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Britain explored for mining resources

http://www.economist....ar/minewhatyouwishfor "Wolf Minerals, an Australian firm, listed on AIM on November 30th with the intention of raising cash to finance a tungsten mine in Devon. Humphrey...
12:13 Thu 22nd Dec 20117 answers, last by factor30 15:33 Thu 22nd Dec 2011
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Christopher Hitchens dies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418 I've never agreed with everything Hitchens said/wrote, but love or hate him, it's surely pretty hard to deny his formidable intellect and remarkable eloquence...
09:30 Fri 16th Dec 201145 answers, last by birdie1971 01:56 Mon 19th Dec 2011
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Occupy Tents Empty...?

Hello all, This isn't a particularly 'new' story, but I think it's important. I don't know if y'all remember this, but a short while ago when the Occupy London camp was set up, a feature was run in...
17:19 Tue 06th Dec 201111 answers, last by Kromovaracun 09:09 Wed 07th Dec 2011
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Kate Fox on alcohol in Britain.

Kate Fox, social anthropologist and author of the delightful 'Watching the English' (which I know has its fair share of fans on AB), wrote an article about a week ago on drinking in British culture....
07:15 Tue 18th Oct 201117 answers, last by billandhiscat 19:33 Sun 25th Dec 2011
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Reminder

So, the past few weeks have been pretty busy for news - there's at least 3 very big stories that are ongoing (the News International scandal [which admittedly is starting to calm for the moment], the...
14:27 Mon 25th Jul 20119 answers, last by Kromovaracun 20:33 Mon 25th Jul 2011
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FAO 123everton

Hi everton, A few days ago in News you asked me to summarise an article for you that I mentioned. I didn't get around to it while the topic was up, and I know you frequent the history section so...
19:46 Mon 15th Nov 20101 answer, last by 123everton 00:11 Tue 16th Nov 2010
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Interesting

Hey all, I don't have a question at all. I just wanted to draw your attention to an interesting article on the Beeb. It relates to the relationship British Muslims have with extremism. Enjoy!...
13:14 Sun 08th Aug 201024 answers, last by naomi24 17:13 Sat 14th Aug 2010
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Banning

Hello all I'm starting a question about a particular bugbear of mine, I hope it might interest some of you guys too. I notice in the News section there have been a cluster of stories lately relating...
17:51 Thu 29th Jul 201027 answers, last by naomi24 19:10 Fri 30th Jul 2010
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So, what do you guys make of Philippa Stroud allegations?

Don't know how many of you will be aware of this, but there are allegations floating around that Philippa Stroud has claimed gays are posessed by demons, and it's also emerged she's been involved in...
18:11 Wed 05th May 201021 answers, last by jno 23:28 Thu 06th May 2010
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Animal Welfare

Toward the end of AOG's Grand National thread, I asked a broader question as to why animal rights is the issue that it is - some interesting responses came up and rather than address them in that...
21:32 Wed 14th Apr 201015 answers, last by ganesh 18:52 Sat 17th Apr 2010
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Policy or Personality?

Hello again, I thought of this question as it relates to my post below and is sort of topical what with the coming election, but I figured adding another question would derail it a bit. The site I...
14:04 Mon 05th Apr 20105 answers, last by Haggisdj 08:36 Tue 06th Apr 2010
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Vote For Policies

Hello All, Seeing as the Politics forum is usually dead, I thought I'd post this in News. There's an interesting site that anonymously mixes up the policies of all the major parties (plus the...
13:55 Mon 05th Apr 20108 answers, last by rov1200 17:43 Mon 05th Apr 2010
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Games keep minimizing

Hi, I've put this in the games section as well - I'm not really sure where it goes. I've recently bought a couple of games on Steam, and when I attempt to start them they just minimize and won't...
16:09 Sun 21st Mar 2010
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Games keep minimizing

Hi, I'm really not sure if this should be in the tech forum or not. I've recently bought a couple of games on Steam, and when I attempt to start them they just minimize and won't maximize. This has...
16:08 Sun 21st Mar 20102 answers, last by jackbrosnan 15:46 Tue 23rd Mar 2010
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The Economist on 'Broken Britain'.

Hello all, AOG's recent reference to the 'Broken Britain' view in a recent question made me remember an article in this week's economist. I'm pretty sure it'll only be available for public viewing...
16:01 Wed 10th Feb 20104 answers, last by Quizmonster 09:18 Thu 11th Feb 2010
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Straight couple seek civil partnership

http://www.guardian.c...sed-civil-partnership A straight couple have sought a civil partnership in Islington and have been refused on the grounds that they're just for same-sex couples. They've said...
09:37 Thu 26th Nov 200930 answers, last by bundleone 00:34 Fri 27th Nov 2009
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Daily Mail headline generator

http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/ Only vaguely news-related but I found it quite funny. My favourites include: WILL YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL GIVE YOUR CHILDREN CANCER? HAVE LESBIANS HAD SEX WITH YOUR...
09:50 Tue 18th Aug 20098 answers, last by sp1814 13:45 Tue 18th Aug 2009
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Swine Flu

Out of interest, have recent developments made people feel any different about swine flu? I seem to remember the last time it made an appearance on AB, the overwhelming trend of response was people...
10:07 Sat 18th Jul 200919 answers, last by rov1200 11:52 Tue 21st Jul 2009
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What do you make of this study?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7755641.stm I'm personally quite interested in reading the study itself (I don't have time to read it at the minute, but shall do so later). So my current take on it is...
20:27 Mon 01st Dec 20084 answers, last by Oneeyedvic 13:15 Wed 03rd Dec 2008
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42 Days: Will it be stopped?

Remember the 42-Day extension being passed by the Commons back in June? Its upoming vote in the Lords serves as an interesting reminder of how quickly politics can change....
09:51 Mon 13th Oct 20086 answers, last by Oneeyedvic 08:36 Tue 14th Oct 2008

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