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When green power fails in a location considered to be 'ideal', what chance for everywhere else?

The Most Armed States

Terror hero being deported

Liberté, égalité … austérité? Sarkozy clamps down on French ministers' perks

Debts, deficits and defense

Sharron Angle has it right on the "rape and incest" abortion kerfuffle

Times have changed, and the NHS must take the medicine too

UK housing market recovery stalls

Iran 'nuclear scientist claims he has escaped from US kidnappers'

List of French who collaborated with Nazis to be published online

Russian 'spy ring' labelled nutty and feckless by former CIA agents

Drinkers should not get loyalty points for buying alcohol, say doctors

Gen Petraeus: Afghanistan fighting may intensify in coming months

Russian spies were more Secret Seven than John le Carré

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Black magic, online poker - just another slow day at the Town Hall

Missouri bans alcohol, nudity at strip clubs

25 Videos of Hot Chicks Who Love Video Games

Don't Hit the Boobs H/T Nebraska Bob