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  • Report MI5 Tried to Recruit Woolwich Murder Suspect

    British police have arrested a man on suspicion of terrorism who was reportedly a friend of one of two suspects in Wednesday's brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street. The friend, identified as Abu Nusaybah, was arrested Friday night, immediately after giving a television interview to the BBC about suspect Michael Adebolajo. In the interview, Nusaybah claimed ...

  • New Man U boss Moyes imprints identity by axing Fergies backroom staff

    New Manchester United boss David Moyes has started to imprints his own identity on the club by wielding the axe on former boss Sir Alex Ferguson's backroom staff at United. The former Everton boss booted out No.2 Mike Phelan, who had been Ferguson's right-hand man since 2008, and goalkeeping coach Eric Steele, as he reportedly wants his own assistants in Old Trafford, the Mirror reports. The ...

  • Exhausted Vettori faces black cloud over Test future after Leeds Test pull out

    According to the New Zealand media, master spinner Daniel Vettori has a black cloud hovering over his Test-playing future after he pulled out of the second test against England at Leeds, fearing that his body cannot cope with the strenuous exertion in the five days that will follow. According to Stuff.co.nz, although the former captain was poised to overtake Stephen Fleming for a record 112th ...

  • Prince William very excited about becoming dad

    Prince William is very excited at the prospect of becoming a father, the chief executive of a charity has revealed. "He is looking forward to being a dad. He's very excited about it," People magazine quoted Seyi Obakin, chief executive of the charity Centrepoint - whose aim is to help homeless young people -, as saying. During the secret visit to Centrepoint's Bruce House in London earlier ...

  • Rioting violence and shame – memories of Ireland v England in 1995

    England fans making Nazi salutes, leering, jeering and sneering. He heard the boos and the goading battle cries: "No Surrender to the IRA", "Judas! Judas!" And then, when David Kelly ...


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Speed 2: Cruise Control

Don't let the movie poster fool you. Even though Sandra Bullock takes top billing and her face is most prominently displayed on the advertisements for "Speed 2: Cruise Control," she spends most of the movie taking a back seat to Jason Patric's action hero, Willem Dafoe's mugging villain, and director Jan De Bont's confusing action and bigger-than-life special effects. Bullock, who has a sly and wo ... ...

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  • Generations are divided on feelings about Muslims after London attack | Matthew Goodwin

    Events such as the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby can often act as lightning rods in society, triggering a sharp shift in public attitudes and fuelling prejudice against minorities.Many have suggested that the events in Woolwich have fuelled a wave of public hostility towards British Muslims and Islam more generally. But our findings, based on a YouGov survey undertaken within 24 hours of ...

  • Root century boosts England

    Joe Root's maiden Test century helped England post a healthy first innings total against New Zealand on day two at Headingley on Saturday.Root came to the crease with England in trouble at 67-3 but solid partnerships with Ian Bell and Jonny Bairstow helped pull his side back into the match and leave the New Zealand bowlers toiling in the Leeds sunshine.The 22-year-old's 104 saw him ...

  • Englands Roy Hodgson hails Irelands Giovanni Trapattoni as a legend

    Republic of Ireland's Giovanni Trapattoni, above, is 'one of the world's outstanding coaches', according to England's Roy Hodgson. Photograph: Peter ...

  • England on top in second NZ Test after Joe Roots maiden century

    England Joe Root's maiden Test century, on his Yorkshire home ground, left England well-placed in the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley on Saturday.England was 7 for 337 at stumps on the second day after Root made 104, having come in with the hosts in trouble on 3 for 67 following Friday's first day wash-out.Together with Yorkshire colleague Jonny Bairstow (64), ...

  • David Cameron isnt even among friends in his own cabinet now | Andrew Rawnsley

    David Cameron as he travelled with Franois Hollande from an EU summit in Brussels to Paris. By the time they reached Gare du Nord, the prime minister had decided to curtail his planned talks with the French president in order to get himself back to Britain. By the time they swept up to the Elyse Palace, he had crafted a simple but resolute message for the audience back home: "Live your life ...

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