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2014年11月19日 星期三

2014-11-20 U.K. Spotlight


Nigeria's chaotic strategy against Boko Haram is failing  Financial Times
In Potiskum, a northern Nigerian town, hundreds of schoolchildren last Monday stood on their assembly ground with their teachers, a daily ritual before the start of class. Within seconds, 48 would be dead and more than 70 wounded, victims of a suicide bomb.

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
What's it like to win £13.8m when you're 26?  Telegraph.co.uk
In August 2000 26-year-old Dean Allen and his father were working for the same Essex printing firm. His girlfriend of three months, Louise Collier, was also employed there, in the company's accounts department. On Tuesday August 8 she became privy to ...

2014-11-20 U.K. Health

  BBC News   
GPs urged to double cancer referrals in NHS guidelines  BBC News
GPs in England are being encouraged by the NHS advisory body to nearly double the number of patients referred for hospital cancer tests. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said delays in spotting symptoms could be costing ...

2014-11-20 U.K. Science

  Mirror.co.uk   
British scientists are crowdfunding a moon landing  The Week Magazine
There's a Kickstarter fund out there for you, whether you're a Zach Braff super fan, a potato salad lover, or a space enthusiast just dying to get your DNA on the moon. British scientists launched a Kickstarter to fund Lunar Mission One, a which would send a ...

2014-11-20 U.K. Sports

  The Independent   
England vs Samoa: Stuart Lancaster backs George Ford to 'be the boss' at No 10  The Independent
The step from “nearly” to “really” has been a difficult one for all sorts of reasons, but George Ford will finally make his first start as England's outside-half and organiser in chief against the troubled Samoans at Twickenham this weekend. And when he does so, ...

2014-11-20 U.K. Entertainment

  Billboard   
Motown legend Jimmy Ruffin dies at 78  The News International
LOS ANGELES: Motown singing star Jimmy Ruffin, whose hits included "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold on to My Love," has died aged 78, a Motown spokesman said. Ruffin died Monday in hospital in Las Vegas, according to media reports.
Motown singer Jimmy Ruffin dies at 78   Los Angeles Times
How Jimmy Ruffin made Motown's best-ever single   The Guardian (blog)
Motown singer Jimmy Ruffin dies at age 78   Daily Mail
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  ABC News   
Bono requires 'intensive' physical therapy; fractures skull and arm  Los Angeles Times
U2 frontman Bono was injured far worse than was first reported when he crashed his bike in New York's Central Park on Sunday. What was first described by the band as a "spill" with surgery required is actually numerous severe fractures, one of which was a ...

2014-11-20 U.K. Technology


BT would consider combining wholesale, OpenReach units if allowed  Reuters
BARCELONA Nov 19 (Reuters) - Britain's BT, the former telecoms monopoly, said it would consider combining its wholesale division and OpenReach, its standalone business that makes its networks available to rivals, if the regulator allowed it. Competitors ...

2014-11-20 U.K. Business

  Yorkshire Post   
Average worker gets smallest pay rise for two decades as prices hit pockets  Yorkshire Post
AVERAGE weekly pay for full-time workers went up by just £1 in the year to April to £518, the smallest growth since 1997, new figures have shown. Annual increases averaged about 1.4 per cent a year between 2009 and 2014 but the latest figure represents a ...

2014-11-20 U.K. U.K.


Belfast Telegraph
   
Ukip seeks second MP in by-election   
Belfast Telegraph
Voters in Rochester and Strood go to the polls today in a by-election which could see the election of a second Ukip MP. Also in this Section. Sturgeon sworn in as First Minister · PM faces questions over devolution · Complex jobs 'may protect brain' ...

2014-11-20 U.K. World

  National Post   
Death of Miss Honduras and sister shocks nation with worst homicide rate  The Guardian
Two men have been arrested after Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado and her sister Sofia were found murdered on Wednesday. Jo Tuckman in Mexico City. Wednesday 19 November 2014 16.20 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email ...