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Archive for May, 2011

Cheryl Cole confirmed as judge at Mladic trial

expected to take Mladic out of his comfort zoneFresh from her removal from American X-Factor Cheryl Cole is to take up a new position at The Hague as a judge in the trial of alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic.

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Posted: May 31st, 2011
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Daily Mail warns about consequences of Shoesmith payout

The Daily Mail has warned that the £2.5 billion that ex-Haringey social services boss Sharon Shoesmith hopes to get in compensation for her sacking over the Baby P case could undermine the UK’s fragile economic recovery, destroy the private sector, smash Britain’s borders wide open, slash house prices and generally cause politically correct chaos.

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Posted: May 31st, 2011
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UK blasts ‘uncaring’ US after Obama hails historic relationship with Poland

Gdansk for the memoriesUK diplomats have asked for urgent reassurances from the US after news reports that President Barack Obama has ‘rekindled’ the special relationship between Poland and the USA.

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Posted: May 30th, 2011
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Nick Clegg to end Libya crisis by arranging AV referendum

The Prime Minister has vowed to ‘finish the job’ in Libya by getting Nick Clegg to organise a vote on the AV system and explain it to Colonel Gaddafi.

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Posted: May 30th, 2011
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Cheryl Cole replaced by Judge Dredd

More bad news for Cheryl Cole as it emerges that her replacement on the judging panel of the US version of the X-Factor is the impassive, uncharismatic and uncompromising Judge Dredd, who despite being entirely fictional is at least understandable, according to US television executives.

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Posted: May 30th, 2011
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