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England's batsman Kevin Pietersen, seen, as he leaves the crease after being dismissed by Africa's bowler Johan Botha, unseen, for 3 runs duck during the fourth One-Day International cricket match at the St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Sunday Nov. 29, 2009.
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England v Pakistan - as it happened
The Observer
| Good morning Well, wasn't that something special? As exciting a day's Test cricket I've seen along with all four days of Edgbaston 2005 and the Friday of the Lord's Test against West Indies in 2000. I think Jonathan Trott and Mohammed Amir are shoo-ins for two of the five Wisden Cricketers' of the...
** FILE ** In this photograph supplied by BHP Billiton, a truck works at the BHP Billiton iron ore mine at Mt Whaleback at Newman in the Pilbara in Western Australia in this undated photo. Mining giant BHP Billiton vowed to keep pressing its US$150 billion (euro101 billion) bid to merge with Rio Tinto, telling shareholders Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 it was a compelling step despite the rival company's resistance and customers' concerns. (AP Photo/BHP Billiton)hg3
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BHP Billiton Profit More Than Doubles
The New York Times
| LONDON — BHP Billiton, the mining company that has made a hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, said Wednesday that full-year profit more than doubled because of higher raw material prices. | Profit for the year ending in June rose to $12.7 billion from $5.9 billion a year e...
It would be a tragedy for Britain if my friend William quit
The Daily Mail
| Quitting? William Hague is said to be considering leaving politics in the wake of the storm over his aide Christopher Myers | There have been few more extraordinary political resurrections than that of William Jefferson Hague. | From his humiliatin...
Friday quiz: literary quotes | Michael Tomasky
The Guardian
| I was thinking that we haven't done much literature in these quizzes. There's a reason for that, which is, compared to a lot of people I know, I haven't read a lot of things. I have some deeply embarrassing gaping holes. I've never read Jane Austen...
Campbell reports Q4 profit rise on better margins
The News & Observer
| CAMDEN, N.J. -- The Campbell Soup Co. reported a larger fourth-quarter net income Friday, a time when the temperature rises and its soup sales traditionally drop. | Sales did fall by 1 percent, but improved margins, largely due to productivity gain...
A brief look at SA’s coal-mining industry
Mining Weekly
| Most coal production in South Africa – about 53% – is from opencast mines, with the balance being produced by bord-and-pillar (40%), stoping (4%) and longwall mining (3%). Coal-mining operations are clustered in the country’s Mpumalanga provi...
Stop Fish Lake mine project: B.C. First Nations
CBC
| First Nations in British Columbia are warning the federal government that they will stop at nothing to prevent a mining company from destroying a fishing lake to process copper and gold. | Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet is expected to deci...
Quiz of the week's news
BBC News
Continue reading the main story | 7 days 7 questions | It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions weekly quiz - a chance to find out how much news from the past week you've read, heard and watched... and how much has stayed lodged in the old grey matter....
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Model Naomi Campbell in touble with the IRS - Notice of Lien filed for $63K
The Examiner
| British model Naomi Campbell is known for her celebrity TV spots, fashion magazine covers, perfumes, and now, all her creditors will know her as being delinquent with her Federal...
Kelong - Malaysia Traditional Bamboo Squid - Fish Trap
WN / Periasamy
Fishing Legacy Fades From Some New England Ports
The New York Times
| Filed at 12:27 p.m. ET | PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- Mike Secondo remembers the days when Plymouth's docks outshone its rock. | Tourists swarmed the town pier in the 1970s and '80s, ...
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Defensives lead FTSE higher, commodities wane
Insurance Newsnet
| Britain's top shares rose by midday on Thursday, with commodity stock weakness outpaced by gains in defensives, led by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline after U.S. authorities recommende...
Coal seam excavated for heritage in Caerphilly woodland
BBC News
Geologists have excavated a section of a coal seam to give visitors an unusual glimpse of mining heritage. | A 9m-high basin was cut away on an embankment in the Wern Ddu woodlands near Caerphilly. | The British Institute for Geological Conservation ...
Small Talk: Britain's only listed potash miner signs deal with Chinese
The Independent
| Will they or won't they? That was the big question in the mining industry last week: would the Chinese launch a counter-bid for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan to rival BHP Billiton's $40bn hostile offer? As the world's biggest mining company, B...
How Margaret Thatcher planned to undermine miners' union
The Guardian Open Platform
| Secret plans to run down the domestic coal industry and defeat any future strike action by unions were being drawn up by Margaret Thatcher even before the year-long miners' strike had ended, cabinet papers reveal. | The plans were approved by a gro...
Margaret Thatcher blocked Soviet aid for striking miners, files reveal
The Guardian Open Platform
| She was the prime minister at the height of her powers, using every arm of the state to crush the striking miners. He was the Soviet heir apparent who had authorised a large donation to help striking comrades in the UK. | Now newly released Downing...



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