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Forum: Military History Topic: Canadian Aircraft Carrier |
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:18 am
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| During WWII Canada had the third largest navy in the world, after Britain and the USA. Today Canada doesn't need a large military as it can rely on the US for its defence, much like the Republic of Ireland relies on Britain. Are you trying to start some flaming here..... We all know that Canada doe... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:56 am
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| Gardener digs up veggie patch to find WW2 bunker 26th June 2007 Daily Mail A home gardener was stunned when he dug up his vegetable patch - and found an enormous secret room underneath! Andy Lewis, 36, and partner Fiona Marks, 27, were clearing a section of their garden when they stumbled across a r... |
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Forum: Olympics Topic: London 2012 logo......... |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:57 am
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| The 2012 part is ok, but why is it pink? Pink isn't an olympic colour. I like the gay olympics logo. The design for the Olympics can be any colour. On the London 2012 website, the logo was shown in several different colours, and it moved. But the moving logos caused several people around the countr... |
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Forum: Olympics Topic: London 2012 logo......... |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:33 am
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| Now when I first saw it, my reaction was much the same as pretty much everyone else it seems, "ugly", "a two year old did it right?", "please tell me no one paid for that" etc etc. After having it pointed out to me by a poster at SDA, I think I know the real reason the... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:04 am
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| Germans protest over the construction of one of Europe's biggest mosques near to Cologne Cathedral. Around 3.6% of Germany's population is Muslim, compared to 2.8% in Britain.... Huge mosque stirs protests in Cologne By Harry de Quetteville in Cologne 25/06/2007 The Telegraph The construction of one... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:49 am
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| Schoolboy skewered to death by mob 'baying for blood' 25th June 2007 Daily Mail A boy of 16 was killed in a mob attack involving more than 40 teenagers who were "baying for blood" - after he was turned away from a schoolgirl's house party in South London http://img.dailymail.c... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:42 am
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| Suspected drug death at Glastonbury And weather causes festival chaos as 1,200 are injured 24th June 2007 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/OtherStagefriday2004.jpg A man has died following a suspected drugs overdose at the Glastonbury festival, police said. The 26-... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:34 am
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| As record rains fell across Britain (and remember that this is supposed to be summer) this year's Glastonbury turned out to be an absolute mudfest. Today, a month's worth of rain fell across Britain in just a few hours causing chaos - schools were closed, there was flooding - but the weekend's rain ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Britain's education system has 'worst record for social mobi |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:11 am
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| <strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=22292" target="_blank">Britain's education system has 'worst record for social mobility in the world'</a> (click to view) <strong>Category:</strong> <a href="/news/topic/17-business" target="_blank">Business<... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:08 am
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| This treaty plumbs new depths of mendacity, democracy itself is at stake 24th June 2007 Daily Mail http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/columnists/melanie_phillips.jpg Melanie Phillips Well, what an amazing surprise. Tony Blair is reported to have protected all his 'red lines' at the Br... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:54 am
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| Britain is now the largest cultural export in the world - surpassing even the United States. Cultural exports include music, television shows and video games. With cool bands such as Arctic Monkeys, the Kooks and Maximo Park, the manufacture of computer games, books as as the Harry Potter series an... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:18 am
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| Meet the British-made Supacat Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (manufactured in Honiton, Devon) which will be unleashed by the British Army early next year and will be deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq to take on the baddies. The British Army will have at least 130 of them.... The 80mph 'Mad Max' mon... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:10 am
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| Only in Britain... Police 'arrest' scarecrow - for impersonating a traffic officer By KEITH BEASBY 24th June 2007 Daily Mail A scarecrow dressed to look like a traffic cop didn't go down too well with real police officers. In fact they took the matter so seriously when they heard about it a patrol c... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:29 am
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| 'I am ready to serve' Deborah Summers, politics editor Sunday June 24, 2007 Guardian Unlimited http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2007/06/24/bbnews.jpg Gordon Brown and Tony Blair shake hands on stage at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Photograph: Martin ... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: HEADLINES from GB |
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:15 am
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| Harriet Harman was today elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. She beat the strong favourite, Education Secretary Alan Johnson, in the final round of voting. Six candidates battled for the title. But, unlike other countries, Britain's unusual uncodified constitution means that it does NOT mean... |
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