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Archive for January, 2009

Bush forced to repeat a term after failing end-of-year exams

America today woke up to the news that George W. Bush will remain US president for a further four years after officials from the Electoral College ruled that he had failed to secure the grades needed to graduate from the White House. A sub-clause of the US Constitution requires a serving president to be held back and forced to repeat a term if he does not make the necessary progress.

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Posted: Jan 20th, 2009
More from Politics, World News



Obama’s new limo ‘pimped’ by MTV

Presidential limo has flames painted all over the bodywork

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Posted: Jan 19th, 2009
More from Celebrity



Orang-utan City banker bucks social mobility trend

An orang-utan who rose to become a leading City banker is compelling evidence that low social class is not a bar to success in Britain, claims Piers Farquharson (Rugby and Trinity, Cantab.) a leading expert on social mobility: ‘Over the past few days it has been suggested that inequality in Britain has worsened and that people from poor backgrounds can’t easily succeed in the bastions of the British establishment. But there are few countries where an orang-utan could rise to become a leading derivatives trader.’

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Posted: Jan 18th, 2009
More from Business, UK News



Liberal confesses he hasn’t actually spoken to his ‘black friends’ in 30 years

non-racist credentials called into question following an ‘inappropriate’ remark at a dinner party

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Posted: Jan 17th, 2009
More from Lifestyle



Spiritual enlightenment found through purchase of 42″ HD TV

Theologists and Buddhist gurus have today begun a complete re-think of the path to enlightenment after a thirty-six year old man from Bristol achieved perfect inner Zen after buying a middle of the range Toshiba television from the Dixons electrical store at a retail park on Saturday.

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Posted: Jan 16th, 2009
More from Lifestyle