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MP sorry over stag party behaviour
A Conservative MP apologised today after reports he attended a stag party with Nazi overtones.
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Subo reveals lonely side of fame
Susan Boyle - who shot to worldwide fame after auditioning for UK TV show 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2009 - says she still feels lonely, especially as most of the people close to her have died.
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Wenger :Turnaround has been team effort
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accepts goalscoring captain Robin van Persie will always grab the headlines, but maintains it is a collective team effort which has turned the Gunners’ season around.
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AVB stands by his plans
Manager Andre Villas-Boas has dismissed suggestions he has tried to change too much, too soon at Chelsea as he ponders whether to stick or twist for tomorrow’s crunch Barclays Premier League with Manchester City.
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Morello: RATM wouldn't get a deal today
Tom Morello doesn't think Rage Against the Machine would get signed if they started today.
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McIlroy loses out to double-winning Donald
Luke Donald pointed his two index fingers to the sky today after completing an unprecedented double – a double that has earned the English world number one an amazing £8m (€9.4m).
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Upbeat McGrath waits on X-ray results
Jeremiah McGrath may have escaped with just bad bruising following a nasty incident at Cheltenham on Saturday.
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Uncle quizzed over double ttabbing
The uncle of a teenage girl found stabbed to death in Britain has been arrested on suspicion of her murder, sources have confirmed.
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Troops storm Syrian town
Syrian troops stormed a central town and a north-western region in search of opponents of the government as pressure on Damascus intensified to end an eight-month crisis that has left thousands of people dead, activists said.
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Gaddafi son captured
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has been captured in southern Libya, a Libyan militia commander said today.
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EU budget increase of 2% agreed
European Union negotiators have agreed to increase the region's budget by 2% next year.
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Gardaí seize €600k drugs haul in Portlaoise
Two men have been arrested after gardaí in Portlaoise seized drugs with an estimated street value of up to €600,000, it has been revealed.
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Murray on a charge in SA
Scotland’s George Murray needed only six holes of his third round to wipe out a four-shot deficit at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa today.
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Obama discusses economy with China
President Barack Obama and Chinese premier Wen Jiabao conferred in a surprise meeting on the sidelines of a major Asian summit, likely focusing on the economic matters that have prompted disputes between the two major world powers.
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Cain makes new campaign gaffe
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain suggested that the Taliban were playing a role in Libya’s new government, adding another foreign policy mis-step to his stumbling campaign.
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Snow Patrol keen on Gaga hookup
Snow Patrol want to collaborate with Lady Gaga because she is "much smarter than your average pop star".
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Crewman airlifted from submarine off Mayo coast
The Coastguard has been involved in an operation to help airlift an ill crewman from on board a British submarine located around 200 miles off the coast of Mayo.
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