Israel blasts suspected tunnels near Egypt border - China Post
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage. Despite ...
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Lenovo opens UK online shop - The Inquirer
CHINESE PC FIRM Lenovo has opened an online shop in the UK, aimed at very small businesses (VSBs), home offices and consumers who want to buy direct. We're not sure how small you have to be to be very small, but most are heading that way in the ...
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Pay rises plummet in crunch - The Sun
PAY rises are shrinking due to falling inflation, a report claimed yesterday. The annual rate at which take-home pay is going up fell in December to 2.9 per cent ? down from 3.5 per cent in November. Average settlements in the three months to ...
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Top cop quizzed on £1.5k art bill - The Sun
Chief Superintendent Alison Rose, 46, is said to have billed her force for a reported £1,500. But it is claimed she did not tell bosses the £500 paintings were from an internet shop she runs with a pal. Her actions are being probed by West ...
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Hard drive destruction 'crucial' - BBC News
A number of recent cases have shown the dangers in disposing of second-hand equipment, from which details as well as other personal files can be retrieved. "PCs contain more valuable personal information than ever as people increasingly shop online ...
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Beyond retail therapy - Guardian Unlimited
To shop or not to shop, that is the question. For Gordon Brown, spending is the route to salvation, and hence he has indulged in a costly VAT cut. The Conservatives have been eyeing expensive goodies of their own, in the form of the chunky tax ...
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Michael Jackson moves back to Los Angeles - Daily Telegraph
The 50-year-old "king of pop" has signed a year-long lease on a plush estate in the exclusive Los Angeles neighbourhood of Bel Air, a spokesman for the singer said. Jackson has already been living in the seven-bedroom property for about a month ...
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NY hears wedding bells, aims to compete with Vegas - Guardian Unlimited
Associated Press Writer= NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out, Las Vegas: New York City wants to become the new No. 1 place to tie the knot. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has given City Hall's famously gritty marriage bureau a gleaming makeover, with fewer lines ...
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Dawn of deflation: How the cost of living is now falling by 2.4% - Daily Mail
The cost of living has begun to fall as the cut-throat high street price war finally delivers real savings. A study shows that deflation --an annual fall in prices - has arrived. The price of all non-food items, such as clothes, electrical goods ...
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Israel bombards Gaza as U.S. backs ceasefire - MSN UK News
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes bombed the Gaza Strip on Thursday and tanks pounded Palestinian guerrillas on the ground as U.S. backing for a proposed truce raised expectations of an end to the offensive. "We believe a cease-fire is necessary ...
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