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Assassination plot delays Zimbabwe opposition leader's return from Belfast
By Gary Fennelly Zimbabwe's opposition leader, who was visiting Belfast yesterday, has delayed his return home after a plot to assassinate him was uncovered. Morgan Tsvangirai had been attending the Liberal International Congress in Belfast yesterday and
'Isolated' BBC director drowned herself
A senior BBC director drowned herself after feeling 'under-supported' and 'isolated' at work, an inquest heard. Kari Boto, 53, of Ipswich, was found in the sea at Felixstowe in June last year three days before her BBC contract was due to expire. The
Portsmouth beat Cardiff to win FA Cup
Portsmouth won the FA Cup final here at Wembley on Saturday beating Cardiff 1-0. A first-half goal by Nigerian international Nwankwo Kanu was enough to see the Championship side off. 2008 AFP This story is sourced direct from an overseas news agency as
Prince William Visits Troops 29/04/08
Prince William has flown into Afghanistan to meet frontline British troops, Clarence House has confirmed. Prince William in Afghanistan The second-in-line to the throne met service personnel at Kandahar airfield for three hours on Monday before returning
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5129 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90477620 This is Talk of the Nation. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. New York City's Khalil Gibran School provoked controversy even before it opened.
UK & World News: Burmese junta 'created catastrophe'
Burma's military government faces growing international pressure to stop blocking foreign aid as Gordon Brown accused the regime of 'inhuman' treatment of the survivors of Cyclone Nargis. The Prime Minister said the natural disaster that struck the
UK & World News: Family's grief over hit-run death
A six-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run collision with a van 'will leave a hole that can never be filled', her family said. Demi Leigh Royle was walking back from a visit to shops with an adult family friend in Huyton, Liverpool, when she was
UK & World News: Community's tribute to murdered boy
A community came together to celebrate the life of murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, exactly a week after his tragic death. Jimmy's proud and dignified family, including his parents and eight siblings, were among more than 500 mourners who packed into a
UK & World News: Rescuers sent back from earthquake
Rescuers in earthquake-hit China continued to pull bodies from collapsed buildings as a specialist British team was refused permission to join the operation. Five days after the 7.9-magnitude quake, the official death toll reached almost 29,000, with
UK & World News: Victorious Pompey lift FA Cup
Portsmouth lifted the FA Cup for the first time in nearly 70 years and ended the trophy dreams of minnows Cardiff City. A solitary 37th-minute goal from Pompey striker Kanu was enough to send the Championship side back to Wales empty-handed. There had
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