2014年8月7日 星期四

2014-08-07 U.K. Spotlight


Political spouses are safest kept out of the spotlight  Financial Times
My husband, my hero.” Sarah Brown's emetic speech to the Labour party conference in 2009 must rank as one of the most flagrant attempts in politics to play the “wife card”. In rich tones, she described her husband Gordon, then UK prime minister, ...


   


One In Five Couples Have A Secret That Could Destroy Their Marriage  Huffington Post UK
Have you ever kept a secret from your spouse? You're not the only one. According to research by a law firm, a fifth of married people have a secret that could destroy their marriage. While 25% admit to having lied about something important, 42% say they do ...


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Manchester United to offer player-plus-cash for Arda Turan  GiveMeSport
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is preparing a player-plus-cash offer for Atletico Madrid star Arda Turan, according to reports. Turkish newspaper AMK claims the Dutchman is ready to make an enticing offer for the player, with Shinji Kagawa and ...


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Lords of the London skyline vie for design supremacy  Financial Times
In the past decade London has hosted an architectural competition that echoes, in intensity of rivalry and the creativity of the rivals, the race for the skies above Manhattan that reached its climax in the early 1930s. London's contest, like New York's, will forever ...


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  The Guardian   
Palestinian leaders poised to join ICC in order to pursue Israel for war crimes  The Guardian
The Palestinian foreign minister, Riad Malki, said after meeting ICC officials that Israel had left him no choice but to seek accession to the court. Photograph: EPA. Palestinian political leaders are poised to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the aim ...


   


Bolu Akin-Olugbade's Obsession With Rolls Royce  THISDAY Live
Prince Bolu Akin-Olugbade gets what he wants—not by flaunting airs, throwing tantrums or haughtiness, but with captivating shyness, an unfaltering courtesy and a conviction that convinces. Thus at 24, he became a millionaire in 1984. However, his ...


   


Independence debate: Alex Salmond got found out by Alistair Darling  Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
On the day after the Scottish parliament opening ceremony in July 1999, Alex Salmond faced Labour's Donald Dewar across the chamber in the new parliament's old home at the Church of Scotland's General Assembly Hall. The previous night there had been ...


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  Metro   
Tower Of London marks WWI centenary with dramatic art installation  Metro
The Tower Of London has marked the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War with a striking art installation. Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by Paul Cummins features thousands of ceramic poppies pouring out of the tower flowing into ...


   

  The Guardian   
40000 Iraqis stranded on mountain as Isis jihadists threaten death  The Guardian
Tens of thousands of members of one of Iraq's oldest minorities have been stranded on a mountain in the country's north-west, facing slaughter at the hands of jihadists surrounding them below if they flee, or death by dehydration if they stay. UN groups say at ...


   

  BBC Sport   
Andy Murray wants to work with Amelie Mauresmo for 'long term'  BBC Sport
But the partnership was thrown into doubt after Grigor Dimitrov defeated Murray in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. "We've agreed to work together and I think from both sides we're willing to do what it takes to make it work long term," Murray, 27, said on Sunday.

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