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November 13, 2011

UK border checks are 'a bad joke', whistleblower claims

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African President Jacob Zuma says the Libyan government has accepted an African Union peace plan to end the eight-week-old conflict.1
after a member of staff at the city's Roxy venue found two men and a woman in the men's toilets.1
after media reports linked him to the case.1
Ailing Spanish bank CAM posts massive first-half loss1
Alcoa to Curtail Operations in Italy1
An anti-British backlash gathered pace in Germany yesterday as David Cameron and Angela Merkel struggled to disguise the gulf between them on how to tackle the eurozone crisis.1
An armed gang is on the loose after killing two people with grenades and guns in an apparently random attack on a Christmas market in the Belgian city of Liege.1
and complicates the country's recovery from economic meltdown.1
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and nobody wants to pay.The empty Guadalhorce Hosptial in Cártama1
Anti-depressants likely do more harm than good1
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Bank governor Sir Mervyn King sent a stark message to political leaders as he flagged an unresolved eurozone debt crisis1
Bank of England meets amid talk of £50bn stimulus1
Bankers face the prospect of jail as Serious Fraud Office launches criminal probe into interest-rate fixing at Barclays1
Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns1
because Greek-owned bank subsidiaries have a big share of their banking sectors.1
Berlin appears to be following in the footsteps of the Netherlands1
Beware of missed call to check SIM cloning1
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boat washes up in Spain1
Bodies of 14 'roses' exhumed in Sevilla village cemetery1
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Body found in boot of crashed car on Alicante motorway1
Bolivia nationalized the company that runs the three largest airports in Bolivia because the government claims the company did not invest in improving the airports.1
Bosses of banks saved by taxpayer earn more now than before crisis1
BOTTOM five most hated airports1
Brad Pitt is reportedly utilising his free time to plan his wedding with Angelina Jolie.1
Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap by Barry K. Wei on eBay1
Brink's Mat the reason that Great Train Robber shot dead in Marbella1
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Britain will be hit with another recession next year as the Euro crisis deepens1
British banks are facing soaring borrowing costs as the government removes the props that have kept the financial sector afloat since 2008.1
British bonds win 'safe haven' tag in eurozone debt storm1
British government attacked by MEPs over EU budget criticisms1
British peer calls for abolition of time limit on expat voting1
British tourist falls to her death from hotel balcony in Magalluf1
Briton dies in Cannes after brawl 'over cost of drinks at lapdancing club'1
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broke into her £10million London home and rifled through her bedding.1
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Brussels threatens to sue Britain to let in 'benefit tourists'1
Bulgarian gangster Tihomir Georgiev has contract on his head1
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Cameron claims1
Captain ordered back onto boat by port officials1
Cargo ship runs aground off Sweden1
Carnival says caring for cruise disaster victims1
Casares actually inherited its name from Julius Caesar1
Catalonia’s President this week told the world his autonomous Catalan Government would struggle to meet its bills at the end of this month1
Catholic Church Child Trafficking Network1
Caught with six kilos of cannabis and you could still avoid jail1
causing further disruption to airlines.1
Central control of Europe's borders proposed1
Chris and Mary Gorman were arrested by police in Orlando1
City drummer Robbie France dies aged 521
Ciudad de la Luz film studios in trouble in Alicante1
Civil Guard have arrested 18 members of a drugs network which had its main base in Bilbao1
Client-centredness1
comprehensive solution to the eurozone crisis is technically and politically beyond reach’1
Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino told he will 'pay for this' by coast guard1
Costa del Sol opposes drilling for oil and gas1
Coty Prestige and the house of Cavalli unleash new global beauty brand1
could still be alive1
Cowell: Tweet for X Factor faves1
crash structures1
Credit card fraud websites shut down on three continents1
crew suspected drunk1
Crimes by EU citizens treble but few are kicked out1
Dale Farm residents celebrate court victory1
DAMIEN HIRST1
Dengue Fever Asian Mosquito Could Invade UK1
Devastating report into the failures of police and care agencies to protect teenage girls who have been groomed1
Diabetes drug makes brain cells grow1
Doctors may strike over cuts to their pension pots1
Dogs crap can cost a fortune in Marbella municipality1
Dominique Strauss-Kahn has demanded to be questioned by judges investigating an alleged prostitution ring1
Don't just book it1
Don't use antivirus firms linked to Russia1
Dowler lawyer pursues US legal action against News Corp1
Dr. Peale then describes the healing of Charles through the power of Jesus Christ.1
Drug smugglers and dealers to get law thaw in UK1
Drug Users Could Avoid Jail Under New Guidelines Published By The Sentencing Council For Judges1
Drugs mule sentences cut in new sentencing guidelines1
Eating fried foods didn't hurt the hearts of Spaniards who follow a Mediterranean diet1
Edward Burtynsky Photographs Farming in Monegros Spain1
El Hierro still on yellow alert1
Estepona on Fire1
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EU leaders agree to move talks to next stage1
EU raises farmers’ E.coli aid offer to 210 mln euro1
Euro break-up 'could wipe 50pc off London house prices'1
Euro zone banks in the grip of funding squeeze1
Euro zone crisis is tough going -- for traders1
Europe Banks Hoarding Cash Resist Draghi Bid to Avoid Crunch1
Europe is on the verge of financial chaos.1
European bank stress tests1
European banks head towards another meltdown1
European Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj said on Wednesday.1
European Parliament approves Schengen bids by Bulgaria and Romania1
European Union opens mission in Benghazi1
European Union threatened to expand sanctions against Belarus1
Eurozone woe fuels fresh market chaos as banks bear the brunt of a global stock rout1
Ex-policeman jailed over VAT fraud1
explains how Jagger’s love for poker caused him to nearly destroy his life1
exposure of the UK to the financial mess in Portugal is comparatively limited.1
Extra Virginity1
Failure to solve Europe's debt crisis will cost UK taxpayers billions1
Fairy tale is an English language term for a type of short narrative1
Fake Ryanair pilots sentenced for smuggling cocaine into Spain1
Fall of richest man in Ireland as Quinn is declared bankrupt1
Farmer dies after being attacked by jabalí1
Fat FreddieThomson has been wanted in Spain for the past 18 months1
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Ferrovial and British air traffic controllers1
Five arrested for road rage attack in Madrid1
FIVE members of a British family have been arrested for stealing 1561
Florida1
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Foreign Office is urging Britons to remember that its services are reserved for people in real difficultly1
Former James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore1
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Four Moldovans were detained for smuggling drugs from Spain into Russia:1
Four police officers stabbed in north London1
France brings in breathalyser law1
Franco mass grave found in Jerez1
Francois Hollande's victory in France has sent tremors across Europe. He has challenged the German script for managing the crisis.1
Fresh appeal launched to find man living abroad accused of murdering Nantwich man1
Gaga may once again have offended the pious as she emerged as a decapitated corpse from a confession box1
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Gilts Drop as France1
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Greeks reject German plan for EU budget commissioner1
Greenpeace has revealed how Spain1
Half of Spain “Addicted” to the Internet1
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Identity fraud biggest threat as number of scams soars1
If IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn decides to seek diplomatic immunity to avoid sexual assault charges1
In Spain1
in the Southern Spanish region of Andalucia1
Insecure websites to be named and shamed after checks1
Invasion of the pickpockets1
Ireland1
Irish expat charged with prostitutes' murder in Spain1
is to launch on this side of the Atlantic.1
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It's good to be safe from the taboos of silence.1
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James Murdoch giving evidence for a second time to the MPs' select committee1
Jessica Harper admits £2.4m Lloyds Bank fraud1
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London hospitals write off 'over 90%' owed by foreign patients1
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Madeleine McCann1
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Man stabs three people to death in Valencia1
McLaren driver Lewis1
Meat causes cancer. It’s been said so many times that you’d have to be an idiot not to believe it1
MINI COUPE1
mobile1
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MOROCCAN man who murdered his girlfriend by stabbing her 15 times on Nerja’s emblematic Balcon de Europa1
Movie fans must boycott Paul Ferris film..1
Ms Sandiford to be executed for drug trafficking.1
National Police arrest Local Policeman in Marbella1
Nats1
Netflix1
NEW dad died after being beaten up during a holiday in Spain.1
New guidelines for Ascot dress code1
News International faces FBI phone hacking probe1
News International offices searched as four more men are arrested1
Nigerian scam case deflates in Málaga1
Nine in every 10 Spaniards feel uncomfortable speaking English1
northern Spain is the place to go1
Occulto1
of 88 Forthill Ave.1
official figures have shown.1
One dead and another critical after shooting in Mazarrón1
ONE of Europe’s most powerful hashish smugglers was arrested in Estepona1
One year after an Icelandic volcano brought much of Europe's air traffic to a halt1
only hours after arriving in the holiday resort of Magaluf.1
over-extended and ill-disciplined monetary union is in danger of falling apart1
OwnFone: A Custom-Printed Phone Perfect for Seniors and Kids1
Paper Passion1
Pasquale Mazzarella and Clemente Amodio arrested in Marbella1
Phone hacking: the names of nearly 30 News International staff appear in Glenn Mulcaire's notebooks1
Pilot Strike Affects Scores Of Travelers1
Plane hijack rumours lead to drama at Dutch airport1
Police in the western French city of Nantes have found three bodies at the house of a family who went missing earlier this month1
Police on the Costa del Sol were yesterday hunting a gang who stole £1million of cocaine from a warehouse where authorities held seized drugs before destroying them.1
police urge1
Police warn they may not be able to afford Tesco's £3m riot compensation bill1
Police were in dark over foreign axe killer living in UK1
Pop legend Madonna today told a court of her 'alarm and distress' after a delusional fan1
Portugal and Spain1
Portugal scraps four public holidays in austerity drive1
Pound Falls Versus Euro1
pregnant woman murdered while attending Mass1
Prince Philip in hospital1
Prison for man who left €51
private jets waved through customs and immigration checks1
Property owners not impressed by Junta's decree on irregular property1
Psycho gang boss set for arrest over Maria killing1
Qaddafi Is Dead1
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RBS staff told to pay for their own Christmas party1
RBS to cut 31
real estate company Reyal Urbis filed for insolvency after failing to renegotiate debt with its creditors.1
Real IRA terrorist has been jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of buying weapons and explosives which he wanted to use to “kill Brits.1
Recession causes 21
Recovering alcoholic Matt Maden: I began drinking at 10 and now I'm facing death at 261
Reopen Madeleine case1
Replacement locks were fitted at their home yesterday after the thugs stole Billie's keys along with her £11
result reflects Icelanders' anger at having to pay for the excesses of their bankers1
Rich Brits plot escape to France1
right?1
Romania and Bulgaria1
Romantic Love Is as Addictive as Cocaine1
Rome Hold Europe to Ransom1
Rupert Murdoch was branded “not a fit person” to run a major company1
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Russian ship suspected of carrying munitions to Syria appears near Turkish port1
SA gangs1
Salvage crews are trying to secure the Costa Concordia to rocks with heavy cables as the cruise ship slips at a rate of 1.5cm per hour.1
Sarah Harding has completed her 2-month stint in rehab1
Saravy Sok1
sat in the dock at the country's supreme court1
Saudi women given right to vote1
says the X Factor supremo is one of the key reasons that his four-year romance with Nicole Scherzinger hit the skids.1
Scotland Yard said on Wednesday.1
Scottish prosecutors and police have interviewed Moussa Koussa1
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Settling in Britain is a privilege not a right1
Sex addiction linked to Internet porn1
Share slump hammers Euro banks1
Shares in Standard Chartered dive after Iran allegations1
Sheikh Abdullah Ben Nasser Al-Thani's work on La Bajadilla Port in Marbella delayed1
SHIP AGROUND: COAST GUARD CONFIRMS 3 DEAD1
show-insider Down Under also explained to the newspaper that Starr's bout of ill-health has nothing to do with his well-documented heart problems1
Shuts Airport1
signs of an institutional run on French banks1
Six held in major anti-terror probe1
SIX people have been arrested for their involvement with a gang which stole jewellery from elderly people1
Slobodan Praljak's suicide reopens old wounds in Bosnia |1
sociological awareness and counsellor training1
South Koreans’ sex tourism to Mongolia remains widespread.1
Spain1
Spain could be next to seek a financial lifeline from the European Union.1
Spain finance chief admits odd quirk in wealth tax1
Spain is happiest expat destination1
Spain king ousted as honorary president of World Wildlife Fund branch after elephant hunt1
Spain may exhume Franco1
Spain no longer the main destination for Brit's second homes1
Spain Plans Budget Law as Drug Firms Owed $8.4 Billion by States1
Spain Scraps Siesta as Stores Stay Open to Spur Spending1
Spain Sell Debt1
Spain takes legal action against Spanair1
Spain to cover 20bn euros in potential bank losses1
Spain was one of the first countries to start to lay down laws relating to old non-registered pay-as-you-go SIM cards1
Spain wildfires: Three killed1
Spain's 4th largest airliner goes broke1
Spain's EU bank rescue fund is not quite as Mariano Rajoy has been selling1
Spain's first private airport goes bust1
Spain's most famous judge1
Spain’s property bust is only getting worse.1
Spain’s Two Finance Ministers Clash on Budget Amid Recession1
Spanish banks in €6bn merger talks1
Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla lies on the arena after being gored in the face by a bull during a bullfight in the northeastern city of Zaragoza1
Spanish consumers have appetite for grass-fed lamb1
Spanish police hold suspected 'Irish serial murderer'1
Spanish property an 'attractive investment' for Brits1
Spanish sailors to be decorated after rescuing French woman taken hostage by pirates1
Spanish savings bank directors suspected of fraud1
Spanish schools hit by strike over staffing cuts1
Spanish Tourism Industry Prepares for Difficult Summer1
study suggests1
Survey reveals expat banking fears1
Swiss bankers demand respect for law from US tax evasion investigators1
Switch to olive oil for better health1
taxmen snoop about homes rented to sun-seeking vacationers — then visit the owners who neglected to report the income1
that means that it's not illegal." ~ Richard M. Nixon1
the 'Canadian Psycho1
the £1351
the American media giant that streams blockbuster movies and TV series over the internet1
the British girl who went missing while on holiday in Portugal half a decade ago1
the charismatic and controversial investigating magistrate Baltasar Garzón1
The Civil Guard have asked for help from the public in identifying a body1
The Decree to regularize houses in Andalucia1
The Duchess of Alba with her new husband Alfonso Díez outside Dueñas Palace in Seville.1
The European Union executive is not aware of any talks concerning Greek debt restructuring1
The eurozone crisis is set to dominate four days of intense diplomacy which began in Washington Friday morning and continued through a meeting of G8 leaders1
the ex Municipal Real Estate Assessor1
The head of the Hell’s Angels in Iceland was arrested yesterday and remand in custody for a week1
the Hungarian capital1
The Italian captain of a ship that sank off the coast of Tuscany was placed under arrest after one of the most dramatic holiday cruise disasters1
The King of Spain is a serial womaniser who once made a pass at Princess Diana while she was on holiday with Prince Charles1
The King of Spain’s son-in-law was at the centre of a corruption storm today as he came under investigation for siphoning off public money.1
The man whose evidence led to the jailing of a police chief has been arrested on suspicion of fraud days before the crown will try to convince judges that he is still a reliable witness1
The number of Britons arrested overseas is on the rise1
The Occupy London Stock Exchange protest encampment outside St Paul's Cathedral.1
The slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi secretly spirited out of Libya and invested overseas more than $200 billion1
The Spanish town of Benalup in Andalucia.1
The Teewave AR.1 uses Toray carbon fiber for its chassis1
The UK could become a hub for smuggling the herbal stimulant khat1
The World Bank today approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project1
Thomas Cook is running low on cash and has begun talks with its banks1
Thomas Cook it. So runs the slogan. Would you1
Thousands of North African migrants could seek to enter Britain after Italy announced on Thursday that it would grant travel permits to more than 201
Thousands of passengers faced massive travel disruptions across Spain1
Three Gibraltar police injured in collision with Guardia Civil boat off Gibraltar1
Tony Blair is unaccountable over business interests1
Top five most hated Airports1
Toshiba said on Tuesday it had dispatched 100 engineers to provide help and support at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and the neighbouring Daini plant.1
Trial begins in giant Spanish corruption scandal1
TV celebrity Peter Andre visited the new Aventura Amazonia1
Twelve Step As A Different Culture.1
Two British tour operators who come to Spain go bust1
TWO MILLION EUROS CLAIMED AFTER CANCELLED STONES CONCERT1
UBS CEO Gruebel resigns over rogue trading loss1
UK border checks are 'a bad joke'1
UK economy forecast: Eurozone crisis dampens Bank’s growth estimate1
UK press in dock over phone-hacking1
UK ticketholder wins £41 Euromillions jackpot1
Underworld bankers Daniel Keenan and Andrew Barnett who laundered £17m of drug money are jailed1
US and France send warships through Strait of Hormuz1
US recession fears savage world financial markets1
Various stories about how Al Qathafi lived his last moments have emerged1
Violent clashes in the build-up to Croatia and Republic of Ireland's Euro 2012 Group C clash in Poznan1
Virgin buys Northern Rock for £747m1
Vladimir Putin is moving to Marbella1
Wall Street markets are suffering huge falls this morning as fears grow that Europe's plan to save the euro will unravel1
Wanted Belgian fugitive arrested in Alhaurín El Grande1
was arraigned on gun charges1
was the city you avoided1
Watchdog warns over shooting probe1
Wayne Rooney launches phone-hacking claim1
where a similar levy was trialed three years ago.1
Whistle-blower links Serbian drug lords1
whistleblower claims1
who believes the star loves him1
who is said to have ridden himself of a nasty skin complaint thanks to his visit to the Hedionda baths1
who was identified by prosecutors as a member of the Tiny Rascals Gang-Grey1
yet another young Briton has tragically fallen to her death from a hotel balcony1

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