Posted by admin on Nov 24, 2009 in
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Ms Odone, a mother of three, said she used to believe that “success in life is measured by the work you do”, and that she was not having a “pop” at working mothers in the report.
Her recommendations include:
• Rather than “pumping billions into an unpopular childcare system”, the government should enable families to choose
• Weekly national insurance [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 24, 2009 in
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Writing on his official site, the singer said he had been “reconstructed by a Wiltshire hospital” and was “as close to good health as I’m likely to get”.
“I apologise to everyone caught up in the to-ing and fro-ing,” he said.
However, he continued, “the disappointment of postponement is less than the disappointment of hearing me sing [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 23, 2009 in
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Asia’s remaining rhino herds are at risk from a new wave of poaching, conservationists say.
With probably fewer than 3,000 rhinos in the region, almost 100 have been killed in the last four years.
The campaigners say the UK should do more to suppress demand for rhino products.
The animals are also under pressure as their home areas [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 23, 2009 in
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Since unification Yemen has been modernising and opening up to the world, but it still maintains much of its tribal character and old ways. Tensions persist between the north and the south; some southerners say the northern part of the state is economically privileged.
Hundreds have been killed in a recent uprising in the north-west among [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 22, 2009 in
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Launching the Wii MotionPlus, which plugs into the existing Wiimote controller, Nintendo America boss Reggie Fils-Aime said: “It renders every light shift of the wrist or arm into the gameplay.”
The firm also unveiled WiiSports Resort, the first title to takes advantage of the new add-on.
Nintendo fans hoping to learn new details on established franchises like [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 22, 2009 in
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The latest update of the Apple Mac operating system OS X, known as Snow Leopard, went on sale on Friday.
The software - available only as a DVD, not a download - was originally due to hit shops in September but Apple brought it forward at the last minute.
The system will go head-to-head with Microsoft’s latest [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 20, 2009 in
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Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo has been ruled out of his country’s 2010 World Cup play-off ties against Bosnia-Hercegovina on 14 and 18 November.
Ronaldo travelled to his homeland to have his ankle injury assessed, despite Spanish club Real Madrid claiming their player would not be fit enough to play.
“Cristiano was in Lisbon on Tuesday,” said Portugal’s [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 20, 2009 in
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Google first announced its intention to build an operating system in July this year.
The firm has designed the system around its Chrome browser. The program was released 14 months ago and already has 40m regular users, the firm said.
It’s very familiar and intuitive to users - most people know how to use the browser,” said [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 19, 2009 in
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David Miliband has met his Russian counterpart in Moscow on the first visit to the country in five years by a British foreign secretary.
Relations between the UK and the Kremlin reached a low after the murder in London of Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006.
Mr Miliband met Sergei Lavrov for dinner and informal talks, [...]
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Posted by admin on Nov 19, 2009 in
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They completed questionnaires and the researchers calculated their adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) for an average of four-and-a-half years.
Participants who had a strong adherence to the MDP tended to be male, ex-smokers, married and older individuals.
They were more active physically and showed a higher total energy intake.
The researchers identified 480 new cases of [...]
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