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• Cricket chief reveals Champions Trophy concerns

  - 2008-08-19

  BEIJING AFP — World cricket's leading administrator has said the "perilously close" start of next month's Champions Trophy in Pakistan made the ongoing uncertainty over the tournament a "concern". David Morgan, the president of the International Cricket Council ICC, was speaking just hours before Haroon Lorgat, the governing body's...

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• Fresh blow for British PM over anti-terror plans

  - 2008-06-12

  LONDON, June 12, 2008 AFP — The British government's widely-opposed plans to hold suspected extremists for up to six weeks took a new twist Thursday, as a senior opposition figure resigned to fight a by-election on the issue. The unprecedented decision by Conservative Party home affairs spokesman David Davis...

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• Govt owns up: 116 pounds spent for England's national day

  - 2008-06-10

  LONDON AFP — A British minister admitted Tuesday that the government had spent just 230 pounds (450 dollars) promoting England's national day over the last five years. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge confessed her department spent 116 pounds on promoting Saint George's Day this year, 114 pounds in 2007 --...

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• Britain cancels major healthcare IT contract with Fujitsu

  - 2008-05-28

  LONDON AFP — Britain has cancelled a major contract with Fujitsu that was part of its ambitious programme to computerise healthcare records in England, a government spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. The 10-year, 896-million-pound (1.1-billion-euro, 1.8-billion-dollar) agreement was originally signed in January 2004 and had been set to run to 2013....

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• Poll rout raises questions over British PM's future

  - 2008-05-03

  LONDON AFP — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is battling to steady his Labour Party's nerves after its worst election defeat for 40 years, but the rout raises serious questions about his future, commentators say. The British prime minister was left reeling by local polls that saw the main...

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• Cardiff given green light to play in UEFA Cup

  - 2008-04-24

  LONDON AFP — Cardiff City will be allowed to enter the UEFA Cup if they win next month's FA Cup final. The Welsh club, who play in the English Championship, were orginally told Football Association regulations would make them ineligible to represent England in Europe if they beat Portsmouth...

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• Miller on his way out of Sunderland

  - 2008-02-27

  SUNDERLAND, England AFP — Sunderland midfielder Liam Miller has been told he can leave the English Premier League strugglers. The 27-year-old Republic of Ireland international, who only joined the north-east club 18 months ago, has been out of action recently with a calf problem although Sunderland boss Roy Keane,...

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• Bentley is England football manager's star pupil

  - 2008-02-06

  LONDON AFP — If Fabio Capello is England's new headmaster then David Bentley shows signs of becoming the Italian's star pupil after an eye-catching display in his side's 2-1 win against Switzerland. Capello's decision to lay down a series of strict rules and regulations ahead of his first match...

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• Kylie Minogue leads celebs on British New Year honours list

  - 2007-12-28

  LONDON AFP — Australian pop star Kylie Minogue was among the celebrities decorated in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours List, published Saturday. The singer, 39, said she was "deeply touched" to be made a Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire OBE in the annual...

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• Flood fears recede in eastern England but warnings in place across Europe

  - 2007-11-08

  LONDON AFP — The threat of serious flooding along England's east coast receded Friday after officials said the main tidal peak had passed, although storms were still causing problems elsewhere in Europe. "The risk of flooding has diminished and the outlook is for tide levels to fall," said a...

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