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Tata Corus warned as it mothballs British plant

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Tata Corus warned as it mothballs British plant

Tweet London: Angry unions threatening strike action warned Tata-owned Corus it will face “maximum damage” as the steel giant began mothballing a plant in northeast England after investors walked away. Corus, the European arm of Tata Steel, began decommissioning its Teesside Cast Products (TCP) plant in Redcar – a step that would throw up to [...]

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US scientists to study life below earth’s surface

Tweet Los Aageles: The University of Southern California (USC) has announced it will set up a new science and technology centre to study life below the earth’s surface. The university will use a $25-million grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the centre for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, Xinhua reported Saturday. “Our [...]

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I’m dating Jamie Campbell: Bonnie Wright

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I’m dating Jamie Campbell: Bonnie Wright

Tweet London: “Harry Potter” actress Bonnie Wright has confirmed her relationship with “Twilight” actor Jamie Campbell Bower. Wright, who met Bower on the sets of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, said: “Yes, we’re dating. We’ve been seeing each other for a few months. It’s good.” They were first seen together at a British Academy [...]

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Planning marriage like doing ‘drug deal’: Scarlett

Tweet London: Actress Scarlett Johansson says planning her wedding to Ryan Reynolds was like conducting a “drug deal”. “I never thought that I’d be planning my wedding in a dark alley somewhere but it turned out that way. It was really quite secretive and I felt like I was doing a drug deal without all [...]

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Paris Hilton’s beau clashes with her ex

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Paris Hilton’s beau clashes with her ex

Tweet London: Socialite Paris Hilton’s 29th birthday bash turned ugly when her boyfriend Doug Reinhardt got into an argument with her ex, Brandon Davis. The onlookers were stunned after the heiress and Reinhardt began arguing in the middle of New York hot spot Tea Room Thursday which led to a furious Hilton walking out of [...]

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Lady Gaga bursts into tears at photo-shoot

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Lady Gaga bursts into tears at photo-shoot

Tweet London: Pop star Lady Gaga left the staff at a magazine photo-shoot in a tizzy when she suddenly burst out in tears and stormed off the sets. The singer reportedly told the staff she hated the provocative photos, in which she posed topless in a pair of spiked trousers, before sobbing and threatening to [...]

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Now Ashley Cole accused of bedding American model

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Now Ashley Cole accused of bedding American model

Tweet London: British singer Cheryl Cole’s footballer husband Ashley has once again been accused of having an affair with an American model. Ann Corbitt, 28, claimed to have slept with the Chelsea star when his club toured America last July. According to the reports, Corbitt and a friend got talking to Ashley in a bar [...]

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Cheryl Cole to conduct lie detector test on husband

Tweet London: Cheryl Cole is planning to conduct a lie detector test on husband Ashley Cole who is reportedly cheating on her. “At least by doing a lie detector test, Cheryl will know one way or another whether what Ashley tells her is true or just a pack of lies. And if he is lying, [...]

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Lufthansa pilots launch four-day strike

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Lufthansa pilots launch four-day strike

Tweet Frankfurt: Pilots went on strike Monday at Lufthansa, knocking out 3,200 flights according to the company’s skeleton timetable. The four-day work stoppage will be the biggest stoppage labour disruption in the German airline’s history. In preparation, Lufthansa was trying to reschedule passengers onto jets flown by non-union staff and offering refunds to passengers who [...]

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Suicidal pilot crashes plane in US tax office

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Suicidal pilot crashes plane in US tax office

Tweet Austin (US): A single-engine private plane, reportedly flown by a suicidal pilot, crashed here Thursday into a seven-storey building complex housing the offices of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) injuring two people, media reports said. The pilot was killed while two people were injured and one person was unaccounted for in the crash that [...]

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