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FiReControl Project Wasted £469 Million: Panel

Margaret Hodge, MP and Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, has termed a project which initiates nine regional centres for fire and rescue services a 'complete failure.' She said that the FiReControl project had wasted £469 million.
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Can the U.S. “Intimidate” Palestine by Threatening to Cut its Aid?

Despite insistence from both Israel and the U.S. that peace talks should be prioritised, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed his intention to launch a UN statehood bid on September 23 and as tensions rise, U.S. politicians are now threatening to cut U.S. Palestinian aid.
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Is Egypt Proof that the Arab Spring Failed?

Months after ousting Mubarak, the dictator who many called the Pharaoh, Egyptians are still living under emergency laws and are ruled by a military council full of the former president's old ministers and advisors while the economic and social situation has slowly continued to degrade.
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Trapped Miners: Third Miner Confirmed Dead

Trapped Miners, Third Body Found. A third miner has been found dead after being trapped in a colliery in South Wales, taking the death toll to three after another miner was found Friday morning at the bottom of the mine shaft.
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Trapped Miners: Rescuers Find Body, Timeline of Events

The Telegraph reports that one miner has died after feeling the mine, with emergency services revealing that he was just safety but was over oared by a tide of water. Rescuers were called to the mine yesterday to plan their rescue of the four trapped miners who are trapped 300ft underground. As of yet, emergency services have yet t6o make contact with the miners.
Syrians living in Jordan shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after morning prayers on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr outside the Syrian embassy in Amman

Syria’s Opposition Council: Will it Make a Difference?

After months of protests and with almost no firm reaction from the international community Syrian opposition members have taken matter into their hands by announcing Thursday the formation of a national council opposing President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
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Todd Palin Angrily Denies Book's Sex and Drug Claims

Sarah Palin’s husband Todd Palin has launched a scathing attack on Joe McGinniss, the author of The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin. Todd Palin has branded the book a pack of lies after it was alleged that Sarah Palin took cocaine, smoked marijuana and had two affairs, one with Todd Palin’s business partner Brand Hanson and one with former NBS star Glenn Rice.
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Fears Grow for Trapped Miners as Rescue Efforts Falter

Fears Grow for Trapped Miners as Rescue Efforts Falter. Fears have grown four the four men trapped in Welsh mine after rescue efforts to save the miners continued to falter. The four men, who are trapped in a flooded colliery in Swansea, Wales, have so far not been rescued and the divers who were sent to free the men had to turn back.
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Top 10 Drug and Sex Scandals in Politics

Top 10 Drug and Sex Scandals in Politics. Here we looked at drug and sex scandals that have rocked politics. Thee scandals include President George W. Bush, President John F. Kennedy, Silvio Berlusconi, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Sarah Palin and President Clinton