LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Scotland and Wales have held "tentative talks" about the possibility of hosting the European soccer championship in 2016, the Scottish FA said on Wednesday. Officials from Northern Ireland are also expected to be included in ...
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Anglo-Irish Bank Corp. said Wednesday its full-year profits fell 34 percent because of bad loans and investments, largely in the property market, and preparations for heavier losses to come. For the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 ...
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Irish historian Peter R. L. Brown and Indian historian Romila Thapar have been chosen as co-recipients of the $1 million John W. Kluge Prize, a Library of Congress achievement award for the study of humanities.
Brown and Thapar were named ...
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BERLIN -- Police say a baby boy whose troubled mother laid him in the manger of a church nativity in hopes that someone would find and care for him is doing well. Augsburg police say a priest was startled to find the newborn in the nativity scene on ...
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The global financial crisis has been a stark reality check for the European Union, exposing divergences over economic policy and highlighting the European Commission’s growing difficulty in enforcing common rules. The European response to the ...
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A £1 million campaign warning teenagers about the dangers of cocaine use was launched today. The FRANK TV and internet adverts feature a fictional dog called Pablo who becomes a victim of the drug trade when he is used as a cocaine mule. The dog ...
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Loyalist and republican paramilitaries in Northern Ireland are to get one last chance to hand over their weapons under a Government amnesty, it was revealed last night. They will have until St Valentine's Day in February 2010 to decommission without ...
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