The number of home repossessions by lenders soared last year to 17,000, figures have revealed.
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Archive for January, 2007
Natural Fibre May Take Extra Pounds Away; Researcher Launches Human Trials On Promising New … (Science Daily)
Published January 31st, 2007 in News on Diet and Detox. 0 CommentsA natural fibre already found in many food products could be an important new weapon in the war against obesity, according to University of Calgary researchers beginning the first human study of the product.
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Anti-terror police are questioning nine suspects over an alleged plot to kidnap a Muslim serviceman.
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Ex-KGB agent Andre Lugovoi has told the BBC he did not poison ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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A US media corporation has apologised for a marketing campaign that caused a security alert in Boston.
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Venezuela’s national assembly has granted President Hugo Chavez powers to rule by decree for the next 18 months.
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DreamWorks is ending its partnership with the creators of Wallace and Gromit, Aardman Animations.
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Comedian Jo Brand talks to the BBC about plans for this year’s Comic Relief.
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Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin company is moving into a new field - umbilical cord blood banking.
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The man President Bush has tasked with trying to win the war in Iraq has said goals may need to be redefined.
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