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International Herald Tribune - LONDON : The roaring crowd of plaid-clad kids in teeny-weeny skirts over thick hose and club-sandwich-size platform shoes screamed with delight. Their fashion goddess, Vivienne Westwood, was back. Not that she had been far away - just in Paris. But ...  Read More

London's week of rebellion ends

Daily Telegraph - Eoghan Hickey produced an immaculate display of goal kicking to ensure victory for London Irish over second-place Leicester in the Guinness Premiership. Kicker: Eoghan Hickey was faultless for London Irish The 26-year-old fly-half kick four out of ...  Read More

London Irish claim Leicester scalp

Guardian Unlimited - While Spacey lumbers, Goldblum strolls. When Goldblum drawls, Spacey spits. In one of the most exciting locking of male antlers on stage for years, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum have created a surefire hit for the Old Vic. Their gladiatorial ...  Read More

Theatre: Speed-the-Plow, The Old Vic, London SE1

Forbes - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Chancellor Alistair Darling said Northern Rock will be temporarily nationalised after two private sector proposals for the troubled bank failed to provide value for taxpayers. The bank will be put under a 'period of ...  Read More

Northern Rock to be temporary nationalised as govt rejects private ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - While Anchorage is no longer rugged enough to impress those searching for Jack London's vision of the north, the gradual advance of normality has emboldened marketers hoping to attract residents, tourists and investors. The city's latest campaign ...  Read More

On the brink of the wild, Alaska's largest city grows up

Miami Herald - The United States has surpassed Italy as the world's No. 2 wine consumer and is poised to overtake the front-running French by 2010, according to the London-based International Wine and Spirits Record. ''Wine used to be elitist,'' says longtime South ...  Read More

Wine attracts more customers

International Herald Tribune - LONDON : Portsmouth advanced to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Sunday by beating Preston 1-0 on an injury-time own-goal and Middlesbrough was held to a 0-0 tie by lower-league team Sheffield United in the other fifth-round game. Preston ...  Read More

Portsmouth gains FA Cup quarterfinals; Middlesbrough held to 0-0 tie ...

CNN Money - LONDON (AP) -- U.K. treasury chief Alistair Darling said Sunday that struggling bank Northern Rock PLC will be nationalized after the government rejected two private takeover bids. Darling told a news conference that the ailing mortgage lender would ...  Read More

Northern Rock to be nationalized

Reuters - LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Britain decided to nationalise Northern Rock (NRK.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) on Sunday, abandoning a five-month attempt to snare a private sector buyer for the ailing bank and piling more pressure on Prime Minister ...  Read More

UPDATE 5-Britain nationalises Northern Rock bank

CNBC - LONDON (AP) _ Treasury chief Alistair Darling said Sunday that struggling bank Northern Rock PLC will be nationalized after the government rejected two private takeover bids. Darling told a news conference that the ailing mortgage lender would be ...  Read More