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Leicester Tigers to step up bid for Gloucester's Freddie Burns
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British records for Michael Jamieson and Sophie Allen as Europe are edged out...
This is Bath -- Bath swimmers Michael Jamieson and Sophie Allen both set British records but could not prevent a dramatic defeat for the European Allstars at the2013 Speedo Duel In The Pool. With the...
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View ArticleEurope beat Asia to win Royal Trophy
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Germany's former chancellor believes a lack of leadership has added to the crisis at the European institutions he helped forge Helmut Schmidt takes a last, long drag on his cigarette and stubs it out....
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Cable rules out cap on immigration
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Court designed to protect the vulnerable is respected in Europe but despised by many Tories and UK newspapers Amiran Natsvlishvili is not complaining about the kidnapping. Nor about the brutal...
View ArticleWhy does a united Northern Ireland still seem a pipe dream? | Simon Jenkins
The inability to agree on flags and parades – fear-mongering emblems of a militarist past – highlights the impossibility of the US negotiator's task Last night the American negotiator Richard Haass...
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