Daily Mail
Great Britain 3 Malaysia 3: Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Great Britain's men squandered a two-goal advantage in their opening match of hockey's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as hosts Malaysia struck twice in the last three minutes to secure a 3-3 draw.
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Telegraph
London 2012 Olympics: world best time for Great Britain men's four at Rowing World Cup in Lucerne
GB men's four power to world best time of 5mins 37.86sec in their World Cup heat in Lucerne.
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Goal.com
Ronaldo backs Beckham for Team GB spot
The retired forward believes that the midfielder should be selected for the Great Britain football team competing this summer as it would be good for the tournament
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American Scientist
Why Is That Undulating Blob Of Flesh Inspecting My Oil Rig?
Every so often, the Internet astonishes. Things I wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't expect, sometimes happen. On April 25, somewhere in the ocean off Great Britain, a remotely operated video camera near a deep sea oil rig caught a glimpse--at first it was just a glimpse--of an astonishing looking sea creature. It was a green-gray blob of gelatinous muscle, covered with a finely mesh-like textured s...
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Daily Mail
London 2012 Olympics: Savannah Marshall going for gold
Savannah Marshall has vowed to follow up her historic women's world boxing title win by claiming Olympic gold - and inspire the rest of the 10-strong Great Britain team.
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physorg
Research team claims to have found evidence Lake Cheko is impact crater for Tunguska Event
(Phys.org) -- Early on the morning of June 30th, 1908, a huge explosion occurred in a remote part of Siberia near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. So great was the blast that trees were knocked down in neat rows for nearly a thousand square miles and the sky lit up from parts of Asia to Great Britain. What caused that explosion has never been firmly settled. Most researchers agree that it was t...
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Daily Mail
The world's biggest ever jelly art: Victorian steamship floats in neon green slime
The famous vessel, Brunel's SS Great Britain in Bristol, has been floating in jelly as part of the art exhibition, Museums at Night, having been inspired by the historic use of lime by sailors to prevent scurvy.
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Huffington Post
Meat And Masculinity Study: Men May Avoid Vegetarian Options Deemed 'Weak And Wimpy'
If you've ever wondered why fewer men tend to embrace vegetarian lifestyles than women, a new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research may have the answer.Researchers from several top American universities found a strong connection between eating meat -- especially muscle meat, like steak -- and masculinity. Study participants, when placed in experiments that explored connec...
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Telegraph
London 2012 Olympics: Ryan Giggs says opportunity to turn out for Great Britain at Games would be 'fantastic'
Manchester United's Ryan Giggs has called the possibility of representing Great Britain at the Olympics "fantastic".
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Washington Post
Is Adele Dubois the romance writer infringing on Adele the singer?
Romance Books ‘R Us, a Web site and blog for and about erotic romance writers, has come under fire for featuring a post by author Adele Dubois, who shares a famous first name with the Grammy-winning singer from Great Britain.
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BBC
Crash kills speedway's Richardson
Great Britain international speedway rider Lee Richardson dies following a crash at a race in Poland.
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The Nation
‘Nation of Islam’ revisited: What WikiLeaks didn’t reveal
ABDULRAHMAN AL-ZUHAYYAN
The concept of the “Nation of Islam” finds its roots in the early history of the Islamic world, and, it eventually resurrected strongly in the 1950s. Many Muslims (Arabs and non-Arabs) migrated to the “Near West” for education; specifically Great Britain and France, for both countries were perceived by those Muslim students as the beacon of ...
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People
Prince William and Kate Celebrate British Olympic Delegation at Glam Gala
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William attend a dinner to raise money for Team Great Britain
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Washington Post
London 2012 Olympics: Torch lit in Greece as relay begins
The countdown to the London 2012 Olympics began in earnest Thursday with the lighting of the torch whose flame will burn throughout the upcoming summer games.
The torch, which was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece, will travel to Great Britain for a 70-day relay covering 8,000 miles across the United Kingdom. The opening ceremony begins in London on July 27.
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Huffington Post
Sir Peter Westmacott: Embassy Open House: Experience GREAT Britain in Washington
Whatever it is that makes you think Britain is GREAT, we invite you to come experience it at the British Embassy on EU Open House Day on Saturday, May 12.
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BBC
AUDIO: Why are there not more women in science?
Professor Lesley Yellowlees, the Royal Society of Chemistry's president-elect, on why she believes Great Britain is half a century behind the United States when it comes to opportunities for women in science.
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Irish Times
Chambers pleads forgiveness as he begins Olympic quest
OLYMPIC GAMES:British sprinter Dwain Chambers has pleaded for a chance to correct his “massive mistake” and compete for Great Britain at this summer’s London Olympics.
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Daily Mail
London 2012 Olympics: First Olympic event could be played in an almost empty stadium as only 11,000 tickets have been sold
Only 11,000 tickets, a seventh of the capacity, have been sold for the Great Britain women’s football team’s match against New Zealand in Cardiff on July 25, two days before the opening ceremony.
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perez hilton
Chatting With… Rebecca Ferguson!
She is so lovely!!!
Love her!!! And her voice!!!!
That voice!!!!
Rebecca Ferguson won over audiences in the U.K. on X Factor, and then she has gone on to sell more records in Great Britain than One Direction!
We recently caught up with the golden-voiced songstress to talk about making it in America, her album, how she discovered her [...]
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Irish Times
Chambers pleads for London chance
Athletics:British sprinter Dwain Chambers has pleaded for a chance to correct his “massive mistake” and compete for Great Britain at this summer’s London Olympics.
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Daily Mail
Kimberley Walsh and tenor Alfie Boe sing official anthem for British Olympians
The Girls Aloud star said it was an 'honour' to represent Great Britain and is overwhelmed to be a part of 'the whole Olympics madness.'
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AllThingsDigital
Passport? Check. Sunscreen? Check. Interactive Frommer’s Guide for iPad? Check.
Now you can ditch the dead-tree guidebook on vacation, if you're so inclined.
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BBC
VIDEO: GB synchro swimmers get Games-ready
In recent years, the Great Britain synchronised swimming team has risen to a place within the world's top ten teams. In 2012, they hope to become part of the top six.
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BBC
Olympic prep "hard" - Egypt coach
Hany Ramzy tells the BBC preparing for the Games will be tough with football suspended in the country, as Senegal relish the challenge of Great Britain.
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Los Angeles Times
Netflix posts first loss since 2005, shares plunge
Netflix Inc. reported its first net loss since 2005 in the first quarter, as the costs from international expansion outweighed the video subscription company's continued growth in the U.S.
The loss and the company's overall results were in line with analysts' estimates and Netflix's own guidance. But shares plunged 15% in after-hours trading. Apparently some investors thought analysts expectati...
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The Sun
We’ll hit a new gold standard
ROWING legend expects Great Britain to achieve a record medal haul at Olympics
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The New Yorker
John Lahr: Nicholas Hytner renewed the Royal National Theatre.
If you stand on London’s Waterloo Bridge, overlooking the Thames as it carries the dust of the ages toward the sea, you will find yourself in one of the most strategic spots in Great Britain. To the east, behind the refulgent dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral . . . (Subscription required.)
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Times of India
George Washington is UK's greatest foe
George Washington, who led the US victory over Great Britain in American Revolutionary War, has been named as the UK's greatest-ever foe, according to a survey which included India's Tipu Sultan and Rani of Jhansi.
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amNY
Titanic: New York commemorates 100 years after the tragedy
City Council speaker Christine Quinn joined other officials from the city, Ireland and Great Britain Thursday at the South Street Seaport to remember the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago this weekend.
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Daily Mail
Stella McCartney on Olympic milestones and the loss of her mother Linda
Stella McCartney has the the world at her feet. Her Oympics kit for Team Great Britain will be soon be worn by 900 athletes with worldwide TV coverage beamed to some 750 million people...
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politico
Morning Reads: Bullish
"Mail Supremacy: The newspaper that rules Britain." Lauren Collins, The New Yorker:
The Mail is the most powerful newspaper in Great Britain. A middle-market tabloid, with a daily readership of four and a half million, it reaches four times as many people as the Guardian, while being taken more seriously than the one paper that outsells it, the Sun. In January, its Web arm, Mail Online, surp...
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Telegraph
GB skater jailed for throwing champagne bottle at clubber
As a champion figure skater who represented Great Britain, Rachael Pagani was adept at displaying her core body strength using rather more delicate moves.
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Telegraph
Russian conglomerate to boycott British goods over crosses at work ban
Company to no longer buy British goods "in connection with the persecution of Christians in Great Britain".
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sueddeutsche
Erste offizielle Rede von Herzogin Catherine: The Voice of Great Britain
Würde sie souverän auftreten wie die Queen - oder doch eher nervös-charmant wie anfangs ihre verstorbene Schwiegermutter? Mit Spannung erwarteten die Briten die erste offizielle Rede von Herzogin Catherine. Im ostenglischen Ipswich hat sie ein Kinderhospiz besucht - und dort mehr mit Megawattlächeln denn mit rhetorischem Talent überzeugt.
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Entertainment Online
Kate Middleton and Prince Charles Iron Things Out at Art Gallery
It was a busy day for Kate Middleton.
Hours after the Duchess of Cambridge showed off her sporty side while hanging out with the Great Britain women's hockey team on Thursday, Prince...
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USA Today
Obama team: No oil reserve deal with U.K.
The White House denies a news report that the Obama administration and Great Britain have struck a deal for a joint release of oil reserves to ...
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White House
Expected Attendees at Tonight’s State Dinner
Release Time:
For Immediate Release
Below is a list of expected attendees at tonight’s State Dinner. Additional details about the State Dinner are available HERE.
THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA
THE RIGHT HONORABLE DAVID CAMERON, M.P. PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
MRS. ...
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CNN
Beckham's Olympic football dream still burns bright
David Beckham is determined to go for gold with the Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics, despite being twice the age of some of his potential teammates.
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Mashable
LulzSec’s Top Members Arrested Based on Informant’s Reports
The FBI may be having the “last lulz” today after arresting five top LulzSec members based on reports from one of the group’s…
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Slashdot
LulzSec Leader Sabu Unmasked, Arrested and Caught Collaborating
Velcroman1 writes "Law enforcement agents on two continents swooped in on top members of the infamous computer hacking group LulzSec early this morning, and acting largely on evidence gathered by the organization's brazen leader — who sources say has been secretly working for the government for months — arrested three and charged two more with conspiracy Charges against four of the five were ba...
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The Guardian
Roger Waters says Falkland Islands are Argentinian in reported comments
Chilean TV quotes Pink Floyd founder and ex-bassist, a longtime critic of the Falklands war, as saying 'Las Malvinas belong to Argentina'The Falkland Islands should belong to Argentina, the former Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters is reported as saying in a television interview to be aired in Chile.Waters has arrived in South America for a major concert tour just as tensions between Argentina...
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Telegraph
Starters orders for Great Britain show
Inventors have less than two months to submit their prototypes for the Great Britain exhibition, which will take place at the Science Museum during the Olympics and Paralympics.
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Daily Mail
Former Miss Great Britain hopeful accused of claiming £22,000 in benefits fraud
Rachel Hatton, 28, allegedly claimed income support, housing benefits and council tax benefits after falsely telling officials she lived alone. She denied three charges at Northampton Magistrates' Court today.
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The Jerusalem Post
Israel falls to Portugal, but still alive in Eilat
Despite 2-1 defeat, blue-and-white has everything to play for against Great Britain.
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BoingBoing
The MegaUpload Shutdown Effect
"With enough global data, you can actually see the traffic drop when the shutdown occurs." Internet traffic analysists at Arbor Networks examined recent worldwide data flow and determined that Megaupload was taken offline just after 19:00 GMT on January 19. Internet traffic all over the world dropped in the two hours that followed. Top users [...]
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Save a few bob with BritRail in low season
Book by Feb. 14 for 20-per-cent discounts on first-class travel around Great Britain
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science blogs
Wo steckt der deutsche Brian Cox und warum ist er nicht im Fernsehen? [Astrodicticum Simplex]
Wenn bei euch, so wie bei mir, das Fernsehprogramm wieder mal zum Vergessen ist, dann schaut euch dieses tolle Video von Brian Cox an. In der ehrwürdigen Royal Institution of Great Britain hat der Physiker Brian Cox eine Vorlesung über Quantenmechanik gehalten. Sowas machen Physiker öfter - aber normalerweise sind keine Promis im Publikum die sich an den Experimenten beteiligen; normalerweise w...
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Pravda
United Kingdom falls apart like house of cards
Scotland may eventually become an independent state. The referendum about the country's separation from Great Britain is to take place in two years. Scotland deserves the right for independent existence like no other "separatist" region of Europe. The Britons lost their enormous colonial empire only several decades ago
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Barrons
Indexes End Rocky Week Higher
It was a difficult week for investors, because they spent the first three days of it waiting for the last two days to happen. With European leaders traveling to Brussels on Thursday to try to hammer out “the deal that will save the world,” trading swung this way and that on rumors and innuendos. And [...]
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The Nation
Spain rout Britain 8-1; Australia crush Pakistan 6-1
AUCKLAND (AFP) - Spain humiliated Great Britain 8-1 to reach the top four of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament Tuesday, as hosts New Zealand advanced with a barnstorming comeback against the Netherlands.In the last day of initial pool play, New Zealand trailed 3-0 against the Holland but salvaged a 3-3 draw, to consign Olympic champions Germany to the bottom four of the last major men's ho...
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Number10
Downing Street Christmas tree
The Prime Minister together with Blue Peter Gold Badge winners and presenter Helen Skelton formally switched on the lights.
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The Sun
Scotland star Jamie Mackie: I'd love to play for Team GB
JAMIE MACKIE last night became the first Scotland star to reveal he wants to play for Great Britain at the Olympics
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New York Times
Strike in Great Britain as Austerity Measures are Extended by Government
Public sector workers on Wednesday began Britain’s biggest strike in a generation, a day after the government said that it was falling behind with its deficit reduction plan.
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The Sun
Gamu in clear for UK stay
FORMER X Factor star Gamu Nhengu has triumphed in her battle to stay in Great Britain
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Bild
Mini-Gitarren und Humor - Wahnwitzige Ukulelen erobern Deutschland
Bis Mittwoch tritt das Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain mit ihren Mini-Gitarren in Berlin auf. BILD.de war schon da und sprach mit Band-Mitglied David Suich.Foto: ukuleleorchestra.com/ Dan Reid
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | Germany | 10.650 |
| 2 | Turkey | 6.850 |
| 3 | United States | 6.357 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 6.038 |
| 5 | Poland | 5.050 |
| 6 | Russia | 5.020 |
| 7 | Italy | 3.100 |
| 8 | Romania | 3.078 |
| 9 | Sweden | 2.900 |
| 10 | India | 2.500 |
| 11 | Spain | 2.315 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 2.245 |
| 13 | Austria | 1.675 |
| 14 | Korea South | 1.570 |
| 15 | Argentina | 1.115 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 0.840 |
| 17 | Japan | 0.730 |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.660 |
| 19 | Belgium | 0.580 |
| 20 | Finland | 0.500 |
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Media |
MIX |
| 1 | Bild | 2.560 |
| 2 | IBN live | 2.500 |
| 3 | The Sun | 2.500 |
| 4 | Gazeto Wyborcza.pl | 1.600 |
| 5 | Moskovskiy Komsomolets | 1.500 |
| 6 | sport-express | 1.480 |
| 7 | De telegraaf | 1.200 |
| 8 | San Francisco Chronicle | 1.200 |
| 9 | milliyet.com.tr | 1.200 |
| 10 | ntv msnbc | 1.200 |
| 11 | foxnews | 1.200 |
| 12 | newsoftheworld | 1.050 |
| 13 | ekolay.net | 1.040 |
| 14 | CNN turk | 1.000 |
| 15 | El Pais | 1.000 |
| 16 | The mirror | 1.000 |
| 17 | Antena3 | 1.000 |
| 18 | corriere de la serra | 0.920 |
| 19 | New York Times | 0.880 |
| 20 | focus.de | 0.800 |
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Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 15.341 |
| 2 | German | 12.325 |
| 3 | Turkish | 6.850 |
| 4 | Polish | 5.050 |
| 5 | Russian | 5.010 |
| 6 | Spanish | 4.990 |
| 7 | Italian | 3.100 |
| 8 | Romanian | 3.078 |
| 9 | Swedish | 2.900 |
| 10 | Dutch | 2.825 |
| 11 | Korean | 1.570 |
| 12 | Czech | 0.840 |
| 13 | Japanese | 0.730 |
| 14 | Finnish | 0.500 |
| 15 | Danish | 0.205 |
| 16 | Norwegian | 0.090 |
| 17 | Greek | 0.060 |
| 18 | Indonesian | 0.040 |
| 19 | Chinese | 0.000 |
| 20 | Arabic | 0.000 |
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