Britain’s once-booming housing market is slumping and faces the prospect of an even sharper downturn owing to the global credit crunch, according to economists. The housing market unravelled further last week, with house prices tumbling at their fastest
Bradford & Bingley (BB.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) expects an overwhelming shareholder majority in favour of proceeding with its 400 million pound rights issue when investors meet at an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday. Legal &
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert left late Saturday night for Paris and the launching of the Union for the Mediterranean, where he will be sitting around a table with - but not next to - Syrian President Bashar Assad. Diplomatic officials said there were no
The measures, to be outlined as part of a wider crime action plan on Tuesday, are part of her department’s response to a spate of horrific attacks last week that saw four people killed in London in just 24 hours. There is also wider concern about the
Russia is thinking of aiming nuclear weapons at western Europe for the first time since the end of the cold war, according to defence sources in Moscow. The move is being considered in response to American plans to develop a defence shield against
Military police in Iraq are investigating allegations a young boy was sexually assaulted by British soldiers. The 14 year old boy, who is now 19, alleged he was attacked in May 2003 at a British base near the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra. He has
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Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday she was hoping for new movement in the Middle East peace process from the pending launch of a Mediterranean Union between members of the European Union and other littoral states. A resolution of the
LONDON (AP) - Bond. Jane Bond. Britain’s secret spy agency, home to the very white and very male 007, is hunting for women and minorities to tackle global terrorism. More than 20,000 people have applied since MI6 began its open recruiting campaign about
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