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Archive for October, 2011

No hard feelings, says PM as third Tory rebel dies in mysterious circumstances

off to get a sinister pair of glasses in the morning‘We have lost valued, albeit treacherous, colleagues,’ said David Cameron. ‘But I think we should avoid jumping to conclusions about how these unrelated and entirely accidental deaths occurred.’

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Posted: Oct 25th, 2011
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EU to bury Britain in undisclosed North Sea location

The European Union today announced that it had given a traditional North Sea burial to its troublesome former member state, the United Kingdom. The move follows political and health concerns about the rotting corpse of the country’s Eurosceptic government being on public display in the House of Commons yesterday.

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Posted: Oct 25th, 2011
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Earliest Harold Pinter ‘pause’ discovered

An enormous Harold Pinter pause, dating back to 1958, has been discovered in the British Library and could be the earliest yet found.

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Posted: Oct 25th, 2011
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Occupy Tiny Tots protest draws world’s attention to ‘kids with better toys’

batteries not includedThere are fears that Tiny Tots nursery in Newport may be forced to close on safety grounds after a group of 4-year-olds sat on the floor and refused to move away from the fire exit.

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Posted: Oct 25th, 2011
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Rocket carrying Galileo navigation satellites gets lost

Launch celebrations for Europe’s Galileo satellites, built to compete with the US GPS system, have been cut short after the rocket carrying them started to head off course while flying over the M1, just north of Leicester’s Forest East services.

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Posted: Oct 24th, 2011
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