Benjamin Netanyahu tries to end a rift with the US by signalling his willingness to take confidence-building measures aimed at restarting peace talks with the Palestinians
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A Conservative government would ask MPs to fast-track the building of new nuclear power stations, David Cameron has announced.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel proposed "confidence-building steps" with Palestinians in a telephone call on Thursday with Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, after a dispute over settlements
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Westminster City Council has spent over £250,000 keeping the Grade II listed Marylebone Library closed for the past three years, according to figures obtained by Labour Councillors. Over the last three years since the Marylebone Road library has been closed, the cost of the rates on the empty building add up to £253,000, as follows: * 2009/10 - £124,000 * 2008/09 - £78,000 ...
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Education Minister Leighton Andrews will unveil changes to the school building programme.
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THE amount of money allocated to building affordable houses in Scotland is facing a £140 million cut, Labour claimed today.
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Vital investment in schools and hospitals is starting to be reined in as the government curbs public spending in an effort to reduce the UK's debt burden
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A good example of not getting it. Some Michigan agency, surprised and aroused by the success of social networks, thought that it would be a bright idea to replicate this for students undertaking the transition from school to university. The state of Michigan is currently building a custom social network called the Michigan College Access Portal, at a cost of $1.5 million, to help students looking ...
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This is ridiculous. Tony Blair is preparing to launch a "faith offensive" across the United States over the next year, after building up relationships with a network of influential religious leaders and faith organisations. With Afghanistan and Iraq casting a shadow over his popularity at home in Britain, Blair's focus has increasingly shifted across the Atlantic, to where the nexus of faith ...
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