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So many books stacked like brittle armies in quiet rooms above the traffic on a street of tailors and mechanics.
A slight man in a brown suit, whose smooth face belies his 88 years, can slide one from shelves of thousands, brush its cover and tell you...
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The Ministry of Defence is plunged into a grim process described as a “mini defence review”. Teams of service officers and civil servants are exploring every aspect of spending and procurement plans in a desperate effort to save money....
From this farthest edge of France, where the rain comes horizontally off the ocean, there is nothing on the horizon except waves and lighthouses, marking the lines between land and sea, sea and sky.
Built as a technical aid to sailors, their architects...
Halifax has proved the least popular property destination in the UK in 2008.
That is according to research from MoveMe.com, which finds 57.1 per cent more movers have left the town than arrived this year.
After an unstoppable charge Halifax fell five...
His poll ratings are tumbling, his MPs rebelling - but Gordon Brown found time last night to engage in telephone diplomacy with Colombia’s best-known singer. Jonathan Brown reports on a star that every politician wants to be associated with
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The Indian Premier League did get off to a rousing start on Friday, but can it maintain its glitter for long?
Cricket-crazy India has welcomed this league with open hands but to sustain its glamour will not be easy.
Yes, a mix of Bollywood and cricket...
In Riyadh, the college day begins for female students behind a locked door that will remain that way until male guardians come to collect them. Later, in a female-run business, everyone must vacate the premises so a delivery man can drop off a package....
My seven-year-old son is fascinated with smoking. When he finds people doing it, he fixes his eyes on them and studies their behavior. “Look! That guy in the car is smoking,” Joey might say while observing — well, staring — and...
A hedge fund manager earned a staggering £1.85billion last year by betting on the sub-prime mortgage collapse.
John Paulson, a Harvard-educated New Yorker, predicted the housing slump which has heaped misery on millions of U.S. home-owners.
The...
It takes a while for a great idea to go from imagination to actual use in the real world, but it happens a lot! Three fictional gadgets made real were in the news just this past week.
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