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Forget religion, Pope says "Play football".

Pope Benedict XVI says football has a crucial role to play in teaching young people the important lessons of life - honesty, solidarity and fraternity. The German-born pontiff is said to be a fan of...
10:54 Thu 10th Jan 200813 answers, last by fletcher.5 04:16 Sun 13th Jan 2008
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Go ahead for new Nuclear Power Stations

A new generation of nuclear power stations is expected to get the formal go-ahead from the government later. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7179579 .stm Can we do without them? Is there an...
10:47 Thu 10th Jan 200813 answers, last by Teddio 21:46 Thu 10th Jan 2008
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Thank you for making AB like my underpants.

Woohooo! Someone deserves a rise, AB Ed, take a bonus. Just like my underpants, I can now put TAGS on AnswerBank. The whole AB community will be knocked out with this fantastic technical innovation....
18:46 Wed 09th Jan 200813 answers, last by Cetti 12:50 Sun 13th Jan 2008
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US ships at risk in the Gulf?

Is it wise for the US to hold naval exercises close to Iranian Territorial waters where they are sitting targets? A 8,300-tonne guided missile destroyer, a 9,600-tonne cruiser, and a 4,100-tonne...
14:21 Wed 09th Jan 200817 answers, last by fletcher.5 04:15 Fri 11th Jan 2008
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Apple to cut UK iTunes downloads price

Apple have thankfully announced that their practice of charging its UK customers higher prices for downloads is to cease. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7178651.st m Are they bowing to consumer...
13:05 Wed 09th Jan 20089 answers, last by Gromit 18:21 Thu 10th Jan 2008
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India takeaway Jaguar and Land Rover

The two luxury British car-makers are being sold by Ford to Indian industrial conglomerate TATA for an estimated ?1 billion. Unions last night demanded assurances that up to 20,000 British car jobs...
17:24 Fri 04th Jan 200821 answers, last by fagidill 22:03 Sat 05th Jan 2008
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Husband destroyed Wife's shoes as revenge

A businessman took revenge on his wife for divorcing him by destroying one shoe of every pair she owned before suggesting that he had given them to Lady McCartney, a court heard yesterday....
14:11 Fri 04th Jan 200817 answers, last by bundleone 17:14 Sun 06th Jan 2008
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Bhutto assassination - Who Gains?

Both the Pakistan opposite parties of Bhutto and Sharif have both been attacked many times during the election campaign Musharraf's party has not. You must ask yourself, Who gains from this? Al Qaeda?...
20:07 Thu 27th Dec 200723 answers, last by persianlady 23:22 Fri 28th Dec 2007
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BNP - Most popular political party website in UK

"They may not have a single MP but the far-right British National Party's website is the most visited political party website in Britain, according to figures released in September. And emphatically...
16:21 Wed 19th Dec 200712 answers, last by Booldawg 09:38 Thu 20th Dec 2007
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Kiss my ar$e - Radio 1 censor "Fairytale of New York"

Radio 1 have decided to censor the Pogues' classic christmas record "Fairytale of New York". The song, which has been popular since first charting in 1987, is now deemed offensive. Radio 1 are playing...
14:02 Tue 18th Dec 200729 answers, last by Lucy Thomas 03:15 Thu 20th Dec 2007
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Army News

SAS Soldiers charged with embezzling jungle funds Six soldiers, reportedly members of the SAS, were arrested yesterday and charged with embezzling ?250,000 earmarked for jungle training....
10:43 Fri 14th Dec 20071 answer, last by Booldawg 14:07 Fri 14th Dec 2007
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Does Gordon Brown lack courage?

William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, said: "Some people say Gordon Brown's problems are that he isn't decisive and lacks political courage. "He couldn't have done more to confirm that." This...
10:48 Wed 12th Dec 200710 answers, last by ludwig 17:28 Thu 13th Dec 2007
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An Early Day Motion from Roger Godsiff MP

Roger Godsiff, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, recently tabled this Early Day Motion... http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx ?EDMID=34494&SESSION=891
10:52 Tue 11th Dec 20076 answers, last by brionon 12:25 Tue 11th Dec 2007
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What have we achieved in Afghanistan

Gordon Brown has warned that the UK troops will remain in Afghanistan for another decade. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/12/11/wafghan111.xml Since the US/UK invasion six...
10:36 Tue 11th Dec 20074 answers, last by Lonnie 20:31 Tue 11th Dec 2007
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Are we a Nation of Cultural Christians?

"Scientist Richard Dawkins, an atheist known worldwide for arguing against the existence of God, has described himself as a "cultural Christian". Being a Cultural Christian does not mean you have to...
16:36 Mon 10th Dec 200712 answers, last by Booldawg 13:07 Tue 11th Dec 2007
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New 'Top new posters' Box

The reason beta AB has been dodgy most of Monday day may be because they have added more clutter/functionality. There is now a box of Top new posters. Which will of course do nothing other than...
16:07 Mon 10th Dec 200762 answers, last by B00 20:39 Mon 10th Dec 2007
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Merkel attacks Mugabe at Lisbon summit

Hunched and inscrutable, President Robert Mugabe was forced to listen as Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, took him to task for "damaging Africa's image" around the world....
12:44 Sun 09th Dec 20076 answers, last by Gromit 01:40 Mon 10th Dec 2007
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Led Zep bridge the gap with the Islamic world

Before Led Zeppelin's eagerly awaited reunion gig next week, Al Jazeera report on how the band were influenced by Muslim music. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7F62628...
12:10 Fri 07th Dec 20073 answers, last by Gromit 13:24 Sat 08th Dec 2007
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Club tells pensioner to break wind outside

"A retired bus driver who has drunk in the same social club for 20 years has been told to step outside when he breaks wind, because his flatulence is "disgusting" other customers. Maurice Fox, 77, was...
11:55 Fri 07th Dec 200712 answers, last by Zeddy 19:21 Tue 11th Dec 2007
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The next Dalai Lama could be a woman

"Although there are female lamas, - or living Buddhas - men are predominant and it is rare for reincarnated lamas not to share the sex of their predecessors. However, at the start of a 10-day visit to...
11:34 Fri 07th Dec 20073 answers, last by In A Pickle 14:36 Fri 07th Dec 2007

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