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Mind where you go

11.03.18
SCIENTISTS now know exactly which parts of the brain make us feel good, bad or indifferent
 
A little trust can move mountains

30.06.18
THE PEAK District is now a couple of hundred miles nearer to London, courtesy of the Countryside Trust
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Leaning tower of Paris

19.09.18
A TERRORIST bomb attack last night left the Eiffel tower tilting dangerously towards the River Seine

 

 
Seed falls by the wayside

18.06.18
RICHARD SEED Jr, a clone of his father, ran away from home last week

Ben's final resting plaice

03.05.18
FISHERMEN burying a friend at sea also mourned their lost livelihood

China 'fixes' Tibet succession

14.11.18
THE CHINESE government accused of finding a 'puppet' to replace the late Dalai Lama

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  • Muhammad Nayef's pro-western Saudi government has been forced to ask the Euro-American alliance to withdraw its troops from the country. Anti-western feeling, headed by the Dhahran-based Saudi Islamic Front, was so strong that Nayef convinced Washington that he could maintain control in the divided state only by doing so without overt alliance support. Although western troops will not be withdrawn from neighbouring Yemen and Oman, Middle East observers believe that in future the alliance will support Nayef only by means of long-range firepower, including the new space-based laser, which is due to be deployed next year. PR

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