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It's not new news that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tried to capitalize on Christmas: take, for example, his 2006 Christmas message, still on his non-updated Web site. But 2008's message, carried on TV in the United Kingdom, ruffled some feathers.
The prime minister of Britain, acting on a report about where MI5 determines that terror plots against the UK originate, and understandably still rattled after the Pakistan-based attack launched on Mumbai, told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that the buck needs to stop with him.
Ceremonies were held in Lockerbie, Scotland, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pam Am Flight 103.
What do Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg have in common?
What better than a tabloid -- which can spot a disguised celeb in a "Where's Waldo?" scenescape -- to track down the Wiesenthal Center's Most Wanted Nazis.
Stonehenge: A big, eerie formation of rocks in a verdant pasture meant to summon otherworldly beings? Or, essentially, a bunch of big headstones?
And what a blow it is for the Labour Party: Ken Livingstone, dubbed "Red Ken" by critics for his far-left views, was defeated by Boris Johnson, shadow minister for higher education in the Conservative Party.
The Iron Lady's health continues to suffer as the future of her Conservative Party is muddled.
Teachers, government stiffs, civil servants, health workers, postal workers, and even nuclear plant workers could bring much of the U.K. to halt this summer as unions take on the already embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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