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Sunday, 8th November 2009
Brown bid to tax banks sunk by US
GORDON Brown yesterday faced fresh embarrassment over his handling of the economic crisis when his radical plans for a new transaction tax on banks were almost immediately shot down by Barack Obama's administration.
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Scots team hunts for other 'death railway'
THEIR ordeal has always been overshadowed by a more famous episode of military history but the blood, sweat, tears – and deaths – were the same. ...
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Losing the battle for hearts and minds
BY ANY standards it was a tipping point. When five British soldiers were slaughtered during an after-patrol tea-break by an Afghan policeman they had taken into their trust, it was a shocking episode...
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Sir Alex teams up with Labour
LABOUR is to issue a personal message from Sir Alex Ferguson to 40,000 homes in Glasgow this week in which the Manchester United boss offers his backing to their campaign....
International
Texas shootings accused troubled by counselling soldiers heading for war zone
THE army psychiatrist accused of going on shooting rampage at the Fort Hood was troubled over counselling fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...
Sport
Hearts 0 - 0 Hibernian: Huff and puff comes to nothing
IN THE closing seconds of the Edinburgh derby, Tynecastle rose as one in the pursuit of a penalty. It was some sight. Home fans screeching and roaring and banging hoardings at the sight of Jamie Mole
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RBS appoints Alan Dickinson for branch sales
ROYAL Bank of Scotland has installed long-serving executive Alan Dickinson to head up the sale of its branch network in England and Wales, which is seen as an early candidate for disposal.
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New beast in Porsche stable is real beauty
EVEN before it set a wheel on British soil the looks of Porsche's Panamera four-door saloon were attracting comment, some far from complimentary. OK, it hasn't got the grace of a Ferrari or Aston Martin but the car looks superb and no rival can match its seating capacity or its race-track performance, or its loading versatility.
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Haye humbles the old giant
AT THE end it was the statistic that everybody forgot. The vastly superior height and weight of Nikolay Valuev over David Haye counted for much less than sheer simple age. It wasn't so much David against Goliath, as David versus Methuselah.
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