Can a known homosexual be a successful leading man in Hollywood? In Mr. Everett's view, the answer is a resounding "no."

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The British chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, on Wednesday defended a decision not to reveal £62 billion in emergency loans made to Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS at the height of the financial crisis last year.

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In 2007 Moira Cameron entered an exclusive fraternity, the first female to do so. Sadly, she was not welcomed by all her colleagues.

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OXFORD, England — Inside the imposing British Crown Court here, Phillipa Curtis, 22, and her parents cried as she was remanded for 21 months to a high-security women's prison, for killing someone much like herself.

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The trend of late childbirth has led to an increase in babies being born with Down Syndrome, according to a new British study.

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This should be done, all over the world.

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P.M. Gordon Brown and some Britons are feeling slighted by the current American administration. Are these feelings justified?

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The U.K. ten years ago debuted a show, "Queer as Folk," that highlighted an affair between an adult and a consenting teenager. Now, a true-life version of this forbidden love has occurred, and the authorities are livid.

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I tunes can be facing some pretty stiff competition soon-- and it's free.

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Note: this is an opinion piece from The Scotsman, (a Scottish paper):

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The government must do more to ensure arms exports are not being used against civilians in war zones, a joint report by four select committees says.

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The Vatican has claimed that the U.K. and the U.S. suppressed the facts they had about the Holocaust. But I'm sure this is very old news, first revealed and analysed by the Anglo-Jewish historian Sir Martin Gilbert.

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The prolific U.K. graffiti artist Banksy will be having an exhibit in Los Angeles in September.

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SUMMARY: In what was billed as a "Universal Nightmare" special edition of Hannity, Sean Hannity relied on distortions and falsehoods to raise the specter of "socialized medicine."

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excerpt: "" The move by ten more is following the story yesterday about a Saudi princess who sought asylum on the basis of facing death by stoning if she returned.

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NEW DELHI (AFP)--India is set to begin sea trials of its first nuclear-powered submarine later this month, joining an elite club that includes neighboring giant China, defense ministry officials said Monday...

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The U.K. inflation rate dropped in June below the Bank of England's 2 percent target for the first time since September 2007 as the recession sapped price pressures in the economy.

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The father of six had a known history of mental illness.

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For those of you who dont know the players in the U.K. Labour Party is the equivalent of the Democrats and Conservatives are the equivalent of guess who. Seems we have a bizzaro situation there and in the rest of Europe

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Female students are ahead of men in almost every measure of UK university achievement, according to a report from higher education researchers.

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excerpt: ""In an unexpected twist, sharp-tongued, conservative talk show host Michael Savage, who in the past savaged Hillary Clinton as a "dangerous human being" and "fraudulent huckster," has asked for help after being banned in Britain - from Secretary of State Hillary Clinto …

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The trouble with torture is that sometimes it works; and when it does, the devil sings. Scarpia may have ended with Tosca's knife in his chest, but his torturers got what they needed from Cavaradossi.

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IT IS very odd indeed that Prince William is entitled to marry a white witch, a Jedi warrior or a scientologist, but he is BANNED from getting hitched to a Catholic.

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The British P.M. will meet with Argentina's leader, but the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty question will not be discussed.

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Jade Goody, the 27 year old who launched to fame and infamy on the television show "Big Brother," has died in her sleep.

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