in Iraq for nearly four months.
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Island Wisdom, Coded in Java
WIRED
A frustrated London entrepreneur flees to a small island to find out how villagers communicate without technology. Now he's rolling his research into a collaboration tool he thinks will make cubicle slaves a lot happier. By Quinn Norton.
Sources: WIRED
Charlton, Middlesbrough Draw 0-0 in FA Cup
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AP - Charlton and Middlesbrough played to a 0-0 draw Thursday in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, failing to decide the last club to advance to the final four in England's premier knockout competition.
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Al-Qaeda-linked supergrass testifies against British 'bomb plot' gang
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AFP - A supergrass with links to Al-Qaeda gave evidence in a London court against seven men accused of planning a bombing campaign across Britain.
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US supergrass tells UK bomb trial of jihad impetus
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Reuters - A U.S. supergrass, who has admitted various terrorism-related offences in New York, told a London court on Thursday how he had become radicalized by two of Britain's most-high profile Islamic clerics.
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Bad boy rocker Doherty admits fresh drugs charges
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AFP - Notorious hellraiser Pete Doherty was back in court on drugs charges and admitted a fresh batch of offences of possessing heroin, cocaine and cannabis.
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L'Oreal raises Body Shop stake to 53.1 percent
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AFP - L'Oreal, the world's leading cosmetics company, said it now owned 53.1 percent of Body Shop International.
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Pete Doherty admits drugs possession charges
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Reuters - Rock singer Pete Doherty pleaded guilty on Thursday to seven charges of possessing heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis in a court appearance in east London.
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Groups Debate 'Endangered' Whale Status
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AP - Farming and industry groups in Washington state sued to remove Puget Sound's several dozen killer whales from the endangered species list, saying the designation will result in unnecessary water and land-use restrictions.
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Hypersonic jet ready for launch
BBC
A jet engine that could reduce flight times between London and Sydney to 2 hours is ready for launch in Australia.
Sources: BBC
Doherty Pleads Guilty Then Kicks Reporter
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AP - Moments after pleading guilty to seven drug charges in a London court on Thursday, troubled rocker Pete Doherty lashed out at reporters covering the appearance and kicked one in the arm.
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Egypt to lift 25-year-old emergency laws
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AFP - Egypt plans to lift 25-year-old emergency laws granting security forces sweeping powers of arrest and detention that critics have long claimed are used against opponents of the regime.
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Survivors to recall London bombs
BBC
Survivors of the 7 July London bombings will give evidence to the committee investigating the emergency response.
Sources: BBC
Chelsea under siege once more after FA Cup win
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AFP - Chelsea's magnetic attraction for controversy was in evidence once more after skipper John Terry's goal sent the Premiership champions into the last four of the FA Cup at the expense of Newcastle.
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Survivors to recall London bombs
BBC
Survivors of the 7 July London bombings will give evidence to the committee investigating the emergency response.
Sources: BBC
Terry keeps lacklustre Chelsea on double silver trail
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AFP - John Terry kept Chelsea's bid for a league and Cup double on track with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Newcastle in their FA Cup quarter-final.
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UK-Odd Summary
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Reuters - Forget the Marlboro man -- new research shows that smoking, often marketed as a symbol of virility, increases the risk of impotence. "Men who smoke are up to 40 percent more likely to suffer from impotence than those who don't," said Dr Christopher Millett, of Imperial College London, who worked on the research.
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Omnicom Wins Out In Tug-of-War For Mehra
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AdWeek.com - In what sources described as a holding company battle for Unilever attention, Omnicom Group has hired Asit Mehra, a global account leader on Unilever at Interpublic Group's Lowe in London. The hire came after WPP Group wooed the executive in hopes of shoring up its Unilever business at JWT.
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London Prosecutor Alleges 'Dirty Bomb' Try
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AP - A member of a gang of al-Qaida-linked terrorists plotting attacks on Britain tried to buy a radioactive "dirty bomb," a prosecutor told jurors hearing terrorism charges against seven men Wednesday.
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Campbell Disqualified From Commonwealth Games 200m
AHN
Danielle George - AHN Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) - England's Darren Campbell is disqualified from the 200m at the Commonwealth Games for leaving his lane. According to reports, Campbell, running in lane eight, stepped out of his lane on the bend on his way to finishing fourth....
Sources: AHN
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