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Clooney, Pitt Both Want To Be Professor Higgins In 'my Fair Lady'
london, oct 1 : one of hollywood's famous friendships between george clooney and brad pitt seems to be over. the fallout took place over a film role.
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Sleepy Air Traffic Controller Holds Up Planes
two planes had to circle the greek island of lesbos for more than half-an-hour after an air traffic controller overslept. the planes, an olympic airlines aircraft arriving from athens and a slovakian airlines plane, waited in the skies over the aegean sea, reports the daily telegraph.
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Royal Couturier Hangs On By Thread - ananova
hardy amies, the tailoring firm founded by the queen's former dressmaker, has announced plans to go into administration. the company, founded in 1946 by the late sir hardy amies, is in last-ditch talks to save itself. its shares were suspended on ...
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Record Dip In Uk Manufacturing - ananova
britain's manufacturing sector shrank at the fastest rate since records began in september, latest figures show. in the fifth consecutive month of contraction, levels of output, new orders and employment registered unprecedented declines. the figures ...
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Redheads Go Ape Over Zoo Offer
an australian zoo has dropped an advertising campaign offering free visits to people with ginger hair to highlight the plight of orang-utans.
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The Page That Bets He Has Some Cracking Tales To Tell
words of wisdom a 'wise' man once said: 'in a time of criticism we all want to blame individuals. sometimes that's too simple.'
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One Million Pound Note Auctioned - ananova
well now is your chance. a rare £1m bank note is going on auction today - but you will probably need around £40,000 to buy it. the so-called number eight £1m note was issued in connection with the marshall aid plan after world war ii. the marshall ...
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Competition Warning To Banks - ananova
banks in ireland must make sure their guarantee of all deposits in irish banks complies with european union competition law, gordon brown has said. ireland's government is set to push through an emergency law designed to protect people's savings in ...
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Twin Tots Survive Fall From Window
toddler twin boys miraculously survived a 16-foot-plunge from a first floor window with just bruises. the 21-month-old boys rolf and harold kappel had climbed onto a nappy changing table and rolled out of an open window in blumenau, austria.
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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
a woman was stopped at munich airport after baggage control handlers found her brother's skeleton in her luggage. metro reports that the 62-year-old woman and a friend were hauled in by airport police after a scan showed a human skull and other bones.
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World Markets Rise Ahead Of Vote - ananova
london's ftse and asian markets have risen ahead of tonight's crucial senate vote on the wall st bail-out plan. the ftse 100 index of top shares rose 0.80 percent to 4,941.49, and there were slight gains in asia. us presidential candidates barack ...
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Scots Turn Tide On Energy Plans - ananova
as the future make-up of the uk's energy mix continues to be debated, one supplier has announced plans to build the world's largest tidal power plant in british waters. scottishpower is looking at three sites - two off scotland and one off the coast ...
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Zoo Upsets Redheads
an australian zoo has dropped an ad campaign offering free visits to people with ginger hair to highlight the plight of orang-utans. adelaide zoo ran advertisements offering "free zoo entry for all rangas" during the school holidays, reports the advertiser.
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Eleven Years Of Pregnancy Later...
san francisco - an arkansas woman is pregnant with her 18th child - and says she plans to have more. michelle duggar, 41, is due on new year's day and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers, including two sets of twins.
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Lloyds' Hbos Takeover 'on Course' - ananova
lloyds-tsbhas said it is going ahead with the takeover of halifax bank of scotland(hbos)despite speculation it may want to pay less for the bank. some smaller lloyds shareholders are known to be unhappy about aspects of the deal after a big drop in ...
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Tesco Sees Huge Jump In Profits - ananova
supermarket chain tesco has unveiled a 10% increase in pre-tax profits to £1.45bn for the first six months of the year. the world's third-biggest retailer, behind france's carrefour and us group wal-mart, said like-for-like sales excluding fuel rose ...
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Cops Catch World's Most Prolific Bike Thief
police in canada say they have caught the world's most prolific bike thief. the guardian reports that officers recovered 2 865 stolen bicycles from the owner of a toronto bike shop.
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£1m Banknote Going 'cheap'
the eight-inch-wide green note, which dates back to 1948, is no longer legal tender, reports the daily telegraph. it was issued by the treasury in connection with the marshall aid plan to pump us money into europe after the second world war.
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Lehman Brothers Sees 750 Jobs Go - ananova
some 750 jobs have been axed by the administrators of lehman brothers' european arm. pricewaterhousecoopers (pwc) blamed the cull on "necessary restructuring" following the collapse of the investment bank in the us. it said all avenues had been ...
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More Gloom: Economy Stands Still - ananova
there was no growth in the british economy in the second quarter of this year, official figures show. the news comes as little surprise and serves to reinforce fears that the british economy is currently shrinking. the office of national statistics ...
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