Potter star, Rupert Grint, off film with swine flu The Australian | LONDON: Film star Rupert Grint, one of the stars of the Harry Potter franchise, has been infected with swine flu amid new deaths in the pandemic and fears of a carve-up on vaccine access. | Three days before Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premieres in London, Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, ...
The soldiers give all, while the politicians starve them of cash The Guardian | When you're left wounded on Afghanistan's plains | And the women come out to cut up what remains | Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains | And go to your Gawd like a soldier | There's no heroism to be found in "The Young British Soldier", Kipling's poem written after the Afghan war of t...
Did British journalist manipulate Jacko and Diana? The Australian | THE screaming headline seemed to answer its own question. | "DID MARTIN BASHIR KILL MICHAEL JACKSON?" asked Showbiz.spy.com, a website in perfect synch with the mood of its grieving audience. | "Unforgivable," the report's autho...
Potter star, Rupert Grint, off film with swine flu The Australian | LONDON: Film star Rupert Grint, one of the stars of the Harry Potter franchise, has been infected with swine flu amid new deaths in the pandemic and fears of a carve-up on vaccine access. | Three days before Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince p...
Iran to free eighth British embassy worker: Miliband The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 1944 hrs IST, AFP Text: LONDON: Iran is to release an eighth Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran later today, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said, bringing to on...
Disability service team prepares for big-scream debut with horror tale Sydney Morning Herald | AT THE public library the zombies play pool with the vampires, and the violently deceased take tea and scones. | Such is life on the set of James Jones And The Living Dead, an Australian horror film written and shot entirely by people with a disabi...
Hutton calls for spending honesty BBC News | Voters expect honesty from politicians about public spending, former cabinet minister John Hutton has said. | While it was very difficult to be precise about figures years ahead ...
Spy chief's wife 'shares' on Facebook Irish Times | There were calls for an inquiry today into whether the new head of Britain's MI6, Sir John Sawers, should be allowed to take up his post after his wife apparently published personal details and photographs on the Facebook website. | Lady Shelley Sa...
Iran to free eighth British embassy worker: Miliband Khaleej Times LONDON - Iran is to release an eighth Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran later on Sunday, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said, bringing to one the number still in custody. | 'There have been developments overnight in respect of the e...
Prayers for flats blaze victims BBC News | Six people killed in a fire at a tower block in south-east London have been remembered at several church services in the area. | Three woman and three children were killed in the fire at the 12-storey Lakanal House in Camberwell on Friday. | The lo...
Sampras arrives to watch Wimbledon final Syracuse | (AP) - WIMBLEDON, England - Pete Sampras has arrived at the All England Club to watch Roger Federer and Andy Roddick play in the men's final at Wimbledon. | Federer is trying to win his 15th Grand Slam title on Sunday, which would better Sampras' mark by one. | Sampras had not been back to the All England Club since losing to George Bastl in five...
Volunteers Have Plans To Restore Walnut Hill's Rose Garden In New Britain Hartford Courant NEW BRITAIN - Walnut Hill Park is ready for a face-lift. | Many consider the city's oldest park, located in the heart of New Britain, to be the city's finest park. Recent projects to renovate the park may help restore the Walnut Hill Park to its former glory. | The Friends of the Walnut Hill Park Rose Garden, a volunteer group, met recently at New ...
