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Lonely hearts club only billionaires can join
It was Beijing's most lavish party yet. The aim: to find partners for 21 lovelorn tycoons
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Paratrooper killed in Helmand
Thursday, 24 December 2009
A British paratrooper serving with special forces has been killed in a notoriously violent area of southern Afghanistan.
Christmas Day verdict for China's dissident
Thursday, 24 December 2009
A court tried a high-profile Chinese dissident yesterday on subversion charges with the verdict set to be announced on Christmas Day, according to a relative of the defendant.
Japanese student charged with bathtub murder
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Tatsuya Ichihashi was charged today with the rape and murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker.
Paratrooper killed in notoriously violent area
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
A British paratrooper serving with special forces has been killed in a notoriously violent area of southern Afghanistan, sources said today.
China opens state-backed gay bar to fight spread of Aids
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
China's first government-backed gay bar has finally opened, very discreetly, after the original scheduled launch was delayed for almost three weeks due to intense media attention.
Review of the Year 2009: Afghanistan
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Battle-weary, but digging in for a long haul
Judge orders 'an ear for an ear'
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
A Pakistani court has ordered that two brothers should have their noses and ears cut off after they were found guilty of doing the same to a woman who refused to marry one of them, a government prosecutor said yesterday.
Key events in the case of murdered teacher Lindsay Hawker
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Japanese prosecutors charged Tatsuya Ichihashi today with the rape and murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker in March 2007.
Second soldier 'killed in friendly fire'
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
The British serviceman's death is the second incident being investigated in Afghanistan this week, the Ministry of Defence said today.
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1 2000-2009: the world in pictures
2 Exclusive: The unseen photographs that throw new light on the First World War
3 French students cry liberté over right to wear sexy clothes
4 Russia to work on new nuclear missiles
5 It never snows but it pours for Eurostar
6 US Senate passes landmark health care measure
7 Unesco criticised over dictator's $300,000 prize
8 Briton missing from Swiss ski resort
9 Lonely hearts club only billionaires can join
10 On Santa Claus's trail: one billion people will log on to track his progress
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1 French students cry liberté over right to wear sexy clothes
2 Breakthrough? Saudi women train to sell lingerie
3 Russia to work on new nuclear missiles
4 After 35 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, James Bain is a free man – and he's not angry
5 Paratrooper killed in notoriously violent area
6 Paratrooper killed in Helmand
7 The unfinished business of Romania's revolution
8 Could this be the house where Jesus played?
9 Obama hails the new world order
10 L'Oréal heiress gives €1bn to photographer 'because he's worth it'
Commented
1Ben Chu: There's a good reason why climate naysayers are failing
2New plot hatched to dislodge Brown before election
3Avatar, James Cameron, 163 mins, (PG)
4Brown called before Iraq inquiry ? but after the election
5Victory for gay rights in Mexico's Catholic stronghold
6Sam Wallace: Attitude to Nations Cup all wrong
7Mark Steel: Where next in the battle against the establishment?
8Steve Richards: Here are a few predictions to keep you going until new year
Columnist Comments
• Steve Richards: Predictions to keep you going until new year
The leaders’ debates will dominate the campaign, but they won’t change much.
• Hamish McRae: An optimism that has drained away
It is, from an economic perspective, a sombre end to a sombre year.
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