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Global growth continues for AMBA
Friday 12 April 2013
The international authority on postgraduate business education, the Association of MBAs (AMBA), has reported a 17 per cent growth in membership numbers.
North Korea 'has nuclear weapon it can mount on rocket' warns US, as John Kerry warns missile launch would be 'huge mistake'
Friday 12 April 2013
Mr Kerry arrived South Korea as part of a unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test
The Sport Matrix: Friday 12 April 2013
Friday 12 April 2013
Lynn impresses while Donaldson hits hole-in-one
Angelina Jolie and William Hague to fight war-zone rape and sexual violence
Thursday 11 April 2013
The Government will spend a further £10 million on tackling war-zone sexual violence and violence against women and girls, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced today.
North Korea nuclear threat: South Korea warns citizens that Pyongyang is now ready to launch a missile 'at any time'
Wednesday 10 April 2013
South Korea’s warning of an 'imminent' strike comes as the North prepares to mark the April 15 birthday of the nation’s founder Kim Il-sung
North Korea's reservists 'called back to help with spring harvest'
Tuesday 09 April 2013
The warning, announced on North Korean state television, is the latest salvo in weeks of sustained bellicosity that have raised the threat of conflict to its highest level in years. But on the ground the grave words were largely ignored – foreign businesses and schools were operating normally and consulates gave no indication they were taking the threat seriously.
British airline stewardess Evelyn Clarke dies after falling from high-rise building in Dubai
Tuesday 09 April 2013
A British airline stewardess has fallen to her death from a high-rise building in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.
Mrs Thatcher implanted the gene of greed in Britain
Tuesday 09 April 2013
That was the truly poisonous part of her legacy in this country
WikiLeaks releases Kissinger cables as part of 1.7 million US diplomatic records
Monday 08 April 2013
He may have been confined to London’s Ecuadorean Embassy for almost a year, but Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks website published its latest work today: more than 1.7 million US diplomatic communications from the years 1973-1976, which it has dubbed “The Kissinger Cables”.
British woman Lindsay Sandiford loses appeal against Bali death sentence for drug smuggling
Monday 08 April 2013
She claims she had to smuggle the drugs for a gang threatening one of her sons
South Korea backtracks on nuclear test claim as tensions continue to rise across region
Monday 08 April 2013
A government official said that Mr Ryoo had intended to say that North Korea has long been ready to conduct a nuclear test
Reports of Pyongyang's next missile test stokes tensions in South Korea
Monday 08 April 2013
Military in the South is in ‘readiness’ amid fears of new weapons launch by the North this week
Manchester United v Manchester City: Weaker teams try harder in games with us than they do against United, says Roberto Mancini
Monday 08 April 2013
City manager’s latest excuse for title race gap is that Ferguson’s side frighten other teams
British tourists held on drug charges in Dubai 'denied UK lawyers'
Sunday 07 April 2013
A lawyer claims she was refused access to men who allege they were ‘tortured’ in jail
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