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British comedic actor Richard Ayoade Jokes About Redford at Sundance Film Festival

Ade Adewale — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:17:48 +0000

British comedic actor/director Richard Ayoade, at the Sundance Film Fest. to promote "The Double," which stars Jesse Eisenberg, claims he got a warm welcome from Robert Redford. (Jan. 19)

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Baby girl for queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips

Ade Adewale — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:24:08 +0000

The granddaughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips, gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, the palace announced, a first child for the champion horse rider and her rugby-player husband Mike Tindall. The unnamed girl arrives five months after…

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British diplomat falls to death in apparent Romania suicide

Ade Adewale — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:01:06 +0000

A British diplomat has fallen to his death from the top floor of a Romanian hotel, in what media said on Friday was an apparent suicide. Britain's Foreign Office confirmed the man was a member of the diplomatic staff at its embassy in Romania but did…

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Dunkin’ Brands Announces Global Marketing Partnership With Liverpool Football Club

Ade Adewale — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:36:38 +0000

Dunkin' Brands Under the agreement, Dunkin' Donuts will become the official coffee, tea and bakery partner for Liverpool FC, and Baskin-Robbins will become the official ice cream partner. Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN), the parent company…

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Tax breaks for fracking firms as UK goes ‘all out for shale’

Ade Adewale — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:59:33 +0000

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday promised tax breaks worth millions of pounds to local councils who encourage shale gas development, declaring the country was going "all out for shale". Cameron announced that local authorities in England…

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Vigil held for death that led to English riots in 2011

Ade Adewale — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 19:30:29 +0000

Several hundred demonstrators rallied outside a London police station Saturday to condemn an inquest which found that police lawfully shot dead a man in 2011, in a killing that sparked nationwide riots. They condemned the "perverse" jury verdict returned…

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London shares drop on Morrison sales woes, Cameron betting pledge

Ade Adewale — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:54:43 +0000

London shares fell on Thursday as supermarket chain Morrison's plummetted after Christmas sales shrank and bookmakers tumbled in the wake of comments by David Cameron. The benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 30.44 points or 0.45 percent to close at 6,691.…

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London shares open higher ahead of corporate figures

Ade Adewale — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 09:09:52 +0000

London shares opened modestly higher on Monday ahead of a slew of corporate announcements later this week on how British companies have fared over the key holiday period. The benchmark FTSE 100 index added 16.98 points or 0.25 percent to 6,747.68 points…

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2014 year of ‘hard truths’ for British economy – British Chancellor

Ade Adewale — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:24:49 +0000

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will warn that 2014 is to be the year of "hard truths" and public spending cuts when he sets out his plans for the year ahead on Monday. He will tell an audience in central England that there is "still…

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Edinburgh prepares to end sex in saunas

Ade Adewale — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:44:26 +0000

EDINBURGH, Scotland — In the United States, where drinking alcohol in public is prohibited, police routinely turn a blind eye to people sipping from bottles wrapped in brown paper bags. A similar system has existed in the Scottish capital for almost…

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UK Wind Energy Sector Smashed Power Generation Record In December 2013

Ade Adewale — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 19:34:59 +0000

UK’s wind energy sector saw a number of power generation records broken in December 2013. The country’s wind energy projects generated more electricity in December than in any month before that, breaking the previous generation record of October…

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Briton confirmed dead in Libya: Foreign Office

Ade Adewale — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 10:33:47 +0000

The Foreign Office in London confirmed on Friday that a British national had died in tragic circumstances in Libya. Libyan troops on Thursday found the bodies of a British man and a New Zealand woman shot dead southwest of Tripoli, a security source…

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London gets a taste of 2014 with flavoured snow

Ade Adewale — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 09:59:44 +0000

Thousands of revellers got to taste the New Year celebrations in London when edible peach snow and strawberry mist descended on partygoers watching the midnight pyrotechnics. Around 50,000 people took part in what was dubbed the "world's first multi…

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