Three men convicted of airline bomb plot

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Islamic extremist Abdulla Ahmed Ali was found guilty in London today of conspiring to kill hundreds of people in a terrorist bombing campaign.

Tommy Lee Jones says he was promised 'significant box-office bonuses'

No Money for Old Men

Tommy Lee Jones is suing a studio for $10m over No Country for Old Men.

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Father saves toddler sucked 150ft through drain new

A quick-thinking father saved his three-year-old daughter from certain death after she fell down a storm drain during the floods.

Flood damage cost 'to hit tens of millions'

Murray on the brink

Andy Murray faces his first grand slam final tonight against Roger Federer.

Federer serves up powerful statement of intent

A large computerised display of the British FTSE 100 index shows the figure flat-lining

Glitch hits London shares' big day

An embarrassing computer failure at the London Stock Exchange left City traders unable to cash in on a worldwide stock market boom for much of today.

Heat rising as Thailand's PM hangs on new

Thailand's prime minister - a skilled and celebrated chef - has vowed not to resign ahead of court ruling that could raise the temperature in his political kitchen and force him from power.

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The heavy rains that caused severe flooding and killed at least eight people across Britain began to ease in many parts of the country yesterday.

Poll shows McCain regaining the lead

A new poll shows Republican John McCain - riding a wave of enthusiasm for his vice presidential pick Sarah Palin - pushing past Barack Obama, wiping away the advantage the first-term Illinois senator enjoyed coming out of the Democratic National Convention.

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Hamilton senior defends Spa tactics new

Anthony Hamilton insists Formula One's authorities will never take away yesterday's Belgian Grand Prix 'victory' from within the heart of son Lewis.

'Wrestler' wins Golden Lion

Eleven days of red carpet galas, 21 films in competition and countless interviews, photo calls and parties at the Venice film festival boiled down to just one man in the end - Mickey Rourke. The festival, which unofficially kick-starts the awards season leading to the Oscars, will be remembered chiefly for Rourke's performance in Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler", which the actor and critics agree is his best yet.

'Wrestler' knocks out competition to take Venice's Golden Lion

Bush bails out US mortgage giants

The Bush administration ripped up its laissez-faire economic policies last night and launched a government takeover of two of the most powerful mortgage companies in the US.

Scientists deduce the key to finding love: declare it

Poets wax lyrical about it, musicians lament the loss of it and dating agencies make fortunes from it.

Raise taxes to stub out smoking by 2025, say doctors

Britain's oldest and most powerful medical college today calls on the Government to set a target to eliminate smoking by 2025.

Field's collection for M&S hits stores in mid-October

Sex & the city near you: Carrie's stylist brings Manhattan to M&S

On Saturday night, in New York, at the start of the city's fashion week, the Sex and the City stylist Patricia Field showed the collection that will appear in M&S stores from next month.

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Google's tenth birthday present to itself – the age of Chrome is here

Andrew Keen on New Media: Google's 10th birthday has an ironic mathematical resonance.

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Balls signals end for SATs after 'fiasco' over marking

Next year's national curriculum tests for 1.2 million 11- and 14-year-olds in England could be the last, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, signalled yesterday.

Handwriting standards blamed as pupils ask for exam 'scribes'

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Forthright: Rooke in 1980, as chairman of British Gas Corporation

Sir Denis Rooke: Engineer and chairman of British Gas

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